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From a record-breaking domain sale to the Super Bowl, here’s what made news last month.
1. AI.com domain name sold for record-breaking $70 million – Talk about smashing a record! The buyer also ran a Super Bowl commercial. The domain sold for about 1/7th that price a few years earlier, as we discussed in this podcast.
2. New GoDaddy Terms of Service: we no longer serve “consumers” – GoDaddy’s new ToS states that its services can only be used for business purposes. It’s likely a way to get around consumer protection laws.
3. .AI domain name prices going up $20 – The .ai registry increased prices on March 5. The new wholesale price is $160 per two-year term before registrar markup.
4. Emma Stone has an important domain name message in Squarespace Super Bowl ad – Squarespace’s Super Bowl commercial was a big win for the domain industry, including domain investors. It was also really funny.
5. AI disruption questions hang over GoDaddy’s future – The industry’s largest domain registrar is facing investor fears about how AI will change its business.
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#575 – AI.com before the $70 million sale – Jeff Gabriel talks about the last time ai.com sold before its record-breaking sale last year.
#574 – A Super Bowl of Domain Names – Brian Harbin, who brokered the sale of EmmaStone .com, talks about how the negotiation really went down.
#573 – Bob Mountain climbs the blockchain – A year after leaving GoDaddy, Bob Mountain has returned to lead BD at D3.
#572 – Unstoppable Domains plots its next move – Unstoppable CEO Matthew Gould explains how the company plans to keep growing.
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