New client: Philipson Wine

Philipson Wine is now a part of Dotwhat. We are thrilled to be managing their domains, and we are committed to providing them with the best possible service. We know that their domains are essential to their business, and we will do everything we can to ensure that they are secure, reliable, and easy to…

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Pedestal.com secured

What does your domain name communicate about your brand? Domain Name = Brand = Brand Equity Your domain pre-frames how your customers will view your brand and for Pedestal there was no doubt. Their future brand strategy depended on increasing brand equity. At dotwhat, we have had the pleasure of being a part of the journey to secure…

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Phishing Attacks are Growing 

The phishing theme continues as the number of attempts to phish someone by the good old fashioned email continues to rise. The reason for that being that the cost is low or not existing – all the fraudsters need is to acquire a distribution list and then a few people hooked to make a profit.…

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Our search behavior has changed, but……

Our search behavior has changed, but does that change anything for our domain names? If we look at how we searched back in 2005 we could say that our search behavior was pretty simplistic. If we were looking for cafes in Copenhagen we would search for “Copenhagen cafes“. Since then the search landscape has changed…

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We Won “Master of Domains award 2018”

I am absolutely delighted to announce that Dotwhat receives “the Master of Domains award” at NamesCon 2018. The award is given by Escrow.com to the top 10 players in the global domain industry. This year, we won an amazing 6th place globally, our highest position to date, recognising our work as the number one domain specialist…

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What are the world’s most expensive domain names?

Premium domain names continue to command astounding prices, and they have done for almost 20 years. In fact, the most expensive domain name ever sold was acquired for an eye-watering $872 million, and that was back in 2014! The domain in the spotlight?  Cars.com sold for $872 million (which you can check for yourself on the SEC…

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We’ve Been Nominated!

DotWhat has been nominated for a ‘Master of Domains’ award by escrow.com (the world’s largest online escrow service). The Master of Domains is awarded each year to the ten highest grossing domain companies worldwide.  To date, Escrow.com has protected over $3billion in transactions, including domain transactions such as uber.com, spacex.com, snapchat.com, twitter.com and instagram.com! The…

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Naming your Startup

What seems like one of the nicest parts of starting your new business can actually be one of the more arduous; mental blocks and finding out that the perfect name already exists are just two sources of pain for any budding entrepreneur. The truth is, we feel your pain and every entrepreneur goes through what…

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Choosing The Right Domain Name – Part 01

This is the first of a two-part series of articles dedicated to helping you choose the right domain name for you or your business. Is choosing the right domain name a huge issue? Does it really matter or will quality content and good SEO always trump it? Well, the answer isn’t straight forward as the success of…

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Stop! Read this, before you delete your unwanted domains

Old, or unwanted domains are often the victim of over-zealous domain ‘housekeeping’ and can result in lost income opportunities. When you decide to delete a domain from your portfolio and inform your current registrar, they will try to sell your domains at the best price possible before they reach their ’sell by’ date. If you don’t take action…

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