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Niue wants .nu redelegated

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Niue wants it's country code back! This is not something new as I have written before about how countries view their country code as a natural resource and want to control their own digital identity. Back in February Wired wrote a piece on several small countries and their fight to be in control of their […] The post Niue wants .nu redelegate...

The Domains 1466 days ago

GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt

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GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to boost ecommerce offerings. GoDaddy said, Poynts technology will let it offer businesses a complete suite of commerce and payment services; Poynt CEO Bedier will run a newly created commerce division. Poynt has raised $128 in VC funding. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) saw it's shares up a little under [...

The Domains 1467 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by FV.de

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and FV.de topped the list at 58,000 Euro, ($70,542). Weights.com was second at $52,000. OFTV.com was third at $32,000. 53 .com sales 18 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    clmlaw.com at 9,995 USD palamo.com at 8,999 USD […] The post Sedo weekly...

The Domains 1467 days ago

Google 2020 the year in search

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Google released a video for the year in search 2020. The word of the year was "Why" it was asked more than ever in 2020. Top 5 Searches in the U.S. Overall Top Searches Election results Coronavirus Kobe Bryant Coronavirus update Coronavirus symptoms Matt Southern took a deep dive and his article is worth reading […] The post Google – 20...

The Domains 1468 days ago

Patterns.com confirmed stolen

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Bill Hartzer confirmed to me that he spoke with the owner of the domain name. Their IT guy eventually said that Netsol told them that it was part of the netsol data breach a year ago. Bill did notice that the theft looked to be more recent. "But if you look at the whois archive […] The post Patterns.com confirmed stolen appeared first on TheD...

The Domains 1470 days ago

LTU.com reauctioned closes at $32,001

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LTU.com closed for a second time at DropCatch. Last month it closed at $35,550 but it was a no pay. Of course this happened with Kau.com which went for less the second time around. Epara.com has been auctioned three times with two no pays. On Thursday LTU.com closed at $32,001. So a little over a […] The post LTU.com reauctioned closes at $32...

The Domains 1471 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Mim.com

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Mim.com led the way at 110,000 Euro, ($133,173). Novoo.com came in second at $33,000 and devisenhandel.de third at 12,000 Euro, ($14,527). 47 .com sales 27 cctld sales 8 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    clever.io at 8,999 USD exit360.com […] The post ...

The Domains 1474 days ago

NameJet/Snapnames November sales led by Chatroom.com

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The NameJet/Snapnames sales report for November is out and Chatroom.com led the way at $65,167 Premix.com second at $20,289. OneTwo.com was third at $12,056 and. DOMAINNAME BRAND SALES AMOUNT premix.com Namejet $20,289 onetwo.com Namejet $12,056 gamekey.com Namejet $10,150 thirdspace.com Namejet $9,739 skybank.com Namejet $9,000 pente.com Namejet $...

The Domains 1475 days ago

Someone screwed up and let PAA.com drop Owned by General Electric

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CSC Global describes themselves as: As the world's leading corporate domain name registrar, CSC is the only company in the unique position to offer the most innovative, next generation domain management and security solutions, coupled with online brand and fraud protection. The domain name Paa.com was registered with them: Domain Name: PAA.COM Regi...

The Domains 1475 days ago

Indian domain dispute filed over a sub-domain

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The publishers over at Our.in published a post about an INDRP proceeding that looks to be dealing with a sub domain. Ravi Kanth wrote: In case you read our previous story about appointment of new Arbitrators at .IN Registry / NIXI, as a result of NIXI introducing new INDRP rules and the new eligibility criterion […] The post Indian domain dis...

The Domains 1475 days ago

TheDomains.com turns 13

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Today TheDomains.com turns 13. Started back in 2007 on this very day by Michael Berkens. I have now been here for 7 of them and it's been quite a ride. We have seen over 11,000 posts, 11 million page views and over 116,000 comments. The post that is number one by a wide margin, is […] The post TheDomains.com turns 13 appeared first on TheDoma...

The Domains 1478 days ago

Media Options Partners With DAN.COM To Provide Domain Brokerage

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Two industry leaders are getting together as DAN and Media Options team up. Market-leading domain brokerage firm, MediaOptions to provide its services to customers who list domains on DAN.COM; Partnership expected to drive significant increases in conversions and sales for participating domain portfolio owners. So now everyone can have a chance to ...

The Domains 1479 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Adan.com and Coach.co

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and there was a tie at the top. Adan.com and Coach.co both sold for 25,000 Euro, ($30,173). Decen.com was third at $28,600. 46 .com sales 28 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    saleh.net at 10,000 USD flexmet.com […] The post Sedo weekly domain...

The Domains 1481 days ago

NameSilo reports record revenue in Q3 2020

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NameSilo for those that don't know is a public company. It trades in Canada and on the Pink Sheets under the symbols (CSE:URL) (OTC:URLOF). The company reported earnings yesterday and posted record revenues. The Company had a net income during the three months ended September 30, 2020 of $2,723,317 compared to a net loss of […] The post NameS...

The Domains 1481 days ago

iCinema.com sold for $50,000 in 2011 it goes for just 20% of that in 2020

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Back in the heyday of the i keyword domain sale, iCinema.com sold for $50,000 on Sedo in 2011. The domain name was owned by Keen, Inc. and they sold it in 2011 to Transmedia Communications SA out of Switzerland. For years the site showed: It then changed in 2015 to a website selling movies The […] The post iCinema.com sold for $50,000 in 2011...

The Domains 1482 days ago

Once subject to UDRP and ACPA battles NewportNews.com expires

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NewportNews.com is a domain name that has quite the history. A former owner once defended a UDRP successfully but then lost an ACPA case. This led Michael Berkens to call this registrant stupid domainer of the year for 2011. Michael wrote: In 2009 Newport News won summary judgment against the domain holder and the court […] The post Once subj...

The Domains 1483 days ago

NameSilo adds .org transfer promo to the mix

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A couple days ago NameSilo announced a Black Friday/Cyber Monday special for .com at $7.99 and today they announced a below cost .org special for $9.99. Rounding off our Black Friday promotions – .ORG transfers are now below cost! Transfer your .ORG domains to NameSilo for $9.99 and get 1 free year added to your […] The post NameSilo ad...

The Domains 1485 days ago

Q & A with Bhavin Turakhia from Radix

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Radix put on an invitation only show called Converge a couple weeks ago. In that event there was a good Q & A with founder Bhavin Turakhia . Bhavin spent about 50 minutes answering questions from attendees. Clifford was nice enough to get the video I requested so that others who were not there could […] The post Q & A with Bhavin Tur...

The Domains 1487 days ago

Sedo weekly sales led by Studying.com

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Sedo released their weekly sales and Studying.com led the way at $28,000. Greenland.org was second at $21,999 and Bringo.co.uk was third at 12,000 GBP, ($16,023). 43 .com sales 21 cctld sales 7 other tld sales op 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    diyplanner.com at 10,999 USD 4dpeople.com at 10,000 USD  fiberglass.info [&...

The Domains 1488 days ago

List up to 3 .coms for sale $2,500 or less

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We haven't done one in awhile and a couple readers emailed if there would be one before Black Friday for some potential extra spending money. List up to 3 names .com only $2,500 max price READ EVERYTHING FIRST so you are not surprised if your comment is not published or removed. If your first comment […] The post List up to 3 .coms for sale $...

The Domains 1492 days ago

Chatroom.com closes at $65,167 on NameJet

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Chatroom.com closed at $65,167 at NameJet on Thursday. Creation Date: March 9, 1996 DOTDB.com shows 92 extensions registered and 2,991 related domains. These would be names that contain chatroom or chatrooms. The domain name was owned by Internet Reit back in 2008, the domain name has been under privacy for years. Parked at Parking Crew. The post C...

The Domains 1492 days ago

Godaddy increases DDC price 2x $240 a year

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Michael M posted on Namepros that his new renewal for Domain Discount Club at GoDaddy will be $239.99. His sentiments are shared by many: Michael M wrote: My thought is they really don't care and about domainers anymore. They want that end user big money they charge without DDC – and on the flip side […] The post Godaddy increases DDC p...

The Domains 1494 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by gereedschap.nl

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Sedo released their weekly doamin name sales and gereedschap.nl led the way at 35,750 Euro, ($42,418). Tools in Dutch. Flinks.com was second at $25,000 and Jey.com was third at $20,000. 69 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    coin.cloud at 15,000 EUR This […] The post Sedo wee...

The Domains 1495 days ago

New disclaimer alert for GoDaddy Appraisal tool

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Over the weekend I noticed a little triangle as an alert when using the GoDaddy appraisal tool. Disclaimer The Estimated Value is based on an algorithm utilizing data GoDaddy has available to it to help estimate predicted sale price of domains. However, we do not make any guarantee or other promises to any results that […] The post New discla...

The Domains 1496 days ago

Kau.com and Epara.com see much lower prices on the reauction

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The bidding action was a bit more subdued the second time around for KAU.com and epara.com. Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com and epara.com closing for big bucks. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for […] The post Kau.com ...

The Domains 1500 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by segretaria.it

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and segretaria.it led the way at 62,000 Euro, ($73,209). Italian for secretary. Merkato.com was second at $35,000. DatingApps.com was third at $30,000. 41 .com sales 21 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    zhushangfang.net at 12,400 USD astock.com [&...

The Domains 1502 days ago

Name.com will now allow billing in preferred currency

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Name.com sent out an email that customers can now select their preferred currency. This will help customers to avoid currency conversion fees. Name.com wrote: We're pleased to announce that you can now be billed in your preferred currency while making purchases at Name.com. This can help you avoid foreign transaction fees and take out the […]...

The Domains 1503 days ago

Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q3 2020 Total transactions $77.5 million

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Escrow.com released their Q3 2020 stats and sales rebounded to $77.5 million vs $55.2 million Q2. You can download the full report here Escrow.com Domain Investment Index Q3 2020 highlights: The total transacted domain name amount has recovered in Q3, after the lull in the previous quarter due to effects from the COVID-19 pandemic. The […] Th...

The Domains 1503 days ago

How should auction houses handle non payment by the winning bidder?

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How should auction houses handle non payment by the winning bidder? Back on October 29, I wrote about Kau.com closing at $100,350 at DropCatch. That bidder did not pay, it's being reauctioned. Is that the right way to handle things? I have written many times on how DropCatch and NameJet have benefited by GoDaddy failing […] The post How shoul...

The Domains 1505 days ago

GoDaddy posts Q3 revenue of $844.4 million

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GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) posted third quarter earnings today. In 2020 they have added 1 million customers. Stock up $1.50 in After Hours trading Highlights: Q3 revenue of $844.4 million, up 11.0% YoY; bookings of $945.0 million, up 11.0% YoY; and net cash from operating activities of $197.3 million, down 1.4% YoY GoDaddy added 400k+ net customers [̷...

The Domains 1508 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Uncle.com

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Uncle.com was top of the list at $66,002. I wrote yesterday that the domain name moved to the Cayman Islands, listed with a 7 figure price. Floa.com was second at 40,000 Euro, ($46,854). GoBiz.com was third at $30,000 along with PopulationHealth.com. 54 .com sales 15 cctld sales […] The post Se...

The Domains 1509 days ago

PayPal gives some insight on crypto rollout and integration

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PayPal has been in the news within the domaining community due to it's banning of Epik and Namebio, reported earnings yesterday. PayPal reported revenues of $5.46 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $1.07 in the third quarter of 2020. Both were ahead of analyst expectations of $5.43 billion and $0.94, respectively. TechCrunch detailed how [&...

The Domains 1509 days ago

Uncle.com moves to the Cayman Islands has an asking price that will please some

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Back on October 18, the domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. Many believed the domain was a steal. It had to be noted it was a wholesale transaction, an auction at Sedo. The new buyer seems to agree with those […] The post Uncle.com moves to the Cayman Isl...

The Domains 1509 days ago

NamePull gets a 23x return on GreenFunder.com

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Thursday had some decent domain name resales. NamePull.com scored a nice sale on Thursday selling GreenFunder.com for $4,999. This resulted in a sweet return as they acquired it for $220 in 2017 at GoDaddy auctions. Alaa.com purchased for $2,300 in 2008 at NameJet, 12 year hold results in a $4,999 sale at Sedo. Detectives.org acquired […] The...

The Domains 1513 days ago

Reported cctld sales in 2020 higher in 10 months than 2019 and 2018 full year

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October is winding down and there are two full months left in 2020. When we look at reported country code domain name sales, they have already surpassed 2019 and 2018 full year sales. 2020 sales are 6,344 sales for $10.5 million vs 2019 full year sales of 6,249 sales for $10.5 million. The country codes […] The post Reported cctld sales in 20...

The Domains 1514 days ago

Two $50,000 + closes at DropCatch Kau.com closed at $100,350

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A couple big domain name closes at DropCatch on Wednesday. Kau.com closed at $100,350 and epara.com closed at $58,056. Kau.com was registered in 1996 and owned by a Japanese company. There are no trademarks for KAU as a standalone registration. Kau is the southernmost district on the island of Hawaii. The name of a river […] The post Two $50,...

The Domains 1514 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by RCV.com

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and RCV.com led the way at $53,000. Tourist.de was second at 32,000 Euro, ($37,792). CultWines.com was third at $25,000. 30 .com sales 15 cctld sales 10 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs rcv.com 10/23/2020 53,000 USD cultwines.com 10/23/2020 25,000 USD mortgagequote.com 10/19/2020 12,...

The Domains 1516 days ago

Forbes contributor asks Is Google Helping End The Dominance Of .COM? NO!

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A Forbes contributor, Johan Moreno published an article on Google, new gtld domains and .com. Some of the stats are not correct, the author ends the article with the following: .COM still holds about 22% of all TLD registrations, according to data from Domain Name Stat. A leading gTLD, .xyz, has about 1.36%. Namepros member […] The post Forbe...

The Domains 1517 days ago

EveryTeam.com expires after being purchased for $35K in 2018 and $3million in funding

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The domain name EveryTeam.com has quite the history. Registered on my birthday in August of 2002. In 2005 it was billed as the social network for the sports fan. The company that owned the domain name was out of Reston, Virginia. Press release circa 2005: Reston, VA (PRWEB) December 14, 2005 EveryTeam.com, the first social […] The post EveryT...

The Domains 1518 days ago

NamesCon online 2021 $59 early bird pricing open now

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NamesCon sent out an email and announced registration is open for early bird pricing. $59 is the price. I thought it was an excellent platform this year and worth attending again. Registration is now open for NamesCon Online 2021! We're taking what worked for September's event and improving on the overall experience. Get ready for […] The pos...

The Domains 1520 days ago

PayPal terminates its relationship with Epik

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It looks like PayPal has stopped doing business with domain name registrar Epik. A member at Namepros noticed they could not use PayPal and thought it was a glitch. Rob Davis replied and he has done a nice job writing a series of letters that are very well written addressing Paypal executives. You can follow […] The post PayPal terminates it'...

The Domains 1521 days ago

Verisign reports Q3 earnings revenue of $318 million for Q3 2020, up 3.1 percent from Q3 2019

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VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN): reported earnings for Q3. Stock unchanged after hours. Q3 Non-GAAP EPS of $1.28 misses by $0.07; GAAP EPS of $1.49 beats by $0.23. Revenue of $317.8M (+3.0% Y/Y) beats by $1.73M. Financial Highlights Verisign ended the third quarter of 2020 with cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities of $1.15 billion, a decrease of...

The Domains 1521 days ago

Sedo weekly domain name sales led by Antum.com

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Antum.com led the way at $14,888. Parkour.de was second at 11,900 Euro, ($14,072). Pan.de was third at 11,600 Euro, ($13,718). 38 .com sales 24 cctld sales 7 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    antum.com at 14,888 USD circle5.com at […] The post Sedo wee...

The Domains 1523 days ago

Those are some expensive BUTTERMILK CRISPY TENDERS

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Sometimes you see a domain name go for 4 figures and laugh. Once you investigate you see the bidder logic. BUTTERMILKCRISPYTENDERS.COM closed at $4,050 at GoDaddy auctions. ButterMilk Crispy Tenders became the new name for Chicken Selects at McDonald's in 2017. That's when McDonald's registered the domain name. They even have their own Wikipedia pa...

The Domains 1523 days ago

Are most people who comment on blogs and Namepros broke?

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There has been a lot of discussion about the Uncle.com sale. Many calling it a steal, with one Namepros member commenting, "Definitely a 6 or low 7 figure domain." I do not share the sentiment that Uncle is a 7 figure domain name. But a reader emailed me and asked me a little while ago […] The post "Are most people who comment on blogs and Na...

The Domains 1524 days ago

Uncle.com sells for $66,002

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The domain name Uncle.com sold for $66,002 at Sedo. The domain name registered since 1994 was owned by a Canadian IT specialist. The domain name was the personal blog site for a registrant with a background in cyber security and other matters of IT. UNCLE was used as an acronym Uncle is registered in 125 […] The post Uncle.com sells for $66,0...

The Domains 1525 days ago

Q3 Liquid Market Report shows strong sales from Escrow.com

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Giuseppe Graziano released the 2020 Q3 Liquid Market Report. Escrow.com Sales Q3 2020 came in up 48.14% to $13,360,235. Public Disclosed Sales Q3 2020 came in at $3,065,162. Below is a look at all Global Markets tracked by LMX.com Check out the full report The post Q3 Liquid Market Report shows strong sales from Escrow.com appeared first on TheDoma...

The Domains 1528 days ago

Sedo weekly sales led by Confirm.com

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Sedo released their weekly domain name sales and Confirm.com led the way at $108,000. iu.de was second at 25,200 Euro, ($29,948). Westerly.com was third at $25,000. 52 .com sales 22 cctld sales 13 other tld sales Top 3 highlights of public SedoMLS sales are:    asahi.net at 11,900 USD evafoods.com at 8,950 USD […] The post Sedo we...

The Domains 1530 days ago

NameJet/Snapnames September domain sales led by NYMortgage.com

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The September NameJet/Snapnames domain name sales report is led by NYMortgage.com at $25,250. Naturopathy.com was second at $24,995. Trotter.com came in third at $21,003. 93 total sales – 80 of them are .com. Kompozer.net was the highest non com sale. nymortgage.com $25,250.00 NameJet naturopathy.com $24,995.00 NameJet trotter.com $21,003.00 ...

The Domains 1530 days ago

Archie Comics has a nice little domain portfolio

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Archie Comics has been around a long time, and they have some memorable characters, these include including Archie, Jughead, Betty, Veronica, Reggie, Kevin Keller, Josie and the Pussycats, Sabrina the Teenage Witch. The initial Archie characters were created in 1941 and have sold over 2 billion comics. The comic book series was relau...

The Domains 1533 days ago
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