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Domain Name Wire
4chan loses domain name dispute with Oversee.net
4chan wanted to get the domain name 4chan.com. Popular bulletin board site 4chan has lost a case it filed to get the domain name 4chan.com. 4chan, LLC, which operates the top 1,000 site 4chan.org, filed the complaint with World Intellectual Property ...
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4chan loses domain name dispute with Oversee.net
4chan wanted to get the domain name 4chan.com. Popular bulletin board site 4chan has lost a case it filed to get the domain name 4chan.com. 4chan, LLC, which operates the top 1,000 site 4chan.org, filed the complaint with World Intellectual Property ...
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August 15, 2014, 2:44 pm

The Domains
Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & It Maybe Rick Schwartz Last He Will Produce
Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference that will be held October 30th- November 2nd in Miami Beach. Over the years I have be...
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Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & It Maybe Rick Schwartz Last He Will Produce
Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference that will be held October 30th- November 2nd in Miami Beach. Over the years I have be...
Discussion
August 15, 2014, 1:56 pm

DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: August 15 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important industry news, including:• GoDaddy Amends IPO Filing• Internet Marketer Goes to Prison• Amazon Launches Square Competitor, Snaps Up Domain• Tucows Hits 52 Week High• Flippa Introduces The Doma...
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Domain Name News: August 15 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important industry news, including:• GoDaddy Amends IPO Filing• Internet Marketer Goes to Prison• Amazon Launches Square Competitor, Snaps Up Domain• Tucows Hits 52 Week High• Flippa Introduces The Doma...
Discussion
August 15, 2014, 9:00 am

Domain Shane
A Visual Look at Recent LLL.com Sales in Use: CIN.com, EOH.com, AFQ.com, More
This is another quick look at some recent LLL.com acquisitions that have been put to use. Prior installments can be found here: V1 and V2. CIN.com sold for $55,000 in July 2014 and is currently owned by Corporacao Industrial Do Norte, S.A. An upgrad...
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A Visual Look at Recent LLL.com Sales in Use: CIN.com, EOH.com, AFQ.com, More
This is another quick look at some recent LLL.com acquisitions that have been put to use. Prior installments can be found here: V1 and V2. CIN.com sold for $55,000 in July 2014 and is currently owned by Corporacao Industrial Do Norte, S.A. An upgrad...
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August 15, 2014, 3:07 am

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy amends IPO filing, reports Q2 results
Company continues to grow revenue as it heads toward IPO. GoDaddy released its second quarter financial results today through an amended S-1 Initial Public Offering filing with the SEC. Q2 2014 revenue came in at $338.5M, up from $276.0M in the same ...
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GoDaddy amends IPO filing, reports Q2 results
Company continues to grow revenue as it heads toward IPO. GoDaddy released its second quarter financial results today through an amended S-1 Initial Public Offering filing with the SEC. Q2 2014 revenue came in at $338.5M, up from $276.0M in the same ...
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August 14, 2014, 10:55 pm

The Domains
Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
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Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 10:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
A bunch of domain names sell for $1.5 million, sort of…
Domain names change hands, but not with cash. The domain names manufacturedhome.com, manufacturedhomes.com, manufacturedhouse.com, manufacturedhomes.net and modularhomes.com have been sold for over $1 million. Sort of. There’s a bit of a back s...
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A bunch of domain names sell for $1.5 million, sort of…
Domain names change hands, but not with cash. The domain names manufacturedhome.com, manufacturedhomes.com, manufacturedhouse.com, manufacturedhomes.net and modularhomes.com have been sold for over $1 million. Sort of. There’s a bit of a back s...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 8:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
This week’s expired domain name sales roundup
Along the way to yesterday’s $20k sale of EnRoute.com, GoDaddy expired auctions zigzagged through some desirable addresses and took a few weird detours. Two domains that attracted me personally were the self-explanatory GenerateLeads....
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This week’s expired domain name sales roundup
Along the way to yesterday’s $20k sale of EnRoute.com, GoDaddy expired auctions zigzagged through some desirable addresses and took a few weird detours. Two domains that attracted me personally were the self-explanatory GenerateLeads....
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August 14, 2014, 7:12 pm

The Domains
Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
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Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 4:34 pm

Domain Name Wire
Medical domain names all under 2,000 registrations after first day
No surprises in initial launches of four medical-themed domain names. As I previewed earlier this week, the only four domain names entering true general availability this week were medical-themed domains from Donuts. Here are how many domains are reg...
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Medical domain names all under 2,000 registrations after first day
No surprises in initial launches of four medical-themed domain names. As I previewed earlier this week, the only four domain names entering true general availability this week were medical-themed domains from Donuts. Here are how many domains are reg...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 3:13 pm