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The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Allowing Two Character New gTLD Domains
ICANN has just opened up a comment period on whether new gTLD strings should be allowed to register, sell and allocate two character new gTLD domain names i.e (LL, NN, NL, LN) This exact comment period concerns those registries including Donuts...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Allowing Two Character New gTLD Domains
ICANN has just opened up a comment period on whether new gTLD strings should be allowed to register, sell and allocate two character new gTLD domain names i.e (LL, NN, NL, LN) This exact comment period concerns those registries including Donuts...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Harvard Business School and others bought last week
Harvard among end user domain name buyers last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users; see previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domains like these on Sedo? Download thi...
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What domain names Harvard Business School and others bought last week
Harvard among end user domain name buyers last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users; see previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domains like these on Sedo? Download thi...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 3:10 pm
The Domains
Not Counting NSI, .XYZ Is Still The Fastest Growing New gTLD According to Namestat.org
I had a long chat with Andrew Brier of Namestat.org about their service, the other day and one of the interesting things I learned it that .XYZ even throwing out all of the Network Solutions (NSI) free registrations, its still the fastest growing new...
Discussion
Not Counting NSI, .XYZ Is Still The Fastest Growing New gTLD According to Namestat.org
I had a long chat with Andrew Brier of Namestat.org about their service, the other day and one of the interesting things I learned it that .XYZ even throwing out all of the Network Solutions (NSI) free registrations, its still the fastest growing new...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is .xyz’s marketing wrong, smart or both?
Inflated numbers will result in more mainstream press mentions. A lot has been written over the past couple weeks about .xyz and its so-called “sham” registrations. Network Solutions is giving away free .xyz domain names and is not even r...
Discussion
Is .xyz’s marketing wrong, smart or both?
Inflated numbers will result in more mainstream press mentions. A lot has been written over the past couple weeks about .xyz and its so-called “sham” registrations. Network Solutions is giving away free .xyz domain names and is not even r...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:33 pm
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: June 14 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 14, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Amazon Snubs ICANN Auction to..., Wow: .hotel Contention Set Resolved..., Patient.co.UK UDRP Bid to Grab..., 1st Day New gTLD; .events..., UDRP Panel Find...
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Domain Name News: June 14 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 14, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Amazon Snubs ICANN Auction to..., Wow: .hotel Contention Set Resolved..., Patient.co.UK UDRP Bid to Grab..., 1st Day New gTLD; .events..., UDRP Panel Find...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:02 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 13th, 2014
Friday the 13th is my lucky day. I completely believe that I will sell a domain today. From the time I was 5 years old I have believed that everyone has bad luck today because I have stolen all the good luck. I wore number 13 for 15...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 13th, 2014
Friday the 13th is my lucky day. I completely believe that I will sell a domain today. From the time I was 5 years old I have believed that everyone has bad luck today because I have stolen all the good luck. I wore number 13 for 15...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 11:11 am
Domain Shane
Domain Shane + Accidental Domainer : Weekly Book of 10 (8711.com, 1642.com, 5961.com )
If you see something on this list that you’d like to make an offer on, use the contact form and I’ll get it to the owner to start the conversation. If you’d like to see your name on next week’s list let us know. AutosForSale.c...
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Domain Shane + Accidental Domainer : Weekly Book of 10 (8711.com, 1642.com, 5961.com )
If you see something on this list that you’d like to make an offer on, use the contact form and I’ll get it to the owner to start the conversation. If you’d like to see your name on next week’s list let us know. AutosForSale.c...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 2:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Wow: .Hotel contention set resolved after CPE
.Hotel applicant wipes out competition by winning community status. In what is sure to be a shocker to many new TLD applicants, HOTEL Top-Level Domain s.a.r.l has prevailed in its Community Priority Evaluation for the .hotel domain name. It was the o...
Discussion
Wow: .Hotel contention set resolved after CPE
.Hotel applicant wipes out competition by winning community status. In what is sure to be a shocker to many new TLD applicants, HOTEL Top-Level Domain s.a.r.l has prevailed in its Community Priority Evaluation for the .hotel domain name. It was the o...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:58 am
Domain Shane
My First BIN Sale at Afternic
My first buy-it-now transaction at Afternic was smooooooooth. One of my most pain-free sales ever. Sure, sure, sure, it sure took me a long time to get my first BIN sale, but that’s my fault, not Afternic’s……I chalk it up to...
Discussion
My First BIN Sale at Afternic
My first buy-it-now transaction at Afternic was smooooooooth. One of my most pain-free sales ever. Sure, sure, sure, it sure took me a long time to get my first BIN sale, but that’s my fault, not Afternic’s……I chalk it up to...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:09 am
Domain Name Wire
EDR: Results and analysis from over 150 expired domain name auctions
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson gives the rundown on over 150 expired domain name auctions. “Smart” is the word of the day, judging by the top 2 expired auction results from GoDaddy. It’s not ...
Discussion
EDR: Results and analysis from over 150 expired domain name auctions
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson gives the rundown on over 150 expired domain name auctions. “Smart” is the word of the day, judging by the top 2 expired auction results from GoDaddy. It’s not ...
Discussion
June 12, 2014, 6:15 pm
