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The Domains
Last Sold In 2005 For $1.4 Million, VIP.com Is Sold To Publicly Held VipShop.com
Publicly traded VipShop.com (NYSE: VIPS) whose site is VipShop.com has quietly acquired the domain name VIP.com. The company has a market cap of $3.77 billion dollars. It appears according to DomainTools.com the company acquired the domain just a few...
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Last Sold In 2005 For $1.4 Million, VIP.com Is Sold To Publicly Held VipShop.com
Publicly traded VipShop.com (NYSE: VIPS) whose site is VipShop.com has quietly acquired the domain name VIP.com. The company has a market cap of $3.77 billion dollars. It appears according to DomainTools.com the company acquired the domain just a few...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 6:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 year old domain lost in UDRP because “renewed in bad faith”
Panel uses 2012 renewal date as basis for transferring domain name. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Big5.com be transferred 15 years after it was registered, basing UDRP principles on the last date the domain name was r...
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15 year old domain lost in UDRP because “renewed in bad faith”
Panel uses 2012 renewal date as basis for transferring domain name. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Big5.com be transferred 15 years after it was registered, basing UDRP principles on the last date the domain name was r...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 5:02 pm
The Domains
Demand Media Shares Hit 52 Week Low After Rosenblatt Resigns
Shares of Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) hit a 52 week low today closing at $5.34 down almost 9% in the first day of trading since Richard Rosenblatt resigned as CEO and Chairman Share hit inter-day low of $5.31. Demand Media, Inc. is now over almost 50% ...
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Demand Media Shares Hit 52 Week Low After Rosenblatt Resigns
Shares of Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) hit a 52 week low today closing at $5.34 down almost 9% in the first day of trading since Richard Rosenblatt resigned as CEO and Chairman Share hit inter-day low of $5.31. Demand Media, Inc. is now over almost 50% ...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 4:49 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By USA.org For $57K
Sedo.com just published their domain transactions for the week 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 totaling $1MM. Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1MM. This amounts to $53.1MM in year-to...
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By USA.org For $57K
Sedo.com just published their domain transactions for the week 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 totaling $1MM. Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1MM. This amounts to $53.1MM in year-to...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Four .xxx domain names sell for $600,000
Registry sells four more premium adult domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name, announced today that it sold four premium .xxx domain names for $600,000. Adult entertainment company Really Useful Limited bought M...
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Four .xxx domain names sell for $600,000
Registry sells four more premium adult domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name, announced today that it sold four premium .xxx domain names for $600,000. Adult entertainment company Really Useful Limited bought M...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:47 pm
Domain Name News
Go Daddy Acquires Media Temple
As reported by TechCrunch, Go Daddy has acquired hosting company Media Temple, also know as (mt). Financial details of the acquisition, which did not include website builder Virb, which is being spun out, were not published. The two companies are goi...
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Go Daddy Acquires Media Temple
As reported by TechCrunch, Go Daddy has acquired hosting company Media Temple, also know as (mt). Financial details of the acquisition, which did not include website builder Virb, which is being spun out, were not published. The two companies are goi...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:22 pm
The Domains
Teen.XXX Sells For $400K; 3 More Domains For $200K & Really Useful Says .XXX Performing Better Than .Com’s
According to a press release we just received from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX registry, Really Useful Limited, which is one of the world’s leading adult producers, has invested over $600,000 in new .XXX domains buying Teen.XXX for $...
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Teen.XXX Sells For $400K; 3 More Domains For $200K & Really Useful Says .XXX Performing Better Than .Com’s
According to a press release we just received from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX registry, Really Useful Limited, which is one of the world’s leading adult producers, has invested over $600,000 in new .XXX domains buying Teen.XXX for $...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires webhosting company (mt) Media Temple
GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base...
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GoDaddy acquires webhosting company (mt) Media Temple
GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 12:31 pm
Elliot's Blog
Announcing DomainInvesting.com
As you can tell, I made a big change on my blog late last night and rebranded it as DomainInvesting.com. In addition to this major change, I also changed the color scheme and made a few changes to the design of the website. I am very excited about th...
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Announcing DomainInvesting.com
As you can tell, I made a big change on my blog late last night and rebranded it as DomainInvesting.com. In addition to this major change, I also changed the color scheme and made a few changes to the design of the website. I am very excited about th...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 10:21 am
The Domains
CADNA Calls On Congress To Address Cybersquatting Issues in New gTLD Program & Under ACPA
The Coalition Against Do-main Name Abuse (CADNA) in a press release today quoting Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa says “Congress has an obligation to take a hard look at ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program”, Marino is vice cha...
Discussion
CADNA Calls On Congress To Address Cybersquatting Issues in New gTLD Program & Under ACPA
The Coalition Against Do-main Name Abuse (CADNA) in a press release today quoting Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa says “Congress has an obligation to take a hard look at ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program”, Marino is vice cha...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 9:56 am
