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Elliot's Blog
Dot… Worthless?
One fun way to speculate what companies were applying for which gTLD extensions was to look through all of the dotWhatever.com, .net, and .org domain registrations to see who owns the names. Since many applicants have been posturing for qui...
Discussion
Dot… Worthless?
One fun way to speculate what companies were applying for which gTLD extensions was to look through all of the dotWhatever.com, .net, and .org domain registrations to see who owns the names. Since many applicants have been posturing for qui...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 8:03 pm
The Domains
SnapNames.com Featured Auction Closing Tommorow June 19th, Only Has Two Domains With Bids
The SnapNames.com Featured Auction for June is closing Tomorrow June 19th at 3:15pm EST and as time of publication there are only two domain names with bids. MobileHomeInvesting.com has a bid of $1,051, but has not hit the reserve price which is some...
Discussion
SnapNames.com Featured Auction Closing Tommorow June 19th, Only Has Two Domains With Bids
The SnapNames.com Featured Auction for June is closing Tomorrow June 19th at 3:15pm EST and as time of publication there are only two domain names with bids. MobileHomeInvesting.com has a bid of $1,051, but has not hit the reserve price which is some...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 5:52 pm
The Domains
3 Member UDRP Panel Affirms Parking As A Legitimate Use Of A Domain Against TM Holder: ERAM.com
A three member UDRP panel just denied a complaint on the domain name ERAM.com brought by ERAM SA. I’m not going to go into detail facts of the case, that was brought against Vertical Axis and defended by Ari Goldberger You should know that ERAM...
Discussion
3 Member UDRP Panel Affirms Parking As A Legitimate Use Of A Domain Against TM Holder: ERAM.com
A three member UDRP panel just denied a complaint on the domain name ERAM.com brought by ERAM SA. I’m not going to go into detail facts of the case, that was brought against Vertical Axis and defended by Ari Goldberger You should know that ERAM...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 1:37 pm
The Domains
Facebook.com Acquires Face.com
Face.com just announced that it sold Face.com to Facebook.com for an undisclosed price. ” “Facebook has acquired Face.com! ” “Our mission is and has always been to find new and exciting ways to make face recognition a fu...
Discussion
Facebook.com Acquires Face.com
Face.com just announced that it sold Face.com to Facebook.com for an undisclosed price. ” “Facebook has acquired Face.com! ” “Our mission is and has always been to find new and exciting ways to make face recognition a fu...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 1:21 pm
Domain Shane
The Best and Most Valuable Letters For a 3 Letter and Four Letter Acronym Domain
Not all letters are created equally. We often talk of “premium” or “bad” letters when it comes to three and four letter dot coms. But are we correct in thoughts as to which letters are really good or bad? I d...
Discussion
The Best and Most Valuable Letters For a 3 Letter and Four Letter Acronym Domain
Not all letters are created equally. We often talk of “premium” or “bad” letters when it comes to three and four letter dot coms. But are we correct in thoughts as to which letters are really good or bad? I d...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 1:00 pm
The Domains
ePan.com Sells for $15K on NameJet & BigMall.com Goes For Over $8K
A few nice sales this last week at NameJet.com with ePan.com leading the way at over $15K and BigMall.com selling for over $8K. Here are the sales we tracked for the week: epan.com $15,088 bigmall.com $8,200 gomusic.com $5,599 equitymort...
Discussion
ePan.com Sells for $15K on NameJet & BigMall.com Goes For Over $8K
A few nice sales this last week at NameJet.com with ePan.com leading the way at over $15K and BigMall.com selling for over $8K. Here are the sales we tracked for the week: epan.com $15,088 bigmall.com $8,200 gomusic.com $5,599 equitymort...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
A few tips to ICANN’s new CEO
Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Congratulations! On Friday, ICANN will announce you as its new Chief Executive Officer. This is a pretty good gig. You’ll earn about a million bucks a year, which isn’t bad for a non-profit CEO. (...
Discussion
A few tips to ICANN’s new CEO
Check yourself before you wreck yourself. Congratulations! On Friday, ICANN will announce you as its new Chief Executive Officer. This is a pretty good gig. You’ll earn about a million bucks a year, which isn’t bad for a non-profit CEO. (...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 11:41 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain horse trading event in Prague next week
You can have .app if I can have .cloud. I talked to Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush about 15 minutes after ICANN’s “big reveal” news conference ended last week. He told me he had already received an em...
Discussion
Domain horse trading event in Prague next week
You can have .app if I can have .cloud. I talked to Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush about 15 minutes after ICANN’s “big reveal” news conference ended last week. He told me he had already received an em...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Paul Keating somehow wins Taget.com UDRP
Shoddy work by Target’s lawyers may have let domain owner off the hook. Domain attorney Paul Keating has successfully defended Quinv S.A. against Target Brands and a UDRP it filed over Taget.com. Now, first things first: Taget.com isn’t n...
Discussion
Paul Keating somehow wins Taget.com UDRP
Shoddy work by Target’s lawyers may have let domain owner off the hook. Domain attorney Paul Keating has successfully defended Quinv S.A. against Target Brands and a UDRP it filed over Taget.com. Now, first things first: Taget.com isn’t n...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 11:12 am
Elliot's Blog
NNN .CO Market Value
Rick Schwartz posted an article listing 90 of his three number .CO domain names asking people to make an offer for the group of domain names. He labeled it an “experimental domain sale” and a “dose of reality.” After several d...
Discussion
NNN .CO Market Value
Rick Schwartz posted an article listing 90 of his three number .CO domain names asking people to make an offer for the group of domain names. He labeled it an “experimental domain sale” and a “dose of reality.” After several d...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 11:08 am
