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Elliot's Blog
$2.42 Million in Sales for Sedo Last Week
Sedo is closing out the year strongly, posting $2.42 million in domain sales last week, including the $500,000 sale of 3D.com. That domain name is under privacy guard at Moniker, so it’s unknown who acquired it, and it’s currently pa...
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$2.42 Million in Sales for Sedo Last Week
Sedo is closing out the year strongly, posting $2.42 million in domain sales last week, including the $500,000 sale of 3D.com. That domain name is under privacy guard at Moniker, so it’s unknown who acquired it, and it’s currently pa...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 5:05 pm

Elliot's Blog
10 End of Year Checklist Tips
2011 is coming to a close, and while there are a lot of distractions, I think there are some important pieces of business to tend to before you close out the year. Here are some of the things I am trying to accomplish before the new year. If yo...
Discussion
10 End of Year Checklist Tips
2011 is coming to a close, and while there are a lot of distractions, I think there are some important pieces of business to tend to before you close out the year. Here are some of the things I am trying to accomplish before the new year. If yo...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 3:04 pm

Domain Shane
An Open Letter To Businesses : Don’t Bother With the Digital Christmas/Holiday Cards
It’s my pet peeve. Even before the days of digital cards, I always dismissed (ie tossed) every Christmas card I got from companies I buy from that didn’t spend the time to personalize. Christmas cards are personal. They ...
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An Open Letter To Businesses : Don’t Bother With the Digital Christmas/Holiday Cards
It’s my pet peeve. Even before the days of digital cards, I always dismissed (ie tossed) every Christmas card I got from companies I buy from that didn’t spend the time to personalize. Christmas cards are personal. They ...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 2:33 pm

The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $2.42MM In Domains Let By 3d.com For $500K
Sedo.com just announced it’s weekly sales data for the week ending December 19th. In all $2.42MM of domains were sold. The top seller was 3D.com at $500,000 USD. We had previously discussed Sedo brokering the domain 3D.com in our post here...
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Sedo.com Sells $2.42MM In Domains Let By 3d.com For $500K
Sedo.com just announced it’s weekly sales data for the week ending December 19th. In all $2.42MM of domains were sold. The top seller was 3D.com at $500,000 USD. We had previously discussed Sedo brokering the domain 3D.com in our post here...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 2:21 pm

Domain Name Wire
Hockey Hall-of-famer Doug Gilmour gets DougGilmour.com
Hockey great gets his namesake .com. Former NHL great Doug Gilmour, who was inducted into the hockey hall of fame this year, has won a UDRP proceeding over the domain name DougGilmour.com. I remember watching Gilmour play for the St. Louis Blues in t...
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Hockey Hall-of-famer Doug Gilmour gets DougGilmour.com
Hockey great gets his namesake .com. Former NHL great Doug Gilmour, who was inducted into the hockey hall of fame this year, has won a UDRP proceeding over the domain name DougGilmour.com. I remember watching Gilmour play for the St. Louis Blues in t...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 1:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
Texas court claims jurisdiction over ICANN and says ICANN can stay a UDRP proceeding
An interesting case from a Texas court. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has issued a ruling stating that it has jurisdiction over ICANN in a bankruptcy case and that ICANN must stay a UDRP proceeding. The case invo...
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Texas court claims jurisdiction over ICANN and says ICANN can stay a UDRP proceeding
An interesting case from a Texas court. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas has issued a ruling stating that it has jurisdiction over ICANN in a bankruptcy case and that ICANN must stay a UDRP proceeding. The case invo...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 1:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
Two Congressmen ask Commerce Department for delay to new TLDs
Representatives ask for a delay or pilot program launch. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, and Howard Berman, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Aff...
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Two Congressmen ask Commerce Department for delay to new TLDs
Representatives ask for a delay or pilot program launch. Bob Goodlatte, Chairman, House Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, and Howard Berman, Ranking Member, House Committee on Foreign Aff...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 12:47 pm

Elliot's Blog
The Blackstone Group Acquires BX.com
In April and again in June, BX.COM Incorporated published two press releases announcing that its domain name, BX.com, originally registered in 1994, was for sale. The asking price for the domain name was not disclosed, but interested partie...
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The Blackstone Group Acquires BX.com
In April and again in June, BX.COM Incorporated published two press releases announcing that its domain name, BX.com, originally registered in 1994, was for sale. The asking price for the domain name was not disclosed, but interested partie...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 11:58 am

Elliot's Blog
MicroStrategy: Nice Domain Strategy
I happened to come across a domain name owned by a company called MicroStrategy, Inc. On the home page, there was a note about the company, and below that, there was a message that said, “Please contact [email]@microstrategy.com for domain avai...
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MicroStrategy: Nice Domain Strategy
I happened to come across a domain name owned by a company called MicroStrategy, Inc. On the home page, there was a note about the company, and below that, there was a message that said, “Please contact [email]@microstrategy.com for domain avai...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 10:47 am

Domain Shane
What’s The Point In “Protecting Your Brand” If .XXX Registry ICM Is Just Going To Do It For You?
Maybe I missed something, but after the onslaught of advertising encouraging companies to “protect their brand” leading up to the .XXX landrush, I’m a little bit perplexed by ICM’s actions as announced last week in their...
Discussion
What’s The Point In “Protecting Your Brand” If .XXX Registry ICM Is Just Going To Do It For You?
Maybe I missed something, but after the onslaught of advertising encouraging companies to “protect their brand” leading up to the .XXX landrush, I’m a little bit perplexed by ICM’s actions as announced last week in their...
Discussion
December 20, 2011, 10:02 am