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Domain Shane
After A Short Vacation, I’m Back In The States…
by Chris Woodward Last week I had quite a few changes take place in my life in a very short period of time. I quit my job and my girlfriend and I broke up all within a matter of hours. Pretty much any routine I had went out the window in one day. I d...
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After A Short Vacation, I’m Back In The States…
by Chris Woodward Last week I had quite a few changes take place in my life in a very short period of time. I quit my job and my girlfriend and I broke up all within a matter of hours. Pretty much any routine I had went out the window in one day. I d...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 2:27 pm

Domain Name Wire
Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
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Buy.XXX: a case study of consumer awareness of TLDs
The general public doesn’t know that domains can end something other than .com. On November 22 I wrote an article about ICM Registry’s TV ad campaign. The ad campaign invited viewers to visit www.buy.xxx to learn more about the new .xxx d...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 2:05 pm

Domain Name News
Domaining.com Newsletter Sells 9 Domains for a Total of $20,789 USD
As Francois from Domaining.com reports, his blogger newsletter special to celebrate the beginning of 2012 sold 9 domain names to 5 buyers. A 6th buyer did not follow through on his payment for the 10th name. The sales were: GoldBangles.com … $...
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Domaining.com Newsletter Sells 9 Domains for a Total of $20,789 USD
As Francois from Domaining.com reports, his blogger newsletter special to celebrate the beginning of 2012 sold 9 domain names to 5 buyers. A 6th buyer did not follow through on his payment for the 10th name. The sales were: GoldBangles.com … $...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 1:51 pm

Domain Shane
Domaining.com’s Domainer Newsletter Sales List Final Results
We ( I say we but it was mostly Francois) released the final numbers from the past weeks’ domainer newsletter sale. The numbers weren’t great but $21,000 and 9 names isn’t too bad for a first time. For me it was a learni...
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Domaining.com’s Domainer Newsletter Sales List Final Results
We ( I say we but it was mostly Francois) released the final numbers from the past weeks’ domainer newsletter sale. The numbers weren’t great but $21,000 and 9 names isn’t too bad for a first time. For me it was a learni...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 1:26 pm

Elliot's Blog
Domaining.com Sale Nets $20,789
Francois Carrillo, owner of Domaining.com, just announced the sales total for the domain sale to benefit domain bloggers. In total, the sale grossed $20,789, with 9 domain names sold (10 domain names were actually sold but one person didn’t pay...
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Domaining.com Sale Nets $20,789
Francois Carrillo, owner of Domaining.com, just announced the sales total for the domain sale to benefit domain bloggers. In total, the sale grossed $20,789, with 9 domain names sold (10 domain names were actually sold but one person didn’t pay...
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January 23, 2012, 1:13 pm

The Domains
Compete.com Says XXX.com Traffic Doubled Since The .XXX Launch
With hundreds of new right of the dot, gTLD extensions being applied for, I though I would take a look at the most recent extension, .XXX and see what effect it was having on the traffic of XXX.com According to … Continue Reading
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Compete.com Says XXX.com Traffic Doubled Since The .XXX Launch
With hundreds of new right of the dot, gTLD extensions being applied for, I though I would take a look at the most recent extension, .XXX and see what effect it was having on the traffic of XXX.com According to … Continue Reading
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 1:05 pm

Elliot's Blog
Every Investor Has a Different Strategy
There are a whole lot of sources to learn about investing in domain names, much more so than years past. There are individual bloggers (and people who comment on blogs), websites that discuss domain names, and various people on domain forums. There a...
Discussion
Every Investor Has a Different Strategy
There are a whole lot of sources to learn about investing in domain names, much more so than years past. There are individual bloggers (and people who comment on blogs), websites that discuss domain names, and various people on domain forums. There a...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 1:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
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New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
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January 23, 2012, 1:04 pm

Domain Shane
10 “Future Trends” That I Feel Are/Will Continue to See Extraordinary Growth in 2012 and Beyond
You may call them future trends, you could call them now trends, but in my opinion they are trends that will still offer an opportunity for investment while it’s still early in their life cycle. There are plenty of ways to invest includin...
Discussion
10 “Future Trends” That I Feel Are/Will Continue to See Extraordinary Growth in 2012 and Beyond
You may call them future trends, you could call them now trends, but in my opinion they are trends that will still offer an opportunity for investment while it’s still early in their life cycle. There are plenty of ways to invest includin...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 12:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
Discussion
USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 12:16 pm