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The Domains
A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90’s name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty “Cybersqua...
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A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90’s name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty “Cybersqua...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 5:21 pm

Domain Name Wire
Recapping July’s NameJet domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews last month’s sales on NameJet. NameJet had seen 9 domains surpass $100k, going as high as $175.5k – but nothing remotely like July’s $550,050 sale of SX.com. Yes, VVV.com was its 4th highe...
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Recapping July’s NameJet domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews last month’s sales on NameJet. NameJet had seen 9 domains surpass $100k, going as high as $175.5k – but nothing remotely like July’s $550,050 sale of SX.com. Yes, VVV.com was its 4th highe...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 3:39 pm

The Domains
Another New gTLD For Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain ABC.Global
Google has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are p...
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Another New gTLD For Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain ABC.Global
Google has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are p...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 2:48 pm

Domain Name Wire
Sedo highlights registries at dmexco
Sedo is partnering with registries and registrars to reach European audience at dmexco. Sedo is once again highlighting top level domain name options at the biggest digital marketing conference in Europe. dmexco takes place next month in Cologne, Ger...
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Sedo highlights registries at dmexco
Sedo is partnering with registries and registrars to reach European audience at dmexco. Sedo is once again highlighting top level domain name options at the biggest digital marketing conference in Europe. dmexco takes place next month in Cologne, Ger...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 2:10 pm

The Domains
Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel has purchased Dealix, the owner of the domain name UsedCars.com in a $25 Million all cash deal. The used car market is very active right now with heavily funded startups!
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Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel has purchased Dealix, the owner of the domain name UsedCars.com in a $25 Million all cash deal. The used car market is very active right now with heavily funded startups!
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 1:56 pm

The Domains
Report: Traffic to Alphabet.com Surges 5,000%; ABC.XYZ Gets 4 Million Visits in 2 Days
According to a story in the telegraph.co.uk today, traffic to Alphabet.com surged 5,000% since Google announcement on Monday. The Telegraph siting stats from Similar Web a “digital measurement service” says traffic to BMW owned Alphabet.c...
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Report: Traffic to Alphabet.com Surges 5,000%; ABC.XYZ Gets 4 Million Visits in 2 Days
According to a story in the telegraph.co.uk today, traffic to Alphabet.com surged 5,000% since Google announcement on Monday. The Telegraph siting stats from Similar Web a “digital measurement service” says traffic to BMW owned Alphabet.c...
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August 13, 2015, 12:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
Google Alphabet news causes CentralNic shares to jump 50%
Shares in .xyz services company are up big this week. Shares in domain name registry company CentralNic have jumped about 50% since Monday afternoon. The company thinks this is due to Google’s selection of the domain name abc.xyz for its new co...
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Google Alphabet news causes CentralNic shares to jump 50%
Shares in .xyz services company are up big this week. Shares in domain name registry company CentralNic have jumped about 50% since Monday afternoon. The company thinks this is due to Google’s selection of the domain name abc.xyz for its new co...
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August 13, 2015, 12:34 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, August 13th 2015
I had one goal last year. To raise enough money to buy a NNN.com. But I had a little problem. I had the $50K that it took to buy one the year before but by the time I raised the money they had pretty much all gone to $75K and most o...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, August 13th 2015
I had one goal last year. To raise enough money to buy a NNN.com. But I had a little problem. I had the $50K that it took to buy one the year before but by the time I raised the money they had pretty much all gone to $75K and most o...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 10:35 am

Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
I wanted to talk about something today and I am not sure how it is going to go over because of Shane’s call to action this morning. So I will start off with a disclaimer. Although I may talk about certain products I am not suggesting or condoni...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
I wanted to talk about something today and I am not sure how it is going to go over because of Shane’s call to action this morning. So I will start off with a disclaimer. Although I may talk about certain products I am not suggesting or condoni...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 5:51 am

The Domains
Google Didn’t Even Contact BMW To Offer To Buy Alphabet.com
According to a story today in the KansasCity.com, it seems that Google did not even contact BMW, that owns the domain name Alphabet.com, to see if they would sell it before going with abc.xyz The article quotes a spokesman at BMW, who said &ldq...
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Google Didn’t Even Contact BMW To Offer To Buy Alphabet.com
According to a story today in the KansasCity.com, it seems that Google did not even contact BMW, that owns the domain name Alphabet.com, to see if they would sell it before going with abc.xyz The article quotes a spokesman at BMW, who said &ldq...
Discussion
August 13, 2015, 12:21 am