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The Domains
Rick Schwartz Sells 9595.com for $180K Setting Record For Highest Reported NNNN.com Sale
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King has done it again setting yet another domain name sales record selling the domain name 9595.com for $180,000. This is the highest reported four number (NNNN.com) domain sale of all time and only the 5th reported NN...
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Rick Schwartz Sells 9595.com for $180K Setting Record For Highest Reported NNNN.com Sale
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King has done it again setting yet another domain name sales record selling the domain name 9595.com for $180,000. This is the highest reported four number (NNNN.com) domain sale of all time and only the 5th reported NN...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 5:03 pm
The Domains
.Love Winds Up Its 1st Day With 2,956 Domain Registrations
The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a hole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 dom...
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.Love Winds Up Its 1st Day With 2,956 Domain Registrations
The new gTLD .Love launched into general availability (GA) yesterday, where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and wound up with a hole lot of .Love ending the day with 2,956 registrations. .Love only had 182 dom...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 2:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Some solid names today. And solid names doesn’t always mean expensive names. A good name is a name you can buy and sell for more. The amount you sell it for above and beyond what you paid is gravy. The most important thi...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, July 18th, 2015
Some solid names today. And solid names doesn’t always mean expensive names. A good name is a name you can buy and sell for more. The amount you sell it for above and beyond what you paid is gravy. The most important thi...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 10:40 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. My comments are in Bold. GoDaddy EDTA.com 18 years old. Great American LLLL.com A for association or aardvark EDTA.com: $6,505. Really too bad there isn’t a double A. Could have been the Aardvark Association. 4UP.com Doing...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. My comments are in Bold. GoDaddy EDTA.com 18 years old. Great American LLLL.com A for association or aardvark EDTA.com: $6,505. Really too bad there isn’t a double A. Could have been the Aardvark Association. 4UP.com Doing...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 8:36 am
The Domains
The Loser on the Thesis.com UDRP Give His Story – MUST Read
Last week Michael wrote about the UDRP on Thesis.com. In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the WordPress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Aut...
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The Loser on the Thesis.com UDRP Give His Story – MUST Read
Last week Michael wrote about the UDRP on Thesis.com. In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the WordPress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Aut...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 8:22 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): VirtualSky.com, Transpose.com, FullControl.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. VirtualSky.com sold for $8,964 at S...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): VirtualSky.com, Transpose.com, FullControl.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. VirtualSky.com sold for $8,964 at S...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 12:04 am
The Domains
UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, ...
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UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, ...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company’s ...
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Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company’s ...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 7:33 pm
The Domains
John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the comp...
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John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the comp...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 5:48 pm
The Domains
.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving aw...
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.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving aw...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 3:17 pm
