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The Domains
Rightside Spent $54M On New gTLD’s Got Back $29M By Withdrawing Apps
Bizjournals.com, just covered Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) and there is some good information in the article some of which I had not read before “Rightside spent $54.18 million on gTLDs over the past three years. The company got back about $29 mill...
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Rightside Spent $54M On New gTLD’s Got Back $29M By Withdrawing Apps
Bizjournals.com, just covered Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) and there is some good information in the article some of which I had not read before “Rightside spent $54.18 million on gTLDs over the past three years. The company got back about $29 mill...
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June 18, 2015, 2:52 pm

The Domains
Domain Movers: Strawberry.com, XboxMusic.com and More Domains
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names by many large companies like Pfizer Inc., Microsoft, Marvel, Time Inc. and many more. Stop in and and see the early discoveries.
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Domain Movers: Strawberry.com, XboxMusic.com and More Domains
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names by many large companies like Pfizer Inc., Microsoft, Marvel, Time Inc. and many more. Stop in and and see the early discoveries.
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June 18, 2015, 2:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain names…in the wild
Group creates tumblr to chronicle the use of creative domain names. I’ve often come across cool uses of domain names on the side of trucks, on billboards, or while watching TV. For example, a couple years ago I saw Mow.co on the side of a lawn ...
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Domain names…in the wild
Group creates tumblr to chronicle the use of creative domain names. I’ve often come across cool uses of domain names on the side of trucks, on billboards, or while watching TV. For example, a couple years ago I saw Mow.co on the side of a lawn ...
Discussion
June 18, 2015, 12:30 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Winning Ugly.com . A term I used to hear all the time. Mostly because I used to play on a soccer team that played two sweepers ( I was one) and we had one of the best defenses in the state. One year we didn’t allow but one goa...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, June 18th, 2015
Winning Ugly.com . A term I used to hear all the time. Mostly because I used to play on a soccer team that played two sweepers ( I was one) and we had one of the best defenses in the state. One year we didn’t allow but one goa...
Discussion
June 18, 2015, 11:22 am

Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the post. Thanks for reading. GoDaddy WeddingHelpers.com 17 years old. Should be way more than one bidder. WeddingHelpers.com: $510. Huge industry and this is a decent phrase. SportsPager.com In 1997 this actually was a thing. Not worth an...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the post. Thanks for reading. GoDaddy WeddingHelpers.com 17 years old. Should be way more than one bidder. WeddingHelpers.com: $510. Huge industry and this is a decent phrase. SportsPager.com In 1997 this actually was a thing. Not worth an...
Discussion
June 18, 2015, 5:57 am

The Domains
Seller of Dot Money name for $90,000 once walked away from The Apprentice UK TV Show
Elliot Silver broke the news about a $90,000 .money sale, Adam Freeman from Essex, was slated to be a contestant on the British version of The Apprentice before he quit. The Apprentice UK is produced by Mark Burnett the same producer of the U.S. vers...
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Seller of Dot Money name for $90,000 once walked away from The Apprentice UK TV Show
Elliot Silver broke the news about a $90,000 .money sale, Adam Freeman from Essex, was slated to be a contestant on the British version of The Apprentice before he quit. The Apprentice UK is produced by Mark Burnett the same producer of the U.S. vers...
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June 17, 2015, 10:56 pm

The Domains
After Selling For $750K In 2010, Ringtones.com Sells For $105K On Namejet.com
The domain name Ringtones.com just sold on Namejet.com for $105,000. It seems the reserve price was $100,000. The domain name has an Estibot.com value of $909,000 Ringtones.com sold at Sedo back in 2010 for $750,000 although it’s not clear if t...
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After Selling For $750K In 2010, Ringtones.com Sells For $105K On Namejet.com
The domain name Ringtones.com just sold on Namejet.com for $105,000. It seems the reserve price was $100,000. The domain name has an Estibot.com value of $909,000 Ringtones.com sold at Sedo back in 2010 for $750,000 although it’s not clear if t...
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June 17, 2015, 9:14 pm

The Domains
How Whoosh Inc. Bought Whoosh.com from Directv
I noticed Whoosh.com changed ownership very recently and I reached out to the buyers Whoosh Inc. and interviewed them on how they bought the domain name Whoosh.com from Directv.
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How Whoosh Inc. Bought Whoosh.com from Directv
I noticed Whoosh.com changed ownership very recently and I reached out to the buyers Whoosh Inc. and interviewed them on how they bought the domain name Whoosh.com from Directv.
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June 17, 2015, 6:51 pm

The Domains
Mike Mann Sells Fun.co For $70,000
Mike Mann announced that his DomainMarket.com sold the domain Fun.co for $70,000 The domain name was “purchased a while back” according to Mike Mann. This .co domain represents the 9th highest .Co domain sale according to Estibot and the ...
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Mike Mann Sells Fun.co For $70,000
Mike Mann announced that his DomainMarket.com sold the domain Fun.co for $70,000 The domain name was “purchased a while back” according to Mike Mann. This .co domain represents the 9th highest .Co domain sale according to Estibot and the ...
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June 17, 2015, 6:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
Monsanto buys domain name for a new brand (and other end user purchases)
Monsanto buys a new brand name .com and a handful of new TLDs are snapped up by end users. Monsanto recently applied for a trademark on Trecepta, and this past week it bought the matching .com domain name for just $850. Even more peculiar, the domain...
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Monsanto buys domain name for a new brand (and other end user purchases)
Monsanto buys a new brand name .com and a handful of new TLDs are snapped up by end users. Monsanto recently applied for a trademark on Trecepta, and this past week it bought the matching .com domain name for just $850. Even more peculiar, the domain...
Discussion
June 17, 2015, 4:56 pm