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The Domains
If You Want One Of The Best .Auction Domains You Better Bring A Big Check; Up To $60k A Year
.Auction which goes into general availability on Wednesday is coming with some pretty stiff premium registration and renewal pricing. The new extension is being sold by Rightside. A regular registration will cost around $42. Here are some of the more...
Discussion
If You Want One Of The Best .Auction Domains You Better Bring A Big Check; Up To $60k A Year
.Auction which goes into general availability on Wednesday is coming with some pretty stiff premium registration and renewal pricing. The new extension is being sold by Rightside. A regular registration will cost around $42. Here are some of the more...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 5:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
New TLDs & Minds + Machines with Antony Van Couvering – DNW Podcast #10
A discussion about new top level domain names. Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of new TLD company Minds + Machines, shares his thoughts on new top level domain names on this week’s podcast. We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, ...
Discussion
New TLDs & Minds + Machines with Antony Van Couvering – DNW Podcast #10
A discussion about new top level domain names. Antony Van Couvering, founder and CEO of new TLD company Minds + Machines, shares his thoughts on new top level domain names on this week’s podcast. We discuss registry pricing of premium domains, ...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 4:30 pm

The Domains
Nissan Files 12 Separate URS Cases On New gTLD’s Spending Over 50% The Cost Of What A Block Would Have Cost
Nissan which sold Z.com for $6.8 million dollars a few weeks ago filed 12 separate Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) cases with the National Arbitration Forum over the weekend. For about 3K per brand, or $9K Nissan could have bought a block with Donuts ...
Discussion
Nissan Files 12 Separate URS Cases On New gTLD’s Spending Over 50% The Cost Of What A Block Would Have Cost
Nissan which sold Z.com for $6.8 million dollars a few weeks ago filed 12 separate Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) cases with the National Arbitration Forum over the weekend. For about 3K per brand, or $9K Nissan could have bought a block with Donuts ...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 2:43 pm

Domain Name Wire
Rightside rings NASDAQ closing bell [Photo]
Domain name company holds investor day and rings closing bell. On Friday, domain name company Rightside rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ. The company became listed on the NASDAQ earlier this year after being spun off from Demand Media. Rightside t...
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Rightside rings NASDAQ closing bell [Photo]
Domain name company holds investor day and rings closing bell. On Friday, domain name company Rightside rang the closing bell on the NASDAQ. The company became listed on the NASDAQ earlier this year after being spun off from Demand Media. Rightside t...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 2:19 pm

The Domains
US Dept of Commerce Strickling: No Firm Deadline To Give Up Control Over ICANN
The WallStreetJournal.com, according to a letter (unfortunately the link to the letter is not right in the article) in the Journal today , Commerce Department official Lawrence Strickling dismissed the importance of U.S. oversight of ICANN and ...
Discussion
US Dept of Commerce Strickling: No Firm Deadline To Give Up Control Over ICANN
The WallStreetJournal.com, according to a letter (unfortunately the link to the letter is not right in the article) in the Journal today , Commerce Department official Lawrence Strickling dismissed the importance of U.S. oversight of ICANN and ...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 2:03 pm

The Domains
CentralNic (LON:CNIC) announced on Monday it has sold premium domain names for US$2.5mln. Sounds like those domain names were not of the gTLD variety. On the gTLD front CentralNic said they to be the exclusive registry service provider to...
Discussion
CentralNic (LON:CNIC) announced on Monday it has sold premium domain names for US$2.5mln. Sounds like those domain names were not of the gTLD variety. On the gTLD front CentralNic said they to be the exclusive registry service provider to...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 1:41 pm

Domain Name Wire
CentralNic sells $2.5 worth of premium domain names
Sales were from the company’s portfolio of domain names. CentralNic plc, (AIM:CNIC) announced today that it has sold $2.5 million worth of premium domain names. These domain names are part of the group’s 20,000 domain name holdings that a...
Discussion
CentralNic sells $2.5 worth of premium domain names
Sales were from the company’s portfolio of domain names. CentralNic plc, (AIM:CNIC) announced today that it has sold $2.5 million worth of premium domain names. These domain names are part of the group’s 20,000 domain name holdings that a...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 1:21 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, December 8th
Here are today’s names. Yesterday Elliot had a good post about the top broker newsletters and put up a good list. Unfortunately there were no links to where to sign up and he wanted the brokers themselves to put up the links. None d...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, December 8th
Here are today’s names. Yesterday Elliot had a good post about the top broker newsletters and put up a good list. Unfortunately there were no links to where to sign up and he wanted the brokers themselves to put up the links. None d...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 11:45 am

DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Dec 8: LandAuctions.com, VR.net, BookBag.com; Audience Questions…
Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review!* An investor's portfolio is reviewed and appraised: CryptoCurrency.Fund, ExecutiveBookings.com, SurpervisorCourses.com, Savings.Fund...* Domain names going to auction at NameJet are...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Dec 8: LandAuctions.com, VR.net, BookBag.com; Audience Questions…
Get into the minds of the Sherpas with the DomainSherpa Review!* An investor's portfolio is reviewed and appraised: CryptoCurrency.Fund, ExecutiveBookings.com, SurpervisorCourses.com, Savings.Fund...* Domain names going to auction at NameJet are...
Discussion
December 8, 2014, 8:02 am

Domain Shane
LLL.com Fans Should Check out Sedo’s Great Domains Auction This Week
I count 31 of them on the auction block. However, only two have reserves below $10,000, and none have met reserve….but there will be more bidding activity as the Thursday auction ending approaches. For comparison’s sake, the one LLL.com ...
Discussion
LLL.com Fans Should Check out Sedo’s Great Domains Auction This Week
I count 31 of them on the auction block. However, only two have reserves below $10,000, and none have met reserve….but there will be more bidding activity as the Thursday auction ending approaches. For comparison’s sake, the one LLL.com ...
Discussion
December 7, 2014, 11:26 pm