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The Domains
Landrush For .Website & .Press Ends Monday: Here’s a Special Price & Available Domains
The Landrush for three Radix’s new gTLD’s, .Website, .Press and .Host closes on Monday at Noon EST We have a special coupon code that will save you 10% off the landrush and pre-registration for any non-premium priced .website and .Press d...
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Landrush For .Website & .Press Ends Monday: Here’s a Special Price & Available Domains
The Landrush for three Radix’s new gTLD’s, .Website, .Press and .Host closes on Monday at Noon EST We have a special coupon code that will save you 10% off the landrush and pre-registration for any non-premium priced .website and .Press d...
Discussion
September 14, 2014, 1:49 pm

Domain Shane
Domain Flips (CTR.org, OfficeInsurance.com, PeakDesign.com) and Flops (WOIS.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips CTR.org – Sold recently for $10,000 at DomainNameSales, vs $996 earlier this year at GoDaddy. Also so...
Discussion
Domain Flips (CTR.org, OfficeInsurance.com, PeakDesign.com) and Flops (WOIS.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips CTR.org – Sold recently for $10,000 at DomainNameSales, vs $996 earlier this year at GoDaddy. Also so...
Discussion
September 13, 2014, 10:48 pm

The Domains
18 Year Old MySchool.com Hit With UDRP For The Second Time in 4 Years
The domain name MySchool.com looks to be getting hit with a UDRP for a second time in four years. Back in 2010 Joseph L. Carpenter brought a UDRP against Andy Booth and his Foresight.com. At that time Carpenter alleged the following: The Complainant ...
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18 Year Old MySchool.com Hit With UDRP For The Second Time in 4 Years
The domain name MySchool.com looks to be getting hit with a UDRP for a second time in four years. Back in 2010 Joseph L. Carpenter brought a UDRP against Andy Booth and his Foresight.com. At that time Carpenter alleged the following: The Complainant ...
Discussion
September 13, 2014, 7:09 pm

The Domains
SeekingAlpha: Shares of Rightside Have At Least 37% Downside
SeekingAlpha the Stock publication, just published a pretty scathing review of Rightside, (NASDAQ:NAME) the spin off of Demand Media, in a story entitled “Rightside is Its Trending on the Wrongside.” The story cites some publications in t...
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SeekingAlpha: Shares of Rightside Have At Least 37% Downside
SeekingAlpha the Stock publication, just published a pretty scathing review of Rightside, (NASDAQ:NAME) the spin off of Demand Media, in a story entitled “Rightside is Its Trending on the Wrongside.” The story cites some publications in t...
Discussion
September 13, 2014, 12:54 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 9/13
I’ve stated over the last few years that I’ve never had a computer before that isn’t Apple. Since 1976 that’s all I’ve ever had. Even in the 80s. I have 25 or so in the business but it’s getting t...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 9/13
I’ve stated over the last few years that I’ve never had a computer before that isn’t Apple. Since 1976 that’s all I’ve ever had. Even in the 80s. I have 25 or so in the business but it’s getting t...
Discussion
September 13, 2014, 11:45 am

Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago: Housing.com, Hot.com, Gett.com, Finances.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Big VC money this week…..companies behind three of the domains have raised a total of nearly a quarter billion (that’s right, a &ldq...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago: Housing.com, Hot.com, Gett.com, Finances.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Big VC money this week…..companies behind three of the domains have raised a total of nearly a quarter billion (that’s right, a &ldq...
Discussion
September 13, 2014, 2:00 am

Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling gets reverse domain name hijacking win on Pucket.com
“Ah, Pucket, let’s file this case and hope they don’t show up.” Clothing company IMB Textil S.A., which uses the domain name puket.com.br, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for trying to steal Puket...
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Frank Schilling gets reverse domain name hijacking win on Pucket.com
“Ah, Pucket, let’s file this case and hope they don’t show up.” Clothing company IMB Textil S.A., which uses the domain name puket.com.br, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for trying to steal Puket...
Discussion
September 12, 2014, 5:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
Watch .Luxury Founder Monica Kirchner on Bloomberg
.CEO co-founder talks .luxury and new domain names on Bloomberg TV. Monica Kirchner, co-founder and CEO of Dot Luxury, was on Bloomberg TV this week talking about .Luxury and new top level domain names in general. It’s really hard talking about...
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Watch .Luxury Founder Monica Kirchner on Bloomberg
.CEO co-founder talks .luxury and new domain names on Bloomberg TV. Monica Kirchner, co-founder and CEO of Dot Luxury, was on Bloomberg TV this week talking about .Luxury and new top level domain names in general. It’s really hard talking about...
Discussion
September 12, 2014, 2:28 pm

Domain Name Wire
NameJet’s past month: Ingles.com, LEA.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews some of the notable expired domain name sales on NameJet last month. Too many domains to choose from this past month! This time I’m considering 18 instead of my usual 10. August saw 95 domain sales at NameJet close at or...
Discussion
NameJet’s past month: Ingles.com, LEA.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews some of the notable expired domain name sales on NameJet last month. Too many domains to choose from this past month! This time I’m considering 18 instead of my usual 10. August saw 95 domain sales at NameJet close at or...
Discussion
September 12, 2014, 1:59 pm

The Domains
In Auction At Snap: Gynecologist.com & Obstetrician.com: Is Moniker Pulling A Tucows?
There are two great bang on medical domain names in closed auctions at Snapnames.com, Gynecologist.com & Obstetrician.com More about the auctions in a few, but the history of the domain names may indicate that M...
Discussion
In Auction At Snap: Gynecologist.com & Obstetrician.com: Is Moniker Pulling A Tucows?
There are two great bang on medical domain names in closed auctions at Snapnames.com, Gynecologist.com & Obstetrician.com More about the auctions in a few, but the history of the domain names may indicate that M...
Discussion
September 12, 2014, 1:23 pm