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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 18th, 2014
I may be doing this domain name investing thing wrong. So far in 2014 I have been only a buyer. Looking for value, not cheap, but value priced one or two word dot coms. I haven’t sold any big names at all. It&rsquo...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 18th, 2014
I may be doing this domain name investing thing wrong. So far in 2014 I have been only a buyer. Looking for value, not cheap, but value priced one or two word dot coms. I haven’t sold any big names at all. It&rsquo...
Discussion
March 18, 2014, 11:17 am
The Domains
Baby.CN Sells for $321,552
NiceNic.net did a post on their site about a another group of big Chinese sales. These were led by Baby.CN which sold for $321,552 USD. Baby.cn was the highest selling domain name at 2.53 million cny(US$410,872); QiLu.com ended in bidding 1.98 milli...
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Baby.CN Sells for $321,552
NiceNic.net did a post on their site about a another group of big Chinese sales. These were led by Baby.CN which sold for $321,552 USD. Baby.cn was the highest selling domain name at 2.53 million cny(US$410,872); QiLu.com ended in bidding 1.98 milli...
Discussion
March 18, 2014, 4:58 am
The Domains
Up Next In The Crypto Currency World – Pot Coin
This could be a trend domain investor’s dream, the combination of a crypto currency and marijuana. Two of the more popular threads on Namepros are the showcase threads for Marijuan, Pot, Hemp names, and one for showcasing your Bitcoin na...
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Up Next In The Crypto Currency World – Pot Coin
This could be a trend domain investor’s dream, the combination of a crypto currency and marijuana. Two of the more popular threads on Namepros are the showcase threads for Marijuan, Pot, Hemp names, and one for showcasing your Bitcoin na...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
After winning UDRP, Denver Nuggets let DenverNuggets.com domain name expire
Denver’s NBA team fought hard for domain name but then dropped the ball. After going through the effort to win the domain name DenverNuggets.com in a UDRP, the NBA team has failed to renew the domain name. It now points to an expired domain par...
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After winning UDRP, Denver Nuggets let DenverNuggets.com domain name expire
Denver’s NBA team fought hard for domain name but then dropped the ball. After going through the effort to win the domain name DenverNuggets.com in a UDRP, the NBA team has failed to renew the domain name. It now points to an expired domain par...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 4:20 pm
The Domains
First City New gTLD To Goes Live Tomorrow .Berlin
Arguably it is the extension that kicked this whole new gTLD thing off. On March 18, .BERLIN will launch into the General Availability phase. 777 years after the city was founded, any business, organization or individual can register Internet address...
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First City New gTLD To Goes Live Tomorrow .Berlin
Arguably it is the extension that kicked this whole new gTLD thing off. On March 18, .BERLIN will launch into the General Availability phase. 777 years after the city was founded, any business, organization or individual can register Internet address...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 4:20 pm
The Domains
You Can Bid On The Super Premium Live Domain Auction For The Chinese IDN Online
TLD Registry the company behind the new gTLD for the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as the registry for the new gTLD (中文网) (Dot Chinese Website) will be holding a live auction in Macau starting at 11 a.m. Friday local Macau Ti...
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You Can Bid On The Super Premium Live Domain Auction For The Chinese IDN Online
TLD Registry the company behind the new gTLD for the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) as well as the registry for the new gTLD (中文网) (Dot Chinese Website) will be holding a live auction in Macau starting at 11 a.m. Friday local Macau Ti...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
RrSG provides evidence to back up claims made against Minds + Machines
Communication shows that Web.com didn’t receive contract until after reservation program was live. Last month I wrote that ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) was questioning if Top Level Domain Holdings/Minds + Machines’ &ld...
Discussion
RrSG provides evidence to back up claims made against Minds + Machines
Communication shows that Web.com didn’t receive contract until after reservation program was live. Last month I wrote that ICANN’s Registrar Stakeholder Group (RrSG) was questioning if Top Level Domain Holdings/Minds + Machines’ &ld...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 3:51 pm
The Domains
Swimsuit.Photos Auction Closes at $3,550 At Godaddy & People Paid $700 To Bid on It
The new gTLD domain name Swimsuit.Photos closed on Friday for $3,550. The domain name was auctioned off by Godaddy.com who had multiple applications for the domain on the 4th day of registrations, which is part of Donuts Early Access program (EAP). T...
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Swimsuit.Photos Auction Closes at $3,550 At Godaddy & People Paid $700 To Bid on It
The new gTLD domain name Swimsuit.Photos closed on Friday for $3,550. The domain name was auctioned off by Godaddy.com who had multiple applications for the domain on the 4th day of registrations, which is part of Donuts Early Access program (EAP). T...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 new TLDs have eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone
.Directory enters the club as I become more sure of my forecast for new TLD registration volumes. Of the dozens of new top level domain names to enter general availability so far, six have now topped 10,000 registrations based on zone file records. ....
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6 new TLDs have eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone
.Directory enters the club as I become more sure of my forecast for new TLD registration volumes. Of the dozens of new top level domain names to enter general availability so far, six have now topped 10,000 registrations based on zone file records. ....
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 2:12 pm
The Domains
Verisign Now Down Over 10% Despite Assurances That ICANN’s Move Has No Effect On .com/.net
Shares of Verisign are now down over 10% in trading today. Shares of the company ended trading on Friday at $54.85 are now trading at $49.17 after touch off of its intraday low of $48.55. Verisign issued a statement today saying that the National Te...
Discussion
Verisign Now Down Over 10% Despite Assurances That ICANN’s Move Has No Effect On .com/.net
Shares of Verisign are now down over 10% in trading today. Shares of the company ended trading on Friday at $54.85 are now trading at $49.17 after touch off of its intraday low of $48.55. Verisign issued a statement today saying that the National Te...
Discussion
March 17, 2014, 2:03 pm
