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16 End User Domain Name Sales
A look back at recent end user domain name purchases. I was on vacation with my family last week visiting Harry Potter at Universal Studios, so I’m tardy reporting last week’s Sedo end user sales. (BTW – Harry Potter at Universal Or...
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16 End User Domain Name Sales
A look back at recent end user domain name purchases. I was on vacation with my family last week visiting Harry Potter at Universal Studios, so I’m tardy reporting last week’s Sedo end user sales. (BTW – Harry Potter at Universal Or...
Discussion
October 19, 2015, 6:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 Expired Domain Tips with Jonathan Tenenbaum – DNW Podcast #55
Learn how to buy the best expiring domain names. Want to master the expired domain name game? NameJet GM Jonathan Tenenbaum discusses how NameJet acquires expired domain names, and provides 5 tips to crush it with NameJet. Also: ICANN gets tipsy in D...
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5 Expired Domain Tips with Jonathan Tenenbaum – DNW Podcast #55
Learn how to buy the best expiring domain names. Want to master the expired domain name game? NameJet GM Jonathan Tenenbaum discusses how NameJet acquires expired domain names, and provides 5 tips to crush it with NameJet. Also: ICANN gets tipsy in D...
Discussion
October 19, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Law, .Abogado
Two restricted legal top level domain names become available today. Minds + Machines releases the highly-anticipated .law and .abogado (Spanish for lawyer) domain names today. There’s no room for speculation in these domain names unless you are...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Law, .Abogado
Two restricted legal top level domain names become available today. Minds + Machines releases the highly-anticipated .law and .abogado (Spanish for lawyer) domain names today. There’s no room for speculation in these domain names unless you are...
Discussion
October 19, 2015, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australian domain market up in arms over Netfleet bidding scandal
Australia gets its own type of “Halvarez”. The Australian domain community is still reeling from a controversy that emerged in late September. Haven’t heard? Then you’re not an Aussie. But if private bids are shared&...
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Australian domain market up in arms over Netfleet bidding scandal
Australia gets its own type of “Halvarez”. The Australian domain community is still reeling from a controversy that emerged in late September. Haven’t heard? Then you’re not an Aussie. But if private bids are shared&...
Discussion
October 19, 2015, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Total Number Domination!
Numeric domains take the lead in this week’s Expired Domain Report. A few days ago, while reviewing the month of September, I measured China’s contribution to high-end sales at NameJet. (Hint: It wasn’t small.) A...
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Expired Domain Report: Total Number Domination!
Numeric domains take the lead in this week’s Expired Domain Report. A few days ago, while reviewing the month of September, I measured China’s contribution to high-end sales at NameJet. (Hint: It wasn’t small.) A...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
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Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
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Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
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How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
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ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
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University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 1:46 pm
