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Illness.com at $12.7k and other Expired Domain Name sales
Joseph Peterson recaps the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. Not sure why the previous owner of Illness.com permitted his domain to expire – illness perhaps? At any rate, after slipping into a coma, this 19-year-...
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Illness.com at $12.7k and other Expired Domain Name sales
Joseph Peterson recaps the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. Not sure why the previous owner of Illness.com permitted his domain to expire – illness perhaps? At any rate, after slipping into a coma, this 19-year-...
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July 10, 2015, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s NameJet Sales in Review: What about China?
Joseph Peterson reviews the past month of expired domain name sales. Within the domain market, China has been a big hit; but recently China – meaning the Chinese stock market – took a big hit. Between June 15 and July 3, th...
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June’s NameJet Sales in Review: What about China?
Joseph Peterson reviews the past month of expired domain name sales. Within the domain market, China has been a big hit; but recently China – meaning the Chinese stock market – took a big hit. Between June 15 and July 3, th...
Discussion
July 9, 2015, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do 3 letter domains have any real value?
Is a domain name worth something if it’s just traded amongst investors with limited potential value to an end user? Three letter .com domain names are very popular right now, with prices increasing significantly over the past year. Much of the ...
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Do 3 letter domains have any real value?
Is a domain name worth something if it’s just traded amongst investors with limited potential value to an end user? Three letter .com domain names are very popular right now, with prices increasing significantly over the past year. Much of the ...
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July 9, 2015, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Workbetter.com lawsuit dismissed after judge disses case
Judge says it looked like a “set up”. Just one day after appearing in court and having the judge deny a motion for preliminary injunction, Office Space Solutions has dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name WorkBetter.com. ...
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Workbetter.com lawsuit dismissed after judge disses case
Judge says it looked like a “set up”. Just one day after appearing in court and having the judge deny a motion for preliminary injunction, Office Space Solutions has dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name WorkBetter.com. ...
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July 8, 2015, 8:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
WordPress wins another round against Chris Pearson
Thesis creator loses cybersquatting case. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has successfully defended a challenge by Thesis developer Chris Pearson over the domain name Thesis.com. Pearson had a high profile spat with WordPress founder Matt M...
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WordPress wins another round against Chris Pearson
Thesis creator loses cybersquatting case. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, has successfully defended a challenge by Thesis developer Chris Pearson over the domain name Thesis.com. Pearson had a high profile spat with WordPress founder Matt M...
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July 8, 2015, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Dozen end user domain name sales
Newell Rubbermaid among end user domain name buyers. The holiday week slowed sales at Sedo, with the company handling 501 transactions for about $1 million last week. I had difficulty finding the usual number of end user sales, but there are some goo...
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A Dozen end user domain name sales
Newell Rubbermaid among end user domain name buyers. The holiday week slowed sales at Sedo, with the company handling 501 transactions for about $1 million last week. I had difficulty finding the usual number of end user sales, but there are some goo...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
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June’s Top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire
Two lawsuits headline last month’s top stories on Domain Name Wire. What happened to lawyers taking extended summer vacations? The top two stories on Domain Name Wire last month were about lawsuits, one involving WordPress and one that could re...
Discussion
July 8, 2015, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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July 7, 2015, 7:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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July 7, 2015, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
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This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
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July 7, 2015, 1:42 pm
