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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...
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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
Domain Name Wire
List of end user domain name sales up to $50,000
.Co owner pays dearly for .com, Shopzilla buys a .co.uk domain and CitizenHawk picks up a typo on behalf of Home Depot. Sedo had 525 transactions last week for a solid $1.4 million worth of domain name sales. A lot of the bigger sales are still in es...
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List of end user domain name sales up to $50,000
.Co owner pays dearly for .com, Shopzilla buys a .co.uk domain and CitizenHawk picks up a typo on behalf of Home Depot. Sedo had 525 transactions last week for a solid $1.4 million worth of domain name sales. A lot of the bigger sales are still in es...
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September 11, 2014, 7:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
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Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
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Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
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An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
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.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big news: GoDaddy now fully functional with Afternic
Fast Transfer integration is good news for all domainers that sell domains with fixed prices. It’s been almost a year since GoDaddy acquired Afternic, and domainers can finally realize a huge benefit of the acquisition. Starting today, GoDaddy ...
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Big news: GoDaddy now fully functional with Afternic
Fast Transfer integration is good news for all domainers that sell domains with fixed prices. It’s been almost a year since GoDaddy acquired Afternic, and domainers can finally realize a huge benefit of the acquisition. Starting today, GoDaddy ...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 4:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo and TLDs promote domain names at dmexco
Top your frozen yogurt with a heap of .media and a sprinkle of .pics. Sedo and a number of top level domain registries are promoting domain name options at Europe’s biggest digital marketing conference this week. The company has a booth at dmex...
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Sedo and TLDs promote domain names at dmexco
Top your frozen yogurt with a heap of .media and a sprinkle of .pics. Sedo and a number of top level domain registries are promoting domain name options at Europe’s biggest digital marketing conference this week. The company has a booth at dmex...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
.London close to 35,000 domain registrations after first day
.London shows solid numbers upon launch. The .London top level domain name launched with much fanfare yesterday. According to the DomainIncite Pro zone file reports, .London added 12,421 domain names to the zone file in the first partial day to reach...
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.London close to 35,000 domain registrations after first day
.London shows solid numbers upon launch. The .London top level domain name launched with much fanfare yesterday. According to the DomainIncite Pro zone file reports, .London added 12,421 domain names to the zone file in the first partial day to reach...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 1:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple created the i-era. Is it abandoning it?
Apple makes an interesting branding shift. Apple introduced a few new products today. As expected, it introduced the iPhone 6. It also introduced the iWatch– –Wait, no it didn’t. It introduced the Apple Watch. It also introduced a n...
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Apple created the i-era. Is it abandoning it?
Apple makes an interesting branding shift. Apple introduced a few new products today. As expected, it introduced the iPhone 6. It also introduced the iWatch– –Wait, no it didn’t. It introduced the Apple Watch. It also introduced a n...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 7:06 pm
