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Warner Bros Picks Up WizardofOzMovie.com Ahead of Remake
Movie studio gets key domain name for future Wizard of Oz remake. Turner Entertainment, owned by Warner Bros, has picked up the domain name WizardofOzMovie.com ahead of a planned remake of the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. The domain name was owned by a...
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Warner Bros Picks Up WizardofOzMovie.com Ahead of Remake
Movie studio gets key domain name for future Wizard of Oz remake. Turner Entertainment, owned by Warner Bros, has picked up the domain name WizardofOzMovie.com ahead of a planned remake of the 1939 classic Wizard of Oz. The domain name was owned by a...
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April 20, 2011, 10:26 am
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Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
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Navidad.com (Spanish for Christmas) Sells for $100,000
Domain broker completes six figure holiday domain sale. Sedo has brokered the sale of Navidad.com for $100,000 to an as-yet undisclosed buyer, capping off a week with about $1 million in sales. In second place was approvals.com for $60,000. The compa...
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April 19, 2011, 5:29 pm
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I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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April 19, 2011, 1:48 pm
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Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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April 19, 2011, 12:49 pm
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Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
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Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
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April 19, 2011, 12:14 pm
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TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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April 18, 2011, 8:22 pm
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TailWords.com Helps You Find Unregistered Keyword Domain Names
Tool searches for domain names with keywords that match your parameters. Here’s an interesting tool to help you find unregistered domain names with competitive advertisers. TailWords.com lets you search keywords based on a number of factors, fr...
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TailWords.com Helps You Find Unregistered Keyword Domain Names
Tool searches for domain names with keywords that match your parameters. Here’s an interesting tool to help you find unregistered domain names with competitive advertisers. TailWords.com lets you search keywords based on a number of factors, fr...
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April 18, 2011, 12:07 pm
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UDRP Panel Questions Oversee.net’s Automated Domain Registration Processes
WIPO panel questions Oversee.net defense of “automated systems” for registering domain names. A UDRP panel has found against Oversee.net in a UDRP dispute over CarrollHouse.com and has posed significant questions about the company’s...
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UDRP Panel Questions Oversee.net’s Automated Domain Registration Processes
WIPO panel questions Oversee.net defense of “automated systems” for registering domain names. A UDRP panel has found against Oversee.net in a UDRP dispute over CarrollHouse.com and has posed significant questions about the company’s...
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April 18, 2011, 10:55 am
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Rio.com Probably Getting a Lot of Unintended Traffic
Visitors looking for movie info might be landing on tourism web site. When Rio.com sold in 2009 for $450,000, the buyer quickly went to work on a site about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site’s traffic will increase steadily as the World Cup and ...
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Rio.com Probably Getting a Lot of Unintended Traffic
Visitors looking for movie info might be landing on tourism web site. When Rio.com sold in 2009 for $450,000, the buyer quickly went to work on a site about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The site’s traffic will increase steadily as the World Cup and ...
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April 17, 2011, 10:34 pm
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eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
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eNom and Go Daddy Still Disqualified from Applying for New Top Level Domains
Language of new applicant guidebook disqualifies two large domain name registrars. If you read the spirit of the rules related to new top level domain names, domain name registrars eNom and Go Daddy are still disqualified from applying for their own ...
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April 16, 2011, 9:46 pm
