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The Domains
Lucky 8’s: Rick Schwartz Tops $10.5M in Sales For 2015: Sells 989.com For $818,181.81
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King just sold the domain name 989.com for $818,181.81, topping $10.5 Million in domain name sales in 2015. For Rick who always talked about having a 20 year plan, 2015 marks the 20th year and its been a record setter. ...
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Lucky 8’s: Rick Schwartz Tops $10.5M in Sales For 2015: Sells 989.com For $818,181.81
Rick Schwartz a/k/a the Domain King just sold the domain name 989.com for $818,181.81, topping $10.5 Million in domain name sales in 2015. For Rick who always talked about having a 20 year plan, 2015 marks the 20th year and its been a record setter. ...
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October 20, 2015, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias is Likely “One and Done” with 101Domain Acquisition
Company doesn’t expect to acquire other domain name registrars any time soon. Last Friday, domain name registrar 101Domain disclosed that it had been acquired by domain name registry Afilias. It’s Afilias’ first acquisition of a dom...
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Afilias is Likely “One and Done” with 101Domain Acquisition
Company doesn’t expect to acquire other domain name registrars any time soon. Last Friday, domain name registrar 101Domain disclosed that it had been acquired by domain name registry Afilias. It’s Afilias’ first acquisition of a dom...
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October 20, 2015, 1:32 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
If you didn’t get a chance to listen or watch yesterday’s DomainSherpa show you should. If you don’t learn anything I think you’ll at least be entertained. And if you’d like to ask a question for next week&rs...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, October 20th, 2015
If you didn’t get a chance to listen or watch yesterday’s DomainSherpa show you should. If you don’t learn anything I think you’ll at least be entertained. And if you’d like to ask a question for next week&rs...
Discussion
October 20, 2015, 10:11 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: LLLL.com’s Hit Reserve, OBM.com, YNI.com, Demented.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell YA3.com – LLN.com’s have appreciated more quickly than their NLL.com counterparts; the Chinese investors like the number at the end. DMZ.org – Most commonly stands for demilitarized zone. A few LLLL.com, i...
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Flippa – A Look Forward: LLLL.com’s Hit Reserve, OBM.com, YNI.com, Demented.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell YA3.com – LLN.com’s have appreciated more quickly than their NLL.com counterparts; the Chinese investors like the number at the end. DMZ.org – Most commonly stands for demilitarized zone. A few LLLL.com, i...
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October 19, 2015, 7:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
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...
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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...
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October 19, 2015, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Another Great One Word .Com Domain Name; Raisin.com Sells
The domain name Raisin.com just sold for what is as of now, an undisclosed amount. The domain which had an original creation date of 1995 was owned by a “T Clayton” of San Fransisco for what seems to be just a few years...
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Another Great One Word .Com Domain Name; Raisin.com Sells
The domain name Raisin.com just sold for what is as of now, an undisclosed amount. The domain which had an original creation date of 1995 was owned by a “T Clayton” of San Fransisco for what seems to be just a few years...
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October 19, 2015, 2:36 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...
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October 19, 2015, 2:28 pm
The Domains
Sometimes Shorter Is Not Better: StreetHub.com Rebrands to Trouva.com
TechCrunch.com published a post about a UK startup, Streethub.com raising another $2.4 Million in funding. StreetHub.com “helps independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online, including offering ‘click and coll...
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Sometimes Shorter Is Not Better: StreetHub.com Rebrands to Trouva.com
TechCrunch.com published a post about a UK startup, Streethub.com raising another $2.4 Million in funding. StreetHub.com “helps independent shops and boutiques be discovered and sell online, including offering ‘click and coll...
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October 19, 2015, 1:59 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&...
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October 19, 2015, 1:44 pm
