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TheDomains.com turns 12
TheDomains.com turned 12 on Wednesday and 10,725 posts and 112,592 approved comments later, Mike, Judi and I would like to thank everyone for their support the past 12 years. Thank you to Escrow.com, Radix, 101Domains, DAN.com and all the other compa...
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TheDomains.com turns 12
TheDomains.com turned 12 on Wednesday and 10,725 posts and 112,592 approved comments later, Mike, Judi and I would like to thank everyone for their support the past 12 years. Thank you to Escrow.com, Radix, 101Domains, DAN.com and all the other compa...
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December 6, 2019, 11:15 pm
The Domains
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails lead to $1m theft
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails result in a hacker stealing $1million. Vice reported about a man in the middle attack where a Chinese hacker was able to steal $1millin from a Chinese VC and Israeli startup. From the article: After seeing the or...
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Bogus domain names and spoofed emails lead to $1m theft
Bogus domain names and spoofed emails result in a hacker stealing $1million. Vice reported about a man in the middle attack where a Chinese hacker was able to steal $1millin from a Chinese VC and Israeli startup. From the article: After seeing the or...
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December 6, 2019, 12:31 am
The Domains
Shares in NNR.com sell out – Do you want to invest in fractional ownership?
Disclaimer: Nothing below is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any domain name or do business with any of the companies mentioned below. Aron Meystedt announced today that his proof of concept for selling fractional ownership in domai...
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Shares in NNR.com sell out – Do you want to invest in fractional ownership?
Disclaimer: Nothing below is a recommendation or a solicitation to buy or sell any domain name or do business with any of the companies mentioned below. Aron Meystedt announced today that his proof of concept for selling fractional ownership in domai...
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December 5, 2019, 12:56 am
The Domains
NameJet/Snapnames November monthly sales led by Wanda.com
The NameJet/Snapnames November sales report was released and Wanda.com was the top sale at $83,817. UML.com was second at $21,400. Loxo.com was third at $18,056. There were three 3L.com sales and thirteen 4L.com sales. There were eleven numeric sales...
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NameJet/Snapnames November monthly sales led by Wanda.com
The NameJet/Snapnames November sales report was released and Wanda.com was the top sale at $83,817. UML.com was second at $21,400. Loxo.com was third at $18,056. There were three 3L.com sales and thirteen 4L.com sales. There were eleven numeric sales...
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December 4, 2019, 11:27 pm
The Domains
How ICANN can intervene in the .org sale
Milton Mueller wrote a piece worth reading over at InternetGovernance.org about the .org sale. Mueller spells out what ICANN could do to intervene. ICANN can intervene ICANN will probably pretend that it has no ability to intervene in this process, b...
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How ICANN can intervene in the .org sale
Milton Mueller wrote a piece worth reading over at InternetGovernance.org about the .org sale. Mueller spells out what ICANN could do to intervene. ICANN can intervene ICANN will probably pretend that it has no ability to intervene in this process, b...
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December 4, 2019, 6:14 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by BRgroup.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BRgroup.com led the way at $30,000. Potenzmittel.de was second at 19,000 Euros, ($21,051). German word dealing with potency it looks like, related to erectile dysfunction. Aera.co was third at 14,500 Euros, ($16,0...
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Sedo weekly sales led by BRgroup.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and BRgroup.com led the way at $30,000. Potenzmittel.de was second at 19,000 Euros, ($21,051). German word dealing with potency it looks like, related to erectile dysfunction. Aera.co was third at 14,500 Euros, ($16,0...
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December 3, 2019, 9:38 pm
The Domains
Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by F...
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Warned.com was not a garden variety “pricing mistake”
Four days ago I wrote an article about Warned.com and the buyer being told the price was not correct. The sale was not going to complete and the buyer refunded. The buyer stated they paid x,xxx for the domain name Warned.com, a domain name owned by F...
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December 3, 2019, 7:56 pm
The Domains
882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc 15,800 USD 20...
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882.cc closes at $42,500 highest reported 3N.cc sale ever if it’s paid
Surprisingly there have only been 31 reported 3N.cc sales. 882.cc closed at $42,500 today on GoDaddy auctions and will be the highest sale ever. The previous top sale 722.cc sold for $15,800 and is a Chinese casino website. Top 5 722.cc 15,800 USD 20...
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December 2, 2019, 9:49 pm
The Domains
Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
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Bogus news sites making big money with fake views
BBC.com published a story on websites that are using well known names like Forbes and BusinessInsider.com to make ForbesBusinessInsider.com. The maker of the ForbesBusinessInsider.com site actually replied back to the BBC and said it was a test to fi...
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December 1, 2019, 12:05 pm
The Domains
Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
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Buyer of Warned.com told the sale was a mistake
We see these things from time to time, remember DomainNames.com purchased for $2,577 by Yinan Wang and then Network Solutions said, yeah, NO! Yinan went on to purchase DomainName.com and DomainNames.com was sold at NamesCon for $370,000 by Uniregistr...
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November 30, 2019, 7:48 am
