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That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
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That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 9:15 pm

The Domains
LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
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LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
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November 22, 2019, 12:27 am

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“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
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“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 6:03 pm

The Domains
Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with ...
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Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with ...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 6:27 am

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LeBron James should have at least went for TacoTuesday.com
Back in September LeBron James had his trademark request for “Taco Tuesday” denied. ESPN reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the application filed by James’ company LBJ Trademarks, explaining that “Taco ...
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LeBron James should have at least went for TacoTuesday.com
Back in September LeBron James had his trademark request for “Taco Tuesday” denied. ESPN reported that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused the application filed by James’ company LBJ Trademarks, explaining that “Taco ...
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November 20, 2019, 7:56 pm

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Domain name change and rebrand causes one company to lose 80% of their organic search traffic
Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Patricio Robles wrote a piece on Econsultancy that delves into the rebrand and what might have gone...
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Domain name change and rebrand causes one company to lose 80% of their organic search traffic
Not every rebrand and domain change goes as planned. In the case of Looka formerly Logo Joy they are now looking at laying off 80% of their employees. Patricio Robles wrote a piece on Econsultancy that delves into the rebrand and what might have gone...
Discussion
November 20, 2019, 5:34 pm

The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong we...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Dawn.org
Sedo released their weekly sales and Dawn.org led the way at $50,000. Porn.co was second at 20,000 Euros, ($22,157). There was a tie for third with GamesApp.com selling for $15,000, Chatten.de and Cats.org also selling for $15,000. It was a strong we...
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November 19, 2019, 9:32 pm

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Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the na...
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Playbuzz rebrands to Ex.co
Another startup moving from .com to .co Following in the footsteps of Supply.co, Playbuzz a company that helps publishers add tools to their articles like polls is rebranding to EX.co. TechCrunch reported: Co-founder and CEO Tom Pachys told me the na...
Discussion
November 19, 2019, 5:20 am

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27 Google Search Statistics you might find interesting
Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google search queries by length. From the article the first 10: General Google Search Statistics 3....
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27 Google Search Statistics you might find interesting
Conor Bond published a piece on Google that is worth reading and bookmarking. A thorough look at several Google statistics. Things like a breakdown of Google search queries by length. From the article the first 10: General Google Search Statistics 3....
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 10:02 pm

The Domains
So which industry companies want to provide an ICA discount/benefit?
Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn’t hold any juice when they want to say to a politician...
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So which industry companies want to provide an ICA discount/benefit?
Many years before I started working with Mike on TheDomains.com, we had a back and forth about the ICA. My position was that you want more members that an organization with 80 members doesn’t hold any juice when they want to say to a politician...
Discussion
November 18, 2019, 6:27 pm