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27.CN sells for seven figures CNY
27.com hit a high bid of $1,510,702 and failed to sell this week on NameJet. 27.CN has managed to sell for seven figures CNY. The news was reported on Admin5.com. The sale took place on A5.net. The domain was registered in 2003. Kassey Lee from Corei...
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27.CN sells for seven figures CNY
27.com hit a high bid of $1,510,702 and failed to sell this week on NameJet. 27.CN has managed to sell for seven figures CNY. The news was reported on Admin5.com. The sale took place on A5.net. The domain was registered in 2003. Kassey Lee from Corei...
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May 13, 2016, 4:37 pm
The Domains
Swedish Court Gives Pirate Bay domains back to the Government
So last week we wrote about another game of whack – a- mole pertaining to Sci-Hub and their jumping from one extension to another. I used The Pirate Bay as an example of this game. A reader accurately pointed out that the site was back on it&rs...
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Swedish Court Gives Pirate Bay domains back to the Government
So last week we wrote about another game of whack – a- mole pertaining to Sci-Hub and their jumping from one extension to another. I used The Pirate Bay as an example of this game. A reader accurately pointed out that the site was back on it&rs...
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May 13, 2016, 4:18 am
The Domains
.Com Passes 127 Million Registrations For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com registration passed 127 million for the first time. It was on March 5th 2016 that the number of .Com registrations passed 126 million, so .Com added a net of 1 Million domain names in just over 2 months. Out ...
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.Com Passes 127 Million Registrations For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com registration passed 127 million for the first time. It was on March 5th 2016 that the number of .Com registrations passed 126 million, so .Com added a net of 1 Million domain names in just over 2 months. Out ...
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May 12, 2016, 2:15 pm
The Domains
How will Google Banning Payday Loan Ads affect Domain Owners ?
Google dealt a blow to Payday lenders and domain investors who have invested in payday loan type domains. A few years back I knew some people getting big parking clicks with Payday loan domain names. The Washington Post published an article on the in...
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How will Google Banning Payday Loan Ads affect Domain Owners ?
Google dealt a blow to Payday lenders and domain investors who have invested in payday loan type domains. A few years back I knew some people getting big parking clicks with Payday loan domain names. The Washington Post published an article on the in...
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May 12, 2016, 4:48 am
The Domains
27.com ends at $1,510,702 Unsold – One Reader did Win $50
27.com closed today at $1,510,702 on NameJet. The domain was unsold. NameJet user First kept fishing for the reserve price but they were not successful. Here are the bidders that bid seven figures: first $1,510,702 5/11/2016 2:20 PM kukku $1,100,000 ...
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27.com ends at $1,510,702 Unsold – One Reader did Win $50
27.com closed today at $1,510,702 on NameJet. The domain was unsold. NameJet user First kept fishing for the reserve price but they were not successful. Here are the bidders that bid seven figures: first $1,510,702 5/11/2016 2:20 PM kukku $1,100,000 ...
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May 11, 2016, 9:33 pm
The Domains
iCANN Named Berkeley’s CA 4th Medical Cannabis Dispensary.
No it’s not April Fools day but “Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously named the iCANN Health Center on Sacramento Street as the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary.” Here is the catch. iCANN has nothing t...
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iCANN Named Berkeley’s CA 4th Medical Cannabis Dispensary.
No it’s not April Fools day but “Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously named the iCANN Health Center on Sacramento Street as the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary.” Here is the catch. iCANN has nothing t...
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May 11, 2016, 9:02 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Uncle.Co
Over the past week, 465 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · ...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Uncle.Co
Over the past week, 465 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · ...
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May 10, 2016, 10:51 pm
The Domains
Verisign Top 10 Trending Keywords For .Com & .Net in April; Trump is out; Panama is In
Verisign the registry for .com and .net released it he top 10 keywords in registered in .com and .net for the month of April In the last three months Trump landed in the top 10 for .com and .net but now that term is gone replaced by Guru...
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Verisign Top 10 Trending Keywords For .Com & .Net in April; Trump is out; Panama is In
Verisign the registry for .com and .net released it he top 10 keywords in registered in .com and .net for the month of April In the last three months Trump landed in the top 10 for .com and .net but now that term is gone replaced by Guru...
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May 10, 2016, 9:33 pm
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Rightside Explains Premium Domains & How They Sold 675+ @ $1K Or More a Year; & $5M+
Drew Macpherson who says he is the head of the Premium Team at Rightside explains Rightside definition of a Premium mew gTLD domain and the various levels they have. In the post Rightside says they have sold over 675 domains at an annual renewal of $...
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Rightside Explains Premium Domains & How They Sold 675+ @ $1K Or More a Year; & $5M+
Drew Macpherson who says he is the head of the Premium Team at Rightside explains Rightside definition of a Premium mew gTLD domain and the various levels they have. In the post Rightside says they have sold over 675 domains at an annual renewal of $...
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May 10, 2016, 7:51 pm
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Who Has The Most Valuable Search Traffic ?
Kyle Floyd published an article on SiegeMedia.com that looked at who had the most valuable search traffic ? By taking data from WordStream on highest paying adword keywords, they combined that with data from SEMRush to determine a monthly “valu...
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Who Has The Most Valuable Search Traffic ?
Kyle Floyd published an article on SiegeMedia.com that looked at who had the most valuable search traffic ? By taking data from WordStream on highest paying adword keywords, they combined that with data from SEMRush to determine a monthly “valu...
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May 10, 2016, 6:54 pm
