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Publicly Traded Co. That Owns Apartment.com/Apartments.com Buys Land.com
The publicly traded company CoStar Group has purchased the ultra premium domain name Land.com
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Publicly Traded Co. That Owns Apartment.com/Apartments.com Buys Land.com
The publicly traded company CoStar Group has purchased the ultra premium domain name Land.com
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July 24, 2015, 2:54 pm

The Domains
API.Info Lost in UDRP
Colegio Oficial de Agentes de La Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Barcelona of Barcelona, Spain, just won control of the domain name API.info Most of us in the tech space know API to stand for Application Program Interface, which “is a set of routines...
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API.Info Lost in UDRP
Colegio Oficial de Agentes de La Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Barcelona of Barcelona, Spain, just won control of the domain name API.info Most of us in the tech space know API to stand for Application Program Interface, which “is a set of routines...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 1:49 pm

The Domains
Verisign: Brands Are Keeping Their .Com: Don’t See Anybody Abandoning .Com for .Brand or Another TLD.”
In the Verisign earnings call yesterday the following question was asked by Fred Ziegel, Topeka Capital Markets. Fred Ziegel (Analyst – Topeka Capital Markets): “In your .brand customer base that you are working with, what’s your se...
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Verisign: Brands Are Keeping Their .Com: Don’t See Anybody Abandoning .Com for .Brand or Another TLD.”
In the Verisign earnings call yesterday the following question was asked by Fred Ziegel, Topeka Capital Markets. Fred Ziegel (Analyst – Topeka Capital Markets): “In your .brand customer base that you are working with, what’s your se...
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July 24, 2015, 1:25 pm

The Domains
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4.9%: 133.5 Million Registered .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the operator of the .com and .net registry reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reporting revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9% from the same quarter in 2014. Verisign ...
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Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4.9%: 133.5 Million Registered .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the operator of the .com and .net registry reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reporting revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9% from the same quarter in 2014. Verisign ...
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July 23, 2015, 8:17 pm

The Domains
.Bank Gets Over 5,500 Applications For a .Bank Domain At $1K+ Per Domain
fTLD Registry Services announced today that more than 5,500 .BANK applications have been received from members of the global banking community at a retail price of $1,000 + depending on the registrar. Unlike most domain names, .Bank is restricted so ...
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.Bank Gets Over 5,500 Applications For a .Bank Domain At $1K+ Per Domain
fTLD Registry Services announced today that more than 5,500 .BANK applications have been received from members of the global banking community at a retail price of $1,000 + depending on the registrar. Unlike most domain names, .Bank is restricted so ...
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July 23, 2015, 8:12 pm

The Domains
Casino.net, LB.com, Micronauts.com and More Domain Movers
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names mainly all by large companies. These domain names often reveal early insights into potential offerings by these companies. Come in and discover!
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Casino.net, LB.com, Micronauts.com and More Domain Movers
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names mainly all by large companies. These domain names often reveal early insights into potential offerings by these companies. Come in and discover!
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July 23, 2015, 5:07 pm

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Uniregistry Hosting 1st Southern CA Domainers Meetup Tomorrow W/ Frank Schilling
The first Southern California Domainers Meetup of the year will take place in tomorrow Friday July 24th at 7pm PST at the offices of Uniregistry. Frank Schilling will be in attendance. Drinks and appetizers will be served on the deck. The offices of ...
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Uniregistry Hosting 1st Southern CA Domainers Meetup Tomorrow W/ Frank Schilling
The first Southern California Domainers Meetup of the year will take place in tomorrow Friday July 24th at 7pm PST at the offices of Uniregistry. Frank Schilling will be in attendance. Drinks and appetizers will be served on the deck. The offices of ...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 4:44 pm

The Domains
Boston Globle Covers .Sucks & New gTLD’s & Muck It Up
The Boston Globe published a post on .Sucks and the new gTLD program and screwed up some basis information about .sucks and the new gTLD program itself. Here are some of the error I found in the article. “Hundreds of these new domains have roll...
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Boston Globle Covers .Sucks & New gTLD’s & Muck It Up
The Boston Globe published a post on .Sucks and the new gTLD program and screwed up some basis information about .sucks and the new gTLD program itself. Here are some of the error I found in the article. “Hundreds of these new domains have roll...
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July 23, 2015, 2:52 pm

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Record Setter: Bidding on Dropped Domain 358.com Reaches $430K With 2+ Days to Go
The domain name 358.com dropped yesterday and shortly after the closed auction started on Snapnames.com, bidding reached $80,000. This morning the high bid on the domain name is $430,000. As you can see there are 7 bidders who bid $250,000 or m...
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Record Setter: Bidding on Dropped Domain 358.com Reaches $430K With 2+ Days to Go
The domain name 358.com dropped yesterday and shortly after the closed auction started on Snapnames.com, bidding reached $80,000. This morning the high bid on the domain name is $430,000. As you can see there are 7 bidders who bid $250,000 or m...
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July 23, 2015, 1:18 pm

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.NYC Portfolio of 111 Domains Closes on Flippa at $3,780
A portfolio of 111 .NYC domains were auctioned on Flippa, and the auction closed on Wednesday selling at the buy it now of $3,780. There were 6 bidders who made 23 bids. Some of the names included: (Seller description provided) BusinessSchool.nyc &nb...
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.NYC Portfolio of 111 Domains Closes on Flippa at $3,780
A portfolio of 111 .NYC domains were auctioned on Flippa, and the auction closed on Wednesday selling at the buy it now of $3,780. There were 6 bidders who made 23 bids. Some of the names included: (Seller description provided) BusinessSchool.nyc &nb...
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July 23, 2015, 8:58 am