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Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
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Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
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June 10, 2015, 4:16 pm
The Domains
GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
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GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
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June 10, 2015, 12:24 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By NBT.com For $50K
Over the past week, 560 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million Dollars. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &nb...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By NBT.com For $50K
Over the past week, 560 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million Dollars. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &nb...
Discussion
June 9, 2015, 8:15 pm
The Domains
Telsa Is The 5th Top Keyword Registered In .Com in May
Verisign just published the top 10 keywords in registered in .COM and .NET for May and noticeably Telsa is sitting at number 5. Of course Telsa is a car maker and a trademarked term so the fact that it’s a top 10 keyword registered in...
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Telsa Is The 5th Top Keyword Registered In .Com in May
Verisign just published the top 10 keywords in registered in .COM and .NET for May and noticeably Telsa is sitting at number 5. Of course Telsa is a car maker and a trademarked term so the fact that it’s a top 10 keyword registered in...
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June 9, 2015, 8:03 pm
The Domains
MM.com Domain Sells After $1.2 Million Purchase
Just shy of being sold last year (2014) for $1.2 Million dollars at Sedo.com, the domain name MM.com has sold to Jinxin Wang Luo of Fujian China according to whois records.
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MM.com Domain Sells After $1.2 Million Purchase
Just shy of being sold last year (2014) for $1.2 Million dollars at Sedo.com, the domain name MM.com has sold to Jinxin Wang Luo of Fujian China according to whois records.
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June 9, 2015, 12:41 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Offering Free Domains In .Work & .Casa
According to an email we received today from Minds + Machines they are offering free domains in the new gTLD’s .Work & .Casa only on the Minds + Machines Registrar “The offer is only valid for one more week, exclusively on Minds + Mac...
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Minds + Machines Offering Free Domains In .Work & .Casa
According to an email we received today from Minds + Machines they are offering free domains in the new gTLD’s .Work & .Casa only on the Minds + Machines Registrar “The offer is only valid for one more week, exclusively on Minds + Mac...
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June 9, 2015, 3:41 am
The Domains
New gTLD’s Top 6 Million Domain Registrations & We Break Down The Numbers
The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark&nb...
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New gTLD’s Top 6 Million Domain Registrations & We Break Down The Numbers
The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark&nb...
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June 8, 2015, 4:39 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: Huggle.com, Brand.com and More Domains
Domain Movers detects newly registered, acquired and domains simply moving by some of the largest corporations in the world like Apple Inc., GoDaddy.com, ABC, McDonalds and many more.
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Domain Movers: Huggle.com, Brand.com and More Domains
Domain Movers detects newly registered, acquired and domains simply moving by some of the largest corporations in the world like Apple Inc., GoDaddy.com, ABC, McDonalds and many more.
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June 8, 2015, 2:47 pm
The Domains
When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report July 2017
There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD’s. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request f...
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When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report July 2017
There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD’s. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request f...
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June 8, 2015, 1:59 pm
The Domains
Can Your Name Determine Your Entire Future ?
We talk about naming all the time in domaining, an article on Mic.com talked about the topic of names as it pertains to your first name, and how it can affect your entire life. From whether or not a weird names affects your chances at success to whet...
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Can Your Name Determine Your Entire Future ?
We talk about naming all the time in domaining, an article on Mic.com talked about the topic of names as it pertains to your first name, and how it can affect your entire life. From whether or not a weird names affects your chances at success to whet...
Discussion
June 8, 2015, 9:51 am
