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The Domains
Go Daddy Auctions January Market Report led by Spokes.com
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report January 2014 Go Daddy sold 4386 less domains in January vs the previous month. In total there were 35, 209 sales in January vs 39,595 in December. Last January Go Daddy sold 35,156 in January. The top sale was spokes....
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Go Daddy Auctions January Market Report led by Spokes.com
Go Daddy Auctions Market Report January 2014 Go Daddy sold 4386 less domains in January vs the previous month. In total there were 35, 209 sales in January vs 39,595 in December. Last January Go Daddy sold 35,156 in January. The top sale was spokes....
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February 3, 2014, 5:57 pm

The Domains
Domain Investors: Registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk Doesn’t Like You
In a press release issued today by domain name registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk, entitled “The new gLTDs mean a new Internet” (yes the title is wrong and should have been gTLD’s) which talk about the new domain extension, the regi...
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Domain Investors: Registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk Doesn’t Like You
In a press release issued today by domain name registrar Easy-Domains.co.uk, entitled “The new gLTDs mean a new Internet” (yes the title is wrong and should have been gTLD’s) which talk about the new domain extension, the regi...
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February 3, 2014, 3:04 pm

The Domains
Super Bowl Ad Winners; Twitter Hash Tags: Losers Domain Names, Facebook
As most of you I just finished watching the Seattle blowout tonight in the Super Bowl on the advertising front I’m going to declare Twitter Hash Tags the big winner and domain names and Facebook as the big losers. No matter what television comm...
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Super Bowl Ad Winners; Twitter Hash Tags: Losers Domain Names, Facebook
As most of you I just finished watching the Seattle blowout tonight in the Super Bowl on the advertising front I’m going to declare Twitter Hash Tags the big winner and domain names and Facebook as the big losers. No matter what television comm...
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February 3, 2014, 3:32 am

The Domains
Business Insider Tech More: Mobile Internet of Things Consumer Electronics Business Growth Here’s Why ‘The Internet Of Things’ Will
Business Insider has put out a detailed report on the Internet of Things. From the article detailing the report: Estimates for Internet of Things or IoT market value are massive, since by definition the IoT will be a diffuse layer of devices, sensors...
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Business Insider Tech More: Mobile Internet of Things Consumer Electronics Business Growth Here’s Why ‘The Internet Of Things’ Will
Business Insider has put out a detailed report on the Internet of Things. From the article detailing the report: Estimates for Internet of Things or IoT market value are massive, since by definition the IoT will be a diffuse layer of devices, sensors...
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February 2, 2014, 11:38 pm

The Domains
DomainNameSales.com Average Sale $15K; Set Min Commission at $175
In an announcement today on DomainNameSales.com, they are setting a $175 minium commission on all domain sales starting on February 15th. However since the average sale is $15,000 according to the release the minimum commission shouldn’t be a b...
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DomainNameSales.com Average Sale $15K; Set Min Commission at $175
In an announcement today on DomainNameSales.com, they are setting a $175 minium commission on all domain sales starting on February 15th. However since the average sale is $15,000 according to the release the minimum commission shouldn’t be a b...
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February 2, 2014, 6:24 pm

The Domains
Go Daddy Tightens Security After @N Debacle
In another move related to the social engineering that took place at Go Daddy and allegedly Paypal (Paypal stands by the position they did not give the hijacker anything and that it was a failed attempt) Go Daddy is now changing their security practi...
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Go Daddy Tightens Security After @N Debacle
In another move related to the social engineering that took place at Go Daddy and allegedly Paypal (Paypal stands by the position they did not give the hijacker anything and that it was a failed attempt) Go Daddy is now changing their security practi...
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February 2, 2014, 9:43 am

The Domains
2013 Turkish Domain Name Market Study
AlanAdlari.com put out their 2013 Turkish Domain Report Top 3 keywords for sales were Game,News and Ticket. The most popular lengths for domains that sold were in the 7 to 11 character range. (click to enlarge) …
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2013 Turkish Domain Name Market Study
AlanAdlari.com put out their 2013 Turkish Domain Report Top 3 keywords for sales were Game,News and Ticket. The most popular lengths for domains that sold were in the 7 to 11 character range. (click to enlarge) …
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February 1, 2014, 9:20 pm

The Domains
Coupons.com files for $100million IPO
Last week it was Care.com going public and soaring in its first day of trading and now another category killer .com, Coupons.com has filed to go public. When looking at both of these companies “.COM” is a part of the name, they are not Ca...
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Coupons.com files for $100million IPO
Last week it was Care.com going public and soaring in its first day of trading and now another category killer .com, Coupons.com has filed to go public. When looking at both of these companies “.COM” is a part of the name, they are not Ca...
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February 1, 2014, 8:20 pm

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Facebook’s Game of The Year Bought Its Domain For $2,500 on Sedo & Isn’t Using It
Facebook published its 2013 Games of the Year list in the 1st week of December. The game gets 100 million active monthly users. The company that makes the game, Pretty Simple SA out of Paris France, bought the matching domain name of the Game of the...
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Facebook’s Game of The Year Bought Its Domain For $2,500 on Sedo & Isn’t Using It
Facebook published its 2013 Games of the Year list in the 1st week of December. The game gets 100 million active monthly users. The company that makes the game, Pretty Simple SA out of Paris France, bought the matching domain name of the Game of the...
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February 1, 2014, 7:57 pm

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Tnooz “Travel domains going for (not exactly) a song”
Linda Wolf wrote a piece today on Tnooz.com about Tour.com being put up for sale for $3million. Tnooz is a global provider of news, analysis, commentary, education, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It is the...
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Tnooz “Travel domains going for (not exactly) a song”
Linda Wolf wrote a piece today on Tnooz.com about Tour.com being put up for sale for $3million. Tnooz is a global provider of news, analysis, commentary, education, data and business services to the travel, tourism and hospitality industry. It is the...
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February 1, 2014, 8:49 am