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Godaddy/Afternic Sell $1,685,659 In DomainNames Led By HeritageHome.com For $25K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reported weekly domain sales for the week of 11/18/13 – 11/24/13 of $1,685,659 All sales were led by HertiageHome.com which sold for $25K TheKingdom.com a nice domain sold for $11,610 A few product domains like Glas...
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Godaddy/Afternic Sell $1,685,659 In DomainNames Led By HeritageHome.com For $25K
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reported weekly domain sales for the week of 11/18/13 – 11/24/13 of $1,685,659 All sales were led by HertiageHome.com which sold for $25K TheKingdom.com a nice domain sold for $11,610 A few product domains like Glas...
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November 26, 2013, 7:33 pm
The Domains
DomainNameSales.com Reports $555K In Sales For Last Two Weeks Led By Novio.com For $45K
DomainNamesSales.com reported $555,582 in reportable sales handled by the brokerage team for the two week period ending today. DomainNameSales.com does not track or report on “self brokered” sales made by their customers witho...
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DomainNameSales.com Reports $555K In Sales For Last Two Weeks Led By Novio.com For $45K
DomainNamesSales.com reported $555,582 in reportable sales handled by the brokerage team for the two week period ending today. DomainNameSales.com does not track or report on “self brokered” sales made by their customers witho...
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November 26, 2013, 6:18 pm
The Domains
Federal Judge Rules Domain Names Are Not Property Under Virgina Law
A Virgina federal judge has ruled that domain names are not property under Virgina Law. The case is ALEXANDRIA SURVEYS, LLC, , v. ALEXANDRIA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, (ACG) Civil Action No. 1:13-CV-00891, United States District Court, E.D. Virgini...
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Federal Judge Rules Domain Names Are Not Property Under Virgina Law
A Virgina federal judge has ruled that domain names are not property under Virgina Law. The case is ALEXANDRIA SURVEYS, LLC, , v. ALEXANDRIA CONSULTING GROUP, LLC, (ACG) Civil Action No. 1:13-CV-00891, United States District Court, E.D. Virgini...
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November 26, 2013, 4:28 pm
The Domains
If A New gTLD Applicant Used His $185K To Buy Bitcoins In May 2012 His Investment Would be Worth $30 Million
Back in May 2012 when the application period for a new gTLD’s closed, the application fee was $185,000 per new gTLD string. At that time the value of a Bitcoin was trading at around $5.00. Instead of applying for a new gTLD string for $18...
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If A New gTLD Applicant Used His $185K To Buy Bitcoins In May 2012 His Investment Would be Worth $30 Million
Back in May 2012 when the application period for a new gTLD’s closed, the application fee was $185,000 per new gTLD string. At that time the value of a Bitcoin was trading at around $5.00. Instead of applying for a new gTLD string for $18...
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November 26, 2013, 1:27 pm
The Domains
Andee Hill Quits Escrow.com & Takes Staff To Gregg McNair’s Backed New Online Escrow Service; EscrowHill.com
Gregg McNair is back in the news for the 2nd Monday in a row by joining with another huge name from the domain industry to form a new venture. Last week it was Ken Hansen that left Neustar to join Greg McNair and in the Co.com registry and tod...
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Andee Hill Quits Escrow.com & Takes Staff To Gregg McNair’s Backed New Online Escrow Service; EscrowHill.com
Gregg McNair is back in the news for the 2nd Monday in a row by joining with another huge name from the domain industry to form a new venture. Last week it was Ken Hansen that left Neustar to join Greg McNair and in the Co.com registry and tod...
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November 25, 2013, 4:00 pm
The Domains
Scott Richter Gets Slammed By Krebsonsecurity.com As ICANN Sends Termination Of His Dynamic Dolphin Registrar
A respected internet Security blog Krebsonsecurity.com ripped Scott Richter in a post covering ICANN notice of termination of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement of the domain name registrar, Dynamic Dolphin, a registrar...
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Scott Richter Gets Slammed By Krebsonsecurity.com As ICANN Sends Termination Of His Dynamic Dolphin Registrar
A respected internet Security blog Krebsonsecurity.com ripped Scott Richter in a post covering ICANN notice of termination of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement of the domain name registrar, Dynamic Dolphin, a registrar...
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November 25, 2013, 2:17 pm
The Domains
Bought in 2007, Care.com To Go Public In 2014
Care.com Inc., is planning to go public, in 2014 according to WSJ.com. According to the WSJ.com store, Care.com is an online service for hiring nannies and other at-home caregivers, and hired Morgan Stanley to lead the IPO, which is expected to raise...
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Bought in 2007, Care.com To Go Public In 2014
Care.com Inc., is planning to go public, in 2014 according to WSJ.com. According to the WSJ.com store, Care.com is an online service for hiring nannies and other at-home caregivers, and hired Morgan Stanley to lead the IPO, which is expected to raise...
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November 24, 2013, 4:55 pm
The Domains
Godaddy’s Founder Bob Parsons reemerges As The Harley King
Bob Parsons, best known as the founder of GoDaddy.com, has reemerged as as the King of Harley Davidson dealerships, announcing the acquisition of Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson in Southaven, Mississippi by his company YAM Worldwide. Southern Thunde...
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Godaddy’s Founder Bob Parsons reemerges As The Harley King
Bob Parsons, best known as the founder of GoDaddy.com, has reemerged as as the King of Harley Davidson dealerships, announcing the acquisition of Southern Thunder Harley-Davidson in Southaven, Mississippi by his company YAM Worldwide. Southern Thunde...
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November 24, 2013, 1:03 pm
The Domains
The Only Thing Forbes.com Missed About The Domain Name Industry Is The Billion+ Dollars Coming Into It
After spending a week at the ICANN Meeting with 2,000 + people which are pouring over a Billion dollars into the domain name industry, I read the piece in Forbes.com by Deborah L. Jacobs, who is a self proclaimed “woulda coulda shoulda” k...
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The Only Thing Forbes.com Missed About The Domain Name Industry Is The Billion+ Dollars Coming Into It
After spending a week at the ICANN Meeting with 2,000 + people which are pouring over a Billion dollars into the domain name industry, I read the piece in Forbes.com by Deborah L. Jacobs, who is a self proclaimed “woulda coulda shoulda” k...
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November 23, 2013, 1:49 pm
The Domains
What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s
Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, Marvel Comics, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing & Remy Martin in the news as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the do...
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What Does Paris Hilton, Marvel, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing, Virgin & Remy Martin Have In Common? UDRP’s
Some interesting complainants ranging from Paris Hilton, Marvel Comics, Standard & Poor’s, Affliction Clothing & Remy Martin in the news as they either filed or won UDRP’s on domain names today. Paris Hilton filed a UDRP on the do...
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November 22, 2013, 3:35 pm
