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Another Domain Sale We Never Heard About: Buyer Of Personal.com Gets $4.5 Million In Funding
According to the Term Sheet today “Personal, a Washington, D.C.-based digital vault and private network for people to store and manage important information and documents, has raised $4.5 million in new VC funding led by Bill Miller of Legg Mas...
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Another Domain Sale We Never Heard About: Buyer Of Personal.com Gets $4.5 Million In Funding
According to the Term Sheet today “Personal, a Washington, D.C.-based digital vault and private network for people to store and manage important information and documents, has raised $4.5 million in new VC funding led by Bill Miller of Legg Mas...
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October 17, 2013, 11:29 am
The Domains
Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com
A WIPO UDRP panel awarded Apple Computers 11 domain names. Some of the domains awarded today deal with products of Apple and some are just typos. Here is a list of the 11 domain names: apole.com findmyipad.com freeiphonesoft.com hackmyipod.com ipa-ip...
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Apple Wins Control Of 11 Domains: Macbook7.com; Findmyipad.com; Jailbreakmyipad.com
A WIPO UDRP panel awarded Apple Computers 11 domain names. Some of the domains awarded today deal with products of Apple and some are just typos. Here is a list of the 11 domain names: apole.com findmyipad.com freeiphonesoft.com hackmyipod.com ipa-ip...
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October 17, 2013, 8:52 am
The Domains
Buyer Beware: New Alt Root Domain Name Registration Service Launches Promise Any Domain Name For Free
In an apparent attempt to grab a market share with the new gTLD s coming out, “AnyExtension.com launched today according to a press release that promissing the users can “submit any domain name and extension that one wishes and that too f...
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Buyer Beware: New Alt Root Domain Name Registration Service Launches Promise Any Domain Name For Free
In an apparent attempt to grab a market share with the new gTLD s coming out, “AnyExtension.com launched today according to a press release that promissing the users can “submit any domain name and extension that one wishes and that too f...
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October 17, 2013, 8:47 am
The Domains
ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be impleme...
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ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be impleme...
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October 17, 2013, 12:36 am
The Domains
OMG: .XYZ Hits Top 5 Pre-Regsitered New gTLD’s at 1and1.com
Tonight 1and1.com top 5 new gTLD pre-reservation list changed and amazingly .XYZ is now sitting at number 5 with over 45,000 pre-reservations. The top five are now pre-rese...
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OMG: .XYZ Hits Top 5 Pre-Regsitered New gTLD’s at 1and1.com
Tonight 1and1.com top 5 new gTLD pre-reservation list changed and amazingly .XYZ is now sitting at number 5 with over 45,000 pre-reservations. The top five are now pre-rese...
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October 16, 2013, 9:14 pm
The Domains
Report: Chase To Limit Cash WIthdrawals, Deposits & Prohibits Outgoing International Wire Transfers Nov 17th
So this is well beyond the domain industry and bordering on disastrous if true. Let me be clear that I’m not a customer of Chase and have no independent verification if any of this is true and lets hope its not. The Drudge Report has a link to...
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Report: Chase To Limit Cash WIthdrawals, Deposits & Prohibits Outgoing International Wire Transfers Nov 17th
So this is well beyond the domain industry and bordering on disastrous if true. Let me be clear that I’m not a customer of Chase and have no independent verification if any of this is true and lets hope its not. The Drudge Report has a link to...
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October 16, 2013, 6:22 pm
The Domains
What Is The Matching .Com Domain Of Twitter’s Stock Symbol Worth: TWTR.com
Now that Twitter has selected to go public on the New York Stock Exchange and has picked the stock symbol TWTR to be traded under, the questions becomes what is the value of TWTR.com What was the value of the domain name before the announcement and w...
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What Is The Matching .Com Domain Of Twitter’s Stock Symbol Worth: TWTR.com
Now that Twitter has selected to go public on the New York Stock Exchange and has picked the stock symbol TWTR to be traded under, the questions becomes what is the value of TWTR.com What was the value of the domain name before the announcement and w...
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October 16, 2013, 3:00 pm
The Domains
Moniker.com Sends Out emails Promoting .Biz Registrations; You Have To See This One (If Your Over 18)
Moniker.com is sending out emails to customer promoting .Biz domain name registrations. Fair enough. The ad is promoting a 35% savings off the list price of $10.59 and selling registrations for $6.79. Of course the extension .Biz is meant to re...
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Moniker.com Sends Out emails Promoting .Biz Registrations; You Have To See This One (If Your Over 18)
Moniker.com is sending out emails to customer promoting .Biz domain name registrations. Fair enough. The ad is promoting a 35% savings off the list price of $10.59 and selling registrations for $6.79. Of course the extension .Biz is meant to re...
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October 16, 2013, 12:19 pm
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Sold For $2,500 On Afternic, FundAnything.com Co-Owner Is Trump & Offers $1M To to Break The Crowdfunding Record
If your the guy who sold the domain name FundAnything.com on Afternic.com for $2,500 year ago in October 2012, you might not to read any further. The domain name FundAnything.com, is now the centerpiece of Co-owners Donald Trumps new &l...
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Sold For $2,500 On Afternic, FundAnything.com Co-Owner Is Trump & Offers $1M To to Break The Crowdfunding Record
If your the guy who sold the domain name FundAnything.com on Afternic.com for $2,500 year ago in October 2012, you might not to read any further. The domain name FundAnything.com, is now the centerpiece of Co-owners Donald Trumps new &l...
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October 16, 2013, 10:21 am
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SLY.com Gets $50,000 Bid At SnapNames.com & Yes It Hits Reserve
The domain name Sly.com is part of the SnapNames.com Premium End of Year Showcase Auction and has gotten a $50,000 bid The auction which just started yesterday has 29 days to go. The domain auction closes on November 14th 2013 at 3:15PM in accordance...
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SLY.com Gets $50,000 Bid At SnapNames.com & Yes It Hits Reserve
The domain name Sly.com is part of the SnapNames.com Premium End of Year Showcase Auction and has gotten a $50,000 bid The auction which just started yesterday has 29 days to go. The domain auction closes on November 14th 2013 at 3:15PM in accordance...
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October 16, 2013, 10:00 am
