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Unintended Consequences As Aus Registry Study Turns Into Story “Domain Names Fading Out of Fashion”
Yesterday Aus Registry release a study showing only 25% of all Australians own a domain name. Aus registry which runs the .Au registry and also is the back end provider for many new gTLD’s commissioned the study of 10,000 Australians ...
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Unintended Consequences As Aus Registry Study Turns Into Story “Domain Names Fading Out of Fashion”
Yesterday Aus Registry release a study showing only 25% of all Australians own a domain name. Aus registry which runs the .Au registry and also is the back end provider for many new gTLD’s commissioned the study of 10,000 Australians ...
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October 15, 2013, 8:17 pm
The Domains
Godaddy/Afternic.com Sells $1,780,000 in Domain Names Led By Likers.com For $28K
Godaddy.com/Afternic.com just released its weekly sales report for the week of 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1,000, summed to $1,779,357. Sales were led by Likers.com for...
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Godaddy/Afternic.com Sells $1,780,000 in Domain Names Led By Likers.com For $28K
Godaddy.com/Afternic.com just released its weekly sales report for the week of 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1,000, summed to $1,779,357. Sales were led by Likers.com for...
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October 15, 2013, 6:11 pm
The Domains
Last Sold In 2005 For $1.4 Million, VIP.com Is Sold To Publicly Held VipShop.com
Publicly traded VipShop.com (NYSE: VIPS) whose site is VipShop.com has quietly acquired the domain name VIP.com. The company has a market cap of $3.77 billion dollars. It appears according to DomainTools.com the company acquired the domain just a few...
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Last Sold In 2005 For $1.4 Million, VIP.com Is Sold To Publicly Held VipShop.com
Publicly traded VipShop.com (NYSE: VIPS) whose site is VipShop.com has quietly acquired the domain name VIP.com. The company has a market cap of $3.77 billion dollars. It appears according to DomainTools.com the company acquired the domain just a few...
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October 15, 2013, 6:05 pm
The Domains
Demand Media Shares Hit 52 Week Low After Rosenblatt Resigns
Shares of Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) hit a 52 week low today closing at $5.34 down almost 9% in the first day of trading since Richard Rosenblatt resigned as CEO and Chairman Share hit inter-day low of $5.31. Demand Media, Inc. is now over almost 50% ...
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Demand Media Shares Hit 52 Week Low After Rosenblatt Resigns
Shares of Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) hit a 52 week low today closing at $5.34 down almost 9% in the first day of trading since Richard Rosenblatt resigned as CEO and Chairman Share hit inter-day low of $5.31. Demand Media, Inc. is now over almost 50% ...
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October 15, 2013, 4:49 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By USA.org For $57K
Sedo.com just published their domain transactions for the week 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 totaling $1MM. Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1MM. This amounts to $53.1MM in year-to...
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1MM Led By USA.org For $57K
Sedo.com just published their domain transactions for the week 10/7/13 – 10/13/13 totaling $1MM. Over the past week, 698 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1MM. This amounts to $53.1MM in year-to...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:56 pm
The Domains
Teen.XXX Sells For $400K; 3 More Domains For $200K & Really Useful Says .XXX Performing Better Than .Com’s
According to a press release we just received from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX registry, Really Useful Limited, which is one of the world’s leading adult producers, has invested over $600,000 in new .XXX domains buying Teen.XXX for $...
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Teen.XXX Sells For $400K; 3 More Domains For $200K & Really Useful Says .XXX Performing Better Than .Com’s
According to a press release we just received from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX registry, Really Useful Limited, which is one of the world’s leading adult producers, has invested over $600,000 in new .XXX domains buying Teen.XXX for $...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 3:19 pm
The Domains
CADNA Calls On Congress To Address Cybersquatting Issues in New gTLD Program & Under ACPA
The Coalition Against Do-main Name Abuse (CADNA) in a press release today quoting Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa says “Congress has an obligation to take a hard look at ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program”, Marino is vice cha...
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CADNA Calls On Congress To Address Cybersquatting Issues in New gTLD Program & Under ACPA
The Coalition Against Do-main Name Abuse (CADNA) in a press release today quoting Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa says “Congress has an obligation to take a hard look at ICANN’s new generic top-level domain (gTLD) program”, Marino is vice cha...
Discussion
October 15, 2013, 9:56 am
The Domains
Elliot’s Blog Rebrands as DomainInvesting.com
Popular domain investing website, Elliot’s Blog has rebranded and re-launced today as DomainInvesting.com. Elliot’s Blog, was established in 2007 by Internet entrepreneur and domain investor Elliot Silver. The rebranded website was launch...
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Elliot’s Blog Rebrands as DomainInvesting.com
Popular domain investing website, Elliot’s Blog has rebranded and re-launced today as DomainInvesting.com. Elliot’s Blog, was established in 2007 by Internet entrepreneur and domain investor Elliot Silver. The rebranded website was launch...
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October 15, 2013, 9:12 am
The Domains
BGC Rejects Amazon Reconsideration Request: Two Panels Can Come To Different Decision on Same String
The Board Governance Committee (BGC) of ICANN rejected Amazon request for reconsideration (“Request”) from the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”) sustaining Commercial Connect LLC’s (“Commer...
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BGC Rejects Amazon Reconsideration Request: Two Panels Can Come To Different Decision on Same String
The Board Governance Committee (BGC) of ICANN rejected Amazon request for reconsideration (“Request”) from the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (“ICDR”) sustaining Commercial Connect LLC’s (“Commer...
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October 15, 2013, 1:43 am
The Domains
Inc. Asks Do You Really Need A .Com
In a post tonight Inc.com asks Do you Really Need A .Com? “If you’ve started a business any time in the last 15 to 20 years, you’ve probably struggled with the sa...
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Inc. Asks Do You Really Need A .Com
In a post tonight Inc.com asks Do you Really Need A .Com? “If you’ve started a business any time in the last 15 to 20 years, you’ve probably struggled with the sa...
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October 14, 2013, 8:40 pm
