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Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferenc...
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Verisign Study: 9 out of 10 Small Business Prefer A .Com Domain For Company Website
Verisign released the results of a global survey today that was conducted by Merrill Research of 1,050 small businesses with an online presence, to get a better understanding of SMB’s sentiment around the benefits, barriers, and preferenc...
Discussion
September 30, 2013, 4:14 pm

The Domains
Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million
Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Inter...
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Twitch.TV Spun Off From Justin.TV Raises $20 Million
Allthingsd.com, is reporting that Twitch.TV “an online video network and gaming community, raised a $20 million series C round of funding. “The round was led by Thrive Capital, with participation from WestSummit Capital and Take-Two Inter...
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September 30, 2013, 1:16 pm

The Domains
Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000
The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mytholo...
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Moneta.com Sells On Sedo.com For $150,000
The domain name Moneta.com just sold on Sedo.com for $150,000. The domain was owned by Hanse Orga AG of Hamburg Germany. The domain has an original registration date of June 1996 The domain is now under privacy at Register.com. In Roman mytholo...
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September 30, 2013, 12:53 pm

The Domains
Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains?
This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder & CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital ...
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Is There Any Value In ACA (Obamacare) Related Domains?
This is a guest post by Sean Sullivan who is responsible for the content. Sean Sullivan is Founder & CEO of BankAds a monetization solutions provider for financial related domains. Sean is also the owner of several other companies within digital ...
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September 30, 2013, 12:34 pm

The Domains
First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi
Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The compan...
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First Results Of Private Auction Results Held Last Week: Desi Networks LLC Wins, Afilias Withdraws .Desi
Desi Networks LLC, in a press released announced they won a private auction, held by Innovative Auctions on August 13, 2013, it is now the sole applicant for the .desi gTLD. Other applicant in the private auction for .Desi was Afilias. The compan...
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September 30, 2013, 9:35 am

The Domains
Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com
Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013, and whether they pl...
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Sedo.com New gTLD Study Says 59% Said They Would Consider Using a Domain Other Than .Com
Sedo.com today announced the results of research study of whether those that work in the advertising and marketing industry (or their clients) are aware of the pending launch of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) in 2013, and whether they pl...
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September 30, 2013, 9:19 am

The Domains
Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association
Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Reg...
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Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon Wins Overall Net Visionary Award From The Irish Internet Association
Web domain and hosting firm Blacknight’s CEO Michele Neylon won this year’s Overall Net Visionary Award handed out by the Irish Internet Association (IIA) for his thought leadership and pioneering work as the chair of the ICANN Reg...
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September 30, 2013, 9:12 am

The Domains
Finances.com Purchased For $500,000
Finances International, Ltd. just announced they purchased the domain name Finances.com for 500,000. “Finances.com is to become home to one of the most interactive online portals dedicated to financial markets and financial manag...
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Finances.com Purchased For $500,000
Finances International, Ltd. just announced they purchased the domain name Finances.com for 500,000. “Finances.com is to become home to one of the most interactive online portals dedicated to financial markets and financial manag...
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September 30, 2013, 12:13 am

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Will There Be A Super Bowl Commercial For Legalized Marijuana?
Two different Commercials promoting Legalized Marijuana have made it o the second round in the Intuit small business competition for a Super Bowl commercials. According to a press release, MarijuanaDoctors.com, which bills it self a...
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Will There Be A Super Bowl Commercial For Legalized Marijuana?
Two different Commercials promoting Legalized Marijuana have made it o the second round in the Intuit small business competition for a Super Bowl commercials. According to a press release, MarijuanaDoctors.com, which bills it self a...
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September 29, 2013, 10:42 am

The Domains
As The London Conference Closes Frank Schilling Responds To The 65 Comments On TheDomains.com
As the The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress Conference wrapped up yesterday in London Frank Schilling founder of Uniregistry an applicant for more than 50 new gTLD’s, posted a comment to our post to his opening remarks from the co...
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As The London Conference Closes Frank Schilling Responds To The 65 Comments On TheDomains.com
As the The Digital Marketing & gTLD Strategy Congress Conference wrapped up yesterday in London Frank Schilling founder of Uniregistry an applicant for more than 50 new gTLD’s, posted a comment to our post to his opening remarks from the co...
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September 28, 2013, 3:06 am