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LoveLive.TV Gets Another $2.7 Million In Funding & Is At $20 Million
Another site build out on a nice and brandable .TV domain name LoveLive.TV which started in 2012 just got an investment of $2.7 million dollars according to VentureBeat.com “LoveLive helps record and distribute live performances from musicians....
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LoveLive.TV Gets Another $2.7 Million In Funding & Is At $20 Million
Another site build out on a nice and brandable .TV domain name LoveLive.TV which started in 2012 just got an investment of $2.7 million dollars according to VentureBeat.com “LoveLive helps record and distribute live performances from musicians....
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September 26, 2013, 2:22 am
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Entrepreneur.com & Verisign Launch Vote For The Best 100 .Net Sites In The World
Entrepreneur.com along with Verisign, just launched a poll to pick the best 100 .net sites in the world “The .net is a bigger part of your digital life than you think. We visit .net sites for news, entertainment, business, and more. So h...
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Entrepreneur.com & Verisign Launch Vote For The Best 100 .Net Sites In The World
Entrepreneur.com along with Verisign, just launched a poll to pick the best 100 .net sites in the world “The .net is a bigger part of your digital life than you think. We visit .net sites for news, entertainment, business, and more. So h...
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September 25, 2013, 12:19 pm
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New gTLD .XYZ Rolls Out Site Out In German
Citing a “great response from the German market” the new gTLD .XYZ has launched their site in German as well. “Our initial outreach has shown Germans are likely to register a .xyz domain name when it becomes available. ” &ldqu...
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New gTLD .XYZ Rolls Out Site Out In German
Citing a “great response from the German market” the new gTLD .XYZ has launched their site in German as well. “Our initial outreach has shown Germans are likely to register a .xyz domain name when it becomes available. ” &ldqu...
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September 25, 2013, 12:01 pm
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.Co Registry Sells Y.co To Monaco Yacht Company
Y.CO announced its newest sale of a .Co single letter web address – Y.com today as the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show gets underway The purchase of y.co from .CO Internet S.A.S sees the superyacht brokerage and management company become th...
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.Co Registry Sells Y.co To Monaco Yacht Company
Y.CO announced its newest sale of a .Co single letter web address – Y.com today as the 2013 Monaco Yacht Show gets underway The purchase of y.co from .CO Internet S.A.S sees the superyacht brokerage and management company become th...
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September 25, 2013, 11:53 am
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Afternic.com Sells $904K In Domains Led By Credo.com For $75K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/16/13 – 9/22/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $904,382. The highest sale was Credo.com which sold for $75,000 followed by Rool.com for...
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Afternic.com Sells $904K In Domains Led By Credo.com For $75K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 9/16/13 – 9/22/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $904,382. The highest sale was Credo.com which sold for $75,000 followed by Rool.com for...
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September 25, 2013, 9:37 am
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.4MM
Over the past week, 752 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. This amounts to $49.8m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to ...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.4MM
Over the past week, 752 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. This amounts to $49.8m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. “Congratulations to ...
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September 25, 2013, 9:30 am
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Registrars Where You Can Place Pre-Reservations On New gTLD Domain Names
After I wrote the post that 1and1.com topped over 2 Million new gTLD domain name pre-reservations (actually now over 2.15) I got a few emails of people asking me what other registrars are and are not taking pre-reservations. Once again a pre-reservat...
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Registrars Where You Can Place Pre-Reservations On New gTLD Domain Names
After I wrote the post that 1and1.com topped over 2 Million new gTLD domain name pre-reservations (actually now over 2.15) I got a few emails of people asking me what other registrars are and are not taking pre-reservations. Once again a pre-reservat...
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September 25, 2013, 8:32 am
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ICANN Publishes Study on Whois Privacy & Proxy Service Abuse & Opens Up Comment Period
ICANN authorized a study conducted by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom, to analyze gTLD domain names to measure whether the percentage of privacy/proxy use among domains engaged in illegal or harmful Internet activities is...
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ICANN Publishes Study on Whois Privacy & Proxy Service Abuse & Opens Up Comment Period
ICANN authorized a study conducted by the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in the United Kingdom, to analyze gTLD domain names to measure whether the percentage of privacy/proxy use among domains engaged in illegal or harmful Internet activities is...
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September 25, 2013, 7:57 am
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ICANN To Post Redline Changes To New gTLD Registry Contracts
According to a post by ICANN on its site it will start publishing redline versions of executed Registry Agreements as it ” would be helpful to the entire ICANN community, and would also support ICANN’s efforts to provide operational trans...
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ICANN To Post Redline Changes To New gTLD Registry Contracts
According to a post by ICANN on its site it will start publishing redline versions of executed Registry Agreements as it ” would be helpful to the entire ICANN community, and would also support ICANN’s efforts to provide operational trans...
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September 25, 2013, 7:51 am
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Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand Media On?
Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s tha...
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Are These The 107 New gTLD Extensions Donuts Partnered With Demand Media On?
Donuts.co which applied for 307 new gTLD strings has stated all along that they were in partnership with Demand Media (DMD) on 107 of the applications. However I do not think Donuts or Demand have publicly stated which of the 107 new gTLD’s tha...
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September 24, 2013, 2:38 pm
