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Check.Me At Auction In 2010 For $2,500, Raises $24 Million More in Funding
The domain name Check.me was at a Sedo auction with a reserve price of $2,500 back in 2010. Today according to to The Term Sheet, Check (f.k.a. Pageonce), a Palo Alto, Calif.–based mobile app for tracking and paying bills, which used the ...
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Check.Me At Auction In 2010 For $2,500, Raises $24 Million More in Funding
The domain name Check.me was at a Sedo auction with a reserve price of $2,500 back in 2010. Today according to to The Term Sheet, Check (f.k.a. Pageonce), a Palo Alto, Calif.–based mobile app for tracking and paying bills, which used the ...
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September 4, 2013, 11:11 am

The Domains
.Org Registrations up 13.6% in 1st Half of 2013 to 10.3 Million
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from Ja...
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.Org Registrations up 13.6% in 1st Half of 2013 to 10.3 Million
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,” detailing the international and domestic growth of .ORG from Ja...
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September 4, 2013, 10:55 am

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CommonBond.Co Raises Over $100 Million
According to the Term Sheet, CommonBond, a New York-based student lending platform, has raised over $100 million in new equity and debt financing. Tribeca Venture Partners and The Social + Capital Partnership led the equity tranche, and were joined b...
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CommonBond.Co Raises Over $100 Million
According to the Term Sheet, CommonBond, a New York-based student lending platform, has raised over $100 million in new equity and debt financing. Tribeca Venture Partners and The Social + Capital Partnership led the equity tranche, and were joined b...
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September 4, 2013, 10:50 am

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.18 Million In Domains Led By Philanthropist.com For $50K
Afternic.com just released its reportable weekly domain sales report for the week of 8/26/13 – 9/1/13, total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,180,925. One of our domain names made the l...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.18 Million In Domains Led By Philanthropist.com For $50K
Afternic.com just released its reportable weekly domain sales report for the week of 8/26/13 – 9/1/13, total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,180,925. One of our domain names made the l...
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September 4, 2013, 10:29 am

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GongShow.com Lost In UDRP After Domain Holder Trys To Sell It For $18,000
Gongshow Gear Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name GongShow.com, after the domain holder asked for $18,000 to sell the domain. Complainant contends it has rights in the GONGSHOW mark, used in connection with lifestyle hockey apparel. Complainant h...
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GongShow.com Lost In UDRP After Domain Holder Trys To Sell It For $18,000
Gongshow Gear Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name GongShow.com, after the domain holder asked for $18,000 to sell the domain. Complainant contends it has rights in the GONGSHOW mark, used in connection with lifestyle hockey apparel. Complainant h...
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September 4, 2013, 10:11 am

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CheckCashing.com Up For Sale Reserve Range $500K-$750K
Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, announced today that they have been selected as the exclusive brokerage and auction house representing CheckCashing.com The reserve range i...
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CheckCashing.com Up For Sale Reserve Range $500K-$750K
Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, announced today that they have been selected as the exclusive brokerage and auction house representing CheckCashing.com The reserve range i...
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September 4, 2013, 9:53 am

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ABC Liquors Gains Control Of 14 Year Old Domain ABCLiquors.com In UDRP
ABC Liquors, Inc. of Florida, just won a UDRP on the domain name abcliquor.com. Its an interesting case, although living in Florida I know ABC Liquor to be the largest chain of Liquor stores in the state, however also having a house in North Carolina...
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ABC Liquors Gains Control Of 14 Year Old Domain ABCLiquors.com In UDRP
ABC Liquors, Inc. of Florida, just won a UDRP on the domain name abcliquor.com. Its an interesting case, although living in Florida I know ABC Liquor to be the largest chain of Liquor stores in the state, however also having a house in North Carolina...
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September 4, 2013, 9:39 am

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Fox Gains Control of 22 Domains Related To Fox Sports 1, Including Foxsport1.com, FoxSports1.Tv
Fox gained control of 22 domain names around its new network, Fox Sports 1 which just launched a few weeks ago through a UDRP. As you can see from the list below there are some bang on domain names for this new network included in this list FoxSports...
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Fox Gains Control of 22 Domains Related To Fox Sports 1, Including Foxsport1.com, FoxSports1.Tv
Fox gained control of 22 domain names around its new network, Fox Sports 1 which just launched a few weeks ago through a UDRP. As you can see from the list below there are some bang on domain names for this new network included in this list FoxSports...
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September 4, 2013, 9:10 am

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WTR: Chats About How Radix Is Planning on Marketing Its New gTLD’s
The WorldTrademarkReview.com, published a story on Radix this morning and applicant for 29 new gTLD’s and spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani, business head of Radix , on how the company would market its offerings. Radix’s marketing strategy is ...
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WTR: Chats About How Radix Is Planning on Marketing Its New gTLD’s
The WorldTrademarkReview.com, published a story on Radix this morning and applicant for 29 new gTLD’s and spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani, business head of Radix , on how the company would market its offerings. Radix’s marketing strategy is ...
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September 4, 2013, 8:30 am

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Wow: Check Out Verisign’s Scathing Letter To ICANN
In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 “examples of ICANN’s Unaccountable Actions as Requested by ICANN CEO Fadi Chelade” The letter itself fills in the bac...
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Wow: Check Out Verisign’s Scathing Letter To ICANN
In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 “examples of ICANN’s Unaccountable Actions as Requested by ICANN CEO Fadi Chelade” The letter itself fills in the bac...
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September 4, 2013, 1:00 am