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DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons
If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet another one, DomainMongrel.com I will go through some results we got today but first this ...
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DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons
If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet another one, DomainMongrel.com I will go through some results we got today but first this ...
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January 23, 2013, 10:26 am

The Domains
Yahoo Acquires Snip.it
According to a post on the company blog, Snip.it has been acquired by Yahoo for what Cnet.com is reporting to be in the “ten’s of millions of dollars” Here is the company blog post: “We are thrilled at the opportunity to bring...
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Yahoo Acquires Snip.it
According to a post on the company blog, Snip.it has been acquired by Yahoo for what Cnet.com is reporting to be in the “ten’s of millions of dollars” Here is the company blog post: “We are thrilled at the opportunity to bring...
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January 22, 2013, 6:56 pm

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Capitol Music Wins UDRP & Gets Back The Domain It Lost in 2010: CapitolMusicGroup.com
Complainant Capitol Records, LLC d/b/a Capitol Music Group (“Complainant”), gained control of the domain name capitolmusicgroup.com in a UDRP that is owned until 2010 when it was “inadvertently deleted.” The opinion does...
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Capitol Music Wins UDRP & Gets Back The Domain It Lost in 2010: CapitolMusicGroup.com
Complainant Capitol Records, LLC d/b/a Capitol Music Group (“Complainant”), gained control of the domain name capitolmusicgroup.com in a UDRP that is owned until 2010 when it was “inadvertently deleted.” The opinion does...
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January 22, 2013, 6:53 pm

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Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Led By Everclear.com For $18K
Afternic.com just released it sales for the week of 1/14/12 – 1/20/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,014,103. Here are the reportable sales: Everclear.com ...
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Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Led By Everclear.com For $18K
Afternic.com just released it sales for the week of 1/14/12 – 1/20/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,014,103. Here are the reportable sales: Everclear.com ...
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January 22, 2013, 5:37 pm

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Google Reports: Revenues Up 36%; Paid Clicks Up 24%; Cost Per Click Down 6%
After the stock market closed today Google reported its earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 which we better than expected sending shares of Google up over 3% in after hours trading Google Inc. reported consolidated reven...
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Google Reports: Revenues Up 36%; Paid Clicks Up 24%; Cost Per Click Down 6%
After the stock market closed today Google reported its earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 which we better than expected sending shares of Google up over 3% in after hours trading Google Inc. reported consolidated reven...
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January 22, 2013, 4:51 pm

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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.6 Million
Over the past week, 1076 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · ...
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.6 Million
Over the past week, 1076 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · ...
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January 22, 2013, 4:32 pm

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IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With “Charm Prices”
This is a Guest Post by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com’s product manager for domain pricing, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate. Mr. Lindenthal holds a PhD in Real Estate Finance from Ma...
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IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With “Charm Prices”
This is a Guest Post by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com’s product manager for domain pricing, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Center for Real Estate. Mr. Lindenthal holds a PhD in Real Estate Finance from Ma...
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January 22, 2013, 9:01 am

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Mega.co Hits the Auction Block At Flippa With A $1,000,000 Buy It Now Price
Flippa.com just announced on its Twitter page that the domain name Mega.co is at auction on its site and can be yours for the Buy It Now price (BIN) of just $1,000,000. The reserve price seems to be set at $500,000 if you are willing to chance the do...
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Mega.co Hits the Auction Block At Flippa With A $1,000,000 Buy It Now Price
Flippa.com just announced on its Twitter page that the domain name Mega.co is at auction on its site and can be yours for the Buy It Now price (BIN) of just $1,000,000. The reserve price seems to be set at $500,000 if you are willing to chance the do...
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January 21, 2013, 7:16 pm

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SelectHealth Loses UDRP On Parked Domain SelectHealth.com
SelectHealth, Inc. of Murray, Utah just lost a UDRP on a direct match domain of its trademark SelectHealth.com The one member panel noted that the domain name was registered long before the trademark was filed, however the panel also noted that for a...
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SelectHealth Loses UDRP On Parked Domain SelectHealth.com
SelectHealth, Inc. of Murray, Utah just lost a UDRP on a direct match domain of its trademark SelectHealth.com The one member panel noted that the domain name was registered long before the trademark was filed, however the panel also noted that for a...
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January 21, 2013, 11:33 am

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SeekingAlpha: “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2.0′”
SeekingAlpha.com a publication that goes out to stock investors. In a post entitled “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2.0″ The article starts out with the subtitle: “”Dot-com is so 1990s” “Sta...
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SeekingAlpha: “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2.0′”
SeekingAlpha.com a publication that goes out to stock investors. In a post entitled “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2.0″ The article starts out with the subtitle: “”Dot-com is so 1990s” “Sta...
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January 21, 2013, 8:30 am