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Cnet.com: Google Goes With “Drive” As The Name Of Its Cloud Service, Of Course It Doesn’t Own Drive.com
According to Cnet.com “Google is reportedly getting ready to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service”. “The service called Drive”….will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google serv...
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Cnet.com: Google Goes With “Drive” As The Name Of Its Cloud Service, Of Course It Doesn’t Own Drive.com
According to Cnet.com “Google is reportedly getting ready to take on Dropbox with its own cloud-based storage service”. “The service called Drive”….will allow users to upload photos, documents, and videos to Google serv...
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February 9, 2012, 9:53 am
The Domains
Baseball.net Last Sold For $52K In 2008 Bought & Relaunched
Arbel Arif and his partner Natan, acquired the domain name Baseball.net for an undisclosed amount in the five figures from DomainCapital.com in the last month and has launched it within the last week to “build a vast community of baseball...
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Baseball.net Last Sold For $52K In 2008 Bought & Relaunched
Arbel Arif and his partner Natan, acquired the domain name Baseball.net for an undisclosed amount in the five figures from DomainCapital.com in the last month and has launched it within the last week to “build a vast community of baseball...
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February 8, 2012, 8:16 pm
The Domains
A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K
The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder’s ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn&rsqu...
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A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K
The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder’s ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn&rsqu...
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February 8, 2012, 4:02 pm
The Domains
Blip.Tv Acquires Blip.com and Rebrands as Blip
According to a post on Paidcontent.org, Blip.tv has dropped the .Tv from its name and now rebranded as just Blip. “”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as &l...
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Blip.Tv Acquires Blip.com and Rebrands as Blip
According to a post on Paidcontent.org, Blip.tv has dropped the .Tv from its name and now rebranded as just Blip. “”Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as &l...
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February 8, 2012, 2:05 pm
The Domains
Domain Holder Loses UDRP On TommyBahamaSucks.com: If You Own a “Sucks” Name You Better Have Content
A one member WIPO panel just awarded the domain name TommyBahamaSucks.com to the Trademark Holder. While we usually post the relevant facts and findings by the panel this case can be summed up citing this finding of the panel: “”This case...
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Domain Holder Loses UDRP On TommyBahamaSucks.com: If You Own a “Sucks” Name You Better Have Content
A one member WIPO panel just awarded the domain name TommyBahamaSucks.com to the Trademark Holder. While we usually post the relevant facts and findings by the panel this case can be summed up citing this finding of the panel: “”This case...
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February 8, 2012, 12:45 pm
The Domains
K.TO Sells for $40K on Sedo.com
A rare one letter domain name in an “off” extension just sold on Sedo.com The domain K.To sold for $40,000. It looks like according to Domaintools.com the domain was 1st registered just back in 2008. .To is the Internet country code top-l...
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K.TO Sells for $40K on Sedo.com
A rare one letter domain name in an “off” extension just sold on Sedo.com The domain K.To sold for $40,000. It looks like according to Domaintools.com the domain was 1st registered just back in 2008. .To is the Internet country code top-l...
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February 8, 2012, 11:58 am
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So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?
So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I’m a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames...
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So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?
So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I’m a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames...
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February 8, 2012, 8:09 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.06 Million In Domain Names Led By FaceValue.com For $20K
Afternic.com just released their weekly report of domain sales and sold $1,066.41 in domain names. FaceValue.com led the way in reportable sales at $20K. Here is the complete list of reportable sales over $1K. .com Sales facevalue.com ...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.06 Million In Domain Names Led By FaceValue.com For $20K
Afternic.com just released their weekly report of domain sales and sold $1,066.41 in domain names. FaceValue.com led the way in reportable sales at $20K. Here is the complete list of reportable sales over $1K. .com Sales facevalue.com ...
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February 7, 2012, 6:11 pm
The Domains
Sedo Sells $1.73 Million In Domain Names
Sedo.com just published its weekly sales report and in all “894 sales through our marketplace, totaling over $1.73 million” The reportable sales were led by: geb.com at 40,000 EUR Top ccTLD: football-betting.co.uk at 11,800 GBP Top &ldquo...
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Sedo Sells $1.73 Million In Domain Names
Sedo.com just published its weekly sales report and in all “894 sales through our marketplace, totaling over $1.73 million” The reportable sales were led by: geb.com at 40,000 EUR Top ccTLD: football-betting.co.uk at 11,800 GBP Top &ldquo...
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February 7, 2012, 4:06 pm
The Domains
Despite $100 Million Dollar Budget ICANN Calls For IVolunteers to “Assist In The Evaluation of Those Seeking Financial Support To Apply For A Ne
In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).” Hum ICANN has budgeted some $...
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Despite $100 Million Dollar Budget ICANN Calls For IVolunteers to “Assist In The Evaluation of Those Seeking Financial Support To Apply For A Ne
In an announcement just issued by ICANN (pdf) they are calling for volunteers to “assist in the evaluation of those organizations seeking financial support to apply for a new generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD).” Hum ICANN has budgeted some $...
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February 7, 2012, 3:43 pm
