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Domain Name Wire
Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
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Afilias was second-place bidder in $135 million .Web auction
Afilias bid $135 million for rights to .web domain name. There has been a lot of chatter after the $135 million .web auction as to who the second place bidder in the auction was. I was skeptical of a report that it was Google. I was under the impress...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 5:08 pm
The Domains
Afilias Asks ICANN To Disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 million winning bid for .Web
Afilias has written ICANN asking that it disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 million winning bid for .Web, which as we now know would give Verisign (VRSN) control of what many consider to be the best of the new gTLD. Afilias also asked ICANN to conduct...
Discussion
Afilias Asks ICANN To Disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 million winning bid for .Web
Afilias has written ICANN asking that it disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 million winning bid for .Web, which as we now know would give Verisign (VRSN) control of what many consider to be the best of the new gTLD. Afilias also asked ICANN to conduct...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
Discussion
Frank Schilling returns – DNW Podcast #97
Frank Schilling discusses what he sees happening in the domain name industry right now. Frank Schilling returns to the program to talk about interesting developments in the domain name business, what’s been happening to aftermarket domain sales...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 3:30 pm
Sully's Blog
Domains and SEO – Are you doing these three simple things?
James Richardson started his online career running online Sports Fan sites, with the pinnacle being a write up in the Sunday Herald Sun ‘Wired’ column. His professional career began at ASX listed company Melbourne IT where he held various...
Discussion
Domains and SEO – Are you doing these three simple things?
James Richardson started his online career running online Sports Fan sites, with the pinnacle being a write up in the Sunday Herald Sun ‘Wired’ column. His professional career began at ASX listed company Melbourne IT where he held various...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 2:00 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, August 15th
I’ve probably had the conversation 100 times with newer domain investors about brands. I start by saying that its not true in every single case but in most, a singular word is a better brand. A plural becomes more about that produc...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, August 15th
I’ve probably had the conversation 100 times with newer domain investors about brands. I start by saying that its not true in every single case but in most, a singular word is a better brand. A plural becomes more about that produc...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 10:05 am
DomainSherpa
(Almost) Free Email Hosting for Your Own Domain Name
Google Apps for Business costs $60 per year for email hosting. I found an email hosting option for your domain name that only costs $0.06 per year.In this tutorial, I'm going to show you exactly how to set it up and use it.
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(Almost) Free Email Hosting for Your Own Domain Name
Google Apps for Business costs $60 per year for email hosting. I found an email hosting option for your domain name that only costs $0.06 per year.In this tutorial, I'm going to show you exactly how to set it up and use it.
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 7:02 am
The Domains
Ename is now a public company in China
According to a newsletter from DN.com the popular Chinese registrar/marketplace Ename has gone public. According to the statistic in the Information Disclosure, eName was established on 19th May, 2005. It had a revenue of ï¿¥260 million CNY and ...
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Ename is now a public company in China
According to a newsletter from DN.com the popular Chinese registrar/marketplace Ename has gone public. According to the statistic in the Information Disclosure, eName was established on 19th May, 2005. It had a revenue of ï¿¥260 million CNY and ...
Discussion
August 15, 2016, 6:08 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeout purchases and more from the auction list posted on August 13, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeout purchases and more from the auction list posted on August 13, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather...
Discussion
August 14, 2016, 9:39 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Biciclette.com, Babe.net, 76H.com) and Flops (SelfEmployed.com, Loan.info)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Biciclette.com sold for 15,000 USD recently at Nidoma, vs 2,645 USD on 2014-03-12 at NameJet. “Bicycles” in Italian, I believe, and the dom...
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Domain Flips (Biciclette.com, Babe.net, 76H.com) and Flops (SelfEmployed.com, Loan.info)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Biciclette.com sold for 15,000 USD recently at Nidoma, vs 2,645 USD on 2014-03-12 at NameJet. “Bicycles” in Italian, I believe, and the dom...
Discussion
August 14, 2016, 8:31 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, August 14th
I always talk about people not changing over their DNS and contact info once they buy a domain. Unfortunately it looks like I joined the group that forgot. I had two people over the weekend nice enough to email me and say they were getti...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, August 14th
I always talk about people not changing over their DNS and contact info once they buy a domain. Unfortunately it looks like I joined the group that forgot. I had two people over the weekend nice enough to email me and say they were getti...
Discussion
August 14, 2016, 10:16 am
