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The Domains
After 50 ICANN Meetings, Its Amazing ICANN Never Held A Meeting In These 10 Places
ICANN is about to hold its 50th meeting in London from June 21st. June 25, 2014. Looking back at the previous 49 ICANN general meetings and where they have been held. I figured I would point out 10 spots around the globe that its pretty hard to...
Discussion
After 50 ICANN Meetings, Its Amazing ICANN Never Held A Meeting In These 10 Places
ICANN is about to hold its 50th meeting in London from June 21st. June 25, 2014. Looking back at the previous 49 ICANN general meetings and where they have been held. I figured I would point out 10 spots around the globe that its pretty hard to...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 12:35 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 16th, 2014
Yesterday was a good day. I changed my domain sales strategy once again. I started accepting offers under $1000 for names I paid less than $25. Yesterday I sold MasonSand dot com for $500 to a company of the same name. Could ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 16th, 2014
Yesterday was a good day. I changed my domain sales strategy once again. I started accepting offers under $1000 for names I paid less than $25. Yesterday I sold MasonSand dot com for $500 to a company of the same name. Could ...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 12:30 pm
The Domains
Yahoo Beats Estimates and Stock Pops After Hours
Yahoo was up after hours as the company showed growth for the first time in a year. Yahoo posted earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $1.09 billion in the first quarter, just beating Wall Street estimates for earnings of $0.37 a share on ...
Discussion
Yahoo Beats Estimates and Stock Pops After Hours
Yahoo was up after hours as the company showed growth for the first time in a year. Yahoo posted earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $1.09 billion in the first quarter, just beating Wall Street estimates for earnings of $0.37 a share on ...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 7:38 am
The Domains
Mr.Berkens Regs The First Uniregistry Domain of the Day on What Was A Busy Day
It was a busy day today for Frank Schilling and his company Uniregistry, as five uncontested strings went live at around 12 noon Eastern time. The strings that went live today were the following: .Pics, .Photo, .Gift, .Link and .Guitars. Out the gate...
Discussion
Mr.Berkens Regs The First Uniregistry Domain of the Day on What Was A Busy Day
It was a busy day today for Frank Schilling and his company Uniregistry, as five uncontested strings went live at around 12 noon Eastern time. The strings that went live today were the following: .Pics, .Photo, .Gift, .Link and .Guitars. Out the gate...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 4:46 am
The Domains
Hershey’s Files UDRP On 16 Year Old ChocolateWorld.com; 17 Year old NewBody.com Also Hit
A couple of interesting UDRP filings today Hershey’s just filed a UDRP on the domain name ChocolateWorld.com The domain name was registered in back in 1997 however it is going to a blank page and according to Screenshots the domain may never ha...
Discussion
Hershey’s Files UDRP On 16 Year Old ChocolateWorld.com; 17 Year old NewBody.com Also Hit
A couple of interesting UDRP filings today Hershey’s just filed a UDRP on the domain name ChocolateWorld.com The domain name was registered in back in 1997 however it is going to a blank page and according to Screenshots the domain may never ha...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 11:02 pm
The Domains
Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $2.06 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 4/7/14 – 4/13/14. All sales for the week totalled $2,065,279. The top .com sale was lead by NGSN.com for $20,000 followed by AnyView.com for $17,000. The top non-com sale lead by Flavou...
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $2.06 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 4/7/14 – 4/13/14. All sales for the week totalled $2,065,279. The top .com sale was lead by NGSN.com for $20,000 followed by AnyView.com for $17,000. The top non-com sale lead by Flavou...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 7:48 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million Led By Gab.com For $200K
Sedo just reported that 620 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million dollars for the week. 46% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: - Top .coms: gab.com ...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million Led By Gab.com For $200K
Sedo just reported that 620 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million dollars for the week. 46% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: - Top .coms: gab.com ...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 7:39 pm
The Domains
Can New gTLDs Save Demand Media ?
Scott Hopkins wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha today stating that the new gtlds were the last chance for Demand Media. Demand Media has been languishing in the stock market for awhile now. The stock is down 25 % this year and is down 46 % over a one ye...
Discussion
Can New gTLDs Save Demand Media ?
Scott Hopkins wrote a piece on Seeking Alpha today stating that the new gtlds were the last chance for Demand Media. Demand Media has been languishing in the stock market for awhile now. The stock is down 25 % this year and is down 46 % over a one ye...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 6:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com account management Goes Down
Site won’t let users log in. GoDaddy appears to be having technical difficulties right now. Users trying to log in are greeted with a message like this: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try ag...
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GoDaddy.com account management Goes Down
Site won’t let users log in. GoDaddy appears to be having technical difficulties right now. Users trying to log in are greeted with a message like this: Service Unavailable The server is temporarily unable to service your request. Please try ag...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 6:39 pm
The Domains
.Buzz May Have The Strangest List Of 100 Reserved Domains Of All New gTLD’s
.Buzz goes live today and like all new gTLD registries they are entitled to keep 100 domains for their own use for marketing and other purposes, but going through the list of .Buzz reserved domains it maybe the strangest list of 100 (actually 85 by m...
Discussion
.Buzz May Have The Strangest List Of 100 Reserved Domains Of All New gTLD’s
.Buzz goes live today and like all new gTLD registries they are entitled to keep 100 domains for their own use for marketing and other purposes, but going through the list of .Buzz reserved domains it maybe the strangest list of 100 (actually 85 by m...
Discussion
April 15, 2014, 5:36 pm
