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Domain Name Wire
What domain names Pepsi and others bought
Pepsi bought a domain name for one of its sodas and other end user domain purchases. Sedo reported $1.6 million worth of domain names sales for the week end ending January 19. Here are a dozen that involved end users, including Pepsi. You can see pre...
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What domain names Pepsi and others bought
Pepsi bought a domain name for one of its sodas and other end user domain purchases. Sedo reported $1.6 million worth of domain names sales for the week end ending January 19. Here are a dozen that involved end users, including Pepsi. You can see pre...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs disappear from GoDaddy home page, plus 1&1′s hidden sunrise
GoDaddy demotes new TLDs from the home page, 1&1 not offering sunrise registrations through its largest brand. Here are a couple noteworthy items related to new top level domain names. First, over the weekend I noticed that promotions for new top...
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New TLDs disappear from GoDaddy home page, plus 1&1′s hidden sunrise
GoDaddy demotes new TLDs from the home page, 1&1 not offering sunrise registrations through its largest brand. Here are a couple noteworthy items related to new top level domain names. First, over the weekend I noticed that promotions for new top...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains defends UDRP brought by Academy Sports
BuyDomains said it registered AcademyOnline.net as a generic domain name, not because of the sports retailer. BuyDomains, part of NameMedia, has successfully defended a UDRP brought by Academy Sports + Outdoors against the domain name AcademyOnline.n...
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BuyDomains defends UDRP brought by Academy Sports
BuyDomains said it registered AcademyOnline.net as a generic domain name, not because of the sports retailer. BuyDomains, part of NameMedia, has successfully defended a UDRP brought by Academy Sports + Outdoors against the domain name AcademyOnline.n...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 2:55 pm
The Domains
Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up
In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com, Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD’s than any company on earth, howev...
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Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up
In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com, Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD’s than any company on earth, howev...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 2:35 pm
The Domains
TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve New gTLD Auction In Vegas
In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with c...
Discussion
TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve New gTLD Auction In Vegas
In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with c...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 1:48 pm
The Domains
Report Dailymail.com “Sold For As Much As £1m-plus” (1.65 Million)
According to a story in TheGuardian.com, whose parent company operates Mail Online otherwise known as the Daily Mail & General Trust “has paid potentially as much as £1m-plus to secure the valuable domain name. DailyMail.com&rdq...
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Report Dailymail.com “Sold For As Much As £1m-plus” (1.65 Million)
According to a story in TheGuardian.com, whose parent company operates Mail Online otherwise known as the Daily Mail & General Trust “has paid potentially as much as £1m-plus to secure the valuable domain name. DailyMail.com&rdq...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 1:38 pm
The Domains
Web.com Has 50 New gTLD For Pre-Registration
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), which owns two of the top to 10 domain name registrars now has over 50 new gTLD’s domain extensions available for pre-registration and purchase. The following new domain names are now available for pre-registr...
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Web.com Has 50 New gTLD For Pre-Registration
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), which owns two of the top to 10 domain name registrars now has over 50 new gTLD’s domain extensions available for pre-registration and purchase. The following new domain names are now available for pre-registr...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 1:28 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 27th, 2014
Someone asked me yesterday day what I thought the key to starting a new blog was. When used to write my old blog I would make sure to write a post about every headline in the news and try and relate it to my website. It was all about numbers, t...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 27th, 2014
Someone asked me yesterday day what I thought the key to starting a new blog was. When used to write my old blog I would make sure to write a post about every headline in the news and try and relate it to my website. It was all about numbers, t...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 11:17 am
DomainSherpa
StockPhoto.com: Pre-paying $250,000 for a Lifetime of Customer Traffic – With Jon Yau
Instead of hand registering a $9 brandable domain name like ShutterStock.com or iStockPhoto.com and paying for CPC marketing forever, Jon Yau plunked down $250,000 of his family’s savings to purchase StockPhoto.com – a domain name with 50...
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StockPhoto.com: Pre-paying $250,000 for a Lifetime of Customer Traffic – With Jon Yau
Instead of hand registering a $9 brandable domain name like ShutterStock.com or iStockPhoto.com and paying for CPC marketing forever, Jon Yau plunked down $250,000 of his family’s savings to purchase StockPhoto.com – a domain name with 50...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 9:00 am
The Domains
Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Firm Deep Mind
Google is acquiring Deep Mind for reportedly $400 million although some are reporting it may have been as high as $500 million. Deep Mind is involved in the field of artificial intelligence. The news came out on a Sunday and many publica...
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Google Acquires Artificial Intelligence Firm Deep Mind
Google is acquiring Deep Mind for reportedly $400 million although some are reporting it may have been as high as $500 million. Deep Mind is involved in the field of artificial intelligence. The news came out on a Sunday and many publica...
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January 27, 2014, 4:30 am
