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Elliot's Blog
.CO Auction Results from Sedo
The .CO startup auction at Sedo ended a week ago, and the sale generated about $55,000. Home.CO was the highest value sale, closing at just under $25k, followed by Hot.CO at $10k. I spoke with a representative from Sedo about the auction, and he...
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.CO Auction Results from Sedo
The .CO startup auction at Sedo ended a week ago, and the sale generated about $55,000. Home.CO was the highest value sale, closing at just under $25k, followed by Hot.CO at $10k. I spoke with a representative from Sedo about the auction, and he...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 12:57 pm
Elliot's Blog
MicroGiving Acquired by DonorCommunity
It looks like John Ferber, co-founder of Domain Holdings and also co-founder of Advertising.com (sold to AOL), has made another exit from a company he started. MicroGiving has been acquired by DonorCommunity. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Acc...
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MicroGiving Acquired by DonorCommunity
It looks like John Ferber, co-founder of Domain Holdings and also co-founder of Advertising.com (sold to AOL), has made another exit from a company he started. MicroGiving has been acquired by DonorCommunity. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Acc...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy to auction .info “sunrise pending reallocation” domains
Auction features domains originally reserved during 2001 sunrise. Domain name registry Afilias is working with Go daddy to auction off over 100 domain names claimed in the .info sunrise that were later deemed ineligible. The 106 domain auction runs D...
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Go Daddy to auction .info “sunrise pending reallocation” domains
Auction features domains originally reserved during 2001 sunrise. Domain name registry Afilias is working with Go daddy to auction off over 100 domain names claimed in the .info sunrise that were later deemed ineligible. The 106 domain auction runs D...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 end user domain sales, including a buy from the Data.com seller
A report on 27 end user domain name sales made last week. This week’s end user domain sales report includes a small purchase by the company that sold Data.com from Salesforce.com for $4.5 million. Afternic New York City bakery City Cakes shorte...
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27 end user domain sales, including a buy from the Data.com seller
A report on 27 end user domain name sales made last week. This week’s end user domain sales report includes a small purchase by the company that sold Data.com from Salesforce.com for $4.5 million. Afternic New York City bakery City Cakes shorte...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 11:54 am
The Domains
MarkMonitor.com Registers A Bunch Of Defensive Registrations For Clients: Sucks, Hate And The F Bomb
MarkMonitor.com registered a bunch of defensive domain name registrations for Bell Media yesterday, including the words suck, hate and even the F-Bomb Bell Media owns many TV networks in Canada including the CTV, Much, and RDS Here are the doma...
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MarkMonitor.com Registers A Bunch Of Defensive Registrations For Clients: Sucks, Hate And The F Bomb
MarkMonitor.com registered a bunch of defensive domain name registrations for Bell Media yesterday, including the words suck, hate and even the F-Bomb Bell Media owns many TV networks in Canada including the CTV, Much, and RDS Here are the doma...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 11:38 am
The Domains
Everything.Me Gets Another $25 Million In Funding
TechCrunch.com is reporting on another startup .Me site, Everything.Me just got $25 Million in additional funding: “”Everything.me, a slick mobile app that lets users search for specific content across both native and mobile apps. (A full...
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Everything.Me Gets Another $25 Million In Funding
TechCrunch.com is reporting on another startup .Me site, Everything.Me just got $25 Million in additional funding: “”Everything.me, a slick mobile app that lets users search for specific content across both native and mobile apps. (A full...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 10:03 am
Domain Name Wire
Noss: use new TLD auction proceeds to bring more internet to Africa
Elliot Noss argues that auction proceeds should be used to fun wireless internet in Africa. Tucows CEO Elliot Noss, along with “internet in a suitcase” advocate Sascha Meinrath, have penned an op-ed for Slate arguing that new TLD auction ...
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Noss: use new TLD auction proceeds to bring more internet to Africa
Elliot Noss argues that auction proceeds should be used to fun wireless internet in Africa. Tucows CEO Elliot Noss, along with “internet in a suitcase” advocate Sascha Meinrath, have penned an op-ed for Slate arguing that new TLD auction ...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 9:25 am
The Domains
Sedo Announces First New gTLD Client .HIV
Sedo announced this morning that is partnership with dotHIV, the future nonprofit registry behind the new .hiv generic top-level domain (gTLD) is based in Berlin. As far as we can tell this is the 1st publicly released new gTLD client of Sedo....
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Sedo Announces First New gTLD Client .HIV
Sedo announced this morning that is partnership with dotHIV, the future nonprofit registry behind the new .hiv generic top-level domain (gTLD) is based in Berlin. As far as we can tell this is the 1st publicly released new gTLD client of Sedo....
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 7:45 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 28th
Lots of adult names going off at Namejet today but I just can’t have names like assthumper.com and worse on the list. If that’s your thang, and for many it is, there are some strong names. Otherwise here are the family names. ...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 28th
Lots of adult names going off at Namejet today but I just can’t have names like assthumper.com and worse on the list. If that’s your thang, and for many it is, there are some strong names. Otherwise here are the family names. ...
Discussion
November 28, 2012, 6:18 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $825,000 In Domain Names Led By Styles.com For $60,000
Afternic.com just released its weekly sales list for the short holiday week (in the US) and sold almost $825,000 in domain names The sales were led by Styles.com for $60,000 .com Sales styles.com $60,000.00 homeware.co...
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Afternic.com Sells $825,000 In Domain Names Led By Styles.com For $60,000
Afternic.com just released its weekly sales list for the short holiday week (in the US) and sold almost $825,000 in domain names The sales were led by Styles.com for $60,000 .com Sales styles.com $60,000.00 homeware.co...
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November 27, 2012, 6:16 pm
