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The Domains
LeftOfTheDot.com Partners With Christmas.com: “We Own Christmas.com”
Just in time for the holiday shopping seasons, our friends at LeftoftheDot.com have partnered up with the owners of Christmas.com to operate the site. According to a story in the Mapleridgenews.com, LeftoftheDot in partnership with the original...
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LeftOfTheDot.com Partners With Christmas.com: “We Own Christmas.com”
Just in time for the holiday shopping seasons, our friends at LeftoftheDot.com have partnered up with the owners of Christmas.com to operate the site. According to a story in the Mapleridgenews.com, LeftoftheDot in partnership with the original...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 10:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
Protrada Partners with Alex Mandossian
I haven’t used Protrada all that much, but Troy Rushton recently walked me through a site demo, and I must say that it offers a considerable amount of tools that I didn’t know about. After taking me through the demo, Troy mentioned that t...
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Protrada Partners with Alex Mandossian
I haven’t used Protrada all that much, but Troy Rushton recently walked me through a site demo, and I must say that it offers a considerable amount of tools that I didn’t know about. After taking me through the demo, Troy mentioned that t...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 9:14 pm
The Domains
WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn’t even ask for a RDNH find...
Discussion
WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn’t even ask for a RDNH find...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 8:10 pm
The Domains
The New DomainNameSales.com Is Live & Here Are The Highlights From Mr. Schilling
A couple of hours ago the folks at InternetTraffic sent out an email that the new and improved, DomainNameSales.com platform is up and running. I reached out to Frank Schilling for some of the details of what’s on the new platform: So fro...
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The New DomainNameSales.com Is Live & Here Are The Highlights From Mr. Schilling
A couple of hours ago the folks at InternetTraffic sent out an email that the new and improved, DomainNameSales.com platform is up and running. I reached out to Frank Schilling for some of the details of what’s on the new platform: So fro...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 4:51 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic “Stalking Horse” Auctions on My Blog
Over the years, I’ve inquired about many domain names that are owned by Buy Domains and listed for sale on Afternic. There are many names I’ve tried to purchase but I couldn’t reach an agreement on price with the company. I am plann...
Discussion
Afternic “Stalking Horse” Auctions on My Blog
Over the years, I’ve inquired about many domain names that are owned by Buy Domains and listed for sale on Afternic. There are many names I’ve tried to purchase but I couldn’t reach an agreement on price with the company. I am plann...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 3:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
L.A. company denied chance to use dot.com bust Kozmo.com’s domain name
Kozmo.com may be defunct but it’s domain registration lives on. In July I wrote about how Los Angeles company Yummy Foods, LLC wanted to relaunch the Kozmo.com delivery brand. Kozmo.com was one of the biggest dot.com busts. It raised around $25...
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L.A. company denied chance to use dot.com bust Kozmo.com’s domain name
Kozmo.com may be defunct but it’s domain registration lives on. In July I wrote about how Los Angeles company Yummy Foods, LLC wanted to relaunch the Kozmo.com delivery brand. Kozmo.com was one of the biggest dot.com busts. It raised around $25...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
$4M+ GiftCard.com seller is no stranger to big ticket domain sales
Seller also sold CashBack.com to Microsoft. Yesterday Gift Card Lab announced that it had acquired GiftCard.com for over $4 million in cash and equity. The purchase was not just a domain name; it came with a long running business that also included t...
Discussion
$4M+ GiftCard.com seller is no stranger to big ticket domain sales
Seller also sold CashBack.com to Microsoft. Yesterday Gift Card Lab announced that it had acquired GiftCard.com for over $4 million in cash and equity. The purchase was not just a domain name; it came with a long running business that also included t...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 1:21 pm
The Domains
Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchase For $2,500
Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a wh0oping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple...
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Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchase For $2,500
Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a wh0oping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 12:58 pm
The Domains
Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
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Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 12:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign wants patent on non-existent domain analysis tools
Company files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The company fil...
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Verisign wants patent on non-existent domain analysis tools
Company files patent application related to NXD data analysis. Verisign has made great strides in opening up its treasure trove of data related to traffic to non-existent domain names (NXD). Now it wants to patent some of its methods. The company fil...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 11:31 am
