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Domain Name Wire
ICANN Investigates United Domains’ Pre-Registration of New TLDs
Domain registrar upsets group about its plans for .lac TLD. There are a number of web sites accepting “pre-registrations” for new top level domain names. Since no one can apply for these new TLDs yet, it’s all speculative on the par...
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ICANN Investigates United Domains’ Pre-Registration of New TLDs
Domain registrar upsets group about its plans for .lac TLD. There are a number of web sites accepting “pre-registrations” for new top level domain names. Since no one can apply for these new TLDs yet, it’s all speculative on the par...
Discussion
April 29, 2011, 3:38 am
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Domain Shane
Big Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Sedo is making up for some lost time. Some great names today and yesterday. Good news for the blog, I picked up another sponsor and it’s none other than my good buddy Acro and his amazing design abilities. After you’re done looking,...
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Big Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Sedo is making up for some lost time. Some great names today and yesterday. Good news for the blog, I picked up another sponsor and it’s none other than my good buddy Acro and his amazing design abilities. After you’re done looking,...
Discussion
April 29, 2011, 2:50 am
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The Domains
.Co Registry: Not At A Million Registrations Yet
I have confirmed with the .Co registry that they have not hit One Million registrations. An article published by Elespectador.com, a couple of days ago, stated that the .Co registry had hit the One million domain registration mark. However that artic...
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.Co Registry: Not At A Million Registrations Yet
I have confirmed with the .Co registry that they have not hit One Million registrations. An article published by Elespectador.com, a couple of days ago, stated that the .Co registry had hit the One million domain registration mark. However that artic...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 7:59 pm
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The Domains
.Co Passes The 1 Million Domain Registration Mark
According to Elespectador.com, the .Co registry hit the One Million domain registration mark today. “”Today, after a year of receiving the holding of hands of the government . Co surpassed one million domains sold , taking in the U.S., En...
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.Co Passes The 1 Million Domain Registration Mark
According to Elespectador.com, the .Co registry hit the One Million domain registration mark today. “”Today, after a year of receiving the holding of hands of the government . Co surpassed one million domains sold , taking in the U.S., En...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 7:35 pm
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Elliot's Blog
99Designs Gets $35M, Should Spend Some Of It and Buy Logo.com
A friend of a friend emailed me a press release announcing that 99Designs, a popular logo and web design company, just received a $35 million investment from Accel Partners and other angel investment firms. Wow… that’s a lot of mone...
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99Designs Gets $35M, Should Spend Some Of It and Buy Logo.com
A friend of a friend emailed me a press release announcing that 99Designs, a popular logo and web design company, just received a $35 million investment from Accel Partners and other angel investment firms. Wow… that’s a lot of mone...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 5:37 pm
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The Domains
Verisign Reports: Revenue Up 12%: Domain Name Registrations (.com & .net) Up To 108 Million Up 9%
After the market closed today VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), rreported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $182 million for the first quarter of 2011, up 2% from the prior quarter and up 12...
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Verisign Reports: Revenue Up 12%: Domain Name Registrations (.com & .net) Up To 108 Million Up 9%
After the market closed today VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), rreported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011. VeriSign, Inc. reported revenue of $182 million for the first quarter of 2011, up 2% from the prior quarter and up 12...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 5:25 pm
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Elliot's Blog
Discussion is What Makes a Successful Blog
In my opinion, there are a number of factors that make a blog successful, but I think the most important thing is the amount of discussion in the comment section of each post. Some might argue that this is a sign of the health of a blog (I agree), bu...
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Discussion is What Makes a Successful Blog
In my opinion, there are a number of factors that make a blog successful, but I think the most important thing is the amount of discussion in the comment section of each post. Some might argue that this is a sign of the health of a blog (I agree), bu...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 3:09 pm
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The Domains
Did a .Co Owner Just Upgrade? Jexy.com Sells for $40,000 On Sedo.com
Jexy.com a nice LLLL.com just sold on Sedo.com for $40,000. Of course I’m trying to figure out what Jexy is I see a coming soon site under Jexy.co There is also a Facebook page by the same company Jexy which seems to be a Software company in Sa...
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Did a .Co Owner Just Upgrade? Jexy.com Sells for $40,000 On Sedo.com
Jexy.com a nice LLLL.com just sold on Sedo.com for $40,000. Of course I’m trying to figure out what Jexy is I see a coming soon site under Jexy.co There is also a Facebook page by the same company Jexy which seems to be a Software company in Sa...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 2:00 pm
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Domain Shane
The Chinese Domain Market: Part Two of the Insights of Anthony David: A Great Young Mind
If you didn’t read part one of my interview with Anthony David you missed out. Anthony is a young domain investor/site developer that previously lived in China and currently is working in Kuwait. Anthony and I have become friends be...
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The Chinese Domain Market: Part Two of the Insights of Anthony David: A Great Young Mind
If you didn’t read part one of my interview with Anthony David you missed out. Anthony is a young domain investor/site developer that previously lived in China and currently is working in Kuwait. Anthony and I have become friends be...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 12:59 pm
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The Domains
ePayments.com Sells For $52K On Sedo.com
The auction for the domain name ePayments.com just closed on Sedo.com with the domain selling for $52,000. The Seller of the domain was David Clements who just launched his Domain Sales Newsletter yesterday. ePayments.com has an Alexa ranking of unde...
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ePayments.com Sells For $52K On Sedo.com
The auction for the domain name ePayments.com just closed on Sedo.com with the domain selling for $52,000. The Seller of the domain was David Clements who just launched his Domain Sales Newsletter yesterday. ePayments.com has an Alexa ranking of unde...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 12:42 pm