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The Domains
.Com Passes 127 Million Registrations For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com registration passed 127 million for the first time. It was on March 5th 2016 that the number of .Com registrations passed 126 million, so .Com added a net of 1 Million domain names in just over 2 months. Out ...
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.Com Passes 127 Million Registrations For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com registration passed 127 million for the first time. It was on March 5th 2016 that the number of .Com registrations passed 126 million, so .Com added a net of 1 Million domain names in just over 2 months. Out ...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 2:15 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, May 12th
There are a lot of ways to make money in this industry. One person telling you how they make money is exactly that. How THEY make money. It may not be the way that works for you. It’s easy to say buy quality domains at...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, May 12th
There are a lot of ways to make money in this industry. One person telling you how they make money is exactly that. How THEY make money. It may not be the way that works for you. It’s easy to say buy quality domains at...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 10:12 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, the 10th and 11th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th and 11th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap There’s some decent prices on LLLL.com non chips on this list, I don’t know if it’s a trend or just an anomaly. It does seem...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP, the 10th and 11th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th and 11th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap There’s some decent prices on LLLL.com non chips on this list, I don’t know if it’s a trend or just an anomaly. It does seem...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 6:12 am
The Domains
How will Google Banning Payday Loan Ads affect Domain Owners ?
Google dealt a blow to Payday lenders and domain investors who have invested in payday loan type domains. A few years back I knew some people getting big parking clicks with Payday loan domain names. The Washington Post published an article on the in...
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How will Google Banning Payday Loan Ads affect Domain Owners ?
Google dealt a blow to Payday lenders and domain investors who have invested in payday loan type domains. A few years back I knew some people getting big parking clicks with Payday loan domain names. The Washington Post published an article on the in...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 4:48 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Wifor.com, Afero.com, ZeroTech.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. ZeroTech.com sold for $20,000 at Sed...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Wifor.com, Afero.com, ZeroTech.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. ZeroTech.com sold for $20,000 at Sed...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 3:24 am
The Domains
27.com ends at $1,510,702 Unsold – One Reader did Win $50
27.com closed today at $1,510,702 on NameJet. The domain was unsold. NameJet user First kept fishing for the reserve price but they were not successful. Here are the bidders that bid seven figures: first $1,510,702 5/11/2016 2:20 PM kukku $1,100,000 ...
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27.com ends at $1,510,702 Unsold – One Reader did Win $50
27.com closed today at $1,510,702 on NameJet. The domain was unsold. NameJet user First kept fishing for the reserve price but they were not successful. Here are the bidders that bid seven figures: first $1,510,702 5/11/2016 2:20 PM kukku $1,100,000 ...
Discussion
May 11, 2016, 9:33 pm
The Domains
iCANN Named Berkeley’s CA 4th Medical Cannabis Dispensary.
No it’s not April Fools day but “Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously named the iCANN Health Center on Sacramento Street as the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary.” Here is the catch. iCANN has nothing t...
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iCANN Named Berkeley’s CA 4th Medical Cannabis Dispensary.
No it’s not April Fools day but “Tuesday night, the Berkeley City Council unanimously named the iCANN Health Center on Sacramento Street as the city’s fourth medical cannabis dispensary.” Here is the catch. iCANN has nothing t...
Discussion
May 11, 2016, 9:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside targets $50-$75 million annual registry revenue in 3-5 years
Company predicts strong upswing in registry revenue. Rightside’s revenue from new TLDs might be trivial to its business right now, but the company expects big things in the future. Last year, Rightside generated registry revenue of $8.4 million...
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Rightside targets $50-$75 million annual registry revenue in 3-5 years
Company predicts strong upswing in registry revenue. Rightside’s revenue from new TLDs might be trivial to its business right now, but the company expects big things in the future. Last year, Rightside generated registry revenue of $8.4 million...
Discussion
May 11, 2016, 6:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
S.club sells for $38k, leading .Club domain name auction
Single letter .club domain sells for big bucks. The .Club registry sold over $130,000 worth of premium domain names last month, with about half of the sales coming from an auction held on Alibaba’s Ali Auction platform (TaoBao) in China. .Club ...
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S.club sells for $38k, leading .Club domain name auction
Single letter .club domain sells for big bucks. The .Club registry sold over $130,000 worth of premium domain names last month, with about half of the sales coming from an auction held on Alibaba’s Ali Auction platform (TaoBao) in China. .Club ...
Discussion
May 11, 2016, 2:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 End User Domain Name Sales
A “body contouring” company, medical chain and general contractor bought domain names last week. Sedo handled 465 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. Unlike last week, there weren’t a bunch o...
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14 End User Domain Name Sales
A “body contouring” company, medical chain and general contractor bought domain names last week. Sedo handled 465 domain name transactions last week for a total of about $1 million in sales. Unlike last week, there weren’t a bunch o...
Discussion
May 11, 2016, 2:05 pm
