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The Domains
.Law Gets 5K Registrations in 1st 90 days: We Break Down The Numbers
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new “.law” and .abogado (Lawyer in Spanish) top-level domains, “announced that .law has successfully completed its first 90 days sinc...
Discussion
.Law Gets 5K Registrations in 1st 90 days: We Break Down The Numbers
According to a press release out today, Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX), the owner of the new “.law” and .abogado (Lawyer in Spanish) top-level domains, “announced that .law has successfully completed its first 90 days sinc...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 7:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio get “Domain Name Bump” after Iowa
Interest in domain names related to Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio increase after vote in Iowa. Trump domain names are so last year. Following Ted Cruz’s win in the Iowa caucuses and Marco Rubio’s strong finish, both became popular names in new...
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Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio get “Domain Name Bump” after Iowa
Interest in domain names related to Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio increase after vote in Iowa. Trump domain names are so last year. Following Ted Cruz’s win in the Iowa caucuses and Marco Rubio’s strong finish, both became popular names in new...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 7:23 pm
Domain Shane
Developing a Brand: My Latest Domain Investment
Since the time I’ve been in domain investing I’ve always wanted to be involved in the branding of a TLD. I understand that dot com is king, dot net and org are queens, but after that was up for grabs. I watched in envy t...
Discussion
Developing a Brand: My Latest Domain Investment
Since the time I’ve been in domain investing I’ve always wanted to be involved in the branding of a TLD. I understand that dot com is king, dot net and org are queens, but after that was up for grabs. I watched in envy t...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
CHIPs, Numbers, and other expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Once again, China tops these charts – but not in the customary way. Rather than numerical domains, 4-letter “CHIPs”, or even Chinese Pinyin, we&rsqu...
Discussion
CHIPs, Numbers, and other expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Once again, China tops these charts – but not in the customary way. Rather than numerical domains, 4-letter “CHIPs”, or even Chinese Pinyin, we&rsqu...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company sues Vox Media, demands TheVerge.com domain name
Indiana company that started as a meetup group says popular media site infringes its trademarks. An Indiana company has sued (pdf) Vox Media, publisher of the popular websites The Verge and Re/Code, claiming that the company is infringing its tradema...
Discussion
Company sues Vox Media, demands TheVerge.com domain name
Indiana company that started as a meetup group says popular media site infringes its trademarks. An Indiana company has sued (pdf) Vox Media, publisher of the popular websites The Verge and Re/Code, claiming that the company is infringing its tradema...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 1:09 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 4th
OK. I have some more news to share about what I am seeing in the auction markets. One, LLLL.orgs are dead in the water. I know some people that took a chance on them but that one looks to be a loser. I am announcing the first...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 4th
OK. I have some more news to share about what I am seeing in the auction markets. One, LLLL.orgs are dead in the water. I know some people that took a chance on them but that one looks to be a loser. I am announcing the first...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 10:43 am
The Domains
33 Indicators that Bitcoin is not slowing down
BargainFox.co.uk produced this infographic that looks at 33 indicators relating to Bitcoin and why things are not slowing down with the cryptocurrency. 55% of Bitcoin users are 19-34 years of age based on a survey of 4,000 respondents. 90% Male The p...
Discussion
33 Indicators that Bitcoin is not slowing down
BargainFox.co.uk produced this infographic that looks at 33 indicators relating to Bitcoin and why things are not slowing down with the cryptocurrency. 55% of Bitcoin users are 19-34 years of age based on a survey of 4,000 respondents. 90% Male The p...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 9:09 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Games.Guru, Waited.com, LJM.ca, 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. Waited.com sold for $11,350 at Sedo,...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Games.Guru, Waited.com, LJM.ca, 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. Waited.com sold for $11,350 at Sedo,...
Discussion
February 4, 2016, 2:50 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 3rd of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of February Auction Quick Recap You’ll Notice that the good 7N’s and 8n’s are getting high prices. Think through the fundamentals of any domain. Short is often better...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 3rd of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of February Auction Quick Recap You’ll Notice that the good 7N’s and 8n’s are getting high prices. Think through the fundamentals of any domain. Short is often better...
Discussion
February 3, 2016, 11:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Gay domain name applicant denied again
ICANN Board Governance Committee denies one .gay applicant’s request for reconsideration. dotgay LLC has lost again in its attempt to get community status for its .Gay top level domain name application. The company lost its first bid for commun...
Discussion
.Gay domain name applicant denied again
ICANN Board Governance Committee denies one .gay applicant’s request for reconsideration. dotgay LLC has lost again in its attempt to get community status for its .Gay top level domain name application. The company lost its first bid for commun...
Discussion
February 3, 2016, 9:14 pm
