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The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3million led by DCR.com at $42,000
Over the past week, 788 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: dcr.com at 42,000 USD Top ccTL...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3million led by DCR.com at $42,000
Over the past week, 788 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: dcr.com at 42,000 USD Top ccTL...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
17 Year Old Areas.com Lost in UDRP: Failure to Respond the UDRP Evidence of Bad Faith
The 17 year old domain name Areas.com was just lost in a very short UDRP decision in which the domain holder did not even file a formal response. For all you domain investors that ask why even spend the money to properly defend a UDRP, The Panel foun...
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17 Year Old Areas.com Lost in UDRP: Failure to Respond the UDRP Evidence of Bad Faith
The 17 year old domain name Areas.com was just lost in a very short UDRP decision in which the domain holder did not even file a formal response. For all you domain investors that ask why even spend the money to properly defend a UDRP, The Panel foun...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 6:02 pm
The Domains
Five Number Domain Lost in UDRP
With the craziness around numbered domain names it worth noting that the domain name 11315.so was just lost in a UDRP decision handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proving that even numbered domain names are not exempt f...
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Five Number Domain Lost in UDRP
With the craziness around numbered domain names it worth noting that the domain name 11315.so was just lost in a UDRP decision handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proving that even numbered domain names are not exempt f...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 5:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
How companies are using Black Friday domains
Few companies are using .BlackFriday domain names. It’s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away. One of the more interesting new top level domain names is .BlackFriday. It’s interesting because it refers to just a si...
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How companies are using Black Friday domains
Few companies are using .BlackFriday domain names. It’s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away. One of the more interesting new top level domain names is .BlackFriday. It’s interesting because it refers to just a si...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 5:45 pm
The Domains
Listed On Sedo: 8888888888.com $190K; 8888888888888.com for $88,888
I was looking through Sedo’s recently announced numeric search engine and found a few interesting listings The domain name 8888888888.com (that is 10 number 8’s) for $190K; 8888888888888.com (that is 13 number 8’s) for $88,888...
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Listed On Sedo: 8888888888.com $190K; 8888888888888.com for $88,888
I was looking through Sedo’s recently announced numeric search engine and found a few interesting listings The domain name 8888888888.com (that is 10 number 8’s) for $190K; 8888888888888.com (that is 13 number 8’s) for $88,888...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Areas.com doesn’t respond, loses domain name
Cybersquatting complaint successful in absence of response. The owner of Areas.com has lost the domain name in a UDRP after failing to submit a response. The complaint was brought by AREAS, S.A. of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates over 1,000 fo...
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Owner of Areas.com doesn’t respond, loses domain name
Cybersquatting complaint successful in absence of response. The owner of Areas.com has lost the domain name in a UDRP after failing to submit a response. The complaint was brought by AREAS, S.A. of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates over 1,000 fo...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 4:54 pm
The Domains
Sedo Adds Numeric Domain Search: 10% Of its Sales Last week Were Number Domains
Sedo.com just announced they integrated a new search feature that only shows numeric domain names in the search results.” “This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact our Chinese customers whose interest in nu...
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Sedo Adds Numeric Domain Search: 10% Of its Sales Last week Were Number Domains
Sedo.com just announced they integrated a new search feature that only shows numeric domain names in the search results.” “This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact our Chinese customers whose interest in nu...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
When the bubble bursts…
What will drive the long-term value of short domain names? I’m ecstatic that Chinese buyers are snapping up short domain names. It’s great for the resale market, it’s great for registries (new and old) that are suddenly selling lots...
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When the bubble bursts…
What will drive the long-term value of short domain names? I’m ecstatic that Chinese buyers are snapping up short domain names. It’s great for the resale market, it’s great for registries (new and old) that are suddenly selling lots...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
.News rings up $1.4 million for Rightside
Rightside reveals numbers behind successful TLD, plus renewal rates. Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME). On yesterday’s investor conference c...
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.News rings up $1.4 million for Rightside
Rightside reveals numbers behind successful TLD, plus renewal rates. Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME). On yesterday’s investor conference c...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:16 pm
The Domains
CentralNic Passes 2 Million Registrations of New gTLD
CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names. Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names. The only other extension us...
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CentralNic Passes 2 Million Registrations of New gTLD
CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names. Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names. The only other extension us...
Discussion
November 10, 2015, 2:06 pm
