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The Domains
Gmeil.com 11 Year old Typo For Gmail.com Sells At Auction For $3,255
The domain name Gmeil.com, which is a pretty clear typo for gmail.com, just sold in a domain drop auction for $3,255 The domain name dropped on June 7th and was caught by the domain catcher dropcatch.com The domain name has an original registrat...
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Gmeil.com 11 Year old Typo For Gmail.com Sells At Auction For $3,255
The domain name Gmeil.com, which is a pretty clear typo for gmail.com, just sold in a domain drop auction for $3,255 The domain name dropped on June 7th and was caught by the domain catcher dropcatch.com The domain name has an original registrat...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 7:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
(Some of) May’s top NameJet sales
Joseph Peterson takes a look back at the past month on NameJet. Each month, NameJet disseminates its list of domain auctions that closed above $2,000, and various domain blogs publish that list basically as is. Personally, I’ve tried to dig a b...
Discussion
(Some of) May’s top NameJet sales
Joseph Peterson takes a look back at the past month on NameJet. Each month, NameJet disseminates its list of domain auctions that closed above $2,000, and various domain blogs publish that list basically as is. Personally, I’ve tried to dig a b...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 6:42 pm
The Domains
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 “Cialis” Domains In a Single UDRP
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 Domains In a Single UDRP. The domain names were registered with 3 different registrars All the 393 domain names included the trademark terms Cialis Here is the list of domains: 20mg-buycialis.net 20mg-canada-cialis.com 2...
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Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 “Cialis” Domains In a Single UDRP
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 Domains In a Single UDRP. The domain names were registered with 3 different registrars All the 393 domain names included the trademark terms Cialis Here is the list of domains: 20mg-buycialis.net 20mg-canada-cialis.com 2...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
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Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Strong greenback provides domain name buying opportunity
Currency fluctuations have a big impact on domain name negotiations. If you keep your cash in the U.S. dollar, now might be a good time to by domain names from people outside of the U.S. It might also be worth revisiting failed purchases from the pas...
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Strong greenback provides domain name buying opportunity
Currency fluctuations have a big impact on domain name negotiations. If you keep your cash in the U.S. dollar, now might be a good time to by domain names from people outside of the U.S. It might also be worth revisiting failed purchases from the pas...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
An end user (instead of a Chinese domain name investor) bought a three letter domain name last week. Sedo handled 560 transactions last week for total domain name sales of about $1 million. The biggest public sale was NBT.com, which was purchased by ...
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16 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
An end user (instead of a Chinese domain name investor) bought a three letter domain name last week. Sedo handled 560 transactions last week for total domain name sales of about $1 million. The biggest public sale was NBT.com, which was purchased by ...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
The challenges of descriptive trademarks
Two lawsuits show that descriptive brands have a downside. I came across a couple recently filed trademark lawsuits that emphasize the challenge of building a brand around a descriptive term. The first was filed by Texas company Peanut Labs, Inc., wh...
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The challenges of descriptive trademarks
Two lawsuits show that descriptive brands have a downside. I came across a couple recently filed trademark lawsuits that emphasize the challenge of building a brand around a descriptive term. The first was filed by Texas company Peanut Labs, Inc., wh...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 2:24 pm
The Domains
GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
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GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 12:24 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
We recorded DomainSherpa yesterday and I think you’re going to enjoy it. It shows there are a lot of different ways to make money in this industry. Adam, Frank, and I are in completely different areas, with different bankrolls, and ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, June 10th, 2015
We recorded DomainSherpa yesterday and I think you’re going to enjoy it. It shows there are a lot of different ways to make money in this industry. Adam, Frank, and I are in completely different areas, with different bankrolls, and ...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 11:22 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. GoDaddy Sumy.com A city in the Ukraine, a fake CVCV, or a nice LLLL.com Sumy.com: I like it as a nice LLLL. Not sure why people think Y can be a vowel. PerfectSpot.com Everyone is looking for the perfect spot. PerfectSpot.com: $...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. GoDaddy Sumy.com A city in the Ukraine, a fake CVCV, or a nice LLLL.com Sumy.com: I like it as a nice LLLL. Not sure why people think Y can be a vowel. PerfectSpot.com Everyone is looking for the perfect spot. PerfectSpot.com: $...
Discussion
June 10, 2015, 8:21 am
