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The Domains
FastCompany Covers The New gTLD’s: Highlights Coffee.Club
Fast Company just gave some love to the new gTLD program with a using Coffee.club as one of the success stories “Instead of having only a few meaningless TLDs like .com, .net, .biz, and country codes like .ly, the organization agreed to usher i...
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FastCompany Covers The New gTLD’s: Highlights Coffee.Club
Fast Company just gave some love to the new gTLD program with a using Coffee.club as one of the success stories “Instead of having only a few meaningless TLDs like .com, .net, .biz, and country codes like .ly, the organization agreed to usher i...
Discussion
April 8, 2015, 12:22 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
I am going to say it. We are at a golden age for selling dot coms right now. Not saying its not going to get better, just saying that we are seeing some great prices on domains on all the platforms and if you have any kind of portfolio yo...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, April 8th, 2015
I am going to say it. We are at a golden age for selling dot coms right now. Not saying its not going to get better, just saying that we are seeing some great prices on domains on all the platforms and if you have any kind of portfolio yo...
Discussion
April 8, 2015, 11:10 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Goliath.com, SUVS.com, FZV.com, NVL.com, DIYS.com, S70.com, More
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Goliath.com – $60,000 – Bidding was at $30,000 when someone came in and picked it up at the buy-it-now price. This was the second listing for the name…..it reached $18,000 the first time around. SU...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Goliath.com, SUVS.com, FZV.com, NVL.com, DIYS.com, S70.com, More
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Goliath.com – $60,000 – Bidding was at $30,000 when someone came in and picked it up at the buy-it-now price. This was the second listing for the name…..it reached $18,000 the first time around. SU...
Discussion
April 8, 2015, 4:14 am
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.8 Million Led By Mercari.com at 100,000 Euros
Over the past week, 543 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8m. 59% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: mercari.com at 100,000 EUR Top c...
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Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.8 Million Led By Mercari.com at 100,000 Euros
Over the past week, 543 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8m. 59% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: mercari.com at 100,000 EUR Top c...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 8:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing New gTLDs
In this guest post, Aditya Chauhan of LogicBoxes explains big challenges facing new top level domain name registries. When ICANN announced the nTLD program, thousands of applicants threw their hats in the ring. It seemed pretty straight forward; the ...
Discussion
The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing New gTLDs
In this guest post, Aditya Chauhan of LogicBoxes explains big challenges facing new top level domain name registries. When ICANN announced the nTLD program, thousands of applicants threw their hats in the ring. It seemed pretty straight forward; the ...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 7:41 pm
The Domains
The Bitcoin Foundation is “effectively bankrupt” according to one board member
Ars Technica published an article that the Bitcoin Foundation according to one board member, is bankrupt. The organization was created a couple of years ago to bring some sense of official community face for users and investors of Bitcoin. It seems t...
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The Bitcoin Foundation is “effectively bankrupt” according to one board member
Ars Technica published an article that the Bitcoin Foundation according to one board member, is bankrupt. The organization was created a couple of years ago to bring some sense of official community face for users and investors of Bitcoin. It seems t...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 7:24 pm
The Domains
Google Removes Images To Avoid Being Banned in Turkey
According to BBC.com, Turkey had threatened to ban Google unless it removed links to images of a an Istanbul courthouse where a Turkish prosecutor was taken hostage. Google apparently has removed the image and therefore no ban took place. Other socia...
Discussion
Google Removes Images To Avoid Being Banned in Turkey
According to BBC.com, Turkey had threatened to ban Google unless it removed links to images of a an Istanbul courthouse where a Turkish prosecutor was taken hostage. Google apparently has removed the image and therefore no ban took place. Other socia...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 5:08 pm
The Domains
Neustar Files Suit Against the FCC
Neustar (NSR) is suing the FCC over the loss of the Local Number Portability contract which it held for 18 years. Neustar which has watched the price of its stock drop close to 50% from August 2, 2013 when the shares were at $55.71, initiated a $150 ...
Discussion
Neustar Files Suit Against the FCC
Neustar (NSR) is suing the FCC over the loss of the Local Number Portability contract which it held for 18 years. Neustar which has watched the price of its stock drop close to 50% from August 2, 2013 when the shares were at $55.71, initiated a $150 ...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 4:54 pm
The Domains
EnCirca announces $39 Price For Matching .XXX, .Porn & .Adult Domains
The domain registrar EnCirca just published a press release with a very catchy title; “Here Comes More X-Rated Domains” EnCirca announced during the month of April, they are offering a $39 package covering one name in all three adult...
Discussion
EnCirca announces $39 Price For Matching .XXX, .Porn & .Adult Domains
The domain registrar EnCirca just published a press release with a very catchy title; “Here Comes More X-Rated Domains” EnCirca announced during the month of April, they are offering a $39 package covering one name in all three adult...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 4:14 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
I had a nice writeup i the local paper this weekend. The first two pages of the business section. They led the article with my domain business which I knew my Dad wouldn’t really like. I know he doesn’t like me putting domains...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
I had a nice writeup i the local paper this weekend. The first two pages of the business section. They led the article with my domain business which I knew my Dad wouldn’t really like. I know he doesn’t like me putting domains...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 3:08 pm
