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The Domains
China Denies Any Involvement in Cyber Attack on Register.com
An article on TheHill.com says that China has denied they had any involvement in a cyberattack on Register.com. The crazy thing is that the hackers were in Register.com’s system for over a year. From the article: China has denied involvement in...
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China Denies Any Involvement in Cyber Attack on Register.com
An article on TheHill.com says that China has denied they had any involvement in a cyberattack on Register.com. The crazy thing is that the hackers were in Register.com’s system for over a year. From the article: China has denied involvement in...
Discussion
March 21, 2015, 10:23 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): GeekBeat.com, Eatz.com, TrendyHair.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. GeekBeat.com sold for $8,500 at Sed...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): GeekBeat.com, Eatz.com, TrendyHair.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. GeekBeat.com sold for $8,500 at Sed...
Discussion
March 21, 2015, 1:44 am
Domain Name Wire
The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
No surprise at the top, but it gets interesting after that. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents who the most influential person is in the domain name industry, as well as who they’d most like to have dinner with. Unsurpr...
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The most influential person in the domain name industry is…
No surprise at the top, but it gets interesting after that. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents who the most influential person is in the domain name industry, as well as who they’d most like to have dinner with. Unsurpr...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 Things that could harm domain names
Forget new TLDs vs. old TLDs. The industry needs to focus on outside threats, too. Much of the conversation in the domain name industry over the past year has been about this battle between new TLDs and .com. The debate has been about if .com is king...
Discussion
2 Things that could harm domain names
Forget new TLDs vs. old TLDs. The industry needs to focus on outside threats, too. Much of the conversation in the domain name industry over the past year has been about this battle between new TLDs and .com. The debate has been about if .com is king...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 19th, 2015
I received 10 emails from people saying “Please do not review my portfolio” Most gave reasons. I’m going to do a post on it later but I find it funny that people are concerned that the data that they leave out in public ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 19th, 2015
I received 10 emails from people saying “Please do not review my portfolio” Most gave reasons. I’m going to do a post on it later but I find it funny that people are concerned that the data that they leave out in public ...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 10:55 am
The Domains
Diamond.com Which Sold For $7.5 Million in 2006 Is Back On The Market
The domain name Diamond.com is back on the market and its being brokered by Godaddy. In 2006 Ice.com bought the domain name Diamond.com for $7.5 Million from Odimo According DnJournal.com, Diamond.com it is the 5th highest all cash domain sale of all...
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Diamond.com Which Sold For $7.5 Million in 2006 Is Back On The Market
The domain name Diamond.com is back on the market and its being brokered by Godaddy. In 2006 Ice.com bought the domain name Diamond.com for $7.5 Million from Odimo According DnJournal.com, Diamond.com it is the 5th highest all cash domain sale of all...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 10:54 am
The Domains
North Korean Hacker Steals a .Mobi
According to the Daily Squib a North Korean hacker has stolen one of their names, and its a .mobi of all things. LONDON – England – You’ve got to hand it to those pesky North Koreans, they have now acquired one of our domain names a...
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North Korean Hacker Steals a .Mobi
According to the Daily Squib a North Korean hacker has stolen one of their names, and its a .mobi of all things. LONDON – England – You’ve got to hand it to those pesky North Koreans, they have now acquired one of our domain names a...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 10:00 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: March 20 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Exact Match Domains (EMDs) are Still a Better & Cheaper Option• GoDaddy Sets IPO Range, Plans to Raise $400m at Up to $3B Valuation• .tk Regis...
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Domain Name News: March 20 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Exact Match Domains (EMDs) are Still a Better & Cheaper Option• GoDaddy Sets IPO Range, Plans to Raise $400m at Up to $3B Valuation• .tk Regis...
Discussion
March 20, 2015, 9:30 am
Domain Shane
I’m Now Up 30% on New gTLDs. NAME Soars 14 % Today.
Rightside had a record day today. They traded 279,000 shares, five times the normal volume and the stock rose $1.12 to $9. There was no news reported and its not known who bought the big block of shares but it was obvious there wasn’t any...
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I’m Now Up 30% on New gTLDs. NAME Soars 14 % Today.
Rightside had a record day today. They traded 279,000 shares, five times the normal volume and the stock rose $1.12 to $9. There was no news reported and its not known who bought the big block of shares but it was obvious there wasn’t any...
Discussion
March 19, 2015, 11:02 pm
The Domains
Great Britain Looking to Regulate Digital Currencies
Reuters had a story on Britain announcing it would be looking to regulate digital currencies like Bitcoin. From the story: Britain took a significant step towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulat...
Discussion
Great Britain Looking to Regulate Digital Currencies
Reuters had a story on Britain announcing it would be looking to regulate digital currencies like Bitcoin. From the story: Britain took a significant step towards becoming a global bitcoin hub on Wednesday as the government announced it would regulat...
Discussion
March 19, 2015, 8:34 pm
