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Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Sex.xxx, LK.com, DataCenter.com, Bouqs.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Sex.xxx for $3,000,000 Picked up by Barron Innovations in a portfolio of .xxx domain names for a total purchase price of $5 million, with Sex.xxx pegged...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Sex.xxx, LK.com, DataCenter.com, Bouqs.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Sex.xxx for $3,000,000 Picked up by Barron Innovations in a portfolio of .xxx domain names for a total purchase price of $5 million, with Sex.xxx pegged...
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May 16, 2015, 7:55 pm
The Domains
CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch
This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King has also founded Semaphore, Inc, SnapNames, Inc, AboutUs, Inc. and ICANNWiki (501c3). The post app...
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CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch
This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King has also founded Semaphore, Inc, SnapNames, Inc, AboutUs, Inc. and ICANNWiki (501c3). The post app...
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May 16, 2015, 3:57 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, May 16th, 2015
I got more inquiries yesterday for my domains than I had all month. I even got a $1000 initial offer for a lower level dot net. I was pretty excited until I realized I dropped the name over a year ago. I don’t play the &ldquo...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, May 16th, 2015
I got more inquiries yesterday for my domains than I had all month. I even got a $1000 initial offer for a lower level dot net. I was pretty excited until I realized I dropped the name over a year ago. I don’t play the &ldquo...
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May 16, 2015, 11:25 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Dabba.com, FirePro.com, GENB.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. Whitstable.co.uk sold for $18,480 a...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Dabba.com, FirePro.com, GENB.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. Whitstable.co.uk sold for $18,480 a...
Discussion
May 15, 2015, 11:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Doh! UDRP complainant admits domain name not registered in bad faith
Complainant tries to argue that domain name owner forfeited rights to domain name by not using it. A simple call to a lawyer could have prevented a Minnesota dog charity from being labeled a reverse domain name hijacker. Can Do Canines, which owns th...
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Doh! UDRP complainant admits domain name not registered in bad faith
Complainant tries to argue that domain name owner forfeited rights to domain name by not using it. A simple call to a lawyer could have prevented a Minnesota dog charity from being labeled a reverse domain name hijacker. Can Do Canines, which owns th...
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May 15, 2015, 6:47 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Finds Laches & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on CanDoCanines.org
Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines represented by Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota, has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name CanDoCanines.org The domain holder, Marilyn Mathis was represented by Steven L. Rinehart, of Utah Th...
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UDRP Panel Finds Laches & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on CanDoCanines.org
Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines represented by Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota, has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name CanDoCanines.org The domain holder, Marilyn Mathis was represented by Steven L. Rinehart, of Utah Th...
Discussion
May 15, 2015, 6:16 pm
The Domains
Mayor Of New York Brags On .NYC: 97% Of Registrants Own 10 or Less Domains
The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced “that just six months after its historic public launch, the. nyc top-level domain has become the fastest-growing city domain in the world – racking up over 75,000 registrations to date....
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Mayor Of New York Brags On .NYC: 97% Of Registrants Own 10 or Less Domains
The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced “that just six months after its historic public launch, the. nyc top-level domain has become the fastest-growing city domain in the world – racking up over 75,000 registrations to date....
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May 15, 2015, 5:52 pm
The Domains
New York Man Looks to Cash In on PrincessCharlotte.com
Here is a story from Mirror.co.uk about a New York man who hit the jackpot, at least in the opinion of some. Michael Katz hand registered the domain PrincessCharlotte.com four years ago, now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their sec...
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New York Man Looks to Cash In on PrincessCharlotte.com
Here is a story from Mirror.co.uk about a New York man who hit the jackpot, at least in the opinion of some. Michael Katz hand registered the domain PrincessCharlotte.com four years ago, now that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have named their sec...
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May 15, 2015, 5:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Had your eyes on a domain at Marchex? Might want to give GoDaddy a call
GoDaddy pricing the domain names at a more reasonable level. One of the reasons GoDaddy acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio (which was recently being sold under the Archeo brand) was that Marchex had steep prices on the domain names. A fri...
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Had your eyes on a domain at Marchex? Might want to give GoDaddy a call
GoDaddy pricing the domain names at a more reasonable level. One of the reasons GoDaddy acquired Marchex’s domain name portfolio (which was recently being sold under the Archeo brand) was that Marchex had steep prices on the domain names. A fri...
Discussion
May 15, 2015, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Barclays begins using .Barclays and .Barclaycard top level domains
Big bank transitioning to .brand top level domain names. Barclays, the huge bank based in Britain (market cap $77 billion), has begun using the .barclays and .barclaycard top level domain names. According to a story in FinExtra, Barclays group CIO Tr...
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Barclays begins using .Barclays and .Barclaycard top level domains
Big bank transitioning to .brand top level domain names. Barclays, the huge bank based in Britain (market cap $77 billion), has begun using the .barclays and .barclaycard top level domain names. According to a story in FinExtra, Barclays group CIO Tr...
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May 15, 2015, 1:40 pm
