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Domain Shane
Forbes: Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains
Representatives at Forbes were nice enough to send me over an opinion piece that was just published this morning. I don’t necessarily agree with the piece, but I do agree it hasn’t played out exactly as the new TLD owners had expect...
Discussion
Forbes: Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains
Representatives at Forbes were nice enough to send me over an opinion piece that was just published this morning. I don’t necessarily agree with the piece, but I do agree it hasn’t played out exactly as the new TLD owners had expect...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 5:35 pm
The Domains
My Opinion: Donuts Is Not Helping Itself By Attacking .Com
Raymond Hackney just published a story on the Thedomains.com based on a blog post published on Donuts.co corporate site, which you can read here. I have written about Donuts attacking .Com to sell their own new gTLD’s before and even discussed ...
Discussion
My Opinion: Donuts Is Not Helping Itself By Attacking .Com
Raymond Hackney just published a story on the Thedomains.com based on a blog post published on Donuts.co corporate site, which you can read here. I have written about Donuts attacking .Com to sell their own new gTLD’s before and even discussed ...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do we need new domain names for real estate?
Many domain names used in real estate are still available in .com. There are lots of new top level domain names coming out (or already released) for real estate purposes: .Realtor, .realty, .realestate, .casa, .immobilien, .immo and probably a few ot...
Discussion
Do we need new domain names for real estate?
Many domain names used in real estate are still available in .com. There are lots of new top level domain names coming out (or already released) for real estate purposes: .Realtor, .realty, .realestate, .casa, .immobilien, .immo and probably a few ot...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 3:06 pm
The Domains
Donuts ” after such a long run, it’s about time to hand .COM a gold watch”
Donuts posted a blog post yesterday about looking to the future and that .com is that old stodgy utility that is staid but it is unremarkable. Yet Microsoft had plenty of options for example to register Hololens.newgtld but they still paid to buy the...
Discussion
Donuts ” after such a long run, it’s about time to hand .COM a gold watch”
Donuts posted a blog post yesterday about looking to the future and that .com is that old stodgy utility that is staid but it is unremarkable. Yet Microsoft had plenty of options for example to register Hololens.newgtld but they still paid to buy the...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 2:21 pm
The Domains
22 Year Old Makes $85,000 in 9 Days Selling ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com
The auction for ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com ended last night on Flippafor USD $85,000 – a mere 9 days after the site was launched on January 12th. Today there is a press release out on it already “ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, a mere 9 days ...
Discussion
22 Year Old Makes $85,000 in 9 Days Selling ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com
The auction for ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com ended last night on Flippafor USD $85,000 – a mere 9 days after the site was launched on January 12th. Today there is a press release out on it already “ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, a mere 9 days ...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 2:12 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Vlaanderen 3,880; .Brussels 3,742; .Forsale 2,197
Three new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Here are the totals after the first day of GA. The totals include all domain names registered by trademark holder...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Vlaanderen 3,880; .Brussels 3,742; .Forsale 2,197
Three new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Here are the totals after the first day of GA. The totals include all domain names registered by trademark holder...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Recorded an episode of DomainSherpa with the guys yesterday and I’ll give you a sneak peek. There are going to be 4 portfolios. One of the portfolios is pretty well put together. I’m not positive as to when or how much t...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, January 22nd, 2015
Recorded an episode of DomainSherpa with the guys yesterday and I’ll give you a sneak peek. There are going to be 4 portfolios. One of the portfolios is pretty well put together. I’m not positive as to when or how much t...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 11:55 am
DomainSherpa
Berkens Negotiating a 5-figure Sale; NamesCon in Retrospect; .Club; Glitter Domains…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Thoughts after attending NamesCon and the Right of the Dot auction• .Club's recent sales• Whether copycat "glitter" domain names are worth registering• Michael Berkens' negotia...
Discussion
Berkens Negotiating a 5-figure Sale; NamesCon in Retrospect; .Club; Glitter Domains…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Thoughts after attending NamesCon and the Right of the Dot auction• .Club's recent sales• Whether copycat "glitter" domain names are worth registering• Michael Berkens' negotia...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:02 am
The Domains
SearchMetrics.com “The Rising and Falling Stars in Google US
Search Metrics takes a look each year at who fell in the rankings and who saw their website rise on Google. In addition to just looking at winners and losers they look into why some sites succeeded while other sites took a dip. If you are interested ...
Discussion
SearchMetrics.com “The Rising and Falling Stars in Google US
Search Metrics takes a look each year at who fell in the rankings and who saw their website rise on Google. In addition to just looking at winners and losers they look into why some sites succeeded while other sites took a dip. If you are interested ...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 7:56 pm
The Domains
Trademark Holders Make Cybersquatting Profitable By Failing To Act: BentleyMotorCars.com 9 Years Old
We have mentioned before that when it comes to the levels of cybersquatting trademark holders have to share the blame by creating the ecosystem for high profits for those registering bang on trademark infringing domains and allowing them to be ...
Discussion
Trademark Holders Make Cybersquatting Profitable By Failing To Act: BentleyMotorCars.com 9 Years Old
We have mentioned before that when it comes to the levels of cybersquatting trademark holders have to share the blame by creating the ecosystem for high profits for those registering bang on trademark infringing domains and allowing them to be ...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 6:11 pm
