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The Domains
Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
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Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 3:07 pm
The Domains
Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
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Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 2:24 pm
The Domains
Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
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Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 2:03 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 11th, 2015
In a bit of hurry tonight. Packing and preparing. Looking forward to seeing or meeting many of you. See you soon. Here are today’s names. M3B.com Surprised how hight this one has already gotten Gr...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 11th, 2015
In a bit of hurry tonight. Packing and preparing. Looking forward to seeing or meeting many of you. See you soon. Here are today’s names. M3B.com Surprised how hight this one has already gotten Gr...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
These guys thought Mike Berkens was toying with them…
Podcast tells the story of guys who tried to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens. I just listened to a very interesting podcast called Reply All. This particular episode talks about two guy’s effort to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens....
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These guys thought Mike Berkens was toying with them…
Podcast tells the story of guys who tried to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens. I just listened to a very interesting podcast called Reply All. This particular episode talks about two guy’s effort to buy a domain name from Michael Berkens....
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 2:30 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (5924.com, OZB.com, SpaSupplies.com) and Flops (eNetwork.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips SpaSupplies.com – Sold recently for $10,000 via FindYourDomain, vs $1,551 in 2010 at SnapNames. You c...
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Domain Flips (5924.com, OZB.com, SpaSupplies.com) and Flops (eNetwork.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips SpaSupplies.com – Sold recently for $10,000 via FindYourDomain, vs $1,551 in 2010 at SnapNames. You c...
Discussion
January 11, 2015, 2:13 am
The Domains
Life Lesson: Here is How NOT to Do Business
So I was minding my own business yesterday and getting ready for namescon, working on the auction, packing answering emails, pretty much what you would expect when I got this email: “”It’s Mark Bradford, hope you’re doing well...
Discussion
Life Lesson: Here is How NOT to Do Business
So I was minding my own business yesterday and getting ready for namescon, working on the auction, packing answering emails, pretty much what you would expect when I got this email: “”It’s Mark Bradford, hope you’re doing well...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 11:51 pm
The Domains
Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
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Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
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At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 1:01 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 10th, 2015
When I go to domain conferences I don’t worry about who I’m going to eat with, who am I going to go out with. Will it be worth my time and money? No. I don’t worry about any of those things. I worry about what the ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 10th, 2015
When I go to domain conferences I don’t worry about who I’m going to eat with, who am I going to go out with. Will it be worth my time and money? No. I don’t worry about any of those things. I worry about what the ...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 11:55 am
