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The Domains
NameJet.com Reports $235K In Sales Led By Meixi.com For $27k
Namejet.com just sent us over its sales report for November for it’s reportable sales. As usually Namejet.com only reports domain names that sell for $2,000 or more. Here you go: meixi.com $27,108.00 sigi.com $8,788.00 atlantico.com $7,599.00 p...
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NameJet.com Reports $235K In Sales Led By Meixi.com For $27k
Namejet.com just sent us over its sales report for November for it’s reportable sales. As usually Namejet.com only reports domain names that sell for $2,000 or more. Here you go: meixi.com $27,108.00 sigi.com $8,788.00 atlantico.com $7,599.00 p...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 11:58 pm
Domain Shane
Namejet November Sales Report Meixi.com $27,108, Sigi.com $8788
November was a little slower than I expected over at Namejet for names over $2000. After the great summer it was just a matter of time until things settled down a little. Here is a list of the sales. Congrats to the sellers, good lu...
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Namejet November Sales Report Meixi.com $27,108, Sigi.com $8788
November was a little slower than I expected over at Namejet for names over $2000. After the great summer it was just a matter of time until things settled down a little. Here is a list of the sales. Congrats to the sellers, good lu...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 10:58 pm
The Domains
Verisign: There Are Now 280 Million Domain Names; Up Over 7.2% From Last Year
Verisign published its Domain Industry Brief for the second quarter of 2014. As of June 30, 2014 there are now over 280 Million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.4% over the first quarter...
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Verisign: There Are Now 280 Million Domain Names; Up Over 7.2% From Last Year
Verisign published its Domain Industry Brief for the second quarter of 2014. As of June 30, 2014 there are now over 280 Million domain names across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.4% over the first quarter...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 10:50 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million
Over the past week, 509 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: ehaber.com at 45,000 USD &m...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million
Over the past week, 509 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million 49% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: ehaber.com at 45,000 USD &m...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 10:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
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Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 7:12 pm
The Domains
Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ?
Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. They wrote about Verisign yesterday and w...
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Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ?
Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. They wrote about Verisign yesterday and w...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 4:47 pm
The Domains
FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four
The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last r...
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FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four
The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last r...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
Discussion
Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 3:50 pm
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period For Its Move Out of US Control: Deadline Is December 22nd
ICANN has opened the comment period for the issue of the year, the transition of ICANN of key Internet domain name functions away from oversight control of the United States to the “global multistakeholder community.” “This draft tr...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period For Its Move Out of US Control: Deadline Is December 22nd
ICANN has opened the comment period for the issue of the year, the transition of ICANN of key Internet domain name functions away from oversight control of the United States to the “global multistakeholder community.” “This draft tr...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
Discussion
Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
