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Domain Shane
Ebola.com Sells for $50K and Stock in Company that Use To Be a Tanning Salon Business
It was reported today by Domain Investing that the owner of Ebola.com, Jon Schultz, has struck a deal to sell the domain to the Weed Growth Fund, for $50,000 in cash and 19,192 shares of Cannabis Sativa, a Mesquite, Nevada-based recreational and medi...
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Ebola.com Sells for $50K and Stock in Company that Use To Be a Tanning Salon Business
It was reported today by Domain Investing that the owner of Ebola.com, Jon Schultz, has struck a deal to sell the domain to the Weed Growth Fund, for $50,000 in cash and 19,192 shares of Cannabis Sativa, a Mesquite, Nevada-based recreational and medi...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 10:21 pm
The Domains
Verisign Reports: .Com/Net Over 130 Million Domains; Revenue Up 4.7%; $1.5 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported its results for the third quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $255 millionup 4.7% from the same quarter in 2013. Verisign reported net income of $95 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.69 for th...
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Verisign Reports: .Com/Net Over 130 Million Domains; Revenue Up 4.7%; $1.5 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN) reported its results for the third quarter of 2014, reporting revenue of $255 millionup 4.7% from the same quarter in 2013. Verisign reported net income of $95 million and diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.69 for th...
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October 23, 2014, 10:13 pm
The Domains
Did Facebook.com Just Acquire Messenger.com? Looks Like They Did
We have about 1,000 domain names we track on DomainTools.com and we just noticed that the Whois on the domain name Messenger.com has just changed. The new owner of the domain is the law firm Hogan Lovells LLP of Paris which may not mean too much to y...
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Did Facebook.com Just Acquire Messenger.com? Looks Like They Did
We have about 1,000 domain names we track on DomainTools.com and we just noticed that the Whois on the domain name Messenger.com has just changed. The new owner of the domain is the law firm Hogan Lovells LLP of Paris which may not mean too much to y...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 9:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter domain names
Suit alleges 35 domain names were stolen from a GoDaddy account. Acme Billing Company filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court this week to recover 14 stolen domain names, including 9 three letter domain names. The suit alleges that an un...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen three letter domain names
Suit alleges 35 domain names were stolen from a GoDaddy account. Acme Billing Company filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) in U.S. District Court this week to recover 14 stolen domain names, including 9 three letter domain names. The suit alleges that an un...
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October 23, 2014, 8:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com rebound: Verisign adds 1.15 million domain names to hit 130.0 million
After slow second quarter, Verisign returns to health growth in net-adds in third quarter. Verisign just reported third quarter earnings, and it appears to have been a pretty good quarter in terms of .com and .net registrations compared to the previo...
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.Com rebound: Verisign adds 1.15 million domain names to hit 130.0 million
After slow second quarter, Verisign returns to health growth in net-adds in third quarter. Verisign just reported third quarter earnings, and it appears to have been a pretty good quarter in terms of .com and .net registrations compared to the previo...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 8:32 pm
The Domains
.NYC Landrush Auctions Are Underway
The landrush auctions for .NYC domain names are underway at SnapNames.com according to someone who is involved in the auctions. We previously announced that the auctions would start today on a staggered 3 stage basis going through November 6th. We un...
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.NYC Landrush Auctions Are Underway
The landrush auctions for .NYC domain names are underway at SnapNames.com according to someone who is involved in the auctions. We previously announced that the auctions would start today on a staggered 3 stage basis going through November 6th. We un...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 6:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
How you can (and can’t) justify recent Top Level Domain auction prices
In this post, DOT TBA founder Christa Taylor considers the payback period for new TLDs based on recent auction prices and current registration volumes. The October 22nd ICANN new top level domain name auction resulted in the resolution of several TLD...
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How you can (and can’t) justify recent Top Level Domain auction prices
In this post, DOT TBA founder Christa Taylor considers the payback period for new TLDs based on recent auction prices and current registration volumes. The October 22nd ICANN new top level domain name auction resulted in the resolution of several TLD...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 4:44 pm
The Domains
A Rumble in the Bronx over a Couple .Nyc Domains
Two .nyc domains are at the heart of an online turf war in The Bronx. Welcome2thebronx.nyc and welcometothebronx.nyc. are being used as digital bargaining chips as one Bronx blogger wants another to retract statements and stop harassing An online dis...
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A Rumble in the Bronx over a Couple .Nyc Domains
Two .nyc domains are at the heart of an online turf war in The Bronx. Welcome2thebronx.nyc and welcometothebronx.nyc. are being used as digital bargaining chips as one Bronx blogger wants another to retract statements and stop harassing An online dis...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 3:52 pm
The Domains
$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor, .Property., .MLS & .IMMO?
Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) ...
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$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor, .Property., .MLS & .IMMO?
Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) ...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 more end user domain name sales
Here’s a list of some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled a total of 484 transactions last week, representing $1.4 million in total sales. Yes the most expensive sale they reported was just $16,200, suggesting ther...
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17 more end user domain name sales
Here’s a list of some of the end users that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled a total of 484 transactions last week, representing $1.4 million in total sales. Yes the most expensive sale they reported was just $16,200, suggesting ther...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 2:26 pm
