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The Domains
Domain Broker Igloo.com Acquires Aftermarket.com
Igloo.com Limited, a Domain Brokerage & Consultancy Firm, has acquired the business of Aftermarket.com from Thought Convergence, Inc. for an undisclosed price according to a press release we received “This acquisition builds upon Igloo&rsqu...
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Domain Broker Igloo.com Acquires Aftermarket.com
Igloo.com Limited, a Domain Brokerage & Consultancy Firm, has acquired the business of Aftermarket.com from Thought Convergence, Inc. for an undisclosed price according to a press release we received “This acquisition builds upon Igloo&rsqu...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 3:00 pm
The Domains
Unitedprint.com Buys EasyPrint.com For an “Unspecified Six-Figure Sum
According to a press release out today, a German company Unitedprint.com, announced the bought the domain name EasyPrint.com for an “amount in the six figures” The original Press release is in German and I used Google to translate it: Onl...
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Unitedprint.com Buys EasyPrint.com For an “Unspecified Six-Figure Sum
According to a press release out today, a German company Unitedprint.com, announced the bought the domain name EasyPrint.com for an “amount in the six figures” The original Press release is in German and I used Google to translate it: Onl...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 1:41 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Gets Hit With UDRP On TableForTwo.com By TablefortwoBlog.com
Yesterday we wrote about Frank Schilling’s Name Administration winning its 35th UDRP Today the company got his with another UDRP on the domain name tablefortwo.com The Complaint was filed by a Julie Wampler who owns the domain name tablefortwob...
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Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Gets Hit With UDRP On TableForTwo.com By TablefortwoBlog.com
Yesterday we wrote about Frank Schilling’s Name Administration winning its 35th UDRP Today the company got his with another UDRP on the domain name tablefortwo.com The Complaint was filed by a Julie Wampler who owns the domain name tablefortwob...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
Discussion
New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 12:22 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/18
It was nice to hear that the two IDNs Chinese website and Chinese Online are doing well. My thoughts about investing in China have always been the same. You don’t need much market share in China to make a whole lotta cash. Mo...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/18
It was nice to hear that the two IDNs Chinese website and Chinese Online are doing well. My thoughts about investing in China have always been the same. You don’t need much market share in China to make a whole lotta cash. Mo...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
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There are now over 1Billion Websites on the Internet
The Internet now has over 1 Billion websites, that is according to Internet Live Stats. The website points out, “By “Website” we mean unique hostname (a name which can be resolved, using a name server, into an IP Address). It must b...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 8:31 am
DomainSherpa
16 New TLDs, Which Don’t Suck; SEM & SEO Results for New TLDs; .Whatever or Dash?…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Will Rick Schwartz be roasted at the upcoming TRAFFIC conference?• Results of two new gTLD search engine studies (SEO & SEM) - the results are in!• What's more valuable: word.newTLD or word-ne...
Discussion
16 New TLDs, Which Don’t Suck; SEM & SEO Results for New TLDs; .Whatever or Dash?…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Will Rick Schwartz be roasted at the upcoming TRAFFIC conference?• Results of two new gTLD search engine studies (SEO & SEM) - the results are in!• What's more valuable: word.newTLD or word-ne...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 7:02 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Church 4,044; .Guide 3,387; .Life 2,106; .Loans 632; .Republican 385
Five new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) on Wednesday. Including domains registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and by those willing to pay an extra charge to register domain name in the Early Access Program (EAP) prio...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 7:01 am
The Domains
Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
Discussion
Google & Donuts Lose All 3 ICANN New gTLD Auctions: What Did We Learn Today?
ICANN published results of the first three ICANN Last Resort Auctions (there was an auction in June for a IDN String) tonight and we certainly learned a few things. Many people had the opinion that Google and Amazon would simply outbid all other appl...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 6:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
Discussion
Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
Discussion
September 18, 2014, 2:18 am
