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The Domains
Pinterest Wins Control PinSex.com With 49 Million Visitors Based On Common Law TM of “Pin”
Pinterest, Inc. just won control over two domain names PinSex.com and PinGay.com which are active sites driving a huge numbers of members and traffic based off a finding that Pinterest had common law rights to the word “pin” The disputed ...
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Pinterest Wins Control PinSex.com With 49 Million Visitors Based On Common Law TM of “Pin”
Pinterest, Inc. just won control over two domain names PinSex.com and PinGay.com which are active sites driving a huge numbers of members and traffic based off a finding that Pinterest had common law rights to the word “pin” The disputed ...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 7:39 pm
The Domains
NameCheap Finds & Issues Urgent Security Warning That May Affect All Internet Users
In a post on its corporate blog, NameCheap.com, announced it found an attack overnight and blocked over 30,000 IP’s that were attempting to gather the “username and password data gathered from third party sites, likely the data iden...
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NameCheap Finds & Issues Urgent Security Warning That May Affect All Internet Users
In a post on its corporate blog, NameCheap.com, announced it found an attack overnight and blocked over 30,000 IP’s that were attempting to gather the “username and password data gathered from third party sites, likely the data iden...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 5:57 pm
The Domains
1st Asset Backed Crypto Currency: Sync Coin Secured By Domains Trading At Same Price As Bitcoin
Sync coin is the first asset-backed, profit-sharing currency and the asset the currency is back by is domain names. According to a press release, Sync Foundation and SyncFund.com co-founder, Mike Fiol, who has been in the domain industr...
Discussion
1st Asset Backed Crypto Currency: Sync Coin Secured By Domains Trading At Same Price As Bitcoin
Sync coin is the first asset-backed, profit-sharing currency and the asset the currency is back by is domain names. According to a press release, Sync Foundation and SyncFund.com co-founder, Mike Fiol, who has been in the domain industr...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 3:57 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 9/1
Raymond Hackney of TheDomains.com had a nice article asking what his reader’s opinions of whether numerics are going up from here. I tried to post a comment but didn’t make it through so I’ll say it here. The answer in ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 9/1
Raymond Hackney of TheDomains.com had a nice article asking what his reader’s opinions of whether numerics are going up from here. I tried to post a comment but didn’t make it through so I’ll say it here. The answer in ...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
Sedo Numeric Auction Starts Wednesday 49 extensions represented
On Wednesday Sedo will start its numeric auction of 265 domain names that run the gamut of super quality to wait what ? There will be 49 different extensions represented including .mobi, .enterprises and .name. Here is the list of extensions: asia be...
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Sedo Numeric Auction Starts Wednesday 49 extensions represented
On Wednesday Sedo will start its numeric auction of 265 domain names that run the gamut of super quality to wait what ? There will be 49 different extensions represented including .mobi, .enterprises and .name. Here is the list of extensions: asia be...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 9:40 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – September 1, 2014: Untouched.com, Snooping.com, Flipped.net…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: FreeInstrumentals.com, BobberMotorcycles.com, FlooringOptions.com, Flipped.net...• Get your bids in soon f...
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DomainSherpa Review – September 1, 2014: Untouched.com, Snooping.com, Flipped.net…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: FreeInstrumentals.com, BobberMotorcycles.com, FlooringOptions.com, Flipped.net...• Get your bids in soon f...
Discussion
September 1, 2014, 7:05 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: ScubaTank.com, Deterred.com, PrivateSchools.org, DroppedNames.com All Meet Reserve
Reserve Met and Will Sell ScubaTank.com – Nice product domain with good search volume – 2,400 searches per month per SEMRush. Frank Schilling owns the plural, so when an end user comes knocking, his high asking price on the plural may in...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: ScubaTank.com, Deterred.com, PrivateSchools.org, DroppedNames.com All Meet Reserve
Reserve Met and Will Sell ScubaTank.com – Nice product domain with good search volume – 2,400 searches per month per SEMRush. Frank Schilling owns the plural, so when an end user comes knocking, his high asking price on the plural may in...
Discussion
August 31, 2014, 11:58 pm
The Domains
So When Does Amazon Buy Twitch.com ?
Twitch.tv was purchased this week by Amazon for $970 million, the little experiment that grew out of Justin.tv has become a major player in online video. For a long it was rumored that Google would acquire Twitch. Now we know it is Amazon and t...
Discussion
So When Does Amazon Buy Twitch.com ?
Twitch.tv was purchased this week by Amazon for $970 million, the little experiment that grew out of Justin.tv has become a major player in online video. For a long it was rumored that Google would acquire Twitch. Now we know it is Amazon and t...
Discussion
August 31, 2014, 11:34 pm
The Domains
It’s David Vs Goliaths For Control of .Music
Harley Brown wrote an article for Billboard.com about the upcoming battle for .music. The indies vs Google and Amazon. The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced its support for the music industry to control .music. A2IM...
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It’s David Vs Goliaths For Control of .Music
Harley Brown wrote an article for Billboard.com about the upcoming battle for .music. The indies vs Google and Amazon. The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has announced its support for the music industry to control .music. A2IM...
Discussion
August 31, 2014, 8:42 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (PDN.com, MegaBackup.com, LocalVibe.com) and Flops ($400,000 loss on Chat.de)
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 PDN.com – Sold recently for $27,900 at Sedo, vs $12,000 in 2007. Picked up by Paula Deen Ventures, wh...
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Domain Flips (PDN.com, MegaBackup.com, LocalVibe.com) and Flops ($400,000 loss on Chat.de)
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 PDN.com – Sold recently for $27,900 at Sedo, vs $12,000 in 2007. Picked up by Paula Deen Ventures, wh...
Discussion
August 30, 2014, 10:06 pm
