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The Domains
Heritage Auctions Led by Digital.com sells $773,876 in domain names
Heritage Auction Results total $773,876 which includes the Buyers Premium of 15 % The Heritage auction wrapped up today and the big sellers were Digital.com and Cute.com. Digital sold for $325,000 and with the buyers premium the total comes to $373,7...
Discussion
Heritage Auctions Led by Digital.com sells $773,876 in domain names
Heritage Auction Results total $773,876 which includes the Buyers Premium of 15 % The Heritage auction wrapped up today and the big sellers were Digital.com and Cute.com. Digital sold for $325,000 and with the buyers premium the total comes to $373,7...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
Discussion
Google registering “MusicKey” domain names for music subscription business?
Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. But I’m not sure what Google is doing w...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 6:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
Discussion
A look inside today’s virtual domain name tradeshow
Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attend...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 4:42 pm
The Domains
Of The 9,025 .Voting Domains Registered Over 97% Registered To Co. With Ties To The Registry?
One company is responsible for registering over 97% of the 9,025 .Voting new gTLD domain names. We reported earlier today that .Voting had 9,025 domain names registered after the first day of general availability However we see that 8,811 of the 9,02...
Discussion
Of The 9,025 .Voting Domains Registered Over 97% Registered To Co. With Ties To The Registry?
One company is responsible for registering over 97% of the 9,025 .Voting new gTLD domain names. We reported earlier today that .Voting had 9,025 domain names registered after the first day of general availability However we see that 8,811 of the 9,02...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
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Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky
Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky respo...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 3:59 pm
The Domains
This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Kaufen 4,325; Consulting 3,852; Media 3,438; .Lease 538
Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. All total include any Sunrise registrations and any Landrush/Early Access Program (EAP) reg...
Discussion
This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Kaufen 4,325; Consulting 3,852; Media 3,438; .Lease 538
Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. All total include any Sunrise registrations and any Landrush/Early Access Program (EAP) reg...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
Discussion
Weekly Expired Domain Report
Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysi...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 2:39 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 52% Are BIN & Open.TV Sells For $25K
Over the past week, 506 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: gca.com at 90,000 USD · Top ...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 52% Are BIN & Open.TV Sells For $25K
Over the past week, 506 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: gca.com at 90,000 USD · Top ...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google and Vint Cert explain the NTIA transition
Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the hist...
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Google and Vint Cert explain the NTIA transition
Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the hist...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
I used the new Namejet app for the first time yesterday. I’m not a big app user but here’s why I like it. The push notices. I don’t need CNN telling me that three people had been shot in Detroit, or that Flappy bir...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th
I used the new Namejet app for the first time yesterday. I’m not a big app user but here’s why I like it. The push notices. I don’t need CNN telling me that three people had been shot in Detroit, or that Flappy bir...
Discussion
July 24, 2014, 11:21 am
