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The Domains
TheDomains.com Hits 80,000 Comments
The Domains hit a milestone last night of 80,000 approved comments. Lucky number 80,000 was Joseph Peterson with this comment. The first comment made on this blog was 12/5/07 by David Castello of CCIN. 80,000 works out to 11.72 comments per post...
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TheDomains.com Hits 80,000 Comments
The Domains hit a milestone last night of 80,000 approved comments. Lucky number 80,000 was Joseph Peterson with this comment. The first comment made on this blog was 12/5/07 by David Castello of CCIN. 80,000 works out to 11.72 comments per post...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:29 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: OJV.com, Television.info sell. H2O.com, Salons.com, AZU.com, 2W.com do not.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa, along with a few domains with bids that didn’t meet reserve. OJV.com was a nice sale this week. This domain had been shopped around for ages, and the seller in...
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Flippa Recap: OJV.com, Television.info sell. H2O.com, Salons.com, AZU.com, 2W.com do not.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa, along with a few domains with bids that didn’t meet reserve. OJV.com was a nice sale this week. This domain had been shopped around for ages, and the seller in...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:08 am
The Domains
You Tube to Buy Videogame Streaming Company Twitch
You Tube Looking to Acquire Twitch In an article out just 21 minutes ago on Variety it looks like You Tube has reached an agreement to purchase Twitch. From the article: Google’s YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-str...
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You Tube to Buy Videogame Streaming Company Twitch
You Tube Looking to Acquire Twitch In an article out just 21 minutes ago on Variety it looks like You Tube has reached an agreement to purchase Twitch. From the article: Google’s YouTube has reached a deal to buy Twitch, a popular videogame-str...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 10:50 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old TVS.com While UDRP on We.com Is Terminated
A UDRP was filed on the three letter domain name, TVS.com The Complainant is a big company, TV Sundram Iyengar and Sons Limited which is located in Madurai, India. The registrant of TVS.in is TVS Electronics Limited. The compa...
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UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old TVS.com While UDRP on We.com Is Terminated
A UDRP was filed on the three letter domain name, TVS.com The Complainant is a big company, TV Sundram Iyengar and Sons Limited which is located in Madurai, India. The registrant of TVS.in is TVS Electronics Limited. The compa...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 10:07 pm
The Domains
Flashback: If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother?
Four years ago Michael asked, If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother? I’m sure this will piss off a whole group of folks who invest in .US domains, but looking through the Snapnames.com .US domain auction...
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Flashback: If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother?
Four years ago Michael asked, If A .US Domain At Best Is Only Worth 1% of a .Com and 25% Of A .CA Why Bother? I’m sure this will piss off a whole group of folks who invest in .US domains, but looking through the Snapnames.com .US domain auction...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 6:35 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 18th, 2014
If you were watching Shark Tank this Friday you will have seen that Morgan and Daina Linton were mentioned on the show. Not mentioned by name but Mark Cuban talked about how he was invested in Fashion Metric and how he thought metrics had a hug...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 18th, 2014
If you were watching Shark Tank this Friday you will have seen that Morgan and Daina Linton were mentioned on the show. Not mentioned by name but Mark Cuban talked about how he was invested in Fashion Metric and how he thought metrics had a hug...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 12:06 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Parko.com, Myerson.com, $150k+ profit on Flashcards.com) and Flops (OJV.com)
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 Myerson.com – Sold recently for $2,725 at Domain Name Sales, vs $945 in 2011 at Sedo. Not to be confus...
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Domain Flips (Parko.com, Myerson.com, $150k+ profit on Flashcards.com) and Flops (OJV.com)
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 Myerson.com – Sold recently for $2,725 at Domain Name Sales, vs $945 in 2011 at Sedo. Not to be confus...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 12:08 am
The Domains
Major League Baseball & The NHL Are Very .Social As They Go In Heavy On Sunrise .Social Domains
Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League and its member teams have gone in pretty heavy into the new gTLD .Social registering domain names during Sunrise for almost every team and several variations of teams and for the League it itself. ...
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Major League Baseball & The NHL Are Very .Social As They Go In Heavy On Sunrise .Social Domains
Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League and its member teams have gone in pretty heavy into the new gTLD .Social registering domain names during Sunrise for almost every team and several variations of teams and for the League it itself. ...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 6:02 pm
The Domains
ICANN Votes To Ban .Amazon
ICANN published last minutes of the New gTLD Program Committee (NTAG) which following nerous GAC advice voted Amazon’s Application for .Amazon down Here is the resolution: “”Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban...
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ICANN Votes To Ban .Amazon
ICANN published last minutes of the New gTLD Program Committee (NTAG) which following nerous GAC advice voted Amazon’s Application for .Amazon down Here is the resolution: “”Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 4:42 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 17th, 2014
Yesterday Domain Holdings released their quarterly results. It’s always nice to see data and DnJournal shared some good stuff with general information on who was buying, average prices, how many phone calls and emails they sent, etc. &nbs...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 17th, 2014
Yesterday Domain Holdings released their quarterly results. It’s always nice to see data and DnJournal shared some good stuff with general information on who was buying, average prices, how many phone calls and emails they sent, etc. &nbs...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 11:50 am
