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The Domains
Look out Bitcoin, Here Comes NoFiatCoin
BitCoin has certainly had a tumultuous week, from exchange problems and transfers frozen to a $2.7 million theft, this caused Venture Beat to ask if the end was near for Bitcoin. Silk Road 2.0, a black market drug-trading site based on untraceable Bi...
Discussion
Look out Bitcoin, Here Comes NoFiatCoin
BitCoin has certainly had a tumultuous week, from exchange problems and transfers frozen to a $2.7 million theft, this caused Venture Beat to ask if the end was near for Bitcoin. Silk Road 2.0, a black market drug-trading site based on untraceable Bi...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 9:00 pm
The Domains
The Russians Are Forwarding The Official Site of The Olympics Sochi.Ru Domain To a .Com
If you have watched any part of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, and I know you have, you have undoubted sighted a Sochi.ru domain name banner that is flying across the the venues. One of the readers of thedomains.com points out that although the Soc...
Discussion
The Russians Are Forwarding The Official Site of The Olympics Sochi.Ru Domain To a .Com
If you have watched any part of the Winter Olympics from Sochi, and I know you have, you have undoubted sighted a Sochi.ru domain name banner that is flying across the the venues. One of the readers of thedomains.com points out that although the Soc...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic changes payment thresholds, ends Park & Sell rebate program
Payment thresholds change for sales and parking platforms and rebate program ends. Afternic and domain name parking platform SmartName have changed their payment thresholds and options in the wake of GoDaddy’s acquisition. Afternic has also qui...
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Afternic changes payment thresholds, ends Park & Sell rebate program
Payment thresholds change for sales and parking platforms and rebate program ends. Afternic and domain name parking platform SmartName have changed their payment thresholds and options in the wake of GoDaddy’s acquisition. Afternic has also qui...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 5:32 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 15th, 2014
So after months of waiting the deals.xyz auction ended yesterday at $8100. Two bidders got into a bidding war and took it from $1200 to the final price. That happens all the time except for one thing. The auction rules state y...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 15th, 2014
So after months of waiting the deals.xyz auction ended yesterday at $8100. Two bidders got into a bidding war and took it from $1200 to the final price. That happens all the time except for one thing. The auction rules state y...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stone Temple Pilots to play DomainFest
STP on the bill for DomainFest 2014. DomainSponsor’s DomainFest conference is always known for legendary entertainment. The Playboy Mansion comes to mind. Renting our Universal Studios. In other words, over-the-top events when compared to other...
Discussion
Stone Temple Pilots to play DomainFest
STP on the bill for DomainFest 2014. DomainSponsor’s DomainFest conference is always known for legendary entertainment. The Playboy Mansion comes to mind. Renting our Universal Studios. In other words, over-the-top events when compared to other...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 2:43 am
The Domains
Domainfest To Feature Private Concert With Stone Temple Pilots
DomainSponsor has just updated the Domainfest site and the on Tuesday night party will be held in a top secret location but will feature a private concert with legendary, Grammy award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Benningto...
Discussion
Domainfest To Feature Private Concert With Stone Temple Pilots
DomainSponsor has just updated the Domainfest site and the on Tuesday night party will be held in a top secret location but will feature a private concert with legendary, Grammy award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Benningto...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 11:33 pm
The Domains
Deals.XYZ.com Sells For $8,100 On NameJet.com
In a Namejet.com auction which just closed today the domain name Deals.xyz just sold for $8,100. The price marks the highest amount paid for a .xyz domain name, a new gTLD extension which hasn’t even been delegated yet. If should be noted that ...
Discussion
Deals.XYZ.com Sells For $8,100 On NameJet.com
In a Namejet.com auction which just closed today the domain name Deals.xyz just sold for $8,100. The price marks the highest amount paid for a .xyz domain name, a new gTLD extension which hasn’t even been delegated yet. If should be noted that ...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 end user domain buyers including 23 And Me and Indiegogo
Popular startups among domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold close to $2.0 million worth of domain names last week. Below are end user sales from last week. You can see previous end user sales lists here. AspireTechnology.com $30,00...
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27 end user domain buyers including 23 And Me and Indiegogo
Popular startups among domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold close to $2.0 million worth of domain names last week. Below are end user sales from last week. You can see previous end user sales lists here. AspireTechnology.com $30,00...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
People are buying new TLDs when the “matching” .com is available
Would you pay over $1,000 for Metadata.guru when you could get MetadataGuru.com for just $10? This morning I posted about GoDaddy’s auction results for new top level domain names thus far. The post included nine domain names that sold for over ...
Discussion
People are buying new TLDs when the “matching” .com is available
Would you pay over $1,000 for Metadata.guru when you could get MetadataGuru.com for just $10? This morning I posted about GoDaddy’s auction results for new top level domain names thus far. The post included nine domain names that sold for over ...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy auction data provide early indication of new TLD demand and values
Auction data show competition for new TLD registrations and shed light on strategic considerations for ordering domains. What are domains registered under new top level domain names worth, and what is the demand for them? We already know how many dom...
Discussion
GoDaddy auction data provide early indication of new TLD demand and values
Auction data show competition for new TLD registrations and shed light on strategic considerations for ordering domains. What are domains registered under new top level domain names worth, and what is the demand for them? We already know how many dom...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 3:00 pm
