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Sedo weekly sales led by Walker.com at $90,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Walker.com was the top sale at $90,000. The domain looks to have been purchased by Walker Mowers. The domain redirects to Walkermowers.com. There were no other 5 figure sales for the week in .com. Moda.pt sold for...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Walker.com at $90,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Walker.com was the top sale at $90,000. The domain looks to have been purchased by Walker Mowers. The domain redirects to Walkermowers.com. There were no other 5 figure sales for the week in .com. Moda.pt sold for...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 9:15 pm

Domain Name Wire
There’s an all out war for dropping domain names
…and it’s expensive. It costs expired domain drop catchers $8.03 for every .com domain name they catch for you. So why are they charging customers so much money? A good place to start is by looking at how much they pay to amass the firep...
Discussion
There’s an all out war for dropping domain names
…and it’s expensive. It costs expired domain drop catchers $8.03 for every .com domain name they catch for you. So why are they charging customers so much money? A good place to start is by looking at how much they pay to amass the firep...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 9:12 pm

Domain Shane
Walker.com and Reez.com Some of the Top Sales at Sedo This Week
Sedo was much like most of the platforms this, a little slow. But Walker.com cam in strong at $90,000. The other names were less than exciting. Hoping this week doesn’t represent the rest of the year. How have your inqui...
Discussion
Walker.com and Reez.com Some of the Top Sales at Sedo This Week
Sedo was much like most of the platforms this, a little slow. But Walker.com cam in strong at $90,000. The other names were less than exciting. Hoping this week doesn’t represent the rest of the year. How have your inqui...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 9:09 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Shop enters dangerous territory with SSL freebie
Free SSL is likely to make registrar partners uneasy. Last week GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain name, announced that it was providing a free SSL certificate to registrants of .shop domain names. While this might seem like ...
Discussion
.Shop enters dangerous territory with SSL freebie
Free SSL is likely to make registrar partners uneasy. Last week GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain name, announced that it was providing a free SSL certificate to registrants of .shop domain names. While this might seem like ...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 7:29 pm

Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 14, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 14, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 4:16 pm

Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling gets RDNH win
Panel rules that Bernina International is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Bernette.com domain name. Frank Schilling has successfully defended his domain name Bernette.com in a UDRP, and the panel has found BERNINA International AG guilty...
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Frank Schilling gets RDNH win
Panel rules that Bernina International is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Bernette.com domain name. Frank Schilling has successfully defended his domain name Bernette.com in a UDRP, and the panel has found BERNINA International AG guilty...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 2:58 pm

Domain Shane
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Tuesday, November 15th
Listened to the domain sherpa review last night. Looks like you might be able to get some good domain deals from Cyger as he liquidates inventory to pay for his election gambling debt. :) Main List NameJet Flippa/Sedo ...
Discussion
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Tuesday, November 15th
Listened to the domain sherpa review last night. Looks like you might be able to get some good domain deals from Cyger as he liquidates inventory to pay for his election gambling debt. :) Main List NameJet Flippa/Sedo ...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 12:39 pm

Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: Sausage.com, V3.com, Podcasts.com, Testing.org, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Robo.io – Techy name in a hot techy extension. DSDZ.com – Below current market value for a CHIP 4L as I type this. GotTheBug.com – Hopefully the good kind of bug. Reserve Not Met Sausage.com – Nearly ...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: Sausage.com, V3.com, Podcasts.com, Testing.org, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Robo.io – Techy name in a hot techy extension. DSDZ.com – Below current market value for a CHIP 4L as I type this. GotTheBug.com – Hopefully the good kind of bug. Reserve Not Met Sausage.com – Nearly ...
Discussion
November 14, 2016, 7:16 pm

Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 13, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 13, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
November 14, 2016, 5:18 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Org sticks with Afilias for backend
Afilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name. Public Interest Registry, the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after ...
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.Org sticks with Afilias for backend
Afilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name. Public Interest Registry, the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after ...
Discussion
November 14, 2016, 4:51 pm