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The Domains
Sedo.com published its transactions for the week. Lots of LLLL.com continue to sell in the low $x,xxx range In all 631 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy...
Discussion
Sedo.com published its transactions for the week. Lots of LLLL.com continue to sell in the low $x,xxx range In all 631 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 9:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLD: .Study
You might want to study this domain name. Yep, there only appears to be one new top level domain name launching this week according to the Calzone.org calendar. That means it gets a little extra attention. Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd (OAU) la...
Discussion
This week’s new TLD: .Study
You might want to study this domain name. Yep, there only appears to be one new top level domain name launching this week according to the Calzone.org calendar. That means it gets a little extra attention. Open Universities Australia Pty Ltd (OAU) la...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 5:31 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: CLN.com, OAR.com, LOV.com, CookieRecipes.com, Downloads.net
Reserve Met and Will Sell Appeared.com – One word .com domains always sell well. I’m not a huge fan of “-ed” domains, but the seller lists some nice “-ed” previous sales. Some LLLL.com, in my opinion of their order...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: CLN.com, OAR.com, LOV.com, CookieRecipes.com, Downloads.net
Reserve Met and Will Sell Appeared.com – One word .com domains always sell well. I’m not a huge fan of “-ed” domains, but the seller lists some nice “-ed” previous sales. Some LLLL.com, in my opinion of their order...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet’s September in Review
Looks like July, 2 months ago, was just a dress rehearsal for September at NameJet. During July, the auction platform set its all-time record by selling an LL.com for $555k. As for September? $694k. Also, back in July, NameJet set a re...
Discussion
NameJet’s September in Review
Looks like July, 2 months ago, was just a dress rehearsal for September at NameJet. During July, the auction platform set its all-time record by selling an LL.com for $555k. As for September? $694k. Also, back in July, NameJet set a re...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Radio applicants invoke Independent Review Process
Companies ask for independent review in .radio decision. Three applicants for the .radio top level domain name have filed for the Independent Review Process (IRP) after losing out to a community applicant. Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media all lost their...
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.Radio applicants invoke Independent Review Process
Companies ask for independent review in .radio decision. Three applicants for the .radio top level domain name have filed for the Independent Review Process (IRP) after losing out to a community applicant. Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media all lost their...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 1:59 pm
The Domains
WIPO Publishes 2014 UDRP Figures & 2015 YTD: 14% of WIPO’s 2015 Cases Are New gTLD’s
WIPO released it annual report yesterday for 2014 and Year to Date numbers through September 2015. Cases filed ins 2014 were up only 2% from 2013, with 2,634 cases being lodged by trademarks owners claiming abuse of their mark. Country-code top...
Discussion
WIPO Publishes 2014 UDRP Figures & 2015 YTD: 14% of WIPO’s 2015 Cases Are New gTLD’s
WIPO released it annual report yesterday for 2014 and Year to Date numbers through September 2015. Cases filed ins 2014 were up only 2% from 2013, with 2,634 cases being lodged by trademarks owners claiming abuse of their mark. Country-code top...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 1:23 pm
The Domains
Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry To Pass 1 Million Domains
According to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they offer well over 100 new domain extensions...
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Famous Four Media Becomes 3rd New gTLD Registry To Pass 1 Million Domains
According to a Press Release out today, Famous Four Media has become the 3rd new gTLD registry to pass one million domain names. Donuts was the first to hit 1,000,000 domain registrations but they offer well over 100 new domain extensions...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 12:52 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
It’s been great this year watching all the people that thought buying random short numbers and letters the last few years was asinine. Now the people that did, have tens if not hundreds of thousands of extra dollars in their hands. ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Tuesday, October 13th, 2015
It’s been great this year watching all the people that thought buying random short numbers and letters the last few years was asinine. Now the people that did, have tens if not hundreds of thousands of extra dollars in their hands. ...
Discussion
October 13, 2015, 10:20 am
Domain Shane
What Happens When Investor Pricing for Domains Exceeds End User Pricing?
Giuseppe Graziano had an interesting observation in his excellent LLLL.com guide which he recently published, saying in part “you might have noticed how Chinese investors are bidding amounts that end users are rarely willing to match”. He...
Discussion
What Happens When Investor Pricing for Domains Exceeds End User Pricing?
Giuseppe Graziano had an interesting observation in his excellent LLLL.com guide which he recently published, saying in part “you might have noticed how Chinese investors are bidding amounts that end users are rarely willing to match”. He...
Discussion
October 12, 2015, 9:01 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: What Will Be The High Bid On Health.Org
Earlier today we posted about a Godaddy.com expired domain name auction underway for health.org. The auction still has over 9 days to go as of publication. Assuming the domain auction does not get called off because the owner renews the domain name w...
Discussion
Quick Poll: What Will Be The High Bid On Health.Org
Earlier today we posted about a Godaddy.com expired domain name auction underway for health.org. The auction still has over 9 days to go as of publication. Assuming the domain auction does not get called off because the owner renews the domain name w...
Discussion
October 12, 2015, 5:42 pm
