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Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Subscribe.me, RGRR.com, LK1.com) and Flops (LiveWater.com, Dowmload.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Subscribe.me sold for 2,500 USD on 2015-09-25 at Sedo, vs 1,350 USD on 2011-02-09 at Sedo. Acquired by a company named Prospress, and they have a prod...
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Domain Flips (Subscribe.me, RGRR.com, LK1.com) and Flops (LiveWater.com, Dowmload.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips Subscribe.me sold for 2,500 USD on 2015-09-25 at Sedo, vs 1,350 USD on 2011-02-09 at Sedo. Acquired by a company named Prospress, and they have a prod...
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October 4, 2015, 8:54 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, October 4th, 2015
Yesterday was another one of those days. I spent several hours bidding on names that I ended up not getting. I picked a number that I was willing to spend but realized that all my bids just weren’t enough to get the names I wanted. ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, October 4th, 2015
Yesterday was another one of those days. I spent several hours bidding on names that I ended up not getting. I picked a number that I was willing to spend but realized that all my bids just weren’t enough to get the names I wanted. ...
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October 4, 2015, 10:36 am
Domain Shane
Two Years Ago I Wrote This and It’s As True As Ever
I wrote an article two and a half years ago titled “10 Reasons Why You’re Not Making Money in Domaining” . Yesterday @King__Midas_ tweeted a segment from it that caught my attention. After I read it I felt like I had hea...
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Two Years Ago I Wrote This and It’s As True As Ever
I wrote an article two and a half years ago titled “10 Reasons Why You’re Not Making Money in Domaining” . Yesterday @King__Midas_ tweeted a segment from it that caught my attention. After I read it I felt like I had hea...
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October 3, 2015, 11:44 pm
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Fixed.com, FreeVideos.com, LQZ.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. GoldPay.com sold for $64,000 You can see the login screen below, but it doesn’t reveal too many details. Their user agreement references transferr...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Fixed.com, FreeVideos.com, LQZ.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. GoldPay.com sold for $64,000 You can see the login screen below, but it doesn’t reveal too many details. Their user agreement references transferr...
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October 3, 2015, 8:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
What stadium is National Car Rental buying naming rights to?
A new stadium for the St. Louis Rams? In 2013 I scooped that Levi’s was buying naming rights to a stadium based on domain name registrations. It turned out to be for the NFL 49ers stadium. Recent domain name registrations suggest its National C...
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What stadium is National Car Rental buying naming rights to?
A new stadium for the St. Louis Rams? In 2013 I scooped that Levi’s was buying naming rights to a stadium based on domain name registrations. It turned out to be for the NFL 49ers stadium. Recent domain name registrations suggest its National C...
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October 3, 2015, 5:12 pm
The Domains
Publicly Traded Autodesk Purchases Graphic.com Domain Name From GoDaddy.com
Publicly traded company Autodesk, Inc. has purchased the premium generic domain name Graphic.com from another publicly traded company, GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy acquired the domain in a domain portfolio purchase from Marchex in April 2015.
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Publicly Traded Autodesk Purchases Graphic.com Domain Name From GoDaddy.com
Publicly traded company Autodesk, Inc. has purchased the premium generic domain name Graphic.com from another publicly traded company, GoDaddy.com. GoDaddy acquired the domain in a domain portfolio purchase from Marchex in April 2015.
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October 3, 2015, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Netflix Loses It’s 2nd URS This Week & Why This May Kill Off The URS
Netflix has lost it’s 2nd Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) decision of the week this time on the domain name Netflix.news A few days ago we wrote about Netflix losing the URS on the domain name Netflix.website in what we described as the stranges...
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Netflix Loses It’s 2nd URS This Week & Why This May Kill Off The URS
Netflix has lost it’s 2nd Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) decision of the week this time on the domain name Netflix.news A few days ago we wrote about Netflix losing the URS on the domain name Netflix.website in what we described as the stranges...
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October 3, 2015, 1:41 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
Namejet is crushing it again today. Some fantastic names again for the second day in a row. I bought a portfolio of 173 names yesterday which is half as many as I presently own. I’ll explain it in a later post but it really wa...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, October 3rd, 2015
Namejet is crushing it again today. Some fantastic names again for the second day in a row. I bought a portfolio of 173 names yesterday which is half as many as I presently own. I’ll explain it in a later post but it really wa...
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October 3, 2015, 10:12 am
The Domains
New gTLD .Miami Gets Almost 5,000 Registrations After It’s 1st Day Of Availability
The new domain name extension .Miami , which had it’s first day of General Availability yesterday, where it could be registered on a first come, first served basis got almost 5K registration including around 200 in Sunrise. According to ntldsta...
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New gTLD .Miami Gets Almost 5,000 Registrations After It’s 1st Day Of Availability
The new domain name extension .Miami , which had it’s first day of General Availability yesterday, where it could be registered on a first come, first served basis got almost 5K registration including around 200 in Sunrise. According to ntldsta...
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October 3, 2015, 9:36 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TeaBot.com, MyHappy.com, ACTN.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Limax.com sold for $15,600 at Sedo,...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TeaBot.com, MyHappy.com, ACTN.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Limax.com sold for $15,600 at Sedo,...
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October 2, 2015, 10:00 pm
