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Elliot's Blog
HomeAway CEO: VacationRentals.com Domain Name Bought for $35 Million
I read a report on The Next Web this morining, and it listed the sale of VacationRentals.com as the most expensive domain name sale of all time. I don’t recall hearing about the sale anywhere, but the embedded video confirms the sale price. In ...
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HomeAway CEO: VacationRentals.com Domain Name Bought for $35 Million
I read a report on The Next Web this morining, and it listed the sale of VacationRentals.com as the most expensive domain name sale of all time. I don’t recall hearing about the sale anywhere, but the embedded video confirms the sale price. In ...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 12:48 pm
The Domains
Secretaries of All 50 States Tells ICANN To Follow GAC Advice On INC, .LLC, .CORP and .LLP
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is an organization whose members include Secretaries of State and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 U.S. states and territories send a letter to ICANN in late July that was just published today, that t...
Discussion
Secretaries of All 50 States Tells ICANN To Follow GAC Advice On INC, .LLC, .CORP and .LLP
National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is an organization whose members include Secretaries of State and Lieutenant Governors of the 50 U.S. states and territories send a letter to ICANN in late July that was just published today, that t...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 12:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s Q2 market study plus where the top 10 sold domains are now
Sedo releases market data from second quarter plus a few new end user sales revealed. Sedo released its second quarter market study today in a new infographic format. The data show that sales volume and dollar volume were down slightly from the first...
Discussion
Sedo’s Q2 market study plus where the top 10 sold domains are now
Sedo releases market data from second quarter plus a few new end user sales revealed. Sedo released its second quarter market study today in a new infographic format. The data show that sales volume and dollar volume were down slightly from the first...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 12:16 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K
Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700. All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $1.1 Million In Domains Led By Xylem.com For $47K and BXE.com For $40K
Afternic.com just published its domain sales for the week of 8/5/13 – 8/11/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,106,700. All sales were led by Xylem.com which sold for $47,100 and...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 12:07 pm
The Domains
.XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration
The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done at the registry level is different. Many registrars and auction houses opened up prere...
Discussion
.XYZ One Of The 1st New gTLD’s To Launch Opens Up Pre-Registration
The registry for the new gTLD .XYZ has just opened up preregistrations. While preregistrations for new gTLD’s is nothing new the fact that this is being done at the registry level is different. Many registrars and auction houses opened up prere...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 12:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
First 12 New TLD string confusion objections denied
ICDR panels deny first 12 string confusion objections. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has issued its first 12 decisions regarding string confusion objections. All 12 objections were denied. The denied objections were: Universal Posta...
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First 12 New TLD string confusion objections denied
ICDR panels deny first 12 string confusion objections. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has issued its first 12 decisions regarding string confusion objections. All 12 objections were denied. The denied objections were: Universal Posta...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
Discussion
Test driving .co’s new Pop.co
New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 10:44 am
The Domains
CentralNic Formely Announces September IPO
Today CentralNic, formally announced its plans for a September IPO on the AIM Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock Exchange. “CentralNic is a registry service provider which supports top level domains (“TLDs” such as .la) ...
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CentralNic Formely Announces September IPO
Today CentralNic, formally announced its plans for a September IPO on the AIM Market (“AIM”) of the London Stock Exchange. “CentralNic is a registry service provider which supports top level domains (“TLDs” such as .la) ...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 9:30 am
The Domains
Sedo’s 2Q Domain Report: 9,589 Transactions; 53% of Sales $500 Or Under
Sedo, issued its domain market study for the second quarter of 2013 today. Sedo reported that domain name sales below $500, accounted for 53% of sales. Domains priced between $501 and $2,500 accounted for 35% of sales and only 7% were in the $2...
Discussion
Sedo’s 2Q Domain Report: 9,589 Transactions; 53% of Sales $500 Or Under
Sedo, issued its domain market study for the second quarter of 2013 today. Sedo reported that domain name sales below $500, accounted for 53% of sales. Domains priced between $501 and $2,500 accounted for 35% of sales and only 7% were in the $2...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 8:45 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 13th, 2013
Over the rest of August my posts may be hit or miss. There is a reason that my traffic is down 50% and that’s because my profits are up 100%. I prefer to concentrate on the latter. I still have a lot to say but over the next f...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 13th, 2013
Over the rest of August my posts may be hit or miss. There is a reason that my traffic is down 50% and that’s because my profits are up 100%. I prefer to concentrate on the latter. I still have a lot to say but over the next f...
Discussion
August 13, 2013, 6:05 am
