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Domain Name Wire
Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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Demand Media gains $1.2 million from new TLD “withdrawals”
Demand Media records seven figure gain from new TLD withdrawals. Demand Media recorded a gain of $1.2 million last quarter from withdrawals of its interest in new top level domain name applications. Here’s how it’s worded in the company&r...
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August 12, 2013, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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Scripps Networks loses second new TLD objection, this one for .diy
Scripps learns that DIY, like the word Food, is generic. Scripps Networks has lost its second legal rights objection against a top level domain name application, this time losing .diy. It previously lost an objection for .food. Scripps, which owns ho...
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August 12, 2013, 12:49 pm
The Domains
Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s new gTLD App For .DIY
A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s Charleston Road Registry application for .diy Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Objector holds United States Registra...
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Scripps Loses Legal Rights Objection To Google’s new gTLD App For .DIY
A WIPO panel has rejected Scripps Networks Legal Rights Objection to Google’s Charleston Road Registry application for .diy Here are the relevant findings from the one member panel: The Objector holds United States Registra...
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August 12, 2013, 12:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
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How would you invest $5 million in the domain name business?
Where’s the greatest opportunity right now to invest $5 million in the domain name business? There are a lot of ways people make money in the domain name business. There are people who invest in domain names, people who own service providers (s...
Discussion
August 12, 2013, 12:20 pm
The Domains
13 Year Old Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com Dropping
Since publishing thedomains.com for what will soon be our 6th anniversary we have published posts about some very strange old domain names as they drop. Add Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com to that list of domains. Origina...
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13 Year Old Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com Dropping
Since publishing thedomains.com for what will soon be our 6th anniversary we have published posts about some very strange old domain names as they drop. Add Purchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchasepurchase.com to that list of domains. Origina...
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August 12, 2013, 12:04 pm
Elliot's Blog
Heritage Auctions Acquires GameUsed.com
Earlier today, I mentioned that I thought the sale of GameUsed.com for $4,500 was a great deal for the buyer, and I might have bought it for that price had it been offered to me. After doing a Whois search this morning following my article, I see tha...
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Heritage Auctions Acquires GameUsed.com
Earlier today, I mentioned that I thought the sale of GameUsed.com for $4,500 was a great deal for the buyer, and I might have bought it for that price had it been offered to me. After doing a Whois search this morning following my article, I see tha...
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August 12, 2013, 11:41 am
Elliot's Blog
Getting Great Deals on Domain Names
After I posted an article on my blog listing three types of domain names I am looking to buy, a couple people commented that there was no way I would be able to find those types of domain names for sale at the prices I needed. I deleted all comments ...
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Getting Great Deals on Domain Names
After I posted an article on my blog listing three types of domain names I am looking to buy, a couple people commented that there was no way I would be able to find those types of domain names for sale at the prices I needed. I deleted all comments ...
Discussion
August 12, 2013, 10:43 am
The Domains
Onions.com After Selling At NameJet A 4 Days Ago For $19K Put Up For Sale For $90K
The domain name Onions.com sold on Namejet.com last week for $19,100. There were 289 bidders in the domain auction of those only 4 bid $10,000 or more. The domain was highly promoted by NameJet.com. Today the Onions.com is up for sale in at Tob...
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Onions.com After Selling At NameJet A 4 Days Ago For $19K Put Up For Sale For $90K
The domain name Onions.com sold on Namejet.com last week for $19,100. There were 289 bidders in the domain auction of those only 4 bid $10,000 or more. The domain was highly promoted by NameJet.com. Today the Onions.com is up for sale in at Tob...
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August 12, 2013, 10:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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Former GoDaddy General Counsel to run for Arizona Governor
Jones jumps headfirst into politics with gubernatorial bid. Christine Jones, former General Counsel & Corporate Secretary for GoDaddy, announced that she will run for Governor of Arizona. Jones left the company last year after a decade in high pr...
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August 12, 2013, 10:34 am
The Domains
Sedo .Eu Domain Auction Ends Thursday 13.Eu Highest Bidded Domain
Sedo.com is holding a domain name auction of some good .EU domain names which ends at Thursday Noon EST. There are 71 domain names in the auction and of publication all domains are led by 13.Eu which has a high bid of 454 Euro’s with 18 bids. O...
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Sedo .Eu Domain Auction Ends Thursday 13.Eu Highest Bidded Domain
Sedo.com is holding a domain name auction of some good .EU domain names which ends at Thursday Noon EST. There are 71 domain names in the auction and of publication all domains are led by 13.Eu which has a high bid of 454 Euro’s with 18 bids. O...
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August 12, 2013, 10:10 am
