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Elliot's Blog
CarlosDanger.com Registered Yesterday
New York City Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner was in the news again for apparently sending dirty messages and possibly photos months after he had resigned from Congress for doing something similar. According to the NY Post article referenced ab...
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CarlosDanger.com Registered Yesterday
New York City Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner was in the news again for apparently sending dirty messages and possibly photos months after he had resigned from Congress for doing something similar. According to the NY Post article referenced ab...
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July 24, 2013, 9:44 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th, 2013
Had one of those great days yesterday. Started off with a great run where I felt like I was doping like Lance Armstrong. A nice average of 6:38 pace for 10 miles. This healthy eating thing has me doing thing I never thought possible...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 24th, 2013
Had one of those great days yesterday. Started off with a great run where I felt like I was doping like Lance Armstrong. A nice average of 6:38 pace for 10 miles. This healthy eating thing has me doing thing I never thought possible...
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July 24, 2013, 6:18 am

The Domains
New Jersey Loses Again: UDRP Panel Says They Don’t Even Have Rights to GardenStateParkway.com & NjTurk
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority just lost a UDRP on the domain names GardenStateParkway.com and NYturnpike.com because the panelist found the Authority did not have “common law rights” to the terms Garden State Parkway or and NJ T...
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New Jersey Loses Again: UDRP Panel Says They Don’t Even Have Rights to GardenStateParkway.com & NjTurk
The New Jersey Turnpike Authority just lost a UDRP on the domain names GardenStateParkway.com and NYturnpike.com because the panelist found the Authority did not have “common law rights” to the terms Garden State Parkway or and NJ T...
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July 23, 2013, 5:35 pm

The Domains
Short & Sweet D1 Sports Loses UDRP on D1Sports.com Since TM Came 3 Years After Domain
D1 Sports Holdings, LLC just lost a UDRP on D1sports.com Simply stated the trademark holder didn’t get their TM until 2004, the domain name was registered in 2001. As it should have been, game over. Here is the relevant facts and finding from t...
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Short & Sweet D1 Sports Loses UDRP on D1Sports.com Since TM Came 3 Years After Domain
D1 Sports Holdings, LLC just lost a UDRP on D1sports.com Simply stated the trademark holder didn’t get their TM until 2004, the domain name was registered in 2001. As it should have been, game over. Here is the relevant facts and finding from t...
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July 23, 2013, 4:42 pm

The Domains
Back To The Future: UDRP Filed On GongShow.com
Long before American Idol, and America’s Got Talent, there was The Gong Show. The last time original episode on of the Gong show appeared on Network Television it was 1989, well before the Internet, and well before the 1st domain name was...
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Back To The Future: UDRP Filed On GongShow.com
Long before American Idol, and America’s Got Talent, there was The Gong Show. The last time original episode on of the Gong show appeared on Network Television it was 1989, well before the Internet, and well before the 1st domain name was...
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July 23, 2013, 4:18 pm

The Domains
DWI.Org Sells For $14K On Namejet After One Bidder Bids Against Himself From $6K Up
The domain name DWI.org sold today on NameJet.com for $14,000 after one bidder bid against himself from $6K up. I don’t think you really can’t call it an auction if your the only one bidding but that seems to be the case with this domain ...
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DWI.Org Sells For $14K On Namejet After One Bidder Bids Against Himself From $6K Up
The domain name DWI.org sold today on NameJet.com for $14,000 after one bidder bid against himself from $6K up. I don’t think you really can’t call it an auction if your the only one bidding but that seems to be the case with this domain ...
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July 23, 2013, 4:03 pm

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.12M Led By VideoShop.com For $35K
Sedo just reported that 765 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, last week totaling $1.12m. This amounts to $39m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.12M Led By VideoShop.com For $35K
Sedo just reported that 765 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, last week totaling $1.12m. This amounts to $39m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of...
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July 23, 2013, 3:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
What domain names the U.S. Treasury and 27 others bought last week
A division of the U.S. Department of Treasury was among last week’s domain name buyers. Afternic sold another $1 million+ worth of domain names last week. Here’s a run down of some of the end user domain sales. Forester Media Inc., which ...
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What domain names the U.S. Treasury and 27 others bought last week
A division of the U.S. Department of Treasury was among last week’s domain name buyers. Afternic sold another $1 million+ worth of domain names last week. Here’s a run down of some of the end user domain sales. Forester Media Inc., which ...
Discussion
July 23, 2013, 2:18 pm

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By LightArt.com For $32K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 7/15/13 – 7/21/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $1,037,702. The highest sale was LightArt.com which sold for $32,000, followed by ...
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Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By LightArt.com For $32K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the week 7/15/13 – 7/21/13. Total domain sales, including confidential purchases and sales under $1,000 summed to $1,037,702. The highest sale was LightArt.com which sold for $32,000, followed by ...
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July 23, 2013, 1:02 pm

Elliot's Blog
.CO Becomes 5th TLD Option for WordPress.com Hosted Websites
You may or may not have already seen the news that WordPress parent company Automattic has added .CO to its limited number of TLDs available for WordPress.com fully hosted websites. People who wish to have their websites hosted on WordPress.com ...
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.CO Becomes 5th TLD Option for WordPress.com Hosted Websites
You may or may not have already seen the news that WordPress parent company Automattic has added .CO to its limited number of TLDs available for WordPress.com fully hosted websites. People who wish to have their websites hosted on WordPress.com ...
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July 23, 2013, 12:53 pm