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The Domains
Sedo Joins With Brands-and-Jingles For Domain Auction Of 190 .Me Domains Including: Tagged.me; Follows.me, Shared.Me
According to a press release out tonight, “Sedo.com is running in partnership with Brands-and-Jingles is holding an auction of 190 premium .ME domain “at the level of the nominal prices ranging between $149 and $999.” Un...
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Sedo Joins With Brands-and-Jingles For Domain Auction Of 190 .Me Domains Including: Tagged.me; Follows.me, Shared.Me
According to a press release out tonight, “Sedo.com is running in partnership with Brands-and-Jingles is holding an auction of 190 premium .ME domain “at the level of the nominal prices ranging between $149 and $999.” Un...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 4:34 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN may let new TLD applicants modify their applications
Plan may allow new TLD applicants to fix errors. ICANN is considering allowing applicants for new top level domains to make changes to their applications, the organization confirmed to Domain Name Wire today. The group is working on a process that co...
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ICANN may let new TLD applicants modify their applications
Plan may allow new TLD applicants to fix errors. ICANN is considering allowing applicants for new top level domains to make changes to their applications, the organization confirmed to Domain Name Wire today. The group is working on a process that co...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 7:33 pm

Domain Shane
10 Thoughts From a Middle Aged Man
Life is an amazing journey. Full of precious moments, things that seem bad at the time but really aren’t, and moments that you don’t realize their importance until much later in life. I get made fun of for smiling all the time...
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10 Thoughts From a Middle Aged Man
Life is an amazing journey. Full of precious moments, things that seem bad at the time but really aren’t, and moments that you don’t realize their importance until much later in life. I get made fun of for smiling all the time...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 6:50 pm

Domain Name News
New gTLDs: Competition or Concentration? Innovation or Domination?
This guest post was writting by Phil Corwin. Mr. Corwin is Founding Principal of the Virtualaw LLC consultancy and serves as Of Counsel to Greenberg & Lieberman and as for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), all located in Washington, DC. Th...
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New gTLDs: Competition or Concentration? Innovation or Domination?
This guest post was writting by Phil Corwin. Mr. Corwin is Founding Principal of the Virtualaw LLC consultancy and serves as Of Counsel to Greenberg & Lieberman and as for the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), all located in Washington, DC. Th...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 6:12 pm

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.02MM In Domains Led By Sunless.com For $25K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,023,904 for the week ending June 17th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Sunless.com at $24,500, followed by yif.com at $22,000. Below is the complete list ...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.02MM In Domains Led By Sunless.com For $25K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,023,904 for the week ending June 17th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Sunless.com at $24,500, followed by yif.com at $22,000. Below is the complete list ...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 5:10 pm

The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By Cruise.me for $28,500
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 18th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Cruise.me at $28,500. Other domains topping the list of public sales were festivals.de for €12,500 & kfzteile.n...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By Cruise.me for $28,500
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 18th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Cruise.me at $28,500. Other domains topping the list of public sales were festivals.de for €12,500 & kfzteile.n...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 4:16 pm

Domain Shane
Daily SitePicks: Tuesday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net
There are a few nice ones on the board today. I’m sure you’ve thought about this before. If you had a site that was making $150 a month and someone paid you 12 months revenue would you sell? In many cases people are. In my case, I would r...
Discussion
Daily SitePicks: Tuesday’s Hot List of Websites Up For Auction Around the Net
There are a few nice ones on the board today. I’m sure you’ve thought about this before. If you had a site that was making $150 a month and someone paid you 12 months revenue would you sell? In many cases people are. In my case, I would r...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 1:51 pm

Elliot's Blog
Brett Lewis Wins Shocking.com UDRP
A UDRP was recently filed for Shocking.com, which clearly appears to be a descriptive domain name, and Brett Lewis of Lewis & Lin won the decision on behalf of the domain registrant. The company that filed the UDRP is Interbasic Holding S.A...
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Brett Lewis Wins Shocking.com UDRP
A UDRP was recently filed for Shocking.com, which clearly appears to be a descriptive domain name, and Brett Lewis of Lewis & Lin won the decision on behalf of the domain registrant. The company that filed the UDRP is Interbasic Holding S.A...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 12:42 pm

The Domains
Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
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Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 11:45 am

The Domains
Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
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Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 11:30 am