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Latest News
The Domains
Donuts Beats Google To .MBA; Google Wins .PHD
Two more new gTLD strings that were scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort Auction next week, have been settled privately. Donuts won rights to operate the .MBA new domain extension, beating out Google and a company known as Your Dot Phd, Inc. Yourdo...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Google To .MBA; Google Wins .PHD
Two more new gTLD strings that were scheduled to go to a ICANN Last Resort Auction next week, have been settled privately. Donuts won rights to operate the .MBA new domain extension, beating out Google and a company known as Your Dot Phd, Inc. Yourdo...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
LuckyGames.com, BearClaw.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Without the added attraction of money, games of chance are a bit boring compared to games of skill or strategy. So it’s fair to assume LuckyGames.com (with its ...
Discussion
LuckyGames.com, BearClaw.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Without the added attraction of money, games of chance are a bit boring compared to games of skill or strategy. So it’s fair to assume LuckyGames.com (with its ...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 character domain names become available today
Short domain names to be released today. Top level domain name company Rightside is releasing 20,000 two character domain names across its TLDs today at noon EDT. The two character domains to be released include at least one number in them, taking th...
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2 character domain names become available today
Short domain names to be released today. Top level domain name company Rightside is releasing 20,000 two character domain names across its TLDs today at noon EDT. The two character domains to be released include at least one number in them, taking th...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 12:48 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
I have to admit it gets a bit frustrating. It has become almost impossible to buy a numeric at Namejet because FIRST simply keeps bidding until you drop out. Doesn’t really matter what you bid, he will bid higher. And then wh...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, March 18th, 2015
I have to admit it gets a bit frustrating. It has become almost impossible to buy a numeric at Namejet because FIRST simply keeps bidding until you drop out. Doesn’t really matter what you bid, he will bid higher. And then wh...
Discussion
March 18, 2015, 10:55 am
Domain Shane
10 Interesting Take Aways From Looking At Rick Schwartz’s Portfolio and New Acquisitions
I make money and learn with three things. I go through every domain auction house and scan names. I go through all the sales of the previous day here. And I follow the portfolios of domain investors I respect. One of those is Rick Schwart...
Discussion
10 Interesting Take Aways From Looking At Rick Schwartz’s Portfolio and New Acquisitions
I make money and learn with three things. I go through every domain auction house and scan names. I go through all the sales of the previous day here. And I follow the portfolios of domain investors I respect. One of those is Rick Schwart...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 11:07 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: HashOils.com, Drunker.com, Grammar.org, Trampolines.com for $81,500 (website), More
Some Domains That Sold Last Week SMS.io – $7,500 – A nice flip, as discussed here. Grammar.org – $5,700 – Loads of search volume….200k per month per Estibot. Yes, that’s MC Hammer to the right. HashOils.com &ndas...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: HashOils.com, Drunker.com, Grammar.org, Trampolines.com for $81,500 (website), More
Some Domains That Sold Last Week SMS.io – $7,500 – A nice flip, as discussed here. Grammar.org – $5,700 – Loads of search volume….200k per month per Estibot. Yes, that’s MC Hammer to the right. HashOils.com &ndas...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 10:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Promoting Top Level Domain Names with Google Ads
Verisign is promoting an article about .com when users search for “domain names” on Google. I saw an interesting Google Adwords ad today when searching for “domain names”. Most ads for this search are usually for domain name r...
Discussion
Promoting Top Level Domain Names with Google Ads
Verisign is promoting an article about .com when users search for “domain names” on Google. I saw an interesting Google Adwords ad today when searching for “domain names”. Most ads for this search are usually for domain name r...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 8:11 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Denies TractorSupply.com Bid To Get Rights To The Word “Traveller”
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, which has a long history of UDRP wins on “Tractor Supply” domains just lost its attempt to grab the new gTLD domain traveller.tools The one member panel of Andrew D. S. Lothian didn’t buy the argument th...
Discussion
UDRP Panel Denies TractorSupply.com Bid To Get Rights To The Word “Traveller”
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, which has a long history of UDRP wins on “Tractor Supply” domains just lost its attempt to grab the new gTLD domain traveller.tools The one member panel of Andrew D. S. Lothian didn’t buy the argument th...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 7:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts launches ad campaign to boost awareness of new TLDs
Company starts campaign to build awareness of the availability of alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts launched its first major, web-based advertising campaign to raise awareness of new top level domain choices yesterday evening. The “Free...
Discussion
Donuts launches ad campaign to boost awareness of new TLDs
Company starts campaign to build awareness of the availability of alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts launched its first major, web-based advertising campaign to raise awareness of new top level domain choices yesterday evening. The “Free...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 5:37 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 Million Led by TheRecRoom.com at $89,888
Over the past week, 675 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: therecroom.com at 89,888 ...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 Million Led by TheRecRoom.com at $89,888
Over the past week, 675 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: therecroom.com at 89,888 ...
Discussion
March 17, 2015, 5:08 pm
