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Domain Shane
Domain Flips (DesignGraphics.com, Trybe.com, SMS.io) and Flops (Negatives.com, Loves.net) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips DesignGraphics.com sold for 3,999 USD on 2015-03-11 at Flippa, vs 779 USD on 2015-02-03 at NameJet. Another quick flip with an acquisition at one...
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Domain Flips (DesignGraphics.com, Trybe.com, SMS.io) and Flops (Negatives.com, Loves.net) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips DesignGraphics.com sold for 3,999 USD on 2015-03-11 at Flippa, vs 779 USD on 2015-02-03 at NameJet. Another quick flip with an acquisition at one...
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March 16, 2015, 1:39 am
The Domains
Donuts To Initiate First Advertising Campaign
MediaPost published an article a couple hours ago on Donuts initiating its first advertising campaign. Comments from Jeff Davidoff the CMO at Donuts are quoted in the article. One interesting quote, “Dot-com doesn’t mean anything. The Goo...
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Donuts To Initiate First Advertising Campaign
MediaPost published an article a couple hours ago on Donuts initiating its first advertising campaign. Comments from Jeff Davidoff the CMO at Donuts are quoted in the article. One interesting quote, “Dot-com doesn’t mean anything. The Goo...
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March 15, 2015, 10:53 pm
The Domains
Why Did It Take This TM Holder 10 Years To File A UDRP On The Parked Domain HumanRightsWatch.com?
Human Rights Watch was awarded the domain name HumanRightsWatch.com in a otherwise unremarkable UDRP opinion. “The organization has a United States Trademark on the term since 2003 and “uses the HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH mark to identify its eff...
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Why Did It Take This TM Holder 10 Years To File A UDRP On The Parked Domain HumanRightsWatch.com?
Human Rights Watch was awarded the domain name HumanRightsWatch.com in a otherwise unremarkable UDRP opinion. “The organization has a United States Trademark on the term since 2003 and “uses the HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH mark to identify its eff...
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March 15, 2015, 1:47 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, March 15th, 2015
I don’t usually get star struck when I meet “famous” people but I have to admit I still get excited when someone that I respect retweets or favorites a tweet I send out. Marc Andreeson went to school and invented Netscape aka...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, March 15th, 2015
I don’t usually get star struck when I meet “famous” people but I have to admit I still get excited when someone that I respect retweets or favorites a tweet I send out. Marc Andreeson went to school and invented Netscape aka...
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March 15, 2015, 11:10 am
Domain Shane
Here Is What I Would Do If I Was Running Godaddy Private Auctions
Every business fears the Big Competitor. The competition with the big pockets to do thing right. To do things you wish you could do. They can scale things you can’t and take losses in order to steal your customers away. Godad...
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Here Is What I Would Do If I Was Running Godaddy Private Auctions
Every business fears the Big Competitor. The competition with the big pockets to do thing right. To do things you wish you could do. They can scale things you can’t and take losses in order to steal your customers away. Godad...
Discussion
March 14, 2015, 8:02 pm
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: NM.org, Catterton.com, Ntent.com, Gaia.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. NM.org for $35,000 A bit of a rebrand — from Northwestern Memorial Hospital at NMH.org to Northwestern Medicine at NM.org. Alexa rank ne...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: NM.org, Catterton.com, Ntent.com, Gaia.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. NM.org for $35,000 A bit of a rebrand — from Northwestern Memorial Hospital at NMH.org to Northwestern Medicine at NM.org. Alexa rank ne...
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March 14, 2015, 8:00 pm
The Domains
Amazon Wins The .Free New Domain Extension Beating Google, Donuts, Uniregistry M +M
Amazon has won the rights to operate the .Free new gTLD. Amazon beat Google, Donuts, Minds +Machines, and Uniregistry in a private auction to win the rights to .Free .Free was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Amazon a...
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Amazon Wins The .Free New Domain Extension Beating Google, Donuts, Uniregistry M +M
Amazon has won the rights to operate the .Free new gTLD. Amazon beat Google, Donuts, Minds +Machines, and Uniregistry in a private auction to win the rights to .Free .Free was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Amazon a...
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March 14, 2015, 4:48 pm
The Domains
Uniregisty Wins The New Domain Extension .Mom Beating Google & Rightside
Uniregistry has won a three way battle for the new gTLD .Mom. Both Google and United TLD Holdco Ltd. which is now Rightside, have withdrawn their application with ICANN. .Mom was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Here ...
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Uniregisty Wins The New Domain Extension .Mom Beating Google & Rightside
Uniregistry has won a three way battle for the new gTLD .Mom. Both Google and United TLD Holdco Ltd. which is now Rightside, have withdrawn their application with ICANN. .Mom was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Here ...
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March 14, 2015, 4:33 pm
The Domains
RealSaltLake.com The Professional Sports Team (MLS) Buys RSL.com For $45K
The domain name RSL.com has been sold to the profession MLS Soccer Team “Real Salt Lake” which uses the domain name RealSaltLake.com Aron Meystedt the Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Heritage Auctions brokered the doma...
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RealSaltLake.com The Professional Sports Team (MLS) Buys RSL.com For $45K
The domain name RSL.com has been sold to the profession MLS Soccer Team “Real Salt Lake” which uses the domain name RealSaltLake.com Aron Meystedt the Director of the Intellectual Property Department of Heritage Auctions brokered the doma...
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March 14, 2015, 3:17 pm
The Domains
Report: BufferApp Buys Buffer.com For $600,000 & It Took Almost 2 Years
inc42.com published a story about how BufferApp.com purchased the domain name Buffer.com for $600,000. Interestingly the company itself, Bufferapp.com, published a lot of details about the acquisition of the domain name which took almost 2 years to c...
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Report: BufferApp Buys Buffer.com For $600,000 & It Took Almost 2 Years
inc42.com published a story about how BufferApp.com purchased the domain name Buffer.com for $600,000. Interestingly the company itself, Bufferapp.com, published a lot of details about the acquisition of the domain name which took almost 2 years to c...
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March 14, 2015, 2:17 pm
