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Domain Shane
UnCovered: A Post I Wrote While Drunk at NamesCon
A few people can attest I drank alcohol at Namecon. And one night at NamesCon after enjoying some festivities, I decided to write a post. I actually posted it and let it stay up for a few hours and then took it down. A few peop...
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UnCovered: A Post I Wrote While Drunk at NamesCon
A few people can attest I drank alcohol at Namecon. And one night at NamesCon after enjoying some festivities, I decided to write a post. I actually posted it and let it stay up for a few hours and then took it down. A few peop...
Discussion
February 28, 2015, 10:00 pm
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 37.com, FreshlyPicked.com, Josephine.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 37.com for $1,960,800 An upgrade from 37Wan.com. This games site is the traffic leader for the week, by a long shot, with an Alexa rank near 10,500. &ld...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 37.com, FreshlyPicked.com, Josephine.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 37.com for $1,960,800 An upgrade from 37Wan.com. This games site is the traffic leader for the week, by a long shot, with an Alexa rank near 10,500. &ld...
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February 28, 2015, 6:03 pm
The Domains
After 6 Years Owner Of The Adult Site Brazzers Files UDRP Against Affiliate Brazers.com
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name Brazers.com which is a typo of one of the most popular adult sites Brazzers.com which uses also uses the domain name Brazzersnetwork.com to which Brazers.com is actually forwarding to The complaint was fi...
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After 6 Years Owner Of The Adult Site Brazzers Files UDRP Against Affiliate Brazers.com
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name Brazers.com which is a typo of one of the most popular adult sites Brazzers.com which uses also uses the domain name Brazzersnetwork.com to which Brazers.com is actually forwarding to The complaint was fi...
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February 28, 2015, 4:49 pm
The Domains
The MPAA Would Like to Help ICANN set policy in targeting Pirate Domains
In an article on Torrent Freak it seems that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is in bed with ICANN and is trying to use that relationship to shape certain policies. These policies center on the handling of domain names used by sites t...
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The MPAA Would Like to Help ICANN set policy in targeting Pirate Domains
In an article on Torrent Freak it seems that the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) is in bed with ICANN and is trying to use that relationship to shape certain policies. These policies center on the handling of domain names used by sites t...
Discussion
February 28, 2015, 3:23 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 28th, 2015
Have a big day planned today. I have two speeches to give next week and like normal haven’t finished either. Believe it or not, I enjoy speaking. The bigger the crowd the better. This crowd is only a few hundred but I ta...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 28th, 2015
Have a big day planned today. I have two speeches to give next week and like normal haven’t finished either. Believe it or not, I enjoy speaking. The bigger the crowd the better. This crowd is only a few hundred but I ta...
Discussion
February 28, 2015, 11:55 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Joy.club, TheGenerator.com, Telegram.me, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Joy.club sold for $10,000 at Sedo, ...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Joy.club, TheGenerator.com, Telegram.me, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Joy.club sold for $10,000 at Sedo, ...
Discussion
February 27, 2015, 11:23 pm
The Domains
Google Decides To Reverse Ban of Sexually Explicit Material on Blogger
Well that was quick. We wrote earlier this week about Google banning pornography and sexually explicit material on Blogger. Well today the company posted on its product forums website that the decision has been reversed. Instead the company will step...
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Google Decides To Reverse Ban of Sexually Explicit Material on Blogger
Well that was quick. We wrote earlier this week about Google banning pornography and sexually explicit material on Blogger. Well today the company posted on its product forums website that the decision has been reversed. Instead the company will step...
Discussion
February 27, 2015, 7:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s latest patent applications
Company adds to its stack of pending patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has just published a handful of patent applications filed by GoDaddy. Methods and Systems for Recommending Packages of Domain Names for Registration (application 14/50...
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GoDaddy’s latest patent applications
Company adds to its stack of pending patents. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has just published a handful of patent applications filed by GoDaddy. Methods and Systems for Recommending Packages of Domain Names for Registration (application 14/50...
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February 27, 2015, 4:27 pm
The Domains
LeatherCrown.it, Holder of Italian Trademark Awarded LeatherCrown.com In UDRP Based On Links On Parked Page
Oscar Studio di Cavallin Oscar of Veneto, Italy, which owns an Italian Trademark on the term “leather crown” just won a UDRP on matching .com LeatherCrown.com which was owned by Rob Monster of Epik who registered the domain na...
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LeatherCrown.it, Holder of Italian Trademark Awarded LeatherCrown.com In UDRP Based On Links On Parked Page
Oscar Studio di Cavallin Oscar of Veneto, Italy, which owns an Italian Trademark on the term “leather crown” just won a UDRP on matching .com LeatherCrown.com which was owned by Rob Monster of Epik who registered the domain na...
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February 27, 2015, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
40 End User Domain Name Sales
40 recent end user domain name sales at Sedo. During the past week, Sedo’s network sold $900,000 in domain names. The 3 highest sales were Heika.com ($300k), which is a title associated with Japanese emperors; Anker.com ($150k), the G...
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40 End User Domain Name Sales
40 recent end user domain name sales at Sedo. During the past week, Sedo’s network sold $900,000 in domain names. The 3 highest sales were Heika.com ($300k), which is a title associated with Japanese emperors; Anker.com ($150k), the G...
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February 27, 2015, 2:52 pm
