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The Domains
Memex Provides Law Enforcement A Better Way To Surf the Dark Web
Mark Stockley wrote an interesting article that took a look at Memex. Memex is brought to you by the people that built the original ARPANET. It seems to be very well received by law enforcement as a way to surf the “Dark Web”, it has even...
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Memex Provides Law Enforcement A Better Way To Surf the Dark Web
Mark Stockley wrote an interesting article that took a look at Memex. Memex is brought to you by the people that built the original ARPANET. It seems to be very well received by law enforcement as a way to surf the “Dark Web”, it has even...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 12:10 pm
DomainSherpa
How to Sell Domain Names Like a Super Seller on Flippa – With Ali Zandi
Ali Zandi entered the domain name industry as an investor in mid-2014. He started by purchasing 10 domain names and sold every single one within 30 days on Flippa.He did such a good job, he moved from selling about $2,000 to $12,000 in a period of th...
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How to Sell Domain Names Like a Super Seller on Flippa – With Ali Zandi
Ali Zandi entered the domain name industry as an investor in mid-2014. He started by purchasing 10 domain names and sold every single one within 30 days on Flippa.He did such a good job, he moved from selling about $2,000 to $12,000 in a period of th...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 8:02 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips and Flops: PJT.com, PKW.net, FID.org, TrashCompactors.com, More
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips PKW.net – Sold recently for $17,700 at Sedo, vs $6,600 in 2011 at Sedo. The owner of the developed PK...
Discussion
Domain Flips and Flops: PJT.com, PKW.net, FID.org, TrashCompactors.com, More
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips PKW.net – Sold recently for $17,700 at Sedo, vs $6,600 in 2011 at Sedo. The owner of the developed PK...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 6:09 pm
The Domains
Donuts Beats Google, Uniregistry and Afilias to Operate The New Domain Extension .Team
Donuts has won another private auction beating Uniregistry and Afilias to operate the new gTLD extension .Team. Unlike many other new gTLD’s I’m not sure there is much vertical competition to .team, arguably .club or one of the sports ver...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Google, Uniregistry and Afilias to Operate The New Domain Extension .Team
Donuts has won another private auction beating Uniregistry and Afilias to operate the new gTLD extension .Team. Unlike many other new gTLD’s I’m not sure there is much vertical competition to .team, arguably .club or one of the sports ver...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 5:12 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: HFO.com, Tablets.org Hit Reserve. BabyBottles.com, 5.uk, Gap.org, More
Reserve Met And Will Sell HFO.com – Good letters, which means the price goes up from here. Per the listing and a look at old screenshots, the site was previously developed by a company providing risk management services. Tablets.org – A d...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: HFO.com, Tablets.org Hit Reserve. BabyBottles.com, 5.uk, Gap.org, More
Reserve Met And Will Sell HFO.com – Good letters, which means the price goes up from here. Per the listing and a look at old screenshots, the site was previously developed by a company providing risk management services. Tablets.org – A d...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 5:08 pm
The Domains
Radix Wins Rights To New Domain Extension .Store Beating Amazon & Google + 4 More
Radix has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Store, beating 6 other applicants including Amazon and Google. The other 4 applications for .Store have now withdrawn their application as well, Donuts, Uniregistry, Minds + Machines, and a company ou...
Discussion
Radix Wins Rights To New Domain Extension .Store Beating Amazon & Google + 4 More
Radix has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Store, beating 6 other applicants including Amazon and Google. The other 4 applications for .Store have now withdrawn their application as well, Donuts, Uniregistry, Minds + Machines, and a company ou...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 4:55 pm
The Domains
The .Show Goes On As Donuts Wins Rights to New gTLD Beating Google & Amazon
The old saying is the .show must go on and Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Show beating out Google and Amazon. The fourth applicant, Zodiac Aries Limited of Hong Kong also withdrew their applications for .Show. There will some othe...
Discussion
The .Show Goes On As Donuts Wins Rights to New gTLD Beating Google & Amazon
The old saying is the .show must go on and Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Show beating out Google and Amazon. The fourth applicant, Zodiac Aries Limited of Hong Kong also withdrew their applications for .Show. There will some othe...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 4:41 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, Feb 15th, 2015
I hope you guys buy at least $100 of this list today because I’m writing this in flight and have to pay for wifi. I’m also surrounded by kids, one of which seems to want to count down from 17 to 1, over and over and over again. I fe...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, Feb 15th, 2015
I hope you guys buy at least $100 of this list today because I’m writing this in flight and have to pay for wifi. I’m also surrounded by kids, one of which seems to want to count down from 17 to 1, over and over and over again. I fe...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 12:20 pm
The Domains
Facebook Reveals Relevance Scores To Improve Ad Quality
Facebook is now going to reveal relevance scores to marketers in the hopes it will improve ad quality. Google has been using a quality score for years. They explain it like this: The 1-10 Quality Score reported for each keyword in your account is an ...
Discussion
Facebook Reveals Relevance Scores To Improve Ad Quality
Facebook is now going to reveal relevance scores to marketers in the hopes it will improve ad quality. Google has been using a quality score for years. They explain it like this: The 1-10 Quality Score reported for each keyword in your account is an ...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 11:20 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 100.com, 0060.com, WebMeeting.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 100.com for $950,000 Developed as a Chinese-language online education portal. Owned by YY Inc., a publicly traded company with a market cap ne...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: 100.com, 0060.com, WebMeeting.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. 100.com for $950,000 Developed as a Chinese-language online education portal. Owned by YY Inc., a publicly traded company with a market cap ne...
Discussion
February 14, 2015, 6:16 pm
