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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 14th, 2015
It’s Valentines Day here in the states. The made up holiday that forces people to buy things for people they care about to avoid the repercussions if you don’t. I probably should have pushed gift certificates at the nursery a ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, Feb 14th, 2015
It’s Valentines Day here in the states. The made up holiday that forces people to buy things for people they care about to avoid the repercussions if you don’t. I probably should have pushed gift certificates at the nursery a ...
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February 14, 2015, 11:55 am
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The Domains
Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
Cincinnati.com published an article on a Minnesota court case that domain names are property and subject to garnishment. (TIP of the Cap to George Kirikos who tweeted out the story From the article: A Minnesota Appellate Court recently weighed in on ...
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Minnesota Appellate Court Rules Domain Names Are Property
Cincinnati.com published an article on a Minnesota court case that domain names are property and subject to garnishment. (TIP of the Cap to George Kirikos who tweeted out the story From the article: A Minnesota Appellate Court recently weighed in on ...
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February 14, 2015, 11:29 am
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The Domains
Larry Page and Sergey Brin To Sell $4.4Billion Worth of Google Shares
Business Insider published a piece tonight that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to be selling $4.4billion worth of their holdings in Google. This was supposedly in place as part of a liquidation plan that expired in January. In 2014 Google did p...
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin To Sell $4.4Billion Worth of Google Shares
Business Insider published a piece tonight that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to be selling $4.4billion worth of their holdings in Google. This was supposedly in place as part of a liquidation plan that expired in January. In 2014 Google did p...
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February 14, 2015, 5:44 am
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014
Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was teh second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaf...
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Sedo Publishes Its Biggest Public Sales Of 2014
Sedo just sent out an press release announcing its Top 10 Highest Domain Name Sales in 2014 that were not under privacy Leading the list is mm.com, which closed at $1.2 million True.com was teh second highest sale at $350,000. On the ccTLDs front kaf...
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February 13, 2015, 5:34 pm
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Domain Name Wire
A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
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A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
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February 13, 2015, 5:10 pm
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The Domains
Minds + Machines Pockets $3.5+ Million By Losing .Blog & .Store: Now Has $48 Million In the Bank
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) announced today that it added £2.3 Million, which is over $3.5 Million In USD, by withdrawing its applications for .Blog and .Store to settle those new gTLD’s in private auctions Minds + Machines’ cash hol...
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Minds + Machines Pockets $3.5+ Million By Losing .Blog & .Store: Now Has $48 Million In the Bank
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) announced today that it added £2.3 Million, which is over $3.5 Million In USD, by withdrawing its applications for .Blog and .Store to settle those new gTLD’s in private auctions Minds + Machines’ cash hol...
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February 13, 2015, 2:59 pm
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Domain Shane
A Friendly Guide to Writing A Useless but Amazing Domain Name Auction
Writing a domain name auction is tough. Especially tough when the domain is not that good. But don’t let that stop you. You too can write such a great name description that nobody will even know you have a domain worth $7.&nbs...
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A Friendly Guide to Writing A Useless but Amazing Domain Name Auction
Writing a domain name auction is tough. Especially tough when the domain is not that good. But don’t let that stop you. You too can write such a great name description that nobody will even know you have a domain worth $7.&nbs...
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February 13, 2015, 2:48 pm
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Domain Name Wire
34 new top level domains meet their fate in the next 45 days
It’s auction mania for new TLDs. Winners and losers will be made in the new top level domain name program over the next 45 days as 34 domain names reach their deadline for contention set resolution. ICANN has scheduled 14 domain names for aucti...
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34 new top level domains meet their fate in the next 45 days
It’s auction mania for new TLDs. Winners and losers will be made in the new top level domain name program over the next 45 days as 34 domain names reach their deadline for contention set resolution. ICANN has scheduled 14 domain names for aucti...
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February 13, 2015, 2:29 pm
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Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog
Company adds to its cash pile as .dds, .store and .blog are settled. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced today that it has won the contention set for the .dds domain name, beating Google. DDS is short for “Doctor of Den...
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Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog
Company adds to its cash pile as .dds, .store and .blog are settled. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced today that it has won the contention set for the .dds domain name, beating Google. DDS is short for “Doctor of Den...
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February 13, 2015, 1:48 pm
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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, Feb 13th, 2015
Today is my favorite day of the year. It’s Friday the 13th. You know why its known as the day when people have bad luck? Because I’m sucking up all the good luck. Incredible things happen to me on this day. ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, Feb 13th, 2015
Today is my favorite day of the year. It’s Friday the 13th. You know why its known as the day when people have bad luck? Because I’m sucking up all the good luck. Incredible things happen to me on this day. ...
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February 13, 2015, 11:55 am