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The Domains
ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging” Domains”
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds&rdqu...
Discussion
ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging” Domains”
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds&rdqu...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins The Rights To Operate The New gTLD .Cafe Beating Out Co. That Runs .Bar/.Rest
Donuts has picked up another new gTLD extension winning the rights to .Cafe, beating out Punto 2012 the registry that runs .Bar and .Rest. The new gTLD string .Cafe was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort auction later this Month. Other new gTLD...
Discussion
Donuts Wins The Rights To Operate The New gTLD .Cafe Beating Out Co. That Runs .Bar/.Rest
Donuts has picked up another new gTLD extension winning the rights to .Cafe, beating out Punto 2012 the registry that runs .Bar and .Rest. The new gTLD string .Cafe was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort auction later this Month. Other new gTLD...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 12:44 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 25th, 2015
Prepping for a little snow today so not much time for chit chat. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and I hope I never had to read another distasteful article like this one for a while. Maybe I’m the only one that don’t find...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 25th, 2015
Prepping for a little snow today so not much time for chit chat. I hope everyone enjoys their weekend and I hope I never had to read another distasteful article like this one for a while. Maybe I’m the only one that don’t find...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
NameJet Sells 941 domains for $5,984,520 – Liu.com led the way at $155,688
NameJet sold close to 1000 domains at $2,000 or more (941) in 2014, these sales totaled $5,984,520 USD. 41 LLL.coms sold on the list, with the top sale being the overall top sale Liu.com at $155,688. 6 Numeric domains made the list led by 472.com at ...
Discussion
NameJet Sells 941 domains for $5,984,520 – Liu.com led the way at $155,688
NameJet sold close to 1000 domains at $2,000 or more (941) in 2014, these sales totaled $5,984,520 USD. 41 LLL.coms sold on the list, with the top sale being the overall top sale Liu.com at $155,688. 6 Numeric domains made the list led by 472.com at ...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 8:21 am
The Domains
Jeff Dunham’s New Wife is Suing His Old Wife Over Domain Names
Here is one you don’t see everyday Jeff Dunham the famous ventriloquist who shows up every other weekend on Comedy Central in three hour blocks of programming, has an interesting situation going on in real life. It seems that the ex-wife of Mr....
Discussion
Jeff Dunham’s New Wife is Suing His Old Wife Over Domain Names
Here is one you don’t see everyday Jeff Dunham the famous ventriloquist who shows up every other weekend on Comedy Central in three hour blocks of programming, has an interesting situation going on in real life. It seems that the ex-wife of Mr....
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 10:04 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Nachos.com, RealEstateForeclosures.com, 10x on TV.ae) and Flops (Baguette.com)
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 TV.ae – Sold recently at Sedo for $95,000, vs $8,000 in 2011 at Sedo. A nice 10x return in a few year...
Discussion
Domain Flips (Nachos.com, RealEstateForeclosures.com, 10x on TV.ae) and Flops (Baguette.com)
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 TV.ae – Sold recently at Sedo for $95,000, vs $8,000 in 2011 at Sedo. A nice 10x return in a few year...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 9:41 pm
The Domains
Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
Discussion
Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 7:53 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 24th, 2015
You’ve heard me mention over the last few months I’ve been working on my websites more and I’m surprised how well its going. I decided to set up the sites myself. Wordpress themes have become pretty amazing in how e...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 24th, 2015
You’ve heard me mention over the last few months I’ve been working on my websites more and I’m surprised how well its going. I decided to set up the sites myself. Wordpress themes have become pretty amazing in how e...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
Discussion
Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 10:11 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Me.cn, AI.cn, LIU.com, BAK.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Lots of love for short domains…..nothing on this list is over 4 characters…..but not alot of love for development, with only three ...
Discussion
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Me.cn, AI.cn, LIU.com, BAK.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Lots of love for short domains…..nothing on this list is over 4 characters…..but not alot of love for development, with only three ...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 2:44 am
