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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
The Domains
.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
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.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
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New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:12 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, January 23rd, 2015
I was going through all my domains yesterday and realized I took a different approach to this years’ acquisitions. I put all my eggs in a few baskets rather than buy a lot of $100 and $200 domains. I spent a little over $50K on name...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, January 23rd, 2015
I was going through all my domains yesterday and realized I took a different approach to this years’ acquisitions. I put all my eggs in a few baskets rather than buy a lot of $100 and $200 domains. I spent a little over $50K on name...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
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Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 10:30 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.com, 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. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.com, 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. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 12:09 am
The Domains
Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
Discussion
Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 9:37 pm
Domain Shane
The Bidder “First” Is Single Handidly Driving Up the NNNN.com Market 4994.com sells for $16,100 Today
It’s not often we get three 4N.coms up for sale on the same day anymore but today Namejet had some great numbers come up for auction and they did not disappoint. Four numbers are in high demand but there is a more interesting story than j...
Discussion
The Bidder “First” Is Single Handidly Driving Up the NNNN.com Market 4994.com sells for $16,100 Today
It’s not often we get three 4N.coms up for sale on the same day anymore but today Namejet had some great numbers come up for auction and they did not disappoint. Four numbers are in high demand but there is a more interesting story than j...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:58 pm
The Domains
Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
Discussion
Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:28 pm
