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The Domains
Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
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Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 9:31 pm

The Domains
At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
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At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
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January 10, 2015, 1:01 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 10th, 2015
When I go to domain conferences I don’t worry about who I’m going to eat with, who am I going to go out with. Will it be worth my time and money? No. I don’t worry about any of those things. I worry about what the ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 10th, 2015
When I go to domain conferences I don’t worry about who I’m going to eat with, who am I going to go out with. Will it be worth my time and money? No. I don’t worry about any of those things. I worry about what the ...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 11:55 am

Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Teamwork.com, Game.cn, LGG.com, JCT.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Teamwork.com for $675,000 An upgrade from TeamworkPM.net, it’s the home of an online project management software. Traffic leader for the...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Teamwork.com, Game.cn, LGG.com, JCT.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Teamwork.com for $675,000 An upgrade from TeamworkPM.net, it’s the home of an online project management software. Traffic leader for the...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 6:33 am

The Domains
The First Director of .IFFOR, Set Up By .XXX Registry; Clyde Beattie Resigns & The Money Went?
Clyde Beattie, who was one of the founders of the non-profit company set up by ICM the operator of the .XXX extension, IFFOR, (The International Foundation for Online Responsibility) which was set up as “a not-for-profit organization dedicated ...
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The First Director of .IFFOR, Set Up By .XXX Registry; Clyde Beattie Resigns & The Money Went?
Clyde Beattie, who was one of the founders of the non-profit company set up by ICM the operator of the .XXX extension, IFFOR, (The International Foundation for Online Responsibility) which was set up as “a not-for-profit organization dedicated ...
Discussion
January 10, 2015, 2:52 am

The Domains
Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Decision Of 2015: SpeedTest.Org: This Is What We Are Talking About
A three member National Arbitration Forum UDRP panel has finally done like Spike Lee long suggested, do the right thing and called out an attempted theft of a domain name for just what it is, in the case of SpeedTest.org Scene LLC, d/b/a Ookla repres...
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Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Decision Of 2015: SpeedTest.Org: This Is What We Are Talking About
A three member National Arbitration Forum UDRP panel has finally done like Spike Lee long suggested, do the right thing and called out an attempted theft of a domain name for just what it is, in the case of SpeedTest.org Scene LLC, d/b/a Ookla repres...
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January 9, 2015, 9:10 pm

The Domains
Las Vegas Review-Journal Renames Its Job Classified Section As RJJobs.Vegas
The Las Vegas Journal Newspaper, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the the state of Nevada has named its classified job section as RJJobs.Vegas. Although the domain name RJJobs.Vegas forwards to the reviewjournal.com/jobs, it seems that t...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal Renames Its Job Classified Section As RJJobs.Vegas
The Las Vegas Journal Newspaper, the newspaper with the largest circulation in the the state of Nevada has named its classified job section as RJJobs.Vegas. Although the domain name RJJobs.Vegas forwards to the reviewjournal.com/jobs, it seems that t...
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January 9, 2015, 7:40 pm

Domain Name Wire
Categorizing Top Level Domains: “nTLDs”
Joseph Peterson asks, “when is new not really new,” and proposes new terminology to clarify it. Going into the new year, I decided to make a little glossary of domaining definitions. That includes words many people use already, some ...
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Categorizing Top Level Domains: “nTLDs”
Joseph Peterson asks, “when is new not really new,” and proposes new terminology to clarify it. Going into the new year, I decided to make a little glossary of domaining definitions. That includes words many people use already, some ...
Discussion
January 9, 2015, 6:35 pm

The Domains
Auctions.com Reserve Price At Namescon is Around What Auction.com Sold For 6 Years Ago
Back just about six years ago to the date the domain name Auction.com sold for $1.7 Million dollars to Real Estate Disposition Corporation (REDC) Next Tuesday at the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon the domain name Auctions.com will ...
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Auctions.com Reserve Price At Namescon is Around What Auction.com Sold For 6 Years Ago
Back just about six years ago to the date the domain name Auction.com sold for $1.7 Million dollars to Real Estate Disposition Corporation (REDC) Next Tuesday at the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon the domain name Auctions.com will ...
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January 9, 2015, 3:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
How to get the most out of NamesCon
A few quick tips to get the most out of your conference-going experience. Heading to NamesCon next week? You’re not alone. More than 800 people are expected to attend the conference, unless mother nature gets in their way. (We’re even exp...
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How to get the most out of NamesCon
A few quick tips to get the most out of your conference-going experience. Heading to NamesCon next week? You’re not alone. More than 800 people are expected to attend the conference, unless mother nature gets in their way. (We’re even exp...
Discussion
January 9, 2015, 2:43 pm