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Domain Shane
Namejet’s July Sales Report
Namejet was kind enough to list the results of their July auctions that resulted in sales of $2000 or more. BigDeals.com and Gains.com came in high at $36,100 and $25,500 respectively. My favorite sale of the list HG5555.com at $2600. Why...
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Namejet’s July Sales Report
Namejet was kind enough to list the results of their July auctions that resulted in sales of $2000 or more. BigDeals.com and Gains.com came in high at $36,100 and $25,500 respectively. My favorite sale of the list HG5555.com at $2600. Why...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 11:48 pm
The Domains
Virtual Reality Could be the next big thing in Advertising
Cotton Delo published an article on Ad Age that looked at Virtual Reality and its role in advertising. Virtual Reality got a big boost with Facebook purchasing Oculus Rift, the deal closed a couple weeks ago and for a good read on the deal chec...
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Virtual Reality Could be the next big thing in Advertising
Cotton Delo published an article on Ad Age that looked at Virtual Reality and its role in advertising. Virtual Reality got a big boost with Facebook purchasing Oculus Rift, the deal closed a couple weeks ago and for a good read on the deal chec...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 10:48 pm
The Domains
Gannett Co. (GCI), owner of USA Today, agrees to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com It Doesn’t Own
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already Gannett, which already owns about 27%of Cars.com, values the whole business at a...
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Gannett Co. (GCI), owner of USA Today, agrees to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com It Doesn’t Own
According to Bloomberg.com, Gannett Co. (GCI), the owner of USA Today, agreed to pay $1.8 billion for the 73% of Cars.com that it doesn’t already own already Gannett, which already owns about 27%of Cars.com, values the whole business at a...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 9:52 pm
The Domains
14 Year Old eMoney.com Saved In UDRP
Electronic Transaction Systems Corporation just lost its attempt to grab the domain name eMoney.com which was registered The domain name was registered in January 2000. The domain owner was epresented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire....
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14 Year Old eMoney.com Saved In UDRP
Electronic Transaction Systems Corporation just lost its attempt to grab the domain name eMoney.com which was registered The domain name was registered in January 2000. The domain owner was epresented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire....
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look at .Com numbers over the past 5 years
.Com continues to grow, just at a slower pace. There are many ways to measure .com. There’s the zone file, the monthly reports Verisign sends to ICANN, and Verisign’s quarterly numbers revealed to investors. Each of these numbers is measu...
Discussion
A look at .Com numbers over the past 5 years
.Com continues to grow, just at a slower pace. There are many ways to measure .com. There’s the zone file, the monthly reports Verisign sends to ICANN, and Verisign’s quarterly numbers revealed to investors. Each of these numbers is measu...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 4:51 pm
The Domains
Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain Registrations
.Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for trademark holders and its Early Access Program (EAP), for those who were willing to pay a ...
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Banks, Brokerage and Poker Dominate Over 200 .Financial Sunrise/EAP Domain Registrations
.Financial goes into general availability on Wednesday meaning it becomes available to be registered on a first come basis just completed it Sunrise period for trademark holders and its Early Access Program (EAP), for those who were willing to pay a ...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside begins trading today as NAME on the NASDAQ
A big day for Rightside (and the domain name industry). Today is a big day for domain name company Rightside as it begins to trade on the NASDAQ. Shares are down slightly right now to $15.65. Rightside has been spun off from Demand Media. Owners of D...
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Rightside begins trading today as NAME on the NASDAQ
A big day for Rightside (and the domain name industry). Today is a big day for domain name company Rightside as it begins to trade on the NASDAQ. Shares are down slightly right now to $15.65. Rightside has been spun off from Demand Media. Owners of D...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
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Wow: BTC.com domain name sells for $1.0 million to Bitcoin company
Three letter domain name sells for seven figures. Domain name brokerage firm Domain Guardians has brokered the sale of the BTC.com domain name to a bitcoin company. GAWMiners, seller of bitcoin mining machines, is the buyer. This is an example of how...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 1:08 pm
The Domains
As The GAC Restricted new gTLD’s Launch Registrants Maybe Unaware They Are already in Violation of TOS
For the first time some of the new gTLD’s that fall within the “GAC Category 1 Advice”, which generally are strings that the GAC determined should not be open to be registered by everyone, have started to launch. From what I’m...
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As The GAC Restricted new gTLD’s Launch Registrants Maybe Unaware They Are already in Violation of TOS
For the first time some of the new gTLD’s that fall within the “GAC Category 1 Advice”, which generally are strings that the GAC determined should not be open to be registered by everyone, have started to launch. From what I’m...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 12:41 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/4
We’re entering a stretch that is usually the slowest time of year for many businesses including domain investing (if it’s not for you then good job!) . It’s also the time where most families take a vacation before school ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/4
We’re entering a stretch that is usually the slowest time of year for many businesses including domain investing (if it’s not for you then good job!) . It’s also the time where most families take a vacation before school ...
Discussion
August 4, 2014, 11:11 am
