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Domain Name Wire
Domain names suggest Democrats to campaign for “1 Million Votes”
DCCC registers domain name for new marketing push. Important midterm elections are upon us and both Republicans and Democrats are revving up their marketing engines. What catchy slogan will the Democrats push? “1 Million Votes”, judging f...
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Domain names suggest Democrats to campaign for “1 Million Votes”
DCCC registers domain name for new marketing push. Important midterm elections are upon us and both Republicans and Democrats are revving up their marketing engines. What catchy slogan will the Democrats push? “1 Million Votes”, judging f...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 3:58 pm
The Domains
After 8 Months I Finally Get A Notice On The New gTLD Paid Orders With Minds+Machines
Back In December 2013, I placed some paid pre-orders for some .Horse domain names and wrote a blog post about it. At the time no other registrar Since then other than getting the receipt for the pre-order, I haven’t heard a thing about the regi...
Discussion
After 8 Months I Finally Get A Notice On The New gTLD Paid Orders With Minds+Machines
Back In December 2013, I placed some paid pre-orders for some .Horse domain names and wrote a blog post about it. At the time no other registrar Since then other than getting the receipt for the pre-order, I haven’t heard a thing about the regi...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Name sales results
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, rather than explain GoDaddy’s $6.8k sale of DivaZoo.com, let me just say, “See for yourself!” This pro...
Discussion
Expired Domain Name sales results
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, rather than explain GoDaddy’s $6.8k sale of DivaZoo.com, let me just say, “See for yourself!” This pro...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker enables bulk transfer auth codes
Moniker makes it easier to transfer domain names to another registrar. It’s been a frustrating six weeks for Moniker customers. After a disastrous switch to a completely new registrar platform, many customers wanted to move their domain names t...
Discussion
Moniker enables bulk transfer auth codes
Moniker makes it easier to transfer domain names to another registrar. It’s been a frustrating six weeks for Moniker customers. After a disastrous switch to a completely new registrar platform, many customers wanted to move their domain names t...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 1:15 pm
The Domains
New gTLD 1st Day Registration #: .Exchange 1,252; .Capital 909; .Moda 724; .Gripe 212; .Engineering 142
5 New gTLD went into their first day of general availability yesterday and combined the 5 new extension have a total of less than 2,500 registrations. After the first day of general availability, including any Sunrise registrations and registrations ...
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New gTLD 1st Day Registration #: .Exchange 1,252; .Capital 909; .Moda 724; .Gripe 212; .Engineering 142
5 New gTLD went into their first day of general availability yesterday and combined the 5 new extension have a total of less than 2,500 registrations. After the first day of general availability, including any Sunrise registrations and registrations ...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 12:50 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 17th
Yesterday I had a reader upset that I wanted to charge him to be on this list. He said his name was a premium so it should be free to be on the list. I told him the charge is only to guarantee the name is on the list but if I look through the ...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 17th
Yesterday I had a reader upset that I wanted to charge him to be on this list. He said his name was a premium so it should be free to be on the list. I told him the charge is only to guarantee the name is on the list but if I look through the ...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 11:05 am
The Domains
New Stealthier Ads Are A Big Hit For Google
John Koetsier wrote a very interesting piece on Venture Beat on how the new look of Google ads is boosting click through rates. Back in March Computer World explained, Google is testing some changes to the way it displays search results, including a ...
Discussion
New Stealthier Ads Are A Big Hit For Google
John Koetsier wrote a very interesting piece on Venture Beat on how the new look of Google ads is boosting click through rates. Back in March Computer World explained, Google is testing some changes to the way it displays search results, including a ...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 7:48 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: The Next .Com; RightSide; Reader Questions…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Launched this week...what new gTLDs did you buy, do you like/dislike? .bar, .rest, .gripe, .exchange, .capital,...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: The Next .Com; RightSide; Reader Questions…
This is the show where we discuss domain name industry news with a panel of veterans and thought leaders.In this DomainSherpa Discussion:* Launched this week...what new gTLDs did you buy, do you like/dislike? .bar, .rest, .gripe, .exchange, .capital,...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 7:03 am
Domain Shane
A Visual Look at Recent 4L.com Acquisitions in Use
Moving on from the recent LLL.com posts (v1, v2), below is a look at a few LLLL.com acquisitions that have been put to good use…..several of which were only $xxx acquisition prices. KVCF.com sold for $1,088 in May 2014 and is currently owned ...
Discussion
A Visual Look at Recent 4L.com Acquisitions in Use
Moving on from the recent LLL.com posts (v1, v2), below is a look at a few LLLL.com acquisitions that have been put to good use…..several of which were only $xxx acquisition prices. KVCF.com sold for $1,088 in May 2014 and is currently owned ...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 3:43 am
Domain Shane
Need Comparables? All of Last Week’s Auction Results
You don’t realize how many domains sell at auction across all the platforms until you put them all on one list. It’s not every single sale but it’s enough to give you some more comparables to work with. 00006.com 6010 USD...
Discussion
Need Comparables? All of Last Week’s Auction Results
You don’t realize how many domains sell at auction across all the platforms until you put them all on one list. It’s not every single sale but it’s enough to give you some more comparables to work with. 00006.com 6010 USD...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 12:47 am
