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The Domains
Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
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Christmas In July? Not So Much; 1st Day Domain Totals .Christmas 422; BlackFriday 146
Two of Uniregistry new gTLD strings had their first day of general availability yesterday and put up pretty horrible numbers according to ntldstats.com. Including Sunrise registrations .Christmas ended its first day with just 422 registrations, 18 of...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
Discussion
Bitcoins.com gives Heritage Auctions the press it has been looking for
HA adds a press-worthy domain name to its July auction. One of the things Heritage Auctions is trying to do with domain name auctions is bring domain investing to the mainstream. By mainstream, I mean collectors and investors in coins, memorabilia an...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
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.XXX sells more premiums and offers free domain names through partnership
Sales keep coming in for .xxx in its third year. .XXX continues to sell premium domain names for prices that new TLD operators would love to obtain. The company recently sold three more .xxx domain names, including extreme.xxx, for a total of over $1...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 1:58 pm
The Domains
.GOP Is Willing To Let You Call Them Crooks But It Will Cost You $250
The .GOP is apparently willing to let opponents and haters to call it all sorts of unflattering names but only if they pay enough. Unlike the .Democrat and .Republican registry which is being operated b...
Discussion
.GOP Is Willing To Let You Call Them Crooks But It Will Cost You $250
The .GOP is apparently willing to let opponents and haters to call it all sorts of unflattering names but only if they pay enough. Unlike the .Democrat and .Republican registry which is being operated b...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 12:52 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 9th
There was some great fun yesterday with TheDomains article about the Castello’s billion dollar portfolio sale. I respect the Castello brothers for everything they’ve accomplished and for being two of the nicest guys in the industry....
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 9th
There was some great fun yesterday with TheDomains article about the Castello’s billion dollar portfolio sale. I respect the Castello brothers for everything they’ve accomplished and for being two of the nicest guys in the industry....
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 11:05 am
The Domains
Xbiz.com Asks Google To Reverse Ban On Advertising For Adult Websites
Alec Helmyb President & Publisher of xBiz.com sent a letter to Google yesterday asking the company to reconsider its “recent decision to no longer accept ads from adult oriented websites” We reported a week ago that Goog...
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Xbiz.com Asks Google To Reverse Ban On Advertising For Adult Websites
Alec Helmyb President & Publisher of xBiz.com sent a letter to Google yesterday asking the company to reconsider its “recent decision to no longer accept ads from adult oriented websites” We reported a week ago that Goog...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:36 am
The Domains
ICANN Selects Marrakesh, Morocco As The Site for ICANN 52 To Be Held In February 2015
The ICANN Board has selected Marrakesh, Morocco as the site for ICANN 52 to be held February 8th-12th, 2015. In the Preliminary Report of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board released last nig...
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ICANN Selects Marrakesh, Morocco As The Site for ICANN 52 To Be Held In February 2015
The ICANN Board has selected Marrakesh, Morocco as the site for ICANN 52 to be held February 8th-12th, 2015. In the Preliminary Report of the Regular Meeting of the ICANN Board released last nig...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:23 am
The Domains
More 2-Character Domain Requested for .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND
ICANN has opened up another comment period for 12 more new gTLD which have applied to have the right to allocated 2 charter domain names. The new gTLD string are: .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND ...
Discussion
More 2-Character Domain Requested for .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND
ICANN has opened up another comment period for 12 more new gTLD which have applied to have the right to allocated 2 charter domain names. The new gTLD string are: .XYZ, .DEALS, .CITY, .COLLEGE, .GOP, .TRADE, .WEBCAM, .BID, .HEALTHCARE, .WORLD, .BAND ...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 10:05 am
The Domains
Forbes: Company That Runs Formula 1 Racing Paid $8.5 Million For F1.com In 2002
According to an Article in Forbes Today, the company that runs Formula 1 Racing, Formula One Management (FOM) is going public on the Singapore Stock Exchange and stuck in the 498 page Prospectus it is reveled that the company Paid $8.5 Million dollar...
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Forbes: Company That Runs Formula 1 Racing Paid $8.5 Million For F1.com In 2002
According to an Article in Forbes Today, the company that runs Formula 1 Racing, Formula One Management (FOM) is going public on the Singapore Stock Exchange and stuck in the 498 page Prospectus it is reveled that the company Paid $8.5 Million dollar...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 1:09 am
The Domains
With 565 Domains Taken In Sunrise & EAP .Services Appears To Be A Winner
The new gTLD .Services launches tomorrow. Taking into account all Sunrise applications and Early Access Program Registrations, there are 565 domain names registered. We have chatted about the last few weeks that no new gTLD produced any big 1st day r...
Discussion
With 565 Domains Taken In Sunrise & EAP .Services Appears To Be A Winner
The new gTLD .Services launches tomorrow. Taking into account all Sunrise applications and Early Access Program Registrations, there are 565 domain names registered. We have chatted about the last few weeks that no new gTLD produced any big 1st day r...
Discussion
July 9, 2014, 12:01 am
