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Domain Name Wire
Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
Discussion
Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 2:10 pm
The Domains
Twitter Registers Tweet.Cool: WalGreens Beauty.Cool; The First .Cool Registrations
.Cool which is goes into general availability tomorrow May 7th. For me its one of those new gTLD’s where the word is really on the wrong side of the dot, as Cool as used in language generally is the start of the phrase rather than the end of th...
Discussion
Twitter Registers Tweet.Cool: WalGreens Beauty.Cool; The First .Cool Registrations
.Cool which is goes into general availability tomorrow May 7th. For me its one of those new gTLD’s where the word is really on the wrong side of the dot, as Cool as used in language generally is the start of the phrase rather than the end of th...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
Discussion
Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:38 pm
The Domains
Famous Four Signs Its 100th Registrar & Now Cover 90% Of All Currently Regsitered Domains
Famous Four Media, one of the largest applicants for new gTLD’s announced today they have signed its 100th ICANN accredited registrar. Famous Four Media believes that these 100 registrars provide the largest distribution channel currently held ...
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Famous Four Signs Its 100th Registrar & Now Cover 90% Of All Currently Regsitered Domains
Famous Four Media, one of the largest applicants for new gTLD’s announced today they have signed its 100th ICANN accredited registrar. Famous Four Media believes that these 100 registrars provide the largest distribution channel currently held ...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:16 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 6th, 2014
Looking through Ian Andrew’s DotComAgency’s recently sold name list it looks like he/they sold a HUGE group of NNNN.coms. I imagine the offer had to be too good to pass up because Ian knows the value as well as anyone in the industr...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 6th, 2014
Looking through Ian Andrew’s DotComAgency’s recently sold name list it looks like he/they sold a HUGE group of NNNN.coms. I imagine the offer had to be too good to pass up because Ian knows the value as well as anyone in the industr...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 11:05 am
The Domains
Swatch Plans to Fight Apple on Trademark for “iWatch”
Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac did a piece on Swiss watch maker Swatch stating that they will look to fight Apple on trademarking “iWatch”. Now Apple already has trademarked the term in Japan, Mexico and Turkey according to the article. From t...
Discussion
Swatch Plans to Fight Apple on Trademark for “iWatch”
Mark Gurman of 9 to 5 Mac did a piece on Swiss watch maker Swatch stating that they will look to fight Apple on trademarking “iWatch”. Now Apple already has trademarked the term in Japan, Mexico and Turkey according to the article. From t...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 7:42 am
Domain Name Wire
My thoughts on last month’s NameJet domain sales
Some great deals and some questionable purchases. NameJet just released a list of sales over $2,000 from April. Here are my thoughts on some of them…the last one being the most interesting. Certifications.com $17,100 – I like this domain...
Discussion
My thoughts on last month’s NameJet domain sales
Some great deals and some questionable purchases. NameJet just released a list of sales over $2,000 from April. Here are my thoughts on some of them…the last one being the most interesting. Certifications.com $17,100 – I like this domain...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 7:36 pm
The Domains
NameJet.com Reports Over $460K In Domain Sales In April
Namejet.com just published a list of domain name sales that closed in April which totaled over $463,000 All sales were lead by 472.com which sold for $43,700 Only sales of $2,000 0r more are reported: 472.com $43,700.00 aifa.com ...
Discussion
NameJet.com Reports Over $460K In Domain Sales In April
Namejet.com just published a list of domain name sales that closed in April which totaled over $463,000 All sales were lead by 472.com which sold for $43,700 Only sales of $2,000 0r more are reported: 472.com $43,700.00 aifa.com ...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 6:56 pm
The Domains
.Vegas Hits The Big Apple With Times Square Billboard
The .Vegas registry has a very nice sized ad that is in New York’s Time Square Thanks to a reader of the domains that spotted it and sent it over. We should expect to see more of the new gTLD’s marketed in a big way especially the Geo&rsq...
Discussion
.Vegas Hits The Big Apple With Times Square Billboard
The .Vegas registry has a very nice sized ad that is in New York’s Time Square Thanks to a reader of the domains that spotted it and sent it over. We should expect to see more of the new gTLD’s marketed in a big way especially the Geo&rsq...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A motorcycle parts company, real estate firm and lawyer make domain name purchases. Sedo’s most recent sales week had $1.1 million worth of domain name sales. Here are some that I identified as “end user” domain name sales. You may ...
Discussion
13 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A motorcycle parts company, real estate firm and lawyer make domain name purchases. Sedo’s most recent sales week had $1.1 million worth of domain name sales. Here are some that I identified as “end user” domain name sales. You may ...
Discussion
May 5, 2014, 6:16 pm
