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The Domains
The French Really Are Different: .Paris Announces 100 Pioneer Domain Names
The city of Paris released today the names of 100 Pioneers (Les pionniers ambassadeurs) for the new gTLD .Paris. For 6 months, these Pioneers will be the only ones using .Paris domain names, and will participate in all events around the launch of .P...
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The French Really Are Different: .Paris Announces 100 Pioneer Domain Names
The city of Paris released today the names of 100 Pioneers (Les pionniers ambassadeurs) for the new gTLD .Paris. For 6 months, these Pioneers will be the only ones using .Paris domain names, and will participate in all events around the launch of .P...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 4:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 more Donuts domain names entered GA yesterday. Here are the numbers.
Donuts’ domain names continue to spill onto the domain name market. Yesterday four new Donuts domain names came off of “Early Access Pricing” and became available for standard registration prices. .Tips I could tell this one was get...
Discussion
4 more Donuts domain names entered GA yesterday. Here are the numbers.
Donuts’ domain names continue to spill onto the domain name market. Yesterday four new Donuts domain names came off of “Early Access Pricing” and became available for standard registration prices. .Tips I could tell this one was get...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 3:46 pm
The Domains
AO.com Goes Public In London; Founder Is Now Worth Over $915 Million
The dailymail.co.uk, ran an interesting rags to riches story about a about a 40 year old former kitchen sales businessman who had no business schooling started AO.com which just went public in London. “John Roberts, 40, founder of online applia...
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AO.com Goes Public In London; Founder Is Now Worth Over $915 Million
The dailymail.co.uk, ran an interesting rags to riches story about a about a 40 year old former kitchen sales businessman who had no business schooling started AO.com which just went public in London. “John Roberts, 40, founder of online applia...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Whisky.com domain name sells for $3.1 million
Michael Castello gives details behind blockbuster $3.1 million domain name sale. Michael Castello (with his brother David known as “The Castello Brothers”) has sold the domain name Whisky.com for $3.1 million, DNJournal reported today. Th...
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Whisky.com domain name sells for $3.1 million
Michael Castello gives details behind blockbuster $3.1 million domain name sale. Michael Castello (with his brother David known as “The Castello Brothers”) has sold the domain name Whisky.com for $3.1 million, DNJournal reported today. Th...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 27th, 2014
Looks like I lost a few more new gTLD advertisers with my article yesterday on buying new gTLDS. As a domain blogger we all got excited about new money coming in to the space for promotion but I’m not helping my cause very much. Hop...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 27th, 2014
Looks like I lost a few more new gTLD advertisers with my article yesterday on buying new gTLDS. As a domain blogger we all got excited about new money coming in to the space for promotion but I’m not helping my cause very much. Hop...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 11:30 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Feb 27, 2014
In this show:* 67 bitcoin and current-related domain names* 8 bitcoin and crypto currency domains in the pre-release at NameJet are reviewed* One Sherpa domainates the "Name That Price" gameFor multiple domain name lists and portfolios, the...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Feb 27, 2014
In this show:* 67 bitcoin and current-related domain names* 8 bitcoin and crypto currency domains in the pre-release at NameJet are reviewed* One Sherpa domainates the "Name That Price" gameFor multiple domain name lists and portfolios, the...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 9:00 am
The Domains
While Most of the domain industry debates new gtlds, 4.CN is lighting it up selling numeric domains
While most of the domain world is talking about new gtlds and registration numbers, 4.CN is selling some nice numeric .com domains for big numbers. The Chinese New Year was on January 31st this year, that caused a lull in selling on 4.CN for about h...
Discussion
While Most of the domain industry debates new gtlds, 4.CN is lighting it up selling numeric domains
While most of the domain world is talking about new gtlds and registration numbers, 4.CN is selling some nice numeric .com domains for big numbers. The Chinese New Year was on January 31st this year, that caused a lull in selling on 4.CN for about h...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 8:38 am
The Domains
Say Hello To The Next Hit New gTLD .Tips, Breaks Out With Over 8K Registrations
.Tips went into General Availability today and from the zone file it appear the new gTLD has surpassed 8,000 registrations. Based on its numbers .Tips is already the 4th most popular new gTLD. .Tips to me is in the same category as .Guru which has mo...
Discussion
Say Hello To The Next Hit New gTLD .Tips, Breaks Out With Over 8K Registrations
.Tips went into General Availability today and from the zone file it appear the new gTLD has surpassed 8,000 registrations. Based on its numbers .Tips is already the 4th most popular new gTLD. .Tips to me is in the same category as .Guru which has mo...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 5:40 am
The Domains
Buyer Of FYI.TV Is A+E Network & It’s Rebranding Their Bio Network To FYI.TV
About a month ago we interviewed Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who at the time had just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 making it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. Tonight Kevin reported t...
Discussion
Buyer Of FYI.TV Is A+E Network & It’s Rebranding Their Bio Network To FYI.TV
About a month ago we interviewed Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who at the time had just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 making it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. Tonight Kevin reported t...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 3:50 am
The Domains
Verisign Answers ICANN’s Name Collision Study With Its Own Blog Post
Earlier today we told you that ICANN Published A Study On Mitigating Risks Of Name Collisions from new gTLD domain names. Tonight Verisign published an answer to the study ICANN. On its company blog Verisign, in a post entitled “Uncontrol...
Discussion
Verisign Answers ICANN’s Name Collision Study With Its Own Blog Post
Earlier today we told you that ICANN Published A Study On Mitigating Risks Of Name Collisions from new gTLD domain names. Tonight Verisign published an answer to the study ICANN. On its company blog Verisign, in a post entitled “Uncontrol...
Discussion
February 27, 2014, 12:56 am
