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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 29th, 2014
Yesterday I got a big kick out of the articles about the tickers selling out on Domaining and TheDomains. It’s bad enough I can’t sell all my advertising but I have the two best sites out there bragging about how they sell the...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 29th, 2014
Yesterday I got a big kick out of the articles about the tickers selling out on Domaining and TheDomains. It’s bad enough I can’t sell all my advertising but I have the two best sites out there bragging about how they sell the...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 11:37 am
The Domains
$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
Discussion
$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 12:49 am
The Domains
Epic Bet: Name.com Vs. Enom Who You Got?
Rightside, Enom and Name.com is involved in an epic bet between our eNom office in Seattle and our Name.com office in Denver. “So not only will this Sunday spell a showdown for Russell vs. Peyton, but for Registar’s eNom vs. N...
Discussion
Epic Bet: Name.com Vs. Enom Who You Got?
Rightside, Enom and Name.com is involved in an epic bet between our eNom office in Seattle and our Name.com office in Denver. “So not only will this Sunday spell a showdown for Russell vs. Peyton, but for Registar’s eNom vs. N...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 10:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Over the past week, 769 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: true.com at 350,000 USD &mi...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Over the past week, 769 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: true.com at 350,000 USD &mi...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 9:09 pm
The Domains
TheDomains.com/Domaining.com Ticker Is Sold Out
We announced the release of the Domaining.com/TheDomains.com ticker about two weeks ago and today I’m happy to announce that we are sold out. As we chatted about in announcing the ticker that runs both on TheDomains.com and Domaining.com, is st...
Discussion
TheDomains.com/Domaining.com Ticker Is Sold Out
We announced the release of the Domaining.com/TheDomains.com ticker about two weeks ago and today I’m happy to announce that we are sold out. As we chatted about in announcing the ticker that runs both on TheDomains.com and Domaining.com, is st...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 6:52 pm
The Domains
.Club Sunrise Period Starts Today
.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced today that it has officially begun its Trademark Sunrise Period. .CLUB Domains also announced it has signed agreemen...
Discussion
.Club Sunrise Period Starts Today
.CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), announced today that it has officially begun its Trademark Sunrise Period. .CLUB Domains also announced it has signed agreemen...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 5:59 pm
The Domains
Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.77 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/20/14 – 1/26/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,770,240. The top .com sale was lead by Heard.com for $40,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Hui.net for $8,125. Below is the com...
Discussion
Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.77 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/20/14 – 1/26/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,770,240. The top .com sale was lead by Heard.com for $40,000, with the top non-com sale lead by Hui.net for $8,125. Below is the com...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 5:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
UNiDAYS guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company that uses MyUnidays.com tries to hijack Unidays.com. UK company MYUNiDAYS, which offers products at a discount to college students under the UNiDAYS brand, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting case. The c...
Discussion
UNiDAYS guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company that uses MyUnidays.com tries to hijack Unidays.com. UK company MYUNiDAYS, which offers products at a discount to college students under the UNiDAYS brand, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a cybersquatting case. The c...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 5:27 pm
The Domains
Our Interview With .TV Domain Investor Kevin Lawrence Who Just Sold FYI.TV For $30,000
Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who resides in Southern California. Kevin just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 marking it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. I did a short interview with Ke...
Discussion
Our Interview With .TV Domain Investor Kevin Lawrence Who Just Sold FYI.TV For $30,000
Kevin Lawrence is a successful entrepreneur, developer, and .TV investor who resides in Southern California. Kevin just sold the domain name FYI.TV for $30,000 marking it the highest reported .TV sale of 2014. I did a short interview with Ke...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 5:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why is it so difficult to recall which TLDs have been applied for?
The fact that there are so many of them makes it more difficult for me to recall which ones were applied for. I live and breathe domain names, and research what’s going on with new TLDs on a daily basis. But when I’m put on the spot and p...
Discussion
Why is it so difficult to recall which TLDs have been applied for?
The fact that there are so many of them makes it more difficult for me to recall which ones were applied for. I live and breathe domain names, and research what’s going on with new TLDs on a daily basis. But when I’m put on the spot and p...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 5:11 pm
