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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 12th, 2013
I saw that Namebrokers was giving away “Domain Broker Licenses” to those that complete their program. I’ve been doing this awhile and as far as I can see anyone can give away a license at this point. I don’t believ...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 12th, 2013
I saw that Namebrokers was giving away “Domain Broker Licenses” to those that complete their program. I’ve been doing this awhile and as far as I can see anyone can give away a license at this point. I don’t believ...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 10:51 am

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s Weekly Book of 10
Today and every Thursday I post a list of 10 domains that are for sale. Normally I only put domains that are up at auction, but this list will contain both names at auction, domains with websites, or just straight up for sale. Some ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s Weekly Book of 10
Today and every Thursday I post a list of 10 domains that are for sale. Normally I only put domains that are up at auction, but this list will contain both names at auction, domains with websites, or just straight up for sale. Some ...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 9:17 am

The Domains
5.co.uk Sells For $67,611 on NameJet.com
The domain name 5.co.uk sold for a very nice $67,611 on NameJet.com today, leading all .co.uk sales for the month on that platform. There have been quite a few .co.uk domain names up for sale this month on Namejet.com which coupled with the announcem...
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5.co.uk Sells For $67,611 on NameJet.com
The domain name 5.co.uk sold for a very nice $67,611 on NameJet.com today, leading all .co.uk sales for the month on that platform. There have been quite a few .co.uk domain names up for sale this month on Namejet.com which coupled with the announcem...
Discussion
December 12, 2013, 12:05 am

The Domains
From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales; Raise.com Is On Fire
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from the $25K purchase to raising over $18 Million in VC money. “”Raise.com is one of ...
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From a $25K Domain Sale To $18 Million In Funding, One Of Our Domain Sales; Raise.com Is On Fire
Techcrunch.com just covered Raise.com, a domain name that I sold at a live Moniker.com/TRAFFIC auction many years ago for $25,000. The company has gone from the $25K purchase to raising over $18 Million in VC money. “”Raise.com is one of ...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 10:01 pm

The Domains
BioPlus Loses UDRP To Grab Bioplus.com After Refusing to Pay the “Exorbitant Price of $20,000.00″
BIOPLUS SPECIALTY PHARMACY SERVICES, INC. just lost its bid to grab the domain name Bioplus.com after refusing to pay the “exorbitant price of $20,000.00″ Complainant has used the BIOPLUS mark in connection with its specialty service sinc...
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BioPlus Loses UDRP To Grab Bioplus.com After Refusing to Pay the “Exorbitant Price of $20,000.00″
BIOPLUS SPECIALTY PHARMACY SERVICES, INC. just lost its bid to grab the domain name Bioplus.com after refusing to pay the “exorbitant price of $20,000.00″ Complainant has used the BIOPLUS mark in connection with its specialty service sinc...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 9:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
Company behind UDRPSearch.com sues after being hit with a UDRP
Virtual Point responds to StableTable.com UDRP with its own lawsuit. Virtual Point, the company that runs the UDRP search and aggregation site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a federal lawsuit after being hit with a UDRP. Hedera AB, a Swedish company, file...
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Company behind UDRPSearch.com sues after being hit with a UDRP
Virtual Point responds to StableTable.com UDRP with its own lawsuit. Virtual Point, the company that runs the UDRP search and aggregation site UDRPSearch.com, has filed a federal lawsuit after being hit with a UDRP. Hedera AB, a Swedish company, file...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 7:39 pm

Domain Name Wire
Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com
IG Group’s .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group’s application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the c...
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Ameritrade loses .broker objection against company that spent $4.7M in IG.com
IG Group’s .broker top level domain name application survives objection procedure. TD Ameritrade has lost a Limited Public Interest (LPI) objection against IG Group’s application to run the .broker top level domain name. IG Group is the c...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 6:39 pm

Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain name sales including radar dector company Escort
Radar detector company is among those who bought domain names at GoDaddy last week. GoDaddy/Afternic sold $1.76M worth of aftermarket domain names last week. Here are 16 that were sold to end users. SurvivalCollege.com $1,000 – Survival College...
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16 end user domain name sales including radar dector company Escort
Radar detector company is among those who bought domain names at GoDaddy last week. GoDaddy/Afternic sold $1.76M worth of aftermarket domain names last week. Here are 16 that were sold to end users. SurvivalCollege.com $1,000 – Survival College...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 5:30 pm

The Domains
dotShabaka Chooses Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Aucitons
The newest of the new gTLDs, ‘شبكة.’ (translates to .web in English) announced today that they have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Land Rush auction More recently Pool.com’s auction platform has helped support .sx (the c...
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dotShabaka Chooses Pool.com For Sunrise & Landrush Aucitons
The newest of the new gTLDs, ‘شبكة.’ (translates to .web in English) announced today that they have selected Pool.com for its Sunrise and Land Rush auction More recently Pool.com’s auction platform has helped support .sx (the c...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 5:23 pm

Domain Name Wire
Drug giant Sanofi loses domain dispute thanks to diligent arbitration panelist
Despite no response from domain name owner, panelist considers all of the facts. I often call out UDRP panelists who “phone in” their decisions without considering the other site of the story. So today I’m happy to write about a cas...
Discussion
Drug giant Sanofi loses domain dispute thanks to diligent arbitration panelist
Despite no response from domain name owner, panelist considers all of the facts. I often call out UDRP panelists who “phone in” their decisions without considering the other site of the story. So today I’m happy to write about a cas...
Discussion
December 11, 2013, 5:17 pm