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Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, October 14th
One of the bad parts of owning a medium sized business is the tech side. We had a lightening strike and the power go out and blow a router. Or at least we thought we had. We’re not big enough to have a full time tech person o...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, October 14th
One of the bad parts of owning a medium sized business is the tech side. We had a lightening strike and the power go out and blow a router. Or at least we thought we had. We’re not big enough to have a full time tech person o...
Discussion
October 14, 2016, 10:17 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales Under $7k That Have Been Developed (pics): ARAH.com, Thrice.com, SAMLabs.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. For today’s post, we’re looking on...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales Under $7k That Have Been Developed (pics): ARAH.com, Thrice.com, SAMLabs.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. For today’s post, we’re looking on...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 7:56 pm
The Domains
.XXX Asks ICANN For Reduction In Fees From $2 A Domain to $.25; Adds URS
ICANN has opened up a Public Comment Period on proposed changes to the .XXX Registry Agreement to, “among other things, modify the fees payable to ICANN schedule and also to add additional safeguards and compliance audit requirements”. Th...
Discussion
.XXX Asks ICANN For Reduction In Fees From $2 A Domain to $.25; Adds URS
ICANN has opened up a Public Comment Period on proposed changes to the .XXX Registry Agreement to, “among other things, modify the fees payable to ICANN schedule and also to add additional safeguards and compliance audit requirements”. Th...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 4:01 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 12, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 12, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 12, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 12, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 2:56 pm
The Domains
ICANN Publishes Findings of its Phase II Assessment New gTLD Program
ICANN has published findings of its Phase II Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program The study explores whether the New gTLD Program has affected competition in the domain name marketplace. ICANN commissioned the st...
Discussion
ICANN Publishes Findings of its Phase II Assessment New gTLD Program
ICANN has published findings of its Phase II Assessment of the Competitive Effects Associated with the New gTLD Program The study explores whether the New gTLD Program has affected competition in the domain name marketplace. ICANN commissioned the st...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kasperksy buys Unhackable.com (and other end user domain name sales)
Security firm is the most notable buyer on this week’s end user sales list. The most notable end user sale to take place at Sedo this past week was Unhackable.com, a great security domain name purchased by internet security firm Kasperksy for $...
Discussion
Kasperksy buys Unhackable.com (and other end user domain name sales)
Security firm is the most notable buyer on this week’s end user sales list. The most notable end user sale to take place at Sedo this past week was Unhackable.com, a great security domain name purchased by internet security firm Kasperksy for $...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 1:49 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, October 13th
I wanted to make a few things clear. One, if you don’t want to read the list below there is a button in the top left hand corner that is go back. You also can type another url (domain) in the open space bar above and that will...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, October 13th
I wanted to make a few things clear. One, if you don’t want to read the list below there is a button in the top left hand corner that is go back. You also can type another url (domain) in the open space bar above and that will...
Discussion
October 13, 2016, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
How GoDaddy “uses this one simple trick” to get 56,000 more registration years per month
Hint: it’s all in the shopping cart. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) managed to rack up 56,000 extra years of .com registrations in June. How? “Using this one simple trick!” GoDaddy’s shopping cart defaults to a five-year registration per...
Discussion
How GoDaddy “uses this one simple trick” to get 56,000 more registration years per month
Hint: it’s all in the shopping cart. GoDaddy (NYSE:GDDY) managed to rack up 56,000 extra years of .com registrations in June. How? “Using this one simple trick!” GoDaddy’s shopping cart defaults to a five-year registration per...
Discussion
October 12, 2016, 6:25 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 11, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 11, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 11, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 11, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
October 12, 2016, 3:36 pm
The Domains
AlpNames Selling Famous Four’s New gTLD Domain Names for $.49 For Rest of 2016
According to an email we just received, the domain name registrar, AlpNames is going with a $.49 registration for domain names for Famous Four Media new gTLD extensions (non-premiums) “From now until the end of the year, ALL AlpNames customers ...
Discussion
AlpNames Selling Famous Four’s New gTLD Domain Names for $.49 For Rest of 2016
According to an email we just received, the domain name registrar, AlpNames is going with a $.49 registration for domain names for Famous Four Media new gTLD extensions (non-premiums) “From now until the end of the year, ALL AlpNames customers ...
Discussion
October 12, 2016, 3:21 pm
