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Domain Shane
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 15th
Back home from my travels out west. It was good to get out hike a little bit and see some of the nation’s national parks. I even bummed a ride to the Denver airport from our own Aaron. I’m the short fat guy in the pic. I thought I&...
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DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, October 15th
Back home from my travels out west. It was good to get out hike a little bit and see some of the nation’s national parks. I even bummed a ride to the Denver airport from our own Aaron. I’m the short fat guy in the pic. I thought I&...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 9:50 am
The Domains
.Net Domain Registrations Cross The 16 Million Mark For The 1st Time
The number of domain name registrations ending in .Net crossed the 16 million mark for the first time today according to Verisign. According to Verisign the number of .Net domain names is 16,004,860. This all time high is despite over 1,000 ne...
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.Net Domain Registrations Cross The 16 Million Mark For The 1st Time
The number of domain name registrations ending in .Net crossed the 16 million mark for the first time today according to Verisign. According to Verisign the number of .Net domain names is 16,004,860. This all time high is despite over 1,000 ne...
Discussion
October 14, 2016, 10:11 pm
The Domains
.LA Announces Premium Domains & The .LA Bear
Page Howe, Chief Evangelist for the .LA domain space announced the new Fall promotions Today including winning a .LA Bear and release 1K+ Premium domain names. “Join our community and win a .LA Bear. We are giving away random .LA Bears to socia...
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.LA Announces Premium Domains & The .LA Bear
Page Howe, Chief Evangelist for the .LA domain space announced the new Fall promotions Today including winning a .LA Bear and release 1K+ Premium domain names. “Join our community and win a .LA Bear. We are giving away random .LA Bears to socia...
Discussion
October 14, 2016, 4:36 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 13, 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 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 13, 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 14, 2016, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected patter for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company has...
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Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected patter for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company has...
Discussion
October 14, 2016, 12:39 pm
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...
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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...
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.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...
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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
