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Domain Name Wire
What China giveth, China can taketh away
Marketplaces cashed in on the Chinese gold rush, but the gravy train has slowed considerably. Domain name marketplaces were buoyed last year by the market for short domain names. Marketplaces were winners during the frenzied run-up in prices, playing...
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What China giveth, China can taketh away
Marketplaces cashed in on the Chinese gold rush, but the gravy train has slowed considerably. Domain name marketplaces were buoyed last year by the market for short domain names. Marketplaces were winners during the frenzied run-up in prices, playing...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy can commiserate with Whole Foods cake backlash
Just like Whole Foods, GoDaddy had to defend itself against an incident that never happened. Whole Foods found itself on the defensive this week after a gay pastor claimed a company employee wrote a gay epithet on the cake he ordered in Austin. He cl...
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GoDaddy can commiserate with Whole Foods cake backlash
Just like Whole Foods, GoDaddy had to defend itself against an incident that never happened. Whole Foods found itself on the defensive this week after a gay pastor claimed a company employee wrote a gay epithet on the cake he ordered in Austin. He cl...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Booking.com goes to court to try to get trademarks
Booking.generic. Travel site Booking.com has run into a wall trying to get trademarks related to its namesake, and it’s going to court to overturn U.S. Patent and Trademark office decisions. The USPTO argues that Booking.com is merely descripti...
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Booking.com goes to court to try to get trademarks
Booking.generic. Travel site Booking.com has run into a wall trying to get trademarks related to its namesake, and it’s going to court to overturn U.S. Patent and Trademark office decisions. The USPTO argues that Booking.com is merely descripti...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 12:34 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by FirstSport.com
Over the past week, 509 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by FirstSport.com
Over the past week, 509 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 12:31 pm
The Domains
One Domain Owner Was Ahead of Trump on CrookedHillary.com
Throughout the campaign trail this year Donald Trump has come up with nicknames for political rivals. “Lyin Ted” for Ted Cruz, “Little Marco” for Marco Rubio and his latest nickname “Crooked Hillary” for Democratic...
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One Domain Owner Was Ahead of Trump on CrookedHillary.com
Throughout the campaign trail this year Donald Trump has come up with nicknames for political rivals. “Lyin Ted” for Ted Cruz, “Little Marco” for Marco Rubio and his latest nickname “Crooked Hillary” for Democratic...
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April 20, 2016, 12:08 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wendesday, April 20th
Things have certainly changed over the last few months. A lot of money being lost and a lot of people telling everyone I told you so. I am calling LLLL.net dead and LLLL.org as well. There will always be some that have valu...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Wendesday, April 20th
Things have certainly changed over the last few months. A lot of money being lost and a lot of people telling everyone I told you so. I am calling LLLL.net dead and LLLL.org as well. There will always be some that have valu...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 10:14 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, the 19th of April 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 19th of April 2016 Auction Quick Recap I wrote the following in the comments section in response to another comment, that is also listed below. I know that the writers theory is one of he popul...
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AUCTION RECAP, the 19th of April 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 19th of April 2016 Auction Quick Recap I wrote the following in the comments section in response to another comment, that is also listed below. I know that the writers theory is one of he popul...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 4:26 am
Domain Name Wire
Quick.com domain name sells for $300k, Blaze.com for $253k
Heritage Auctions sells over $900,000 in domain names including two big ones. Heritage Auctions just completed its latest live domain name auction, selling 16 domains for $910,363 including buyers’ premiums. (All prices in this post include buy...
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Quick.com domain name sells for $300k, Blaze.com for $253k
Heritage Auctions sells over $900,000 in domain names including two big ones. Heritage Auctions just completed its latest live domain name auction, selling 16 domains for $910,363 including buyers’ premiums. (All prices in this post include buy...
Discussion
April 19, 2016, 9:49 pm
The Domains
What’s Being Used Left of The Dot ? CSC Report Gives Examples
CSC released their new gtld utilization report for April. Using Alexa as one barometer it seems that the number of new g’s in the Alexa top one million has risen by 30% since February. One of the thing the report pointed out was what is being u...
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What’s Being Used Left of The Dot ? CSC Report Gives Examples
CSC released their new gtld utilization report for April. Using Alexa as one barometer it seems that the number of new g’s in the Alexa top one million has risen by 30% since February. One of the thing the report pointed out was what is being u...
Discussion
April 19, 2016, 8:37 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR APRIL 19, 2016
Lots of big volumes today and lots of lower prices to go along with it. table, th, td { border: 1px solid #C2BFBE; padding: 2px; } th { text-align: center; } Numeric .com Δ30MA .com .ne...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR APRIL 19, 2016
Lots of big volumes today and lots of lower prices to go along with it. table, th, td { border: 1px solid #C2BFBE; padding: 2px; } th { text-align: center; } Numeric .com Δ30MA .com .ne...
Discussion
April 19, 2016, 8:07 pm
