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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Monday, October 12th, 2015
So I missed the first day of my list this year. I ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday and had a dozen or friends fly in from all of the country to run and hang out so I just couldn’t find the time to write a list. I figure missing a ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Monday, October 12th, 2015
So I missed the first day of my list this year. I ran the Chicago Marathon yesterday and had a dozen or friends fly in from all of the country to run and hang out so I just couldn’t find the time to write a list. I figure missing a ...
Discussion
October 12, 2015, 10:32 am
DomainSherpa
[Tutorial] Know Before You Buy: Domain Name Due Diligence – With Bill Hartzer
When you buy a used car in the United States, you can purchase a CARFAX report to avoid spending tens of thousands of dollars on a car with costly hidden problems like undisclosed accidents.You can do something similar for domain names too.The creato...
Discussion
[Tutorial] Know Before You Buy: Domain Name Due Diligence – With Bill Hartzer
When you buy a used car in the United States, you can purchase a CARFAX report to avoid spending tens of thousands of dollars on a car with costly hidden problems like undisclosed accidents.You can do something similar for domain names too.The creato...
Discussion
October 12, 2015, 7:05 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): HelloEnglish.com, TFAX.com, DBAG.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. HelloEnglish.com sold for $15,000 a...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): HelloEnglish.com, TFAX.com, DBAG.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. HelloEnglish.com sold for $15,000 a...
Discussion
October 11, 2015, 7:31 pm
The Domains
Godaddy .Miami Auctions Hit The 4 Figures
.Miami went live for General Availability (GA), where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis, on October 2nd. .Miami did not have a landrush or an Early Access Program (EAP) .Miami is being managed on behalf of the city of Miami...
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Godaddy .Miami Auctions Hit The 4 Figures
.Miami went live for General Availability (GA), where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis, on October 2nd. .Miami did not have a landrush or an Early Access Program (EAP) .Miami is being managed on behalf of the city of Miami...
Discussion
October 11, 2015, 3:27 pm
Domain Shane
Bart.com Hits the Auction Block. Will the Recent Bart.net UDRP Impact the Value?
Bart.com is currently up for auction at Flippa, with one bid at $10,000 and a buy-it-now price higher in the 5-figures. This auction comes a few weeks after Bart.net was lost in a UDRP to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which controls Bart.org ...
Discussion
Bart.com Hits the Auction Block. Will the Recent Bart.net UDRP Impact the Value?
Bart.com is currently up for auction at Flippa, with one bid at $10,000 and a buy-it-now price higher in the 5-figures. This auction comes a few weeks after Bart.net was lost in a UDRP to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which controls Bart.org ...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 5:10 pm
The Domains
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 3:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, October 10th, 2015
So what have we learned this week ladies and gentleman? We learned that there is a lot more that goes into being someone to follow, an expert, or someone to give money to than writing a blog or being in the public eye. It takes a who...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, October 10th, 2015
So what have we learned this week ladies and gentleman? We learned that there is a lot more that goes into being someone to follow, an expert, or someone to give money to than writing a blog or being in the public eye. It takes a who...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 10:31 am
The Domains
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
Discussion
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 9:54 pm
The Domains
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:39 pm
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:30 pm