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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 9/6
I was talking to Brandon Abbey, the guy that runs the show over at Escrow, and we were talking about putting Buy It Now buttons for Escrow.com on landing pages. It was easy to set up so I emailed and told that I thought the buttons were great a...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 9/6
I was talking to Brandon Abbey, the guy that runs the show over at Escrow, and we were talking about putting Buy It Now buttons for Escrow.com on landing pages. It was easy to set up so I emailed and told that I thought the buttons were great a...
Discussion
September 6, 2014, 11:45 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Hassle.com, Credo.com, Home.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Pizza.net for $150,000 Under privacy protection, and no site resolves. By comparison, Pizza.com sold for $2.6 million back in 2008, Pizza.es f...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Hassle.com, Credo.com, Home.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Pizza.net for $150,000 Under privacy protection, and no site resolves. By comparison, Pizza.com sold for $2.6 million back in 2008, Pizza.es f...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 11:24 pm
The Domains
Study Shows Majority of U.S. Consumers Reluctant to Buy or Use Bitcoin
Andrew Moran wrote a piece for Coin Buzz that looked at a study conducted by the Massachusetts Division of Banks. In the study close to two – thirds of those who responded said they were unlikely to buy or use the virtual currency. The article ...
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Study Shows Majority of U.S. Consumers Reluctant to Buy or Use Bitcoin
Andrew Moran wrote a piece for Coin Buzz that looked at a study conducted by the Massachusetts Division of Banks. In the study close to two – thirds of those who responded said they were unlikely to buy or use the virtual currency. The article ...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 8:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kellie Peterson promoted to President of DNC Holdings
Peterson promoted from CSO role. A familiar face at domain name conferences has been named president of DNC Holdings. DNC Holdings, which you more likely know by its registrar name Directnic, has promoted Kellie Peterson from the Chief Strategy Offic...
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Kellie Peterson promoted to President of DNC Holdings
Peterson promoted from CSO role. A familiar face at domain name conferences has been named president of DNC Holdings. DNC Holdings, which you more likely know by its registrar name Directnic, has promoted Kellie Peterson from the Chief Strategy Offic...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 4:19 pm
The Domains
Monte Cahn Of RightoftheDot.com Featured In HuffingtonPost Article On New gTLD’s/Domains
The HuffingtonPost.com just published an article on the new gTLD space domain name aftermarket Entitled “Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com?” “Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering ...
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Monte Cahn Of RightoftheDot.com Featured In HuffingtonPost Article On New gTLD’s/Domains
The HuffingtonPost.com just published an article on the new gTLD space domain name aftermarket Entitled “Is It Time for Me to Sell Blunders.com?” “Remember 1997? It was the height of the dot-com bubble. And everyone was registering ...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain name sales
A social media platform, lighting company and local marketing company buy domain names. Sedo sold 556 domain names last week for a total of $1.2 million. One of the more interesting buys was FLO.co, purchased by the company that uses FindYourFlo.com....
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15 end user domain name sales
A social media platform, lighting company and local marketing company buy domain names. Sedo sold 556 domain names last week for a total of $1.2 million. One of the more interesting buys was FLO.co, purchased by the company that uses FindYourFlo.com....
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Clearwater Systems Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Case contradicts prior rulings involving the same complainant, but the panelist in the other cases probably got it wrong. Clearwater Systems of Akron, Ohio, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. It’s a decision that might make...
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Clearwater Systems Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Case contradicts prior rulings involving the same complainant, but the panelist in the other cases probably got it wrong. Clearwater Systems of Akron, Ohio, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. It’s a decision that might make...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 1:33 pm
The Domains
Clearwater Systems, Inc Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Domain Holder Asking
A one member UDRP panel has found that Clearwater Systems, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, represented by Walker & Jocke, is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) The decision is unusually because the domain holder, Glenn Johnson of Clearwater, Flo...
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Clearwater Systems, Inc Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Without Domain Holder Asking
A one member UDRP panel has found that Clearwater Systems, Inc. of Akron, Ohio, represented by Walker & Jocke, is guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) The decision is unusually because the domain holder, Glenn Johnson of Clearwater, Flo...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 1:17 pm
The Domains
Totals In For Two new gTLD’s Geo’s Launched This Week .Koeln 1,284; .Cologne 385
Two new gTLD’s launched this week for the German city known as Cologne and also Koeln depending on the language you speak. The two new Geographic domains are off to the worst start of any new city. new gTLD’s, combining for a less t...
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Totals In For Two new gTLD’s Geo’s Launched This Week .Koeln 1,284; .Cologne 385
Two new gTLD’s launched this week for the German city known as Cologne and also Koeln depending on the language you speak. The two new Geographic domains are off to the worst start of any new city. new gTLD’s, combining for a less t...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 12:58 pm
The Domains
YoYo.Email Defends URS on eharmony.email By Attaching A Copy Of Its Recently Filed Suit
Andrew over at DomainNamewire.com has been covering the myriad of URS cases filed again YoYo.Email and today the company successful defended a URS against eHarmony based it seemed on the lawsuit it filed last week. The examiner Honorable ...
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YoYo.Email Defends URS on eharmony.email By Attaching A Copy Of Its Recently Filed Suit
Andrew over at DomainNamewire.com has been covering the myriad of URS cases filed again YoYo.Email and today the company successful defended a URS against eHarmony based it seemed on the lawsuit it filed last week. The examiner Honorable ...
Discussion
September 5, 2014, 12:32 pm
