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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 15th, 2014
So after months of waiting the deals.xyz auction ended yesterday at $8100. Two bidders got into a bidding war and took it from $1200 to the final price. That happens all the time except for one thing. The auction rules state y...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 15th, 2014
So after months of waiting the deals.xyz auction ended yesterday at $8100. Two bidders got into a bidding war and took it from $1200 to the final price. That happens all the time except for one thing. The auction rules state y...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stone Temple Pilots to play DomainFest
STP on the bill for DomainFest 2014. DomainSponsor’s DomainFest conference is always known for legendary entertainment. The Playboy Mansion comes to mind. Renting our Universal Studios. In other words, over-the-top events when compared to other...
Discussion
Stone Temple Pilots to play DomainFest
STP on the bill for DomainFest 2014. DomainSponsor’s DomainFest conference is always known for legendary entertainment. The Playboy Mansion comes to mind. Renting our Universal Studios. In other words, over-the-top events when compared to other...
Discussion
February 15, 2014, 2:43 am
The Domains
Domainfest To Feature Private Concert With Stone Temple Pilots
DomainSponsor has just updated the Domainfest site and the on Tuesday night party will be held in a top secret location but will feature a private concert with legendary, Grammy award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Benningto...
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Domainfest To Feature Private Concert With Stone Temple Pilots
DomainSponsor has just updated the Domainfest site and the on Tuesday night party will be held in a top secret location but will feature a private concert with legendary, Grammy award winning rock band Stone Temple Pilots with Chester Benningto...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 11:33 pm
The Domains
Deals.XYZ.com Sells For $8,100 On NameJet.com
In a Namejet.com auction which just closed today the domain name Deals.xyz just sold for $8,100. The price marks the highest amount paid for a .xyz domain name, a new gTLD extension which hasn’t even been delegated yet. If should be noted that ...
Discussion
Deals.XYZ.com Sells For $8,100 On NameJet.com
In a Namejet.com auction which just closed today the domain name Deals.xyz just sold for $8,100. The price marks the highest amount paid for a .xyz domain name, a new gTLD extension which hasn’t even been delegated yet. If should be noted that ...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 9:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 end user domain buyers including 23 And Me and Indiegogo
Popular startups among domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold close to $2.0 million worth of domain names last week. Below are end user sales from last week. You can see previous end user sales lists here. AspireTechnology.com $30,00...
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27 end user domain buyers including 23 And Me and Indiegogo
Popular startups among domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy sold close to $2.0 million worth of domain names last week. Below are end user sales from last week. You can see previous end user sales lists here. AspireTechnology.com $30,00...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
People are buying new TLDs when the “matching” .com is available
Would you pay over $1,000 for Metadata.guru when you could get MetadataGuru.com for just $10? This morning I posted about GoDaddy’s auction results for new top level domain names thus far. The post included nine domain names that sold for over ...
Discussion
People are buying new TLDs when the “matching” .com is available
Would you pay over $1,000 for Metadata.guru when you could get MetadataGuru.com for just $10? This morning I posted about GoDaddy’s auction results for new top level domain names thus far. The post included nine domain names that sold for over ...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 3:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy auction data provide early indication of new TLD demand and values
Auction data show competition for new TLD registrations and shed light on strategic considerations for ordering domains. What are domains registered under new top level domain names worth, and what is the demand for them? We already know how many dom...
Discussion
GoDaddy auction data provide early indication of new TLD demand and values
Auction data show competition for new TLD registrations and shed light on strategic considerations for ordering domains. What are domains registered under new top level domain names worth, and what is the demand for them? We already know how many dom...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 3:00 pm
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period To Allow New gTLD Registries To Register Domains To Non-Trademark Holders In Sunrise
ICANN opened up a comment period yesterday to allow new gTLD registries to allocate the 100 domain names it is allowed to allocate to itself to other than trademark holders during sunrise under certain conditions. The comment period closed on Febr...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period To Allow New gTLD Registries To Register Domains To Non-Trademark Holders In Sunrise
ICANN opened up a comment period yesterday to allow new gTLD registries to allocate the 100 domain names it is allowed to allocate to itself to other than trademark holders during sunrise under certain conditions. The comment period closed on Febr...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 1:49 pm
The Domains
.London Launches April 29, Predicts Over 218K Registrations Just From Small Business
Dot London Domains Ltd (“Dot London”), has today announced that .LONDON will begin taking registrations on 29 April 2014, marking the formal launch of the .LONDON domain. More than 200,000 small businesses in London say they are likely to...
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.London Launches April 29, Predicts Over 218K Registrations Just From Small Business
Dot London Domains Ltd (“Dot London”), has today announced that .LONDON will begin taking registrations on 29 April 2014, marking the formal launch of the .LONDON domain. More than 200,000 small businesses in London say they are likely to...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 1:30 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Friday Book of Ten: A Little Valentine’s Day Candy
Today and every Friday I post a list of 10 domains that are for sale. On my regular daily list I only put domains that are up at auction, but this list will contain both names at auction, domains with websites, or just straight up for sale. Some of t...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Friday Book of Ten: A Little Valentine’s Day Candy
Today and every Friday I post a list of 10 domains that are for sale. On my regular daily list I only put domains that are up at auction, but this list will contain both names at auction, domains with websites, or just straight up for sale. Some of t...
Discussion
February 14, 2014, 12:47 pm
