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Elliot's Blog
After a Sale, Find Similar Domain Names to Sell
After I complete the sale of a domain name to an end user buyer, I try to find similar domain names for sale, in an effort to close additional deals with the buyer. I am especially keen to do this when I’ve had multiple offers and significant i...
Discussion
After a Sale, Find Similar Domain Names to Sell
After I complete the sale of a domain name to an end user buyer, I try to find similar domain names for sale, in an effort to close additional deals with the buyer. I am especially keen to do this when I’ve had multiple offers and significant i...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 11:20 am
Domain Name Wire
Four new top level domain name contracts signed
Four IDN top level domains backers sign contracts with ICANN. Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported about dotShabaka Registry signing the first registry agreement for a new TLD with ICANN for شبكة. Today ICANN held a signing ceremony during its mee...
Discussion
Four new top level domain name contracts signed
Four IDN top level domains backers sign contracts with ICANN. Yesterday Domain Name Wire reported about dotShabaka Registry signing the first registry agreement for a new TLD with ICANN for شبكة. Today ICANN held a signing ceremony during its mee...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Did SeaWorld register domain names to counter Blackfish movie?
Defensive domains related to new killer whale documentary registered. A documentary about a killer whale that killed a SeaWorld trainer is gaining broad exposure after it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. “Blackfish” ...
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Did SeaWorld register domain names to counter Blackfish movie?
Defensive domains related to new killer whale documentary registered. A documentary about a killer whale that killed a SeaWorld trainer is gaining broad exposure after it premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. “Blackfish” ...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 9:16 am
The Domains
Sedo Gets StartingDot Sunrise, Landrush & Premium Domains For New gTLD’s .Ski; .Immo; .Bio & .Archi
Sedo announced today that they will run “sunrise” and “landrush” auctions for Starting Dot new gTLD extensions, and assist with sales and brokerage of premium domains for .Bio, .Ski, .Archi and .Immo. Here is how e...
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Sedo Gets StartingDot Sunrise, Landrush & Premium Domains For New gTLD’s .Ski; .Immo; .Bio & .Archi
Sedo announced today that they will run “sunrise” and “landrush” auctions for Starting Dot new gTLD extensions, and assist with sales and brokerage of premium domains for .Bio, .Ski, .Archi and .Immo. Here is how e...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 8:21 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 15th, 2013
If things go well in the next week or so then I should be selling a few names soon. Which is nice because I have only sold one name a month the last few months because of lack of effort and high quotes. I really haven’t purchased many either so...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 15th, 2013
If things go well in the next week or so then I should be selling a few names soon. Which is nice because I have only sold one name a month the last few months because of lack of effort and high quotes. I really haven’t purchased many either so...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 6:10 am
DomainSherpa
UsedCardboardBoxes.com: From Storefront Failure to Dot Com Success – With Marty Metro
Big companies like Amazon, Citigroup and Dell know the value of an exact match domain (EMD) – they own Diapers.com, Mortgage.com and CloudComputing.com, respectively. But smaller companies and upstarts can also benefit tremendously from EMDs.Th...
Discussion
UsedCardboardBoxes.com: From Storefront Failure to Dot Com Success – With Marty Metro
Big companies like Amazon, Citigroup and Dell know the value of an exact match domain (EMD) – they own Diapers.com, Mortgage.com and CloudComputing.com, respectively. But smaller companies and upstarts can also benefit tremendously from EMDs.Th...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 5:30 am
The Domains
DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By Fortune 500 Co.
Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between January 1, 1985 and November 30, 1987: 58 are now owned by a different entity from the...
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DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By Fortune 500 Co.
Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between January 1, 1985 and November 30, 1987: 58 are now owned by a different entity from the...
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides more details
Verisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned....
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Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides more details
Verisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned....
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
First new TLD contract signed
Arabic language top level domain is first to sign contract with ICANN. In a major milestone for ICANN’s new top level domain program, the first agreement between ICANN and an applicant to run a new TLD has been signed. dotShabaka Registry inked...
Discussion
First new TLD contract signed
Arabic language top level domain is first to sign contract with ICANN. In a major milestone for ICANN’s new top level domain program, the first agreement between ICANN and an applicant to run a new TLD has been signed. dotShabaka Registry inked...
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 8:17 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 13th, 2013
Oops. Scheduled for 5 pm instead of 5 am. Skip over the Godaddy names today. Probably won’t have a list for tomorrow until later either because I am working today and have a social gathering and a 50 mile ride in the morning: Flippa...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 13th, 2013
Oops. Scheduled for 5 pm instead of 5 am. Skip over the Godaddy names today. Probably won’t have a list for tomorrow until later either because I am working today and have a social gathering and a 50 mile ride in the morning: Flippa...
Discussion
July 13, 2013, 3:02 pm
