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Elliot's Blog
My Recent Acquisitions
As I do from time to time, I want to share a few select recent acquisitions my company has made. All of these acquisitions were either made in private or via auction. You are more than welcome to share your own acquisitions below, and of co...
Discussion
My Recent Acquisitions
As I do from time to time, I want to share a few select recent acquisitions my company has made. All of these acquisitions were either made in private or via auction. You are more than welcome to share your own acquisitions below, and of co...
Discussion
October 3, 2012, 10:18 am
The Domains
GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
Discussion
GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
Discussion
October 3, 2012, 9:27 am
The Domains
DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
Discussion
DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
Discussion
October 3, 2012, 8:47 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrations grow 12% to 240 million
Base of registered domains continues to grow. The total base of registered domain names increased nearly 12% year over year to 240 million at the end of June, VeriSign announced its its quarterly domain industry brief today. Country code domain name ...
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Domain registrations grow 12% to 240 million
Base of registered domains continues to grow. The total base of registered domain names increased nearly 12% year over year to 240 million at the end of June, VeriSign announced its its quarterly domain industry brief today. Country code domain name ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 4:51 pm
The Domains
240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
Discussion
240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 4:43 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 4:26 pm
Domain Shane
An Open Letter to The Man Behind OnlineDomain.com
I promise you, this will be my last discussion about lists. I’m pretty sure nobody cares to talk about it any more. You either like them or you don’t and you either visit the blog that put’s them out or you don’t. ...
Discussion
An Open Letter to The Man Behind OnlineDomain.com
I promise you, this will be my last discussion about lists. I’m pretty sure nobody cares to talk about it any more. You either like them or you don’t and you either visit the blog that put’s them out or you don’t. ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 2:59 pm
Elliot's Blog
Your Favorite Domain Registrar Is…
There were a couple of surprises when I asked for you to nominate your favorite domain name registrar. I wasn’t surprised that 15 registrars were nominated, but I was surprised that Moniker and eNom were not. Just a few years ago, Moniker ...
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Your Favorite Domain Registrar Is…
There were a couple of surprises when I asked for you to nominate your favorite domain name registrar. I wasn’t surprised that 15 registrars were nominated, but I was surprised that Moniker and eNom were not. Just a few years ago, Moniker ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domain in September
Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top rep...
Discussion
Go Daddy Auctions sells 30,000+ domain in September
Another month of over 30,000 domain name sales in Go Daddy’s aftermarket. Go Daddy Auctions is reporting over 30,000 domains sold last month. The ticker shows 30,839; the number is typically adjusted upward as final tallies come in. The top rep...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 1:07 pm
