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Sedo sells $2.2 million of Domains in the previous week
This past week, 877 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $2.2 million. 39% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: Top .com: kindred.com at 50,000 US...
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Sedo sells $2.2 million of Domains in the previous week
This past week, 877 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $2.2 million. 39% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: Top .com: kindred.com at 50,000 US...
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May 22, 2012, 6:44 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $942K in Domain Names
Afternic.com just released it weekly report, selling $942,375 in domain names. Sales where lead by Summon.com which went for a very reasonable (IMHO) $17K Also like Adopted.com which sold for $15,500 On the other hand Instantly.net for almost $17K se...
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Afternic.com Sells $942K in Domain Names
Afternic.com just released it weekly report, selling $942,375 in domain names. Sales where lead by Summon.com which went for a very reasonable (IMHO) $17K Also like Adopted.com which sold for $15,500 On the other hand Instantly.net for almost $17K se...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 5:56 pm
Domain Shane
Sedo Weekly Sales Report: $2.2 Million with Interest.me at $80,000
Dot me’s are killing it again with Interest.me hitting the top spot over at Sedo this week. I was very happy to see BlueGarden.com go for $8000 as I have lots of garden names and lots of blue names. Buy it now continues to hold steady at ...
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Sedo Weekly Sales Report: $2.2 Million with Interest.me at $80,000
Dot me’s are killing it again with Interest.me hitting the top spot over at Sedo this week. I was very happy to see BlueGarden.com go for $8000 as I have lots of garden names and lots of blue names. Buy it now continues to hold steady at ...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 5:09 pm
The Domains
ICANN: After The TAS Mess Only 2 Request for Refunds
A few weeks ago during the TAS outage, ICANN issued a statement saying that anyone who applied for a new gTLD or paid to enter the TAS system could pull their application or authorization and get a full refund. Today in a Twitter chat, I asked ICANN ...
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ICANN: After The TAS Mess Only 2 Request for Refunds
A few weeks ago during the TAS outage, ICANN issued a statement saying that anyone who applied for a new gTLD or paid to enter the TAS system could pull their application or authorization and get a full refund. Today in a Twitter chat, I asked ICANN ...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 5:00 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $2.2 Million In Domains
Sedo has just published it weekly report of sales and in all, 877 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $2.2 million. 39% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales incl...
Discussion
Sedo.com Sells $2.2 Million In Domains
Sedo has just published it weekly report of sales and in all, 877 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $2.2 million. 39% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales incl...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Republicans create Cory Booker web sites
Republican National Committee registers Cory Booker domains and creates petition sites. Ever since Newark, New Jersey mayor and super-hero Cory Booker kinda-sorta-maybe got on the Obama campaign’s case for attacking Mitt Romney on his Bain reco...
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Republicans create Cory Booker web sites
Republican National Committee registers Cory Booker domains and creates petition sites. Ever since Newark, New Jersey mayor and super-hero Cory Booker kinda-sorta-maybe got on the Obama campaign’s case for attacking Mitt Romney on his Bain reco...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why I switched to GoDaddy hosting
Domain Name Wire is now hosted by GoDaddy.com A couple weeks ago I changed web hosts to GoDaddy.com. Several people have asked why I decided to change hosts in the first place and why I chose GoDaddy. Why I changed hosts When I started Domain Name Wi...
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Why I switched to GoDaddy hosting
Domain Name Wire is now hosted by GoDaddy.com A couple weeks ago I changed web hosts to GoDaddy.com. Several people have asked why I decided to change hosts in the first place and why I chose GoDaddy. Why I changed hosts When I started Domain Name Wi...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
How big is the new TLD opportunity? TLDH valued at $60 million
Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Top Level Domain Holdings, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 million. That’s over $60 million USD. We’re talking about a c...
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How big is the new TLD opportunity? TLDH valued at $60 million
Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Top Level Domain Holdings, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 million. That’s over $60 million USD. We’re talking about a c...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 12:05 pm
The Domains
Judge Dismisses Facebook Vs Faceporn Case
Back in October 2010 we told you about a lawsuit for trademark infringement that Facebook filed against the site Faceporn.com Yesterday a federal court affirmed a lower courts order throwing the case out for “lack of personal jurisdiction&rdquo...
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Judge Dismisses Facebook Vs Faceporn Case
Back in October 2010 we told you about a lawsuit for trademark infringement that Facebook filed against the site Faceporn.com Yesterday a federal court affirmed a lower courts order throwing the case out for “lack of personal jurisdiction&rdquo...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 9:58 am
The Domains
ICANN Re-Opens TAS System For New gTLD’s
In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed re-opened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks. ” The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can no...
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ICANN Re-Opens TAS System For New gTLD’s
In a statement in the middle of the night EST ICANN annoucned that they have as promissed re-opened the TAS system after taking it off line for almost 6 weeks. ” The TLD Application System, or TAS, has reopened. All registered applicants can no...
Discussion
May 22, 2012, 9:13 am
