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The Domains
Sedo Sells $1.4 Million in Domain Names
Sedo just released its weekly sales report In all 703 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $1.4 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &nb...
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Sedo Sells $1.4 Million in Domain Names
Sedo just released its weekly sales report In all 703 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace, totaling over $1.4 million. 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &nb...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 4:51 pm
Elliot's Blog
Why CSN Stores is Rebranding & Moving Away from Descriptive Domain Names
CSN Stores (now known as Wayfair) is a company that knows quite a bit about descriptive domain names. The company runs a number of businesses on domain names like Bedrooms.com, BedroomFurniture.com, Luggage.com, Upholstery.com, Strollers.com, an...
Discussion
Why CSN Stores is Rebranding & Moving Away from Descriptive Domain Names
CSN Stores (now known as Wayfair) is a company that knows quite a bit about descriptive domain names. The company runs a number of businesses on domain names like Bedrooms.com, BedroomFurniture.com, Luggage.com, Upholstery.com, Strollers.com, an...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Event planner sues ICANN over San Francisco gala
Company says it had a contract with ICANN to plan gala. San Francisco event planning company Corporate Concepts (warning: music on home page) has sued ICANN (pdf), saying the non-profit breached a contract to run the gala at its San Francisco meeting...
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Event planner sues ICANN over San Francisco gala
Company says it had a contract with ICANN to plan gala. San Francisco event planning company Corporate Concepts (warning: music on home page) has sued ICANN (pdf), saying the non-profit breached a contract to run the gala at its San Francisco meeting...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 2:57 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Says Responding To An Offers To Sell, Doesn’t Indicate Bad Faith If The Offer Is Started By The Complainant
In a pretty interesting recent UDRP decision a one member panel concluded that it is not bad faith when domain owner responds to an offer to sell that is initiated by the Complainant. You know the game. You own a domain you believe is generic, someon...
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UDRP Panel Says Responding To An Offers To Sell, Doesn’t Indicate Bad Faith If The Offer Is Started By The Complainant
In a pretty interesting recent UDRP decision a one member panel concluded that it is not bad faith when domain owner responds to an offer to sell that is initiated by the Complainant. You know the game. You own a domain you believe is generic, someon...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 12:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy gets patent for “Tools for redirecting to a book website”
Go Daddy gets another patent. Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC has been granted U.S. patent number 8,156,180 for “Tools for redirecting to a book website”. I wrote about this patent application when it was published last year. It describes...
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Go Daddy gets patent for “Tools for redirecting to a book website”
Go Daddy gets another patent. Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC has been granted U.S. patent number 8,156,180 for “Tools for redirecting to a book website”. I wrote about this patent application when it was published last year. It describes...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 11:42 am
Elliot's Blog
Ask for References
Many of my end user acquisitions and sales are the result of unsolicited inquiries. I don’t know about you, but when I receive an interesting email from someone I don’t know and never heard of before, I have my guard up more than I would ...
Discussion
Ask for References
Many of my end user acquisitions and sales are the result of unsolicited inquiries. I don’t know about you, but when I receive an interesting email from someone I don’t know and never heard of before, I have my guard up more than I would ...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 11:32 am
The Domains
AB.Org Sells For $12K Heading Our Catching Up With NameJet List
The domain name AB.org sold yesterday on NameJet.com for $11,822 There were 223 people in the auction but only 8 that were willing to bid $5K or more. 9455.com sold for $3,334 Heavylift.com sold for $3,300 Choirs.com sold for $2,845 CashBackCards.com...
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AB.Org Sells For $12K Heading Our Catching Up With NameJet List
The domain name AB.org sold yesterday on NameJet.com for $11,822 There were 223 people in the auction but only 8 that were willing to bid $5K or more. 9455.com sold for $3,334 Heavylift.com sold for $3,300 Choirs.com sold for $2,845 CashBackCards.com...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 10:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Neustar launches new .US branding campaign “Kickstart America”
Company pitches .US domains to small businesses. Neustar, the registry for the .us country code domain name, has launched a new marketing strategy today aimed at small businesses. As part of the new branding the company has relaunched About.us and cr...
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Neustar launches new .US branding campaign “Kickstart America”
Company pitches .US domains to small businesses. Neustar, the registry for the .us country code domain name, has launched a new marketing strategy today aimed at small businesses. As part of the new branding the company has relaunched About.us and cr...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 10:20 am
Domain Shane
Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-10-12
Yesterday’s big news was Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 Billion dollars to which my 12 year old daughter replied “Why didn’t they just downloaded it for free like I did?” I didn’t have an answer that could do ...
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Sunday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 4-10-12
Yesterday’s big news was Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 Billion dollars to which my 12 year old daughter replied “Why didn’t they just downloaded it for free like I did?” I didn’t have an answer that could do ...
Discussion
April 10, 2012, 5:49 am
The Domains
On The Day AT&T Sells Its Interest In The Yellow Pages For $950 Million, An Application For .Yellow Is Announced
On the same day that AT&T sold a majority stake in the Yellow Pages for $950 Million dollars, Techworld.com.au, is reporting that a Melbourne based company is going to apply for the new gTLD of .yellow. “The startup plans to offer brand ori...
Discussion
On The Day AT&T Sells Its Interest In The Yellow Pages For $950 Million, An Application For .Yellow Is Announced
On the same day that AT&T sold a majority stake in the Yellow Pages for $950 Million dollars, Techworld.com.au, is reporting that a Melbourne based company is going to apply for the new gTLD of .yellow. “The startup plans to offer brand ori...
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April 10, 2012, 4:48 am
