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Elliot's Blog
Sedo Sells End.com for $100k
Just sold end(.)com for $100,000.Congrats to buyer and seller! — dave evanson (@SedoDaveEvanson) March 22, 2012 Sedo broker Dave Evanson just reported that his company sold End.com for $100,000. The Whois has already changed, but it&rsqu...
Discussion
Sedo Sells End.com for $100k
Just sold end(.)com for $100,000.Congrats to buyer and seller! — dave evanson (@SedoDaveEvanson) March 22, 2012 Sedo broker Dave Evanson just reported that his company sold End.com for $100,000. The Whois has already changed, but it&rsqu...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 6:10 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Update: Parking Performance Optimal
Last week, I let you know about an email Sedo sent to its parking customersletting them know the company would make them whole after some issues arose following a DDoS attack on its servers. Yesterday afternoon, Sedo followed up on this email to let ...
Discussion
Sedo Update: Parking Performance Optimal
Last week, I let you know about an email Sedo sent to its parking customersletting them know the company would make them whole after some issues arose following a DDoS attack on its servers. Yesterday afternoon, Sedo followed up on this email to let ...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 3:35 pm
Domain Shane
Compare Local Advertising Prices For All Media Vs. A Domain
We’ve talked about the cost of a national ad campaign but what about local? If you run a Geo based website or want to promote in a local market how does that compare? I live in a town with approx 200,000 plus another 40,000 st...
Discussion
Compare Local Advertising Prices For All Media Vs. A Domain
We’ve talked about the cost of a national ad campaign but what about local? If you run a Geo based website or want to promote in a local market how does that compare? I live in a town with approx 200,000 plus another 40,000 st...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 3:22 pm
Elliot's Blog
InformationWeek: NYC Selects Neustar to Run .NYC Registry
According to an article on InformationWeek, the city of New York has selected Virginia-based Neustar to apply for and manage the .NYC gTLD. InformationWeek’s source is Nicholas Sbordone, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Informa...
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InformationWeek: NYC Selects Neustar to Run .NYC Registry
According to an article on InformationWeek, the city of New York has selected Virginia-based Neustar to apply for and manage the .NYC gTLD. InformationWeek’s source is Nicholas Sbordone, a spokesperson for the city’s Department of Informa...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 2:04 pm
The Domains
NameMedia Promotes Jason Miner To COO
In its second promotion in two weeks, NameMedia, today announced the promotion of Jason Miner to Chief Operating Officer. Two weeks ago it promoted Bob Mountain to Vice President of Business Development. “”Miner has been a key executive t...
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NameMedia Promotes Jason Miner To COO
In its second promotion in two weeks, NameMedia, today announced the promotion of Jason Miner to Chief Operating Officer. Two weeks ago it promoted Bob Mountain to Vice President of Business Development. “”Miner has been a key executive t...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain sales are going up. Way up.
Just ask the company that handles a good portion of the private transactions. Afternic and Sedo release weekly sales reports that are reported by a number of domain blogs. DNJournal aggregates reports from these sources and others. But at the end of ...
Discussion
Domain sales are going up. Way up.
Just ask the company that handles a good portion of the private transactions. Afternic and Sedo release weekly sales reports that are reported by a number of domain blogs. DNJournal aggregates reports from these sources and others. But at the end of ...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 12:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
Neat Tool to Find Domain Names
I use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) to find available domain names to hand register. To do this, I enter my search term, extract a list of 100 keywords and keyword terms, paste them in my registrar’s bulk domain name lookup box, see wh...
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Neat Tool to Find Domain Names
I use the Google Adwords Keyword Tool (GAKT) to find available domain names to hand register. To do this, I enter my search term, extract a list of 100 keywords and keyword terms, paste them in my registrar’s bulk domain name lookup box, see wh...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 11:51 am
The Domains
OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
Discussion
OMGPOP Purchased Yesterday By Zynga For $210 Million Was The Buyer Of DrawSomething.com
A week ago we wrote about the domain name DrawSomething.com selling on Afternic for $3,000 As we noted the domain was under privacy at Godaddy and actually still is but the domain is now forwarding to the developer of the App omgpop.com. Meaning that...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 11:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Kraft gets domain for snack division spin-off for just $10
Kraft able to hand register domains for spin-off snack company. Yesterday I wrote about how Abbott Labs was able to freely register the domain name for its new pharmaceuticals spin-off, AbbVie. AbbVie.com was available. Now Kraft has announced the na...
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Kraft gets domain for snack division spin-off for just $10
Kraft able to hand register domains for spin-off snack company. Yesterday I wrote about how Abbott Labs was able to freely register the domain name for its new pharmaceuticals spin-off, AbbVie. AbbVie.com was available. Now Kraft has announced the na...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain privacy isn’t free, Thursday edition
Responding to lawsuits is expensive. I keep preaching about how providing whois privacy services isn’t free for domain registrars, and here’s another example. Timothy Sykes has just sued Moniker (pdf) in federal district court to find out...
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Domain privacy isn’t free, Thursday edition
Responding to lawsuits is expensive. I keep preaching about how providing whois privacy services isn’t free for domain registrars, and here’s another example. Timothy Sykes has just sued Moniker (pdf) in federal district court to find out...
Discussion
March 22, 2012, 10:28 am
