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Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 8, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 8, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 8, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 8, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
December 9, 2016, 8:13 pm
The Domains
Radix issues a challenge to the domain industry
With the launch of .Fun, Radix is challenging the domain industry to the Mannequin Challenge. December is here & everyone needs to have some .FUN! Radix Radicals attempt the #MannequinChallenge Who is up for the challenge next? #ntlds pic.twitter...
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Radix issues a challenge to the domain industry
With the launch of .Fun, Radix is challenging the domain industry to the Mannequin Challenge. December is here & everyone needs to have some .FUN! Radix Radicals attempt the #MannequinChallenge Who is up for the challenge next? #ntlds pic.twitter...
Discussion
December 9, 2016, 5:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
Discussion
Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
Discussion
December 9, 2016, 3:10 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 9th
We have a lot of big expenditures in life. The two biggest are our homes and our education. From our own to our kids. A college education at many schools now run $200K or more and I am about to have one of those expenditures coming up. I am fo...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 9th
We have a lot of big expenditures in life. The two biggest are our homes and our education. From our own to our kids. A college education at many schools now run $200K or more and I am about to have one of those expenditures coming up. I am fo...
Discussion
December 9, 2016, 10:15 am
The Domains
MotorcycleHelmets.com sold by GoDaddy – A look back at the previous negotiation
Michael Berkens purchased MotorcycleHelmets.com back in 2010, and it looks like GoDaddy/Namefind sold the domain to a buyer using privacy protection at Name.com. The domain was bought in January 2010 at the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction. The domain was a...
Discussion
MotorcycleHelmets.com sold by GoDaddy – A look back at the previous negotiation
Michael Berkens purchased MotorcycleHelmets.com back in 2010, and it looks like GoDaddy/Namefind sold the domain to a buyer using privacy protection at Name.com. The domain was bought in January 2010 at the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction. The domain was a...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
Discussion
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 5:28 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Reports $725K in Domain Sales in November 2016
Namejet.com has just released its domain sales report for November, 2016 totaling just under $725,000 in sales. Only domain names selling for $2,000 or more are included in the report and only those domain names for which payment were received in Nov...
Discussion
Namejet.com Reports $725K in Domain Sales in November 2016
Namejet.com has just released its domain sales report for November, 2016 totaling just under $725,000 in sales. Only domain names selling for $2,000 or more are included in the report and only those domain names for which payment were received in Nov...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 4:47 pm
The Domains
Google Acquires Debug.com
Google has acquired the domain name Debug.com The domain name was parked and under privacy at Uniregistry. The domain sold back in November 11, 2006 for $15K and again for $17,000 2 1/2 years later in April 2009. The domain name is now owned by Googl...
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Google Acquires Debug.com
Google has acquired the domain name Debug.com The domain name was parked and under privacy at Uniregistry. The domain sold back in November 11, 2006 for $15K and again for $17,000 2 1/2 years later in April 2009. The domain name is now owned by Googl...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 3:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
Discussion
Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 2:21 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 7, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 7, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 7, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 7, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 1:27 pm
