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Domain Shane
DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, November 19th
Last month I talked about buying $1000 worth of .us domains that were on sale at Uniregistry for 10 cents. I’m over halfway to breaking even, I sold a second domain for $250 yesterday and I’ve made around $150 in parking. This is kinda f...
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DSAD.COM: IKE’S LIST OF DOMAINS AT AUCTION FOR Saturday, November 19th
Last month I talked about buying $1000 worth of .us domains that were on sale at Uniregistry for 10 cents. I’m over halfway to breaking even, I sold a second domain for $250 yesterday and I’ve made around $150 in parking. This is kinda f...
Discussion
November 19, 2016, 1:46 pm
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales Under $3k That Have Been Developed (pics): Capadocia.com, Helpkin.com, BeerLao.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SolarMagazine.com sold for $2,999 at Sedo, and...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales Under $3k That Have Been Developed (pics): Capadocia.com, Helpkin.com, BeerLao.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SolarMagazine.com sold for $2,999 at Sedo, and...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 9:17 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 17, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 17, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 17, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 17, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 3:50 pm
Domain Shane
The Best Bang For Your Buck in the Domain Industry: LLLL.com Containing Vowels by Oliver Holger
As many of you are aware, when China entered the industry in 2015, prices for short domains skyrocketed. Their interest was quite specific: Chinese-premium four-letter.coms – or ‘Chips’. A little bit of information bef...
Discussion
The Best Bang For Your Buck in the Domain Industry: LLLL.com Containing Vowels by Oliver Holger
As many of you are aware, when China entered the industry in 2015, prices for short domains skyrocketed. Their interest was quite specific: Chinese-premium four-letter.coms – or ‘Chips’. A little bit of information bef...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
Discussion
A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 2:46 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, November 18th
Just a quick note. No amount of marketing, eyeballs, or extra money spent on auction extras is going to help a bad name. Buying a spot on this list, a headline on domaining, or front page of Flippa is going to make a bad name sell for more mon...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, November 18th
Just a quick note. No amount of marketing, eyeballs, or extra money spent on auction extras is going to help a bad name. Buying a spot on this list, a headline on domaining, or front page of Flippa is going to make a bad name sell for more mon...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
Discussion
Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:47 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 16, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 16, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
Discussion
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
Discussion
Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 4:35 pm
