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The Domains
60 Minutes Covered Vine Millionaires on Sunday; Today It’s All Over
On Sunday the television show 60 minutes covered “The Influencers” “Social media stars are earning big money for pitching products in short, often silly, postings seen by millions of followers.” Parts of the 60 Minutes segment...
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60 Minutes Covered Vine Millionaires on Sunday; Today It’s All Over
On Sunday the television show 60 minutes covered “The Influencers” “Social media stars are earning big money for pitching products in short, often silly, postings seen by millions of followers.” Parts of the 60 Minutes segment...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 5:22 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 26, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 26, 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 OCTOBER 26, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 26, 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
October 27, 2016, 5:09 pm
The Domains
$3 Million For TrumpTv.com? TrumpTower.Live & TrumpTowerLive.com Registered Yesterday
Yesterday we published a post about the owner of the domain name TrumpTv.com putting the domain on the market with an asking price of $3 Million. The owner went on to say that the traffic to the domain name went from “about 150,000 people...
Discussion
$3 Million For TrumpTv.com? TrumpTower.Live & TrumpTowerLive.com Registered Yesterday
Yesterday we published a post about the owner of the domain name TrumpTv.com putting the domain on the market with an asking price of $3 Million. The owner went on to say that the traffic to the domain name went from “about 150,000 people...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 4:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Thick Whois is on its way to .com
Current plan is to introduce it for new domains by May 2018. ICANN has opened a comment period about the implementation of Thick Whois in existing top level domains including .com and .net. .Com and .net currently use what’s called a “Thi...
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Thick Whois is on its way to .com
Current plan is to introduce it for new domains by May 2018. ICANN has opened a comment period about the implementation of Thick Whois in existing top level domains including .com and .net. .Com and .net currently use what’s called a “Thi...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Auction for apartments.nyc, realestate.nyc and others ends today
.NYC auction features 20 domain names. A registry auction on NameJet featuring 20 .NYC domain names ends this afternoon. The domain names have a heavy real estate emphasis. Real estate domain names have an obvious appeal in New York City, which is kn...
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Auction for apartments.nyc, realestate.nyc and others ends today
.NYC auction features 20 domain names. A registry auction on NameJet featuring 20 .NYC domain names ends this afternoon. The domain names have a heavy real estate emphasis. Real estate domain names have an obvious appeal in New York City, which is kn...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN files motion to dismiss Donuts’ .Web lawsuit
ICANN says Donuts can’t sue and asks for court to dismiss case. ICANN has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) a lawsuit brought by a Donuts’-owned company over the results of an auction for .Web. Donuts was one of seven applicants for the .we...
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ICANN files motion to dismiss Donuts’ .Web lawsuit
ICANN says Donuts can’t sue and asks for court to dismiss case. ICANN has filed a motion to dismiss (pdf) a lawsuit brought by a Donuts’-owned company over the results of an auction for .Web. Donuts was one of seven applicants for the .we...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 1:41 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, October 27th
It’s Official. The First Ever DSAD.com Auction has started. There are quite a few names. Obviously you will see us promoting the names over the next few weeks but we will make sure to not overwhelm you with just our auction name. &...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, October 27th
It’s Official. The First Ever DSAD.com Auction has started. There are quite a few names. Obviously you will see us promoting the names over the next few weeks but we will make sure to not overwhelm you with just our auction name. &...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 10:15 am
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Tomorrow; Over $30k in Bids Hit Reserve
At this month’s Sedo Great Domains auction, just over $30,000 in bids have met reserve so far, and there are several LLL.com domains knocking on their reserve’s door, so I am hopeful the final sales tally will increase significantly. Of t...
Discussion
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Tomorrow; Over $30k in Bids Hit Reserve
At this month’s Sedo Great Domains auction, just over $30,000 in bids have met reserve so far, and there are several LLL.com domains knocking on their reserve’s door, so I am hopeful the final sales tally will increase significantly. Of t...
Discussion
October 27, 2016, 12:09 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts asks judge to allow limited discovery
Company wants information and documents from Nu Dot Co and Verisign related to .web transaction. New top level domain name company Donuts has asked a judge to let it undertake limited discovery to figure out what happened between Nu Dot Co and Verisi...
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Donuts asks judge to allow limited discovery
Company wants information and documents from Nu Dot Co and Verisign related to .web transaction. New top level domain name company Donuts has asked a judge to let it undertake limited discovery to figure out what happened between Nu Dot Co and Verisi...
Discussion
October 26, 2016, 10:21 pm
The Domains
Guy Who Owns The Domain TrumpTv.com Wants $3 Million For It
TheWrap.com has an exclusive interview with the owner of the domain name TrumpTv.com; Hollywood entrepreneur Fernando Escovar. Mr. Escovar told TheWrap that he bought the domain name back in 2004, and “totally forgot I owned it; Then, all ...
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Guy Who Owns The Domain TrumpTv.com Wants $3 Million For It
TheWrap.com has an exclusive interview with the owner of the domain name TrumpTv.com; Hollywood entrepreneur Fernando Escovar. Mr. Escovar told TheWrap that he bought the domain name back in 2004, and “totally forgot I owned it; Then, all ...
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October 26, 2016, 10:12 pm
