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Domain Name Wire
Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
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Rightside gets Phished
W-2 information stolen. A lot of domain names have been stolen when domain name registrar customers have been duped by phishing emails. Now a registrar itself has fallen victim to a phishing attack. As reported on GeekWire earlier today, someone at d...
Discussion
February 26, 2016, 12:04 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/25/16 Verisign up – Minds + Machines off 5.7%
Market Recap 2/25/16 Neustar (NSR) was the top gainer today up 3.4% and the stock is up over 18% since Feb 10. Verisign (VRSN) was up $1.13 to $84.33. Minds + Machines (MMX) was off 5.7% at 8.25P Alphabet Inc GOOGL 729.12 +8.22 (1.14%) Godaddy Inc GD...
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Market Recap 2/25/16 Verisign up – Minds + Machines off 5.7%
Market Recap 2/25/16 Neustar (NSR) was the top gainer today up 3.4% and the stock is up over 18% since Feb 10. Verisign (VRSN) was up $1.13 to $84.33. Minds + Machines (MMX) was off 5.7% at 8.25P Alphabet Inc GOOGL 729.12 +8.22 (1.14%) Godaddy Inc GD...
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February 25, 2016, 9:55 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Vowels are no problem when there are two of the same and only three characters total. aa6.com sold for $4,593 today – great price and also the reason for the 30 day 763% increase for 3C.com. table, th, td { border: 1px sol...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 25, 2016
Vowels are no problem when there are two of the same and only three characters total. aa6.com sold for $4,593 today – great price and also the reason for the 30 day 763% increase for 3C.com. table, th, td { border: 1px sol...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
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BrandShield files patent application covering its brand protection tools
Application explains inner workings of BrandShield’s technology. Last week Angie Graves, writing for Domain Name Wire, told the story of brand-protection company BrandShield. Today, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent applic...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
2016 Domain Name Wire Survey – Registrars
Why do you use your domain name registrar? Which one is best? This is the 11th year Domain Name Wire has run a survey to get a pulse on the domain name business. And 11 years in, why not change it up a bit? For 2016, the survey will be split into mul...
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2016 Domain Name Wire Survey – Registrars
Why do you use your domain name registrar? Which one is best? This is the 11th year Domain Name Wire has run a survey to get a pulse on the domain name business. And 11 years in, why not change it up a bit? For 2016, the survey will be split into mul...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
More End User Domain Name Sales
Here are some end users that bought domain names over the past week. Finding end user sales at Sedo was a bit tough this week, but not because of a lack of overall sales. Sedo handled another $2 million in domain transactions during the week. The com...
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More End User Domain Name Sales
Here are some end users that bought domain names over the past week. Finding end user sales at Sedo was a bit tough this week, but not because of a lack of overall sales. Sedo handled another $2 million in domain transactions during the week. The com...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 2:52 pm
The Domains
.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names reg...
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.Pet Went Live On Tuesday & Has Over 5.4K Domains Registrations
The new gTLD .Pet went live into general availability (GA) on Tuesday where is could be registered on a first come, first served basis and according to ntlstats.com .Pet has 5,428 domain name registered. There were less than 100 .Pet domain names reg...
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February 25, 2016, 1:24 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 25th
Yesterday was a long day. We had a blizzard and as you probably know, I run a snow removal crew (yes I have my hand in everything). Most people just hunker down in blizzards but I see dollar signs. I love them because we really are...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 25th
Yesterday was a long day. We had a blizzard and as you probably know, I run a snow removal crew (yes I have my hand in everything). Most people just hunker down in blizzards but I see dollar signs. I love them because we really are...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 10:01 am
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Soon – 35 Domains Hit Reserve
This month’s Sedo Great Domains auction will have a solid percentage of their domains sell, with 35 of the 92 domains currently hitting reserve, and more hopefully to follow in the coming 11 hours before the auction closes. Some of the big doll...
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Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Soon – 35 Domains Hit Reserve
This month’s Sedo Great Domains auction will have a solid percentage of their domains sell, with 35 of the 92 domains currently hitting reserve, and more hopefully to follow in the coming 11 hours before the auction closes. Some of the big doll...
Discussion
February 25, 2016, 5:58 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
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Market Recap 2/24/16 Minds + Machines up – United Internet Down
Market Recap 2/24/16 United Internet (UTDI) the parent company of Sedo was off close to 3% today. Verisign (VRSN) was up close to 1% back over $83 and closed at $83.20. Minds + Machines (MMX) got back to 9P and the stock is up close to 25% over the l...
Discussion
February 24, 2016, 10:00 pm
