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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow
Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have...
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Very active Moniker Spring Auction ends tomorrow
Domain name auction that ends tomorrow has lots of activity. The Moniker Spring Auction on SnapNames doesn’t end until tomorrow, but bidding is already very active. The auction features 199 domain names and 33 of them already have bids. 22 have...
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May 8, 2013, 9:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Electronic Arts buys BF4.com for Battlefield 4 (and other end user sales)
Electronic Arts among the big name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had some big sales last week, including Moms.com for $252,000. The whois record for Moms.com still shows Sedo, so we don’t yet know how bought the domain. Here are some of Sedo&r...
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Electronic Arts buys BF4.com for Battlefield 4 (and other end user sales)
Electronic Arts among the big name buyers at Sedo last week. Sedo had some big sales last week, including Moms.com for $252,000. The whois record for Moms.com still shows Sedo, so we don’t yet know how bought the domain. Here are some of Sedo&r...
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May 8, 2013, 9:26 am
Domain Name Wire
How Demand Media sees its domain name business
Domain business positioned as end-to-end domain provider, spin-out on track. Demand Media just concluded its first quarter earnings conference call, and much of the talk centered on new TLDs. The company is working to spin out its domain name busines...
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How Demand Media sees its domain name business
Domain business positioned as end-to-end domain provider, spin-out on track. Demand Media just concluded its first quarter earnings conference call, and much of the talk centered on new TLDs. The company is working to spin out its domain name busines...
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May 7, 2013, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Demand Media touts new TLDs in latest earnings, domains increase to 14 million
Demand Media puts new TLDs front and center in earnings release. Demand Media just released its first quarter earnings. It reported a slight profit of $0.7M before adjustments. But more interesting to the domain world is the focus the company’s...
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Demand Media touts new TLDs in latest earnings, domains increase to 14 million
Demand Media puts new TLDs front and center in earnings release. Demand Media just released its first quarter earnings. It reported a slight profit of $0.7M before adjustments. But more interesting to the domain world is the focus the company’s...
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May 7, 2013, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Escrow.com tops $1.5 billion in transactions
Milestone shows that Escrow.com is growing very fast. I seems like just last year that I was writing about Escrow.com topping the $1 billion mark. And that’s because it was just last year that the company announced it had crossed the $1 billion...
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Escrow.com tops $1.5 billion in transactions
Milestone shows that Escrow.com is growing very fast. I seems like just last year that I was writing about Escrow.com topping the $1 billion mark. And that’s because it was just last year that the company announced it had crossed the $1 billion...
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May 7, 2013, 12:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
My first domain sale through DomainNameSales.com
I sold my first domain through DNS. What have your experiences been? Last week I completed my first domain sale using the Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales.com platform. One thing that is a bit confusing at first is how the communications work inside ...
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My first domain sale through DomainNameSales.com
I sold my first domain through DNS. What have your experiences been? Last week I completed my first domain sale using the Internet Traffic/DomainNameSales.com platform. One thing that is a bit confusing at first is how the communications work inside ...
Discussion
May 7, 2013, 10:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts: Hurry up. Verisign: slow down.
Many new TLD applicants will take a less-than-ideal contract if it means a faster time to market. When it comes to the new top level domain registry agreement, what you have to gain or lose from new TLDs being introduced will greatly shape your opion...
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Donuts: Hurry up. Verisign: slow down.
Many new TLD applicants will take a less-than-ideal contract if it means a faster time to market. When it comes to the new top level domain registry agreement, what you have to gain or lose from new TLDs being introduced will greatly shape your opion...
Discussion
May 6, 2013, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Secure applicants take note: company isn’t giving up trademark battle yet
Company that filed .secure trademark application appeals USPTO ruling. The Wisconsin company that wants to trademark .secure hasn’t given up yet. I first wrote about Asif LLC in 2010 when it filed a trademark application for .secure. It also fi...
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.Secure applicants take note: company isn’t giving up trademark battle yet
Company that filed .secure trademark application appeals USPTO ruling. The Wisconsin company that wants to trademark .secure hasn’t given up yet. I first wrote about Asif LLC in 2010 when it filed a trademark application for .secure. It also fi...
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May 6, 2013, 11:33 am
Domain Name Wire
.GD is another wake up call to tech firms about ccTLDs
Does the term “shadow registry” concern you? It should if you own a .gd domain name. Over the past few years startups and tech darlings have increasingly embraced “cute” ccTLDs and domain hacks that include ccTLDs. A key examp...
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.GD is another wake up call to tech firms about ccTLDs
Does the term “shadow registry” concern you? It should if you own a .gd domain name. Over the past few years startups and tech darlings have increasingly embraced “cute” ccTLDs and domain hacks that include ccTLDs. A key examp...
Discussion
May 6, 2013, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
WaterNight returns at TRAFFIC Vegas
Fundraising event in Las Vegas this month will benefit Water School. Water School, a non-profit that helps bring clean water to those in developing countries, will host its second WaterNight during TRAFFIC in Las Vegas this month. The group hosted th...
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WaterNight returns at TRAFFIC Vegas
Fundraising event in Las Vegas this month will benefit Water School. Water School, a non-profit that helps bring clean water to those in developing countries, will host its second WaterNight during TRAFFIC in Las Vegas this month. The group hosted th...
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May 6, 2013, 9:52 am
