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The Domains
Two Letter Domain ZY.com Hits The Auction Block “After Nearly 20 Years”
According to a press release tonight the two letter .com domain name ZY.com has hit the auction block. The auction is already started at Sedo.com with an opening bid of $25K (reserve is higher) The PR indicates that this is the first time that this d...
Discussion
Two Letter Domain ZY.com Hits The Auction Block “After Nearly 20 Years”
According to a press release tonight the two letter .com domain name ZY.com has hit the auction block. The auction is already started at Sedo.com with an opening bid of $25K (reserve is higher) The PR indicates that this is the first time that this d...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 7:12 pm
The Domains
$135,000 In Bids Go To Waste As 5 Domain Names Fail To Hit Reserve On NameJet
5 Domains at auction totaling almost $135,000 went unsold today at NameJet.com as they all failed to meet the reserve price set by the sellers. Trumpet.com last sold for $70K (publicly anyway) on NameJet.com in May 2009. Guess the owner didn’t ...
Discussion
$135,000 In Bids Go To Waste As 5 Domain Names Fail To Hit Reserve On NameJet
5 Domains at auction totaling almost $135,000 went unsold today at NameJet.com as they all failed to meet the reserve price set by the sellers. Trumpet.com last sold for $70K (publicly anyway) on NameJet.com in May 2009. Guess the owner didn’t ...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 6:31 pm
Elliot's Blog
Are Demand Media Insiders Holding?
Let me start off by saying that when it comes to the stock market, I let professionals handle my accounts. I dabbled in day trading a few years ago, and it didn’t end very well at all. That being said, I am noticing something interesting ...
Discussion
Are Demand Media Insiders Holding?
Let me start off by saying that when it comes to the stock market, I let professionals handle my accounts. I dabbled in day trading a few years ago, and it didn’t end very well at all. That being said, I am noticing something interesting ...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 4:28 pm
Elliot's Blog
Grid.com Sold for $275,000 via Sedo
Sedo domain broker Dave Evanson is reporting that he brokered the sale of Grid.com for $275,000. With a creation date of 1992, Grid.com is one of the oldest domain names created. At the present time, the sale of Grid.com will rank in the top 15 domai...
Discussion
Grid.com Sold for $275,000 via Sedo
Sedo domain broker Dave Evanson is reporting that he brokered the sale of Grid.com for $275,000. With a creation date of 1992, Grid.com is one of the oldest domain names created. At the present time, the sale of Grid.com will rank in the top 15 domai...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Domain Name Wire Stories of July 2011
A sizzling July in domain name news. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by page views. 1. Bob Parsons Explains Go Daddy – KKR Deal to Domain Name Wire – Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons explains what the inves...
Discussion
Top Domain Name Wire Stories of July 2011
A sizzling July in domain name news. Here are the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month ranked by page views. 1. Bob Parsons Explains Go Daddy – KKR Deal to Domain Name Wire – Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons explains what the inves...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 3:05 pm
Elliot's Blog
John Berryhill Defeats Harvard (Lampoon) in Battle Over Lampoon.com
John Berryhill is known as one of the most successful domain attorneys, and in a UDRP decision that was released today, he successfully defended Reflex Publishing’s ownership of Lampoon.com. As I reported back in May, the Harvard Lampoon filed ...
Discussion
John Berryhill Defeats Harvard (Lampoon) in Battle Over Lampoon.com
John Berryhill is known as one of the most successful domain attorneys, and in a UDRP decision that was released today, he successfully defended Reflex Publishing’s ownership of Lampoon.com. As I reported back in May, the Harvard Lampoon filed ...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 1:22 pm
Domain Shane
Complete List of Dot Gov Domains Now Available: Your Tax Dollars At Work at IndianAffairs.gov and More
Whether your curious or actually need to find information, the US Government released this month a complete list (minus subdomains) of every dot gov domain. It’s an extensive list I and I can only imagine how much money is being spent to ...
Discussion
Complete List of Dot Gov Domains Now Available: Your Tax Dollars At Work at IndianAffairs.gov and More
Whether your curious or actually need to find information, the US Government released this month a complete list (minus subdomains) of every dot gov domain. It’s an extensive list I and I can only imagine how much money is being spent to ...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 12:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Launching New Marketplace Today
I was just informed that there are going to be some noticeable changes at Sedo, and I want to let you know about them in case you are a regular Sedo buyer or seller. From my own experience, when a company changes the design and/or functiona...
Discussion
Sedo Launching New Marketplace Today
I was just informed that there are going to be some noticeable changes at Sedo, and I want to let you know about them in case you are a regular Sedo buyer or seller. From my own experience, when a company changes the design and/or functiona...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 11:21 am
Domain Name Wire
A Smart Whois Verification Feature on Sedo
Many “sales” of domains people don’t own are by accident. When domainers let domain names expire or sell them, their first trip usually isn’t to update online sales listings for the domain names. As a result, most of us have h...
Discussion
A Smart Whois Verification Feature on Sedo
Many “sales” of domains people don’t own are by accident. When domainers let domain names expire or sell them, their first trip usually isn’t to update online sales listings for the domain names. As a result, most of us have h...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 9:29 am
The Domains
Rick Schwartz Puts Up MinneapolisPlasticSurgerySUCKS.com Over A Dispute On The .Co & Repeats It On Ass.com
Well the Domain King, Rick Schwartz is on the war path over a dispute regarding the domain MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.co which he says he offered to the owners of MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.com upon a demand for the generic domain. However even after o...
Discussion
Rick Schwartz Puts Up MinneapolisPlasticSurgerySUCKS.com Over A Dispute On The .Co & Repeats It On Ass.com
Well the Domain King, Rick Schwartz is on the war path over a dispute regarding the domain MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.co which he says he offered to the owners of MinneapolisPlasticSurgery.com upon a demand for the generic domain. However even after o...
Discussion
August 1, 2011, 9:16 am
