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Sedo Sales for the Previous Week Including GamesForGirls.com at $500,000
This week’s top 5 reported sales at Sedo this week were: GamesForGirls.com at $500,000 USD tz.com $80,000 USD chinastock.com $50,000 USD myshow.com $51,250 USD fashionette.com $35,000 USD MyShow.com now is a Australian based video website. The ...
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Sedo Sales for the Previous Week Including GamesForGirls.com at $500,000
This week’s top 5 reported sales at Sedo this week were: GamesForGirls.com at $500,000 USD tz.com $80,000 USD chinastock.com $50,000 USD myshow.com $51,250 USD fashionette.com $35,000 USD MyShow.com now is a Australian based video website. The ...
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February 22, 2011, 5:20 pm
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Sex.com Domain Sale Entered into Guinness Book of World Records
The Sale of Sex.com has now been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry is currently listed online only, but will be included in the next print edition. The domain name was sold for $13 million USD by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings ...
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Sex.com Domain Sale Entered into Guinness Book of World Records
The Sale of Sex.com has now been entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry is currently listed online only, but will be included in the next print edition. The domain name was sold for $13 million USD by Escom LLC to Clover Holdings ...
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February 22, 2011, 10:45 am
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Boxcar Relaunches, No More Reloading on Auction Listings
While at DOMAINfest we were surprised to meet Miguel Fiol, the founder of Boxcar and main brain behind DomainConsultant, at an early breakfast. Those who know him know that he usually does not hit the conference circuit before noon. But it was even m...
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Boxcar Relaunches, No More Reloading on Auction Listings
While at DOMAINfest we were surprised to meet Miguel Fiol, the founder of Boxcar and main brain behind DomainConsultant, at an early breakfast. Those who know him know that he usually does not hit the conference circuit before noon. But it was even m...
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February 18, 2011, 3:38 pm
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ICE Accidentally Takes Down 84,000 Websites
As reported before, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken to seizing domain names when it sees potential copyright infringement or other unlawful items. On February 15th, as part of their “Operation Protect Our Children&rdquo...
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ICE Accidentally Takes Down 84,000 Websites
As reported before, the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has taken to seizing domain names when it sees potential copyright infringement or other unlawful items. On February 15th, as part of their “Operation Protect Our Children&rdquo...
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February 17, 2011, 2:36 pm
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ICANN Meeting in June Moved from Jordan
According to an email by David A. Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support at ICANN, sent to the GNSO mailinglist , ICANN will move it’s 41st public meeting from Jordan due to security concerns. The meeting will be held from June 19th ...
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ICANN Meeting in June Moved from Jordan
According to an email by David A. Olive, Vice President, Policy Development Support at ICANN, sent to the GNSO mailinglist , ICANN will move it’s 41st public meeting from Jordan due to security concerns. The meeting will be held from June 19th ...
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February 17, 2011, 2:31 pm
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DomainTools Relaunches Site
After DomainTools was purchased by Thought Convergence in 2008 many things happened. A settled lawsuit, forming it up as a separate company, a new Board of Advisors, new office space and 30% new employees. And now the company relaunched their website...
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DomainTools Relaunches Site
After DomainTools was purchased by Thought Convergence in 2008 many things happened. A settled lawsuit, forming it up as a separate company, a new Board of Advisors, new office space and 30% new employees. And now the company relaunched their website...
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February 16, 2011, 9:53 am
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Sedo Sells Award.com for $56,005 USD
Highlights include award.com leading .COM sales at 56,005 USD, reiseziele.de (travel destinations in German) leading ccTLDs at 20,000 EUR (appx. $27,000 USD), and musik.org (music in German) leading the other category at 11,000 EUR (appx. $15,000 USD...
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Sedo Sells Award.com for $56,005 USD
Highlights include award.com leading .COM sales at 56,005 USD, reiseziele.de (travel destinations in German) leading ccTLDs at 20,000 EUR (appx. $27,000 USD), and musik.org (music in German) leading the other category at 11,000 EUR (appx. $15,000 USD...
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February 15, 2011, 6:42 pm
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AfterNIC Sales Report
Once again Afternic was kind enough to share a selection of their top domain sales through their network during the previous week. The domain names sold originate from the company’s Buydomains portfolio and clients. 115 domain name sales that s...
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AfterNIC Sales Report
Once again Afternic was kind enough to share a selection of their top domain sales through their network during the previous week. The domain names sold originate from the company’s Buydomains portfolio and clients. 115 domain name sales that s...
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February 15, 2011, 3:34 pm
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SnapNames to Increase Prices Starting Tomorrow
According to an email just sent out by SnapNames the pricing for backordering deletion domain names will increase from $59 to $69 starting tomorrow. See the full text of the email below: On February 15, SnapNames will raise the starting bid for backo...
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SnapNames to Increase Prices Starting Tomorrow
According to an email just sent out by SnapNames the pricing for backordering deletion domain names will increase from $59 to $69 starting tomorrow. See the full text of the email below: On February 15, SnapNames will raise the starting bid for backo...
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February 14, 2011, 8:28 pm
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Want Media Attention? Mention Playboy Mansion and Sick Visitors In Same Sentence
It sounds like something from an episode of CSI: Hollywood Hills. Enter a group of young professionals partying it up at a fund-rasier at the famous Playboy Mansion. Cut ahead 24-hours, and one of the “guests” is writhing in pain, s...
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Want Media Attention? Mention Playboy Mansion and Sick Visitors In Same Sentence
It sounds like something from an episode of CSI: Hollywood Hills. Enter a group of young professionals partying it up at a fund-rasier at the famous Playboy Mansion. Cut ahead 24-hours, and one of the “guests” is writhing in pain, s...
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February 13, 2011, 12:20 am
