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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
I was one of the final bidders in SOYO.com yesterday. I went up to $7400 and it went all the way up to $8500. I knew it was going to get away from me when the Chinese bidders kept coming in. With SOYO being a large Chinese tech comp...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
I was one of the final bidders in SOYO.com yesterday. I went up to $7400 and it went all the way up to $8500. I knew it was going to get away from me when the Chinese bidders kept coming in. With SOYO being a large Chinese tech comp...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 6:20 am
The Domains
ICANN Sends Out Notices Of Breach Due To Non-Payment Of ICANN Fees
ICANN send three registrars Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement The three domain name registrars are: Dotted Ventures, Inc. (IANA# 833) of Atlanta, GA which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $9,289.10 A. Telecom...
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ICANN Sends Out Notices Of Breach Due To Non-Payment Of ICANN Fees
ICANN send three registrars Notices Of Breach Of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement The three domain name registrars are: Dotted Ventures, Inc. (IANA# 833) of Atlanta, GA which owes past due accreditation fees in the amount of $9,289.10 A. Telecom...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 1:47 am
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On GAC Advice For New gTLD’s
ICANN just opened a comment period to get input on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. Comments can be left from now until the period closed on May 14th 2013 at 23:59 UTC. If...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On GAC Advice For New gTLD’s
ICANN just opened a comment period to get input on the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Beijing Communiqué in which it provided advice on New gTLDs. Comments can be left from now until the period closed on May 14th 2013 at 23:59 UTC. If...
Discussion
April 24, 2013, 1:12 am
Elliot's Blog
Poll: What is Tax.com Worth?
Earlier today, I posted the news about Domain Holdings getting the exclusive brokerage listing for the Tax.com domain name. Not surprisingly, the press release didn’t mention the asking price set buy the buyer, so I don’t know if they are...
Discussion
Poll: What is Tax.com Worth?
Earlier today, I posted the news about Domain Holdings getting the exclusive brokerage listing for the Tax.com domain name. Not surprisingly, the press release didn’t mention the asking price set buy the buyer, so I don’t know if they are...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 6:59 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By TabletScreen.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/15/13 – 4/21/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,003,088. The highest sale was TabletScreen.com, which sold f...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $1MM In Domains Led By TabletScreen.com For $25K
Afternic.com just released its weekly domain sales for the week of 4/15/13 – 4/21/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,003,088. The highest sale was TabletScreen.com, which sold f...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 6:17 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&nb...
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.2 Million
Sedo.com just pubished its weekly report in all 756 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.2m. Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·&nb...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Salesforce launches Social.com
Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to adverti...
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Salesforce launches Social.com
Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to adverti...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 2:58 pm
The Domains
Eytan Elbaz On 10th Anniversary Of Selling Applied Semantics to Google
Eytan Elbaz who was part of the ownership group that sold Applied Semantics (formerly Oingo) to Google gave an interview to AllthingsD.com yesterday on the 10th anniversary of the deal that really gave Google what they needed to put together its Adwo...
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Eytan Elbaz On 10th Anniversary Of Selling Applied Semantics to Google
Eytan Elbaz who was part of the ownership group that sold Applied Semantics (formerly Oingo) to Google gave an interview to AllthingsD.com yesterday on the 10th anniversary of the deal that really gave Google what they needed to put together its Adwo...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 12:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainSkate offers templated UDRP complaints for $399
Low cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up ...
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DomainSkate offers templated UDRP complaints for $399
Low cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up ...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 12:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Internet Giant TenCent bumbles domain dispute
Company drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market ca...
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Internet Giant TenCent bumbles domain dispute
Company drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market ca...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 11:52 am
