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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
WTF is up with the weather this year. It’s been 20 degrees below the average temperature all March. Now today we are getting a snowstorm. I have never had to plow accounts this late in the year. I had put all the plows a...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 24th
WTF is up with the weather this year. It’s been 20 degrees below the average temperature all March. Now today we are getting a snowstorm. I have never had to plow accounts this late in the year. I had put all the plows a...
Discussion
March 24, 2013, 7:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Is Google getting ready to make an Open Patent Pledge?
Google registered domain names yesterday for an “Open Patent Pledge”. When Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, it was clear that a big reason for its purchase was Motorola’s patent portfolio. Now it looks like the c...
Discussion
Is Google getting ready to make an Open Patent Pledge?
Google registered domain names yesterday for an “Open Patent Pledge”. When Google acquired Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, it was clear that a big reason for its purchase was Motorola’s patent portfolio. Now it looks like the c...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 1:02 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane Passed 1 Million Visitors This Week
When I first started blogging in 2007 the whole goal was to prove to my wife that I could get 1 million people to visit my site. I accomplished that goal with my first site WallStretFighter and sold it at 8 million visitors. I tried it again with Loo...
Discussion
DomainShane Passed 1 Million Visitors This Week
When I first started blogging in 2007 the whole goal was to prove to my wife that I could get 1 million people to visit my site. I accomplished that goal with my first site WallStretFighter and sold it at 8 million visitors. I tried it again with Loo...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 11:09 am
Elliot's Blog
10 Tips to Find Domain Name Coupons
For most people in the domain investment business, domain name registrations, domain renewals, and transfers make up a big part of our overhead. We all want to save money on domain registrations, and finding domain name coupons can help reduce the co...
Discussion
10 Tips to Find Domain Name Coupons
For most people in the domain investment business, domain name registrations, domain renewals, and transfers make up a big part of our overhead. We all want to save money on domain registrations, and finding domain name coupons can help reduce the co...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 10:26 am
The Domains
New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 ap...
Discussion
New gTLD Application For .APP Is Withdrawn
The 32nd new gTLD application has been withdrawn with ICANN, and today its not for a brand Application but for the most applied for new gTLD, .App. .App you my recall had the most applications submitted to ICANN during the new gTLD program with 13 ap...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 9:16 am
The Domains
Guest Post: Tom Barrett: ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means?
This is a guest post by Tom Barrett who is the founder of EnCirca, an ICANN Registrar, and TM.Biz, a brand protection platform and TM.Biz provided trademark validation services for the .XXX and .PW TLD’s and will be offering pre-validation serv...
Discussion
Guest Post: Tom Barrett: ICANN Expands Trademark Claims Do the Ends Justify the Means?
This is a guest post by Tom Barrett who is the founder of EnCirca, an ICANN Registrar, and TM.Biz, a brand protection platform and TM.Biz provided trademark validation services for the .XXX and .PW TLD’s and will be offering pre-validation serv...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 8:45 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 23rd
As I write this list today I realize that I am a great predictor. I took a lot of flack for criticizing on the pick lists a few months ago. I accused people of doing it only because Namejet had an affiliate program and that they would soon real...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 23rd
As I write this list today I realize that I am a great predictor. I took a lot of flack for criticizing on the pick lists a few months ago. I accused people of doing it only because Namejet had an affiliate program and that they would soon real...
Discussion
March 23, 2013, 6:46 am
Domain Shane
How’d They Do : Daily Namejet and Godaddy Sales Results Friday 3-22 (vipbox.com $16,671)
Godaddy (first price is price with one day left, second in bold is final price) A traffic name took the top spot today with VipBox crossing the $16K mark. And as usual there were a ton of “didn’t make reserve” result...
Discussion
How’d They Do : Daily Namejet and Godaddy Sales Results Friday 3-22 (vipbox.com $16,671)
Godaddy (first price is price with one day left, second in bold is final price) A traffic name took the top spot today with VipBox crossing the $16K mark. And as usual there were a ton of “didn’t make reserve” result...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 9:08 pm
The Domains
Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangr...
Discussion
Another New gTLD Withdraw From ICANN; This Time Its An IDN
Another new gTLD application has been withdrawn and now reflected on ICANN’s site, this one is the first IDN application to be withdrawn The application for 盛貿飯店 (“tradershotels” in traditional Chinese) filed by Shangr...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
First signs of Google’s new domain parking client identification program…
Internet Traffic asks customers to identify themselves as part of new Google initiative. One of the topics discussed extensively in the hallways at Webfest this year was changes Google is making to its parking program. Although I don’t have all...
Discussion
First signs of Google’s new domain parking client identification program…
Internet Traffic asks customers to identify themselves as part of new Google initiative. One of the topics discussed extensively in the hallways at Webfest this year was changes Google is making to its parking program. Although I don’t have all...
Discussion
March 22, 2013, 5:11 pm
