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Domain Shane
7 Questions With Famous Namejet Bidder……… “NameJet Reserve”
Many of you don’t understand. You don’t understand what or who the bids called “Namejet Reserve” are. Are they Namejet running the price up? Are they the account of a VIP? Fortunately we tracked down hi...
Discussion
7 Questions With Famous Namejet Bidder……… “NameJet Reserve”
Many of you don’t understand. You don’t understand what or who the bids called “Namejet Reserve” are. Are they Namejet running the price up? Are they the account of a VIP? Fortunately we tracked down hi...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 12:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Book review: Domain Names Rewired
New book discusses the potential of more top level domain names. Before reading Domain Names Rewired, a new book by Jennifer Wolfe and Anne Chasser, I knew I was going to have two challenges with the book. First, I knew I’d disagree with many o...
Discussion
Book review: Domain Names Rewired
New book discusses the potential of more top level domain names. Before reading Domain Names Rewired, a new book by Jennifer Wolfe and Anne Chasser, I knew I was going to have two challenges with the book. First, I knew I’d disagree with many o...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 12:16 pm
Elliot's Blog
What Was the Best Cyber Monday Domain Industry Deal?
I didn’t buy anything extraordinary for my business as a result of seeing special Cyber Monday deals, but I did see just about every domain registrar, hosting company, and other assorted domain name industry companies promoting specia...
Discussion
What Was the Best Cyber Monday Domain Industry Deal?
I didn’t buy anything extraordinary for my business as a result of seeing special Cyber Monday deals, but I did see just about every domain registrar, hosting company, and other assorted domain name industry companies promoting specia...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 11:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Have you enabled two-factor authentication on GoDaddy.com yet?
Two-factor authentication reduces changes of being phished. Last week a “small number” of Go Daddy customers were affected by a DNS attack. The company suspects the affected accounts were subject to phishing accounts or the users’ c...
Discussion
Have you enabled two-factor authentication on GoDaddy.com yet?
Two-factor authentication reduces changes of being phished. Last week a “small number” of Go Daddy customers were affected by a DNS attack. The company suspects the affected accounts were subject to phishing accounts or the users’ c...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
Lean Domain Search integrates Sedo domain listings
Aftermarket domains debut on Lean Domain Search. I’m a fan of Lean Domain Search, which I think is one of the best domain name generators out there. Until now I’ve had one main beef with the site, and that is that it focused solely on ava...
Discussion
Lean Domain Search integrates Sedo domain listings
Aftermarket domains debut on Lean Domain Search. I’m a fan of Lean Domain Search, which I think is one of the best domain name generators out there. Until now I’ve had one main beef with the site, and that is that it focused solely on ava...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 9:39 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 27th
The Chinese are really boosting the domain market the last few days. Liao.com is over $60,000 with a day left and 25.com may have sold at $1.5 million. Actually I’m not positive either buyer is Chinese but I have my hunches. T...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 27th
The Chinese are really boosting the domain market the last few days. Liao.com is over $60,000 with a day left and 25.com may have sold at $1.5 million. Actually I’m not positive either buyer is Chinese but I have my hunches. T...
Discussion
November 27, 2012, 6:46 am
The Domains
ICA Tells Dept Of Commerce To Make Verisign Roll Back .Com Prices By $2 & Limit Increases To CPI
In a 16 page letter sent by Phil Corwin the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice, the ICA urges that the Verisign contract to operate the .com registry not be approved unless...
Discussion
ICA Tells Dept Of Commerce To Make Verisign Roll Back .Com Prices By $2 & Limit Increases To CPI
In a 16 page letter sent by Phil Corwin the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) to the U.S. Department of Commerce and the Department of Justice, the ICA urges that the Verisign contract to operate the .com registry not be approved unless...
Discussion
November 26, 2012, 10:00 pm
The Domains
GED.net Hit With UDRP & Its Not A Parked Page
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GED.net, by the American Council on Education GED Testing Service LLC whose official site is Acenet.edu. According to its site, The American Council on Education (ACE) develops and delivers the GED ...
Discussion
GED.net Hit With UDRP & Its Not A Parked Page
A UDRP has just been filed on the domain name GED.net, by the American Council on Education GED Testing Service LLC whose official site is Acenet.edu. According to its site, The American Council on Education (ACE) develops and delivers the GED ...
Discussion
November 26, 2012, 5:56 pm
Domain Shane
The Death Tax Is Going to Kill You: Wealthy U.S. Domain Investors Better Hope They Don’t Die in 2013
If you own over a million dollars worth of domains or any assets for that matter, your family better hope you don’t die. Because on January 1st, the estate tax threshold moves from $5 million ($5.12 to be exact) all the way down to ...
Discussion
The Death Tax Is Going to Kill You: Wealthy U.S. Domain Investors Better Hope They Don’t Die in 2013
If you own over a million dollars worth of domains or any assets for that matter, your family better hope you don’t die. Because on January 1st, the estate tax threshold moves from $5 million ($5.12 to be exact) all the way down to ...
Discussion
November 26, 2012, 5:25 pm
The Domains
ICE Seizes 132 Domains & This Time Its Global, Not Just .Com & .Net
ICE today announced that 132 domain names were seized for selling counterfeit products. However not only were .com’s and .net’s targeted this time. While 101 of the domain names were with a registry located in the United States, 31 ccTLD&...
Discussion
ICE Seizes 132 Domains & This Time Its Global, Not Just .Com & .Net
ICE today announced that 132 domain names were seized for selling counterfeit products. However not only were .com’s and .net’s targeted this time. While 101 of the domain names were with a registry located in the United States, 31 ccTLD&...
Discussion
November 26, 2012, 2:36 pm
