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Domain Shane
Will A “Good Samaritan” Cost Godaddy Auctions Millions?
I received an email from someone with an interesting plan. It stated he/she was going to notify “All” dot com owners with expiring domains that their domain was about to expire and be possibly be sold for a million dollars. &nb...
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Will A “Good Samaritan” Cost Godaddy Auctions Millions?
I received an email from someone with an interesting plan. It stated he/she was going to notify “All” dot com owners with expiring domains that their domain was about to expire and be possibly be sold for a million dollars. &nb...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
31 end user domain name sales
Allstate, Batteries Plus among end user buyers. Let’s get right into it…here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week via Afternic and Sedo. Afternic Asian Colour Coated ISPAT LTd (ACCIL) owns ACCIL.info and picked up A...
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31 end user domain name sales
Allstate, Batteries Plus among end user buyers. Let’s get right into it…here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week via Afternic and Sedo. Afternic Asian Colour Coated ISPAT LTd (ACCIL) owns ACCIL.info and picked up A...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 1:59 pm
Domain Name News
Sedo Email Offers Now Include Prices
It’s not a major news story, but Sedo has finally decided to include the offer price in emails they send to domain owners . In the past, when Sedo emailed a domain owner about an offer that has been received, they did not send the offer price. ...
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Sedo Email Offers Now Include Prices
It’s not a major news story, but Sedo has finally decided to include the offer price in emails they send to domain owners . In the past, when Sedo emailed a domain owner about an offer that has been received, they did not send the offer price. ...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 1:34 pm
Domain Name News
Facebook’s New Monetization Strategy – Best News for Domain Owners in Years?
This is a guest post by Kevin Ohashi. Kevin is a 10 year veteran of the domain industry. He currently is working his startup, Review Signal, which transforms the opinions people share publicly on social media into a review site for con...
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Facebook’s New Monetization Strategy – Best News for Domain Owners in Years?
This is a guest post by Kevin Ohashi. Kevin is a 10 year veteran of the domain industry. He currently is working his startup, Review Signal, which transforms the opinions people share publicly on social media into a review site for con...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 1:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
OrderInn.com sues Google Ventures-backed Ordr.in over name
Company claims trademark infringement. Las Vegas company Order Inn, Inc., which uses the domain name OrderInn.com, has sued startup Ordr.in for trademark infringement. Order Inn is a food service provider that connects hotels without their own room s...
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OrderInn.com sues Google Ventures-backed Ordr.in over name
Company claims trademark infringement. Las Vegas company Order Inn, Inc., which uses the domain name OrderInn.com, has sued startup Ordr.in for trademark infringement. Order Inn is a food service provider that connects hotels without their own room s...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 11:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft registers domains for Karaoke web standard
Is Microsoft working on a new web standard? Every once in a while I come across domain name registrations that leave me puzzled. Microsoft registered six domain names yesterday related to “Karaoke Web Standard”. I’ve searched the we...
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Microsoft registers domains for Karaoke web standard
Is Microsoft working on a new web standard? Every once in a while I come across domain name registrations that leave me puzzled. Microsoft registered six domain names yesterday related to “Karaoke Web Standard”. I’ve searched the we...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 10:24 am
The Domains
Tucows.com Opens Up 25%
Following last night’s earnings release and the news that it was launching a tender offer to purchase 6.5 million shares between $1.35 and $1.50, as predicted shares rocked up. As of 9:45 this morning just 15 minutes into the trading day shares...
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Tucows.com Opens Up 25%
Following last night’s earnings release and the news that it was launching a tender offer to purchase 6.5 million shares between $1.35 and $1.50, as predicted shares rocked up. As of 9:45 this morning just 15 minutes into the trading day shares...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 9:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows: 14.1 million domains and Ting has 5,000+ accounts
Tucows continues to grow domain business while mobile phone service Ting gets bigger. Tucows’ total domains under management hit 14.1 million at the end of last quarter, the company announced on its investor conference call last evening. That&r...
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Tucows: 14.1 million domains and Ting has 5,000+ accounts
Tucows continues to grow domain business while mobile phone service Ting gets bigger. Tucows’ total domains under management hit 14.1 million at the end of last quarter, the company announced on its investor conference call last evening. That&r...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 9:42 am
The Domains
With Less Than 3 Hours To Go Sedo’s .Pro Auction
Sedo.com .Pro auction closes today at Noon EST. There are 179 domain names in the auction. As of time of publication with less than 3 hours to go 60 of the 179 domains have bids with 15 of them having hit the reserve price. Leading the way is Video.P...
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With Less Than 3 Hours To Go Sedo’s .Pro Auction
Sedo.com .Pro auction closes today at Noon EST. There are 179 domain names in the auction. As of time of publication with less than 3 hours to go 60 of the 179 domains have bids with 15 of them having hit the reserve price. Leading the way is Video.P...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 9:19 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 14th
Congrats to Andrew and MediaOptions for the excellent hire/partnership of Tess Diaz. She is perhaps one of the nicest people in our industry. She was one of the first people to say hello and help me meet other people at my first conference and she ha...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 14th
Congrats to Andrew and MediaOptions for the excellent hire/partnership of Tess Diaz. She is perhaps one of the nicest people in our industry. She was one of the first people to say hello and help me meet other people at my first conference and she ha...
Discussion
November 14, 2012, 6:14 am
