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The Domains
Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
Discussion
Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 11:45 am
The Domains
Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
Discussion
Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 11:30 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com’s Quidsi acquires Afterschool.com
A new Quidsi store in the works? Amazon.com’s Quidsi, the company behind stores with great domains such as Diapers.com, Soap.com (cleaning and personal care), YoYo.com (toy), and Wag.com (pet stuff), has purchased the domain name Afterschool.co...
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Amazon.com’s Quidsi acquires Afterschool.com
A new Quidsi store in the works? Amazon.com’s Quidsi, the company behind stores with great domains such as Diapers.com, Soap.com (cleaning and personal care), YoYo.com (toy), and Wag.com (pet stuff), has purchased the domain name Afterschool.co...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Another digital archery service launches. Here’s how you should pay for one of these services.
Digital archery services are a no lose proposition — for the service provider. I just got a press release from an outfit called Digital Archery Hotshots, the latest company to offer digital archery solutions for ICANN’s batching process. ...
Discussion
Another digital archery service launches. Here’s how you should pay for one of these services.
Digital archery services are a no lose proposition — for the service provider. I just got a press release from an outfit called Digital Archery Hotshots, the latest company to offer digital archery solutions for ICANN’s batching process. ...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 10:58 am
Elliot's Blog
Guest Post for Charity
I will be traveling for a couple of weeks at the beginning of July, and I want to extend an offer I made last year. Although I’ve been writing a series of articles with tips and business information that aren’t time sensitive to be posted...
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Guest Post for Charity
I will be traveling for a couple of weeks at the beginning of July, and I want to extend an offer I made last year. Although I’ve been writing a series of articles with tips and business information that aren’t time sensitive to be posted...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 9:25 am
Domain Name Wire
MediaSet.com decision reversed, owner can keep domain
MediaSet.com can remain with domain registrant. In April I wrote about how a court had apparently ruled that Italy’s largest broadcaster, MediaSet, had rights to the domain name MediaSet.com. MediaSet is controlled by former Italian Prime Minis...
Discussion
MediaSet.com decision reversed, owner can keep domain
MediaSet.com can remain with domain registrant. In April I wrote about how a court had apparently ruled that Italy’s largest broadcaster, MediaSet, had rights to the domain name MediaSet.com. MediaSet is controlled by former Italian Prime Minis...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 9:10 am
The Domains
Right Of The Dot™ Launches Contention Resolution Service For Conflicting gTLD Applicants
According to a press release, going out tomorrow, Right Of The Dot™, LLC is launching a Contention Resolution Service for new gTLD applicants who have applied for the same or confusingly similar domain name extension as other applica...
Discussion
Right Of The Dot™ Launches Contention Resolution Service For Conflicting gTLD Applicants
According to a press release, going out tomorrow, Right Of The Dot™, LLC is launching a Contention Resolution Service for new gTLD applicants who have applied for the same or confusingly similar domain name extension as other applica...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 8:30 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 6-19-12
Light list this morning. I am getting tired of all the tools I use to look through names having problems. You would think that after all the effort put towards building these things they would keep it running. But No. ...
Discussion
Tuesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 6-19-12
Light list this morning. I am getting tired of all the tools I use to look through names having problems. You would think that after all the effort put towards building these things they would keep it running. But No. ...
Discussion
June 19, 2012, 6:12 am
Elliot's Blog
Dot… Worthless?
One fun way to speculate what companies were applying for which gTLD extensions was to look through all of the dotWhatever.com, .net, and .org domain registrations to see who owns the names. Since many applicants have been posturing for qui...
Discussion
Dot… Worthless?
One fun way to speculate what companies were applying for which gTLD extensions was to look through all of the dotWhatever.com, .net, and .org domain registrations to see who owns the names. Since many applicants have been posturing for qui...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 8:03 pm
The Domains
SnapNames.com Featured Auction Closing Tommorow June 19th, Only Has Two Domains With Bids
The SnapNames.com Featured Auction for June is closing Tomorrow June 19th at 3:15pm EST and as time of publication there are only two domain names with bids. MobileHomeInvesting.com has a bid of $1,051, but has not hit the reserve price which is some...
Discussion
SnapNames.com Featured Auction Closing Tommorow June 19th, Only Has Two Domains With Bids
The SnapNames.com Featured Auction for June is closing Tomorrow June 19th at 3:15pm EST and as time of publication there are only two domain names with bids. MobileHomeInvesting.com has a bid of $1,051, but has not hit the reserve price which is some...
Discussion
June 18, 2012, 5:52 pm
