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The Domains
Reprint: Our Post From May 2011 About The Dismissal Of The CFIT Case & The Result Prices Increases Of Verisign
The news broke last night that ICANN was opening the public comment period on the renewal of the contract with Verisign (current one expires at the end of this year) which once again would give Verisign a 6 year contract to operate the registry with ...
Discussion
Reprint: Our Post From May 2011 About The Dismissal Of The CFIT Case & The Result Prices Increases Of Verisign
The news broke last night that ICANN was opening the public comment period on the renewal of the contract with Verisign (current one expires at the end of this year) which once again would give Verisign a 6 year contract to operate the registry with ...
Discussion
March 28, 2012, 9:09 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 3-28-12
The list is a little short today but like usual Dropday was moving exceptionally slow when I was doing my list. I would search, do a load of laundry and then come back and get the results. I still think its one of the best out there and I do ge...
Discussion
Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around Town 3-28-12
The list is a little short today but like usual Dropday was moving exceptionally slow when I was doing my list. I would search, do a load of laundry and then come back and get the results. I still think its one of the best out there and I do ge...
Discussion
March 28, 2012, 5:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Wholesale price for .com domains could hit $10.29 by 2016
Why should registry costs increase 7% a year? ICANN has published a proposed agreement to renew the .com contract with VeriSign. As expected, the agreement allows VeriSign to hike prices 7% in four of the next six years. This is similar to the curren...
Discussion
Wholesale price for .com domains could hit $10.29 by 2016
Why should registry costs increase 7% a year? ICANN has published a proposed agreement to renew the .com contract with VeriSign. As expected, the agreement allows VeriSign to hike prices 7% in four of the next six years. This is similar to the curren...
Discussion
March 28, 2012, 12:09 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.01MM In Domains Led By ChessStore.com At $11K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,011,383 for the week ending March 25th. The publicly reportable sales were led by ChessStore.com at $11,000 followed by SSDFirm.com at $8,900. Below is the complete list ...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $1.01MM In Domains Led By ChessStore.com At $11K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,011,383 for the week ending March 25th. The publicly reportable sales were led by ChessStore.com at $11,000 followed by SSDFirm.com at $8,900. Below is the complete list ...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 7:01 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $1.6MM In Domains Led By End.com At $100K
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data for the week ending March 26th. In all $1.6MM of domains were sold. The top reportable sale was End.com at $100,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were online-games.com at $48,000 followe...
Discussion
Sedo.com Sells $1.6MM In Domains Led By End.com At $100K
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data for the week ending March 26th. In all $1.6MM of domains were sold. The top reportable sale was End.com at $100,000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were online-games.com at $48,000 followe...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kevin Ham’s NameView domain registrar now a parked page registered at Moniker
NameView.com transferred to Moniker and forwards to a parked page. A reader notified me of something peculiar the other day. NameView.com, the ICANN accredited domain registrar that Kevin Ham was (is?) involved with, now leads to a parked page. I&rsq...
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Kevin Ham’s NameView domain registrar now a parked page registered at Moniker
NameView.com transferred to Moniker and forwards to a parked page. A reader notified me of something peculiar the other day. NameView.com, the ICANN accredited domain registrar that Kevin Ham was (is?) involved with, now leads to a parked page. I&rsq...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 4:25 pm
Elliot's Blog
Preview The New Escrow.com Website
Last year, Escrow.com modernized its logo and color scheme, although it only published the new logo on its Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as its advertising banners. This is the first change to the Escrow.com logo in many years. Because of the n...
Discussion
Preview The New Escrow.com Website
Last year, Escrow.com modernized its logo and color scheme, although it only published the new logo on its Facebook and Twitter pages, as well as its advertising banners. This is the first change to the Escrow.com logo in many years. Because of the n...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 2:29 pm
Domain Shane
Pretty Impressive Auction Coming Up if You Like Numeric dot Coms
You know I’m a big fan of numeric dot coms and I think Namejet and 4.cn pretty much own that market. 4.cn is proving it yet again with an auction that’s closing in 11 days. Take a look at these names (look down to 11 day left)...
Discussion
Pretty Impressive Auction Coming Up if You Like Numeric dot Coms
You know I’m a big fan of numeric dot coms and I think Namejet and 4.cn pretty much own that market. 4.cn is proving it yet again with an auction that’s closing in 11 days. Take a look at these names (look down to 11 day left)...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Austin.com domain name sold
Austin.com domain name sold and will be relaunched. The domain name Austin.com has been purchased by iEstates, LLC for an undisclosed price. As an Austinite, I’ve paid close attention to Austin.com over the years. Previous attempts to develop i...
Discussion
Austin.com domain name sold
Austin.com domain name sold and will be relaunched. The domain name Austin.com has been purchased by iEstates, LLC for an undisclosed price. As an Austinite, I’ve paid close attention to Austin.com over the years. Previous attempts to develop i...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 11:43 am
Elliot's Blog
Domain Entrepreneur Justin Godfrey Has Twins (Nearly a Month Early)
Justin Godfrey is well known in the domain investment space as an investor, broker, and web developer. He and his wife Katie were expecting twins in about a month, but the twins had another idea. Noah Benjamin Godfrey was born on March 20th (4 l...
Discussion
Domain Entrepreneur Justin Godfrey Has Twins (Nearly a Month Early)
Justin Godfrey is well known in the domain investment space as an investor, broker, and web developer. He and his wife Katie were expecting twins in about a month, but the twins had another idea. Noah Benjamin Godfrey was born on March 20th (4 l...
Discussion
March 27, 2012, 11:36 am
