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10 notable sales on NameJet last month: SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and more
SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and other notable sales at NameJet in January. Excluding domain names sold in the ROTD/NameJet auction last month, NameJet reported 128 sales of $2,000 or more. This totaled nearly $800,000 in domain sales. This was led ...
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10 notable sales on NameJet last month: SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and more
SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and other notable sales at NameJet in January. Excluding domain names sold in the ROTD/NameJet auction last month, NameJet reported 128 sales of $2,000 or more. This totaled nearly $800,000 in domain sales. This was led ...
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February 9, 2017, 7:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
KeyDrive gobbles up Open Registry
KSregistry and Open Registry are now one. Domain name company KeyDrive has acquired backend registry provider Open Registry, the company announced today. KeyDrive is the holding company that owns Key-Systems and Moniker. Part of its business is KSreg...
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KeyDrive gobbles up Open Registry
KSregistry and Open Registry are now one. Domain name company KeyDrive has acquired backend registry provider Open Registry, the company announced today. KeyDrive is the holding company that owns Key-Systems and Moniker. Part of its business is KSreg...
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February 9, 2017, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales up to $115,000
A six figure domain name leads the end user domain name sales list this week. Sedo’s big end user sale over the past week was OCS.com, which sold for $115,000. This shows the difference between an end user buying a three letter domain name vers...
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14 end user domain name sales up to $115,000
A six figure domain name leads the end user domain name sales list this week. Sedo’s big end user sale over the past week was OCS.com, which sold for $115,000. This shows the difference between an end user buying a three letter domain name vers...
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February 9, 2017, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sean Spicer brings more attention to Whois privacy
He didn’t use whois privacy. Most people don’t. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about i...
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Sean Spicer brings more attention to Whois privacy
He didn’t use whois privacy. Most people don’t. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about i...
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February 8, 2017, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Listen to Sumo.com’s CEO explain why good domain names matter
The information in this podcast will help you sell your domain names. Some big news this morning was that SumoMe purchased Sumo.com and will rebrand. On a podcast published today (embedded below), Sumo.com CEO Noah Kagan explains why he was willing t...
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Listen to Sumo.com’s CEO explain why good domain names matter
The information in this podcast will help you sell your domain names. Some big news this morning was that SumoMe purchased Sumo.com and will rebrand. On a podcast published today (embedded below), Sumo.com CEO Noah Kagan explains why he was willing t...
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February 8, 2017, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Verisign loses appeal in .XYZ lawsuit
Appeals court affirms District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which...
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Breaking: Verisign loses appeal in .XYZ lawsuit
Appeals court affirms District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which...
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February 8, 2017, 3:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
A UDRP for Copyrights? DNA proposes Healthy Domains best practices
DNA releases Healthy Domain Initiative recommendations, including a way to take down domain names with pervasive copyright infringement. Most industries have a choice: do an effective job regulating themselves or face outside regulation. Domain Name ...
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A UDRP for Copyrights? DNA proposes Healthy Domains best practices
DNA releases Healthy Domain Initiative recommendations, including a way to take down domain names with pervasive copyright infringement. Most industries have a choice: do an effective job regulating themselves or face outside regulation. Domain Name ...
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February 8, 2017, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
SumoMe pays $1.5 million for Sumo.com domain name
Online marketing technology company pays seven figures to get better domain name. SumoMe has purchased the domain name Sumo.com for $1.5 million and will rebrand to the name Sumo. The domain name last changed hands for $150,000 in 2008. The deal incl...
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SumoMe pays $1.5 million for Sumo.com domain name
Online marketing technology company pays seven figures to get better domain name. SumoMe has purchased the domain name Sumo.com for $1.5 million and will rebrand to the name Sumo. The domain name last changed hands for $150,000 in 2008. The deal incl...
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February 8, 2017, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
This production company loves .TV
From Pets.TV to Cars.TV, this production company has some great .TV domain names. A DNW reader was watching TV with his grandson recently when he came across a program on NBC called Pets.tv. He was curious, so he started looking into the show and dis...
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This production company loves .TV
From Pets.TV to Cars.TV, this production company has some great .TV domain names. A DNW reader was watching TV with his grandson recently when he came across a program on NBC called Pets.tv. He was curious, so he started looking into the show and dis...
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February 7, 2017, 8:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why Envelopes.com acquired two more category-defining domain names
Company’s experience with Envelopes.com convinced it of the power of category-defining .com domain names. Yesterday I wrote about how BIGNAME Commerce, the parent company of Envelopes.com, purchased Folders.com and Bags.com. I caught up with Bi...
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Why Envelopes.com acquired two more category-defining domain names
Company’s experience with Envelopes.com convinced it of the power of category-defining .com domain names. Yesterday I wrote about how BIGNAME Commerce, the parent company of Envelopes.com, purchased Folders.com and Bags.com. I caught up with Bi...
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February 7, 2017, 4:01 pm
