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125 people to attend DNSeattle on Thursday
Off to Seattle, the center of the domain name universe. 125 people from the domain name industry are expected to attend the sold-out DNSeattle meetup at Amazon.com’s headquarters on Thursday evening. The event is organized by Michael Cyger of D...
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125 people to attend DNSeattle on Thursday
Off to Seattle, the center of the domain name universe. 125 people from the domain name industry are expected to attend the sold-out DNSeattle meetup at Amazon.com’s headquarters on Thursday evening. The event is organized by Michael Cyger of D...
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May 23, 2017, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside has sold over 400 two letter domain names
Average sales price is over $1,000 and they come with premium renewals. Rightside began offering two-letter domain names under its 40 top level domain names back in September. The company has sold 416 of these domain names to date, the company told D...
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Rightside has sold over 400 two letter domain names
Average sales price is over $1,000 and they come with premium renewals. Rightside began offering two-letter domain names under its 40 top level domain names back in September. The company has sold 416 of these domain names to date, the company told D...
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May 22, 2017, 8:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blockchain and Common Law Trademarks – DNW Podcast #137
A unique service using blockchain wants to help companies prove their rights in common law trademarks. Is the blockchain the answer to proving common law use of trademarks? Bennett Collen, founder of Cognate, is banking on it. Billed as a “comm...
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Blockchain and Common Law Trademarks – DNW Podcast #137
A unique service using blockchain wants to help companies prove their rights in common law trademarks. Is the blockchain the answer to proving common law use of trademarks? Bennett Collen, founder of Cognate, is banking on it. Billed as a “comm...
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May 22, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
The accidentally successful top level domain names
Is there a lesson for new TLDs in the success of .io and .ly? Over the weekend I was listening to last week’s DNW Podcast again and thinking about Mike Carson’s thoughts on ccTLDs that have taken off compared to new TLDs. One thing struck...
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The accidentally successful top level domain names
Is there a lesson for new TLDs in the success of .io and .ly? Over the weekend I was listening to last week’s DNW Podcast again and thinking about Mike Carson’s thoughts on ccTLDs that have taken off compared to new TLDs. One thing struck...
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May 22, 2017, 1:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
.NYC tech domain name auction brings in $29,000
Web.nyc pulls in highest bid in latest auction of .NYC domain name.s .NYC held an auction of technology and entrepreneur-themed domain names on SnapNames that concluded yesterday. The headline result was quite a bit lower than previous auctions. 18 d...
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.NYC tech domain name auction brings in $29,000
Web.nyc pulls in highest bid in latest auction of .NYC domain name.s .NYC held an auction of technology and entrepreneur-themed domain names on SnapNames that concluded yesterday. The headline result was quite a bit lower than previous auctions. 18 d...
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May 19, 2017, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Distil Networks acquires Are You a Human, offers free bot tool for Google Analytics
Get a better understanding of your web traffic after stripping out the bots. Distil networks, an internet security company focused on bots, has acquired Are You a Human and will offer a free bot detecting tool as a result of the acquisition. Distil B...
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Distil Networks acquires Are You a Human, offers free bot tool for Google Analytics
Get a better understanding of your web traffic after stripping out the bots. Distil networks, an internet security company focused on bots, has acquired Are You a Human and will offer a free bot detecting tool as a result of the acquisition. Distil B...
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May 18, 2017, 5:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
You’re not Rick Schwartz. So don’t try to emulate him.
Your own circumstances probably don’t align with the most successful domain name investors. This isn’t an article picking on domain name investor Rick Schwartz. I’m just going to use him as an example. Rick has made a lot of money i...
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You’re not Rick Schwartz. So don’t try to emulate him.
Your own circumstances probably don’t align with the most successful domain name investors. This isn’t an article picking on domain name investor Rick Schwartz. I’m just going to use him as an example. Rick has made a lot of money i...
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May 18, 2017, 1:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
What are you using for domain name sales landers?
There are lots of options. What is working best for you? With pay-per-click revenue continuing to disintegrate on most domain names, one of the primary objectives of a parked domain name is to make it clear that the domain is for sale and make it eas...
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What are you using for domain name sales landers?
There are lots of options. What is working best for you? With pay-per-click revenue continuing to disintegrate on most domain names, one of the primary objectives of a parked domain name is to make it clear that the domain is for sale and make it eas...
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May 17, 2017, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look at .Art after one week
Here are some interesting observations about the .art top level domain. The .art top level domain name launched in general availability a week ago on Wednesday. I downloaded the zone file today to get a better understanding of how it’s doing an...
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A look at .Art after one week
Here are some interesting observations about the .art top level domain. The .art top level domain name launched in general availability a week ago on Wednesday. I downloaded the zone file today to get a better understanding of how it’s doing an...
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May 17, 2017, 5:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 end user domain names sales from the past week
Domains purchased by a jingles creator, an exam prep app, and a clean tech company. It was a good week for end user domain name sales at Sedo. I was able to uncover 22 sales of $2,000 or more to end users. (There are always more than I uncover becaus...
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22 end user domain names sales from the past week
Domains purchased by a jingles creator, an exam prep app, and a clean tech company. It was a good week for end user domain name sales at Sedo. I was able to uncover 22 sales of $2,000 or more to end users. (There are always more than I uncover becaus...
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May 17, 2017, 1:32 pm
