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BrandBucket sold 801 domain names for $2.4 million in 2015
801 domain names found homes through BrandBucket last year. Brandable domain name marketplace BrandBucket sold 801 domain names last year for a total of $2.4 million, the company announced today. That’s an average of $3,000 per domain sold. The...
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BrandBucket sold 801 domain names for $2.4 million in 2015
801 domain names found homes through BrandBucket last year. Brandable domain name marketplace BrandBucket sold 801 domain names last year for a total of $2.4 million, the company announced today. That’s an average of $3,000 per domain sold. The...
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April 7, 2016, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meet me at DNSeattle and WHD.usa in May
Let’s connect in Seattle or Phoenix. I’ll be at two domain name/hosting events next month and hope to connect with you. First up is DNSeattle May 12th. This meetup, organized by Mike Cyger of DomainSherpa, will take place at GoDaddy&rsquo...
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Meet me at DNSeattle and WHD.usa in May
Let’s connect in Seattle or Phoenix. I’ll be at two domain name/hosting events next month and hope to connect with you. First up is DNSeattle May 12th. This meetup, organized by Mike Cyger of DomainSherpa, will take place at GoDaddy&rsquo...
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April 6, 2016, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domains: Gambling, CHIPs and more
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales. Money attracts money. What I mean is this: The closer a topic sits to getting paid, the more people want to sit on that topic’s lap. And the higher they bid for its k...
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Expired Domains: Gambling, CHIPs and more
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales. Money attracts money. What I mean is this: The closer a topic sits to getting paid, the more people want to sit on that topic’s lap. And the higher they bid for its k...
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April 6, 2016, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Negari and .XYZ file Brief in Verisign Appeal
Parties say they didn’t engage in false advertising and lower court ruling should stand. Daniel Negari and his company, XYZ, have filed their brief in response to Verisign’s appeal of XYZ’s lower court victory. Verisign sued Negari ...
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Negari and .XYZ file Brief in Verisign Appeal
Parties say they didn’t engage in false advertising and lower court ruling should stand. Daniel Negari and his company, XYZ, have filed their brief in response to Verisign’s appeal of XYZ’s lower court victory. Verisign sued Negari ...
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April 6, 2016, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
National Hockey League gets NHL.net in cybersquatting dispute
NHL gets NHL.net in time for the playoffs. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name NHL.net be transferred to the National Hockey League. The NHL filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain’s owner...
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National Hockey League gets NHL.net in cybersquatting dispute
NHL gets NHL.net in time for the playoffs. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name NHL.net be transferred to the National Hockey League. The NHL filed a cybersquatting complaint against the domain’s owner...
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April 5, 2016, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
What Sedo does when a buyer doesn’t pay
I now know who my deadbeat buyer is. A couple of months ago I thought I’d struck my first deal to sell a domain under a new top level domain name. It wasn’t a big deal; it was just $500. But for a .xyz domain I paid $10 for, why not? Afte...
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What Sedo does when a buyer doesn’t pay
I now know who my deadbeat buyer is. A couple of months ago I thought I’d struck my first deal to sell a domain under a new top level domain name. It wasn’t a big deal; it was just $500. But for a .xyz domain I paid $10 for, why not? Afte...
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April 5, 2016, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video Interview: 190.com on its $20 million domain name investments in 2015
190.com Chairman Daniel Chen discusses domain name investments from a Chinese perspective. Chinese domain name investors spent a lot of money on domain names last year. In this interview courtesy of ChopChop and TLD Registry, 190.com Chairman Daniel ...
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Video Interview: 190.com on its $20 million domain name investments in 2015
190.com Chairman Daniel Chen discusses domain name investments from a Chinese perspective. Chinese domain name investors spent a lot of money on domain names last year. In this interview courtesy of ChopChop and TLD Registry, 190.com Chairman Daniel ...
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April 5, 2016, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ted Cruz: ICANN Is Stonewalling the U.S. Congress
Cruz sends another nastygram to ICANN. Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz is at it again, blasting ICANN for its perceived evasiveness when it comes to China and internet policy. Cruz, along with James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Mike Lee (R-Uta...
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Ted Cruz: ICANN Is Stonewalling the U.S. Congress
Cruz sends another nastygram to ICANN. Senator and presidential candidate Ted Cruz is at it again, blasting ICANN for its perceived evasiveness when it comes to China and internet policy. Cruz, along with James Lankford (R-Okla.), and Mike Lee (R-Uta...
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April 4, 2016, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners: GoDaddy back on top as China wanes
Hi China falls from over 1 million to under 100k new .com registrations. Last month in the .Com Winners & Losers column I reported a startling shift: Chinese domain name registrar eName had knocked perineal leader GoDaddy out of the #1 spot. It d...
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.Com Winners: GoDaddy back on top as China wanes
Hi China falls from over 1 million to under 100k new .com registrations. Last month in the .Com Winners & Losers column I reported a startling shift: Chinese domain name registrar eName had knocked perineal leader GoDaddy out of the #1 spot. It d...
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April 4, 2016, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names to buy this week
It’s Monday, so it’s time for Domain Name Wire’s “What to Buy This Week”, where I list domain names that might be worth purchasing on the aftermarket. I haven’t run trademark checks on any of these, so you should d...
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What domain names to buy this week
It’s Monday, so it’s time for Domain Name Wire’s “What to Buy This Week”, where I list domain names that might be worth purchasing on the aftermarket. I haven’t run trademark checks on any of these, so you should d...
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April 4, 2016, 5:15 pm
