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Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
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Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
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January 15, 2016, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
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Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
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January 15, 2016, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
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.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 8:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Inside NameJet’s record month
The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and ...
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Inside NameJet’s record month
The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and ...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com
Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China....
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Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com
Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China....
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy launches Domain Investor App
App makes on-the-go bidding easier, even if you use two-factor authentication. GoDaddy has launched a new domain name investor app for the iPhone, making it easier to watch and bid on domain names at GoDaddy Auctions. Mike McLaughlin, GM for Domains ...
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GoDaddy launches Domain Investor App
App makes on-the-go bidding easier, even if you use two-factor authentication. GoDaddy has launched a new domain name investor app for the iPhone, making it easier to watch and bid on domain names at GoDaddy Auctions. Mike McLaughlin, GM for Domains ...
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January 13, 2016, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lice, Chinese words trending in .com
Lots of lice in .com last month. Verisign has published its monthly trending keywords report, showing the keywords making the biggest jump in domain name registrations compared to the prior month. Clinic came in at #1 on the list and Lice is #4. This...
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Lice, Chinese words trending in .com
Lots of lice in .com last month. Verisign has published its monthly trending keywords report, showing the keywords making the biggest jump in domain name registrations compared to the prior month. Clinic came in at #1 on the list and Lice is #4. This...
Discussion
January 13, 2016, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
How big is China? Big.
57% of Domain Name Sales’ revenue coming from China. This morning at NamesCon, Domain Name Sales VP of Sales Jeffrey Gabriel showed a slide with sales data from the past year: Wow. 2% of leads generating 57% of the dollar volume of sales. That&...
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How big is China? Big.
57% of Domain Name Sales’ revenue coming from China. This morning at NamesCon, Domain Name Sales VP of Sales Jeffrey Gabriel showed a slide with sales data from the past year: Wow. 2% of leads generating 57% of the dollar volume of sales. That&...
Discussion
January 12, 2016, 8:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry digs into details of new Market
Uniregistry team explains how the new Market system will work. This morning at NamesCon in Las Vegas, Uniregistry unveiled more details about its new marketplace that will be integrated with the Uniregistry registrar. John Smrekar, VP of Product of U...
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Uniregistry digs into details of new Market
Uniregistry team explains how the new Market system will work. This morning at NamesCon in Las Vegas, Uniregistry unveiled more details about its new marketplace that will be integrated with the Uniregistry registrar. John Smrekar, VP of Product of U...
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January 12, 2016, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lighting company Interlight is a reverse domain name hijacker
Poorly formed case was dead on arrival. Indiana company International Lighting Corporation has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Interlight.com. The company uses the domain Interlight.biz, and wanted to upgrade t...
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Lighting company Interlight is a reverse domain name hijacker
Poorly formed case was dead on arrival. Indiana company International Lighting Corporation has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Interlight.com. The company uses the domain Interlight.biz, and wanted to upgrade t...
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January 12, 2016, 7:48 pm
