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Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
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Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
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June 25, 2015, 2:24 pm
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Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
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Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
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June 25, 2015, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
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How an Austin health group uses .Clinic
A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the site of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, ...
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June 24, 2015, 6:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k
$100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of ...
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End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k
$100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of ...
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June 24, 2015, 4:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
3,000 comments submitted about whois privacy proposal
People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a ...
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3,000 comments submitted about whois privacy proposal
People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a ...
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June 24, 2015, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Famous Four Speaks: cheap domains, brand protection and more
New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .sci...
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Famous Four Speaks: cheap domains, brand protection and more
New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .sci...
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June 24, 2015, 2:06 pm
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Whoa: Autism.Rocks sells for $100,000
A shocking sale in a new top level domain name. According to Sedo’s latest weekly sales list, the domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rock...
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Whoa: Autism.Rocks sells for $100,000
A shocking sale in a new top level domain name. According to Sedo’s latest weekly sales list, the domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rock...
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June 23, 2015, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias wins auction for .Promo top level domain name
Domain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the onl...
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Afilias wins auction for .Promo top level domain name
Domain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the onl...
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June 23, 2015, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign admits: It is difficult to identify desirable domain names that are available
Patent says it’s hard to find available domains, marketing says most domain lookups are successful. When do your company’s intellectual property efforts contradict your marketing efforts? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just issued p...
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Verisign admits: It is difficult to identify desirable domain names that are available
Patent says it’s hard to find available domains, marketing says most domain lookups are successful. When do your company’s intellectual property efforts contradict your marketing efforts? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just issued p...
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June 23, 2015, 4:42 pm
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Symantec sells .Security and .Protection domains to XYZ
Symantec now left with two .brand domain names. Security software firm Symantec has sold its two non-brand top level domain names to XYZ, the company behind the .xyz top level domain name. XYZ says the .security domain name can be used for anything f...
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Symantec sells .Security and .Protection domains to XYZ
Symantec now left with two .brand domain names. Security software firm Symantec has sold its two non-brand top level domain names to XYZ, the company behind the .xyz top level domain name. XYZ says the .security domain name can be used for anything f...
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June 23, 2015, 4:26 pm
