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Donuts launches Name.Kitchen to market new domains
Site promotes alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts, the largest new top level domain name company, promised it would rev up its marketing in 2015. Here’s one example of that, in the form of content marketing: Name.Kitchen. The new site has...
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Donuts launches Name.Kitchen to market new domains
Site promotes alternatives to .com domain names. Donuts, the largest new top level domain name company, promised it would rev up its marketing in 2015. Here’s one example of that, in the form of content marketing: Name.Kitchen. The new site has...
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February 17, 2015, 9:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Xixia.com at $19k and other NameJet Expired Domain Name Sales
Reviewing the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. China reclaims the top spot among this past week’s expired domain auctions at NameJet. For 12 out of the past 30 weeks, the top sale (out of the auctions I’ve cove...
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Xixia.com at $19k and other NameJet Expired Domain Name Sales
Reviewing the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. China reclaims the top spot among this past week’s expired domain auctions at NameJet. For 12 out of the past 30 weeks, the top sale (out of the auctions I’ve cove...
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February 17, 2015, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs on tap this week: .Yoga, .Sydney, .Cricket & more
A half dozen more new TLDs make their entrance this week. Six new top level domain names debut this week, with .Sydney already having launched yesterday. Here’s a rundown. .Sydney – this Australian geo domain name launched yesterday. The ...
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New TLDs on tap this week: .Yoga, .Sydney, .Cricket & more
A half dozen more new TLDs make their entrance this week. Six new top level domain names debut this week, with .Sydney already having launched yesterday. Here’s a rundown. .Sydney – this Australian geo domain name launched yesterday. The ...
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February 17, 2015, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameBio upgraded with key new comps feature
Upgraded domain name sales database makes it easier to find comps when buying and selling domain names. Domain name sales database NameBio.com has been overhauled, and one of the new features should prove useful when searching for sales comps for dom...
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NameBio upgraded with key new comps feature
Upgraded domain name sales database makes it easier to find comps when buying and selling domain names. Domain name sales database NameBio.com has been overhauled, and one of the new features should prove useful when searching for sales comps for dom...
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February 17, 2015, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Watch Daniel Negari discuss new TLDs on NBC Bay Area
Negari goes on NBC’s Press:Here to discuss .xyz and new top level domains. Just over one year ago ICANN’s Akram Atallah went on NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here show to discuss new top level domain names. The same program interviewed .XYZ ...
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Watch Daniel Negari discuss new TLDs on NBC Bay Area
Negari goes on NBC’s Press:Here to discuss .xyz and new top level domains. Just over one year ago ICANN’s Akram Atallah went on NBC Bay Area’s Press:Here show to discuss new top level domain names. The same program interviewed .XYZ ...
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February 16, 2015, 8:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Just how much did .Blog and .Store sell for?
Here’s a rough idea. On Friday I wrote about Minds + Machines and its payoff for losing the .blog and .store domain name auctions. Primer Nivel won the auction for .blog and Radix walked home with .Store. How much did they pay for these domain ...
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Just how much did .Blog and .Store sell for?
Here’s a rough idea. On Friday I wrote about Minds + Machines and its payoff for losing the .blog and .store domain name auctions. Primer Nivel won the auction for .blog and Radix walked home with .Store. How much did they pay for these domain ...
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February 16, 2015, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ and new TLDs with Daniel Negari – DNW Podcast #20
How .XYZ became the most registered new top level domain name. Daniel Negari’s .XYZ domain name is the most registered new top level domain name by far, with about 800,000 registrations. But this hasn’t come without controversy. In this e...
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.XYZ and new TLDs with Daniel Negari – DNW Podcast #20
How .XYZ became the most registered new top level domain name. Daniel Negari’s .XYZ domain name is the most registered new top level domain name by far, with about 800,000 registrations. But this hasn’t come without controversy. In this e...
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February 16, 2015, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
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A recap of NameJet’s record month
NameJet set a record during January with the most sales over $2k it has ever reported – 148 domain auctions in all. Its previous record was 131 sales back in December 2013. To put that in perspective, NameJet’s top month during all o...
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February 13, 2015, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
34 new top level domains meet their fate in the next 45 days
It’s auction mania for new TLDs. Winners and losers will be made in the new top level domain name program over the next 45 days as 34 domain names reach their deadline for contention set resolution. ICANN has scheduled 14 domain names for aucti...
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34 new top level domains meet their fate in the next 45 days
It’s auction mania for new TLDs. Winners and losers will be made in the new top level domain name program over the next 45 days as 34 domain names reach their deadline for contention set resolution. ICANN has scheduled 14 domain names for aucti...
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February 13, 2015, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog
Company adds to its cash pile as .dds, .store and .blog are settled. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced today that it has won the contention set for the .dds domain name, beating Google. DDS is short for “Doctor of Den...
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Minds + Machines gets .DDS, pockets millions from .store and .blog
Company adds to its cash pile as .dds, .store and .blog are settled. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced today that it has won the contention set for the .dds domain name, beating Google. DDS is short for “Doctor of Den...
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February 13, 2015, 1:48 pm
