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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson takes a look at recent expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s 2 top-performing expired domain auctions from the past week overlap with stories in the news elsewhere. KYTE.com ($5.3k) brings to mind a UDRP filed against ...
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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson takes a look at recent expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s 2 top-performing expired domain auctions from the past week overlap with stories in the news elsewhere. KYTE.com ($5.3k) brings to mind a UDRP filed against ...
Discussion
March 26, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ping fetches $1.5M at auction, .Srl goes for $400,000
Two two-way races for new top level domain names have been settled. Two top level domain name contention sets were settled in auctions yesterday. Golf company Ping (Karsten) won .Ping for $1,501,000. It was in contention with Radix. Thus, .Ping will ...
Discussion
.Ping fetches $1.5M at auction, .Srl goes for $400,000
Two two-way races for new top level domain names have been settled. Two top level domain name contention sets were settled in auctions yesterday. Golf company Ping (Karsten) won .Ping for $1,501,000. It was in contention with Radix. Thus, .Ping will ...
Discussion
March 26, 2015, 12:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you surprised by Donuts’ renewal rates?
Latest day was 61%, but it might be too early to draw conclusions. New top level domain name mega-registry Donuts has been blogging daily renewal rate data for its first domain names released nearly 14 months ago. The most recent data show a 71% rene...
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Are you surprised by Donuts’ renewal rates?
Latest day was 61%, but it might be too early to draw conclusions. New top level domain name mega-registry Donuts has been blogging daily renewal rate data for its first domain names released nearly 14 months ago. The most recent data show a 71% rene...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
Discussion
17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions accepting submissions for summer domain name auction
Auction house will hold another exclusive auction this summer. Heritage Auctions is planning another live domain name auction for early this summer. The format will be similar to one it held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in February. It wi...
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Heritage Auctions accepting submissions for summer domain name auction
Auction house will hold another exclusive auction this summer. Heritage Auctions is planning another live domain name auction for early this summer. The format will be similar to one it held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in February. It wi...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Survey says .Com performs better than new TLDs
Survey says that people more likely to click and recall .com domain names. Interbrand, ostensibly on behalf of Verisign, has released an infographic showing results from a 1,000 person survey about the power of .com. The survey shows that people clic...
Discussion
Survey says .Com performs better than new TLDs
Survey says that people more likely to click and recall .com domain names. Interbrand, ostensibly on behalf of Verisign, has released an infographic showing results from a 1,000 person survey about the power of .com. The survey shows that people clic...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 10:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
The state of local domain names…based on a coupon book
Almost all local businesses advertising in a coupon book included a website on their ad. How many local companies promote their websites in ads, and what kind of domain names do they use? A coupon book I received in the mail recently gives insight, e...
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The state of local domain names…based on a coupon book
Almost all local businesses advertising in a coupon book included a website on their ad. How many local companies promote their websites in ads, and what kind of domain names do they use? A coupon book I received in the mail recently gives insight, e...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 7:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLD launches: .Green and .Tires
.Green finally comes to fruition this week. Two new top level domain names are available to the public this week. .Green went live this morning and is available at a number of registrars. .Green domain names are available to everyone. Pricing at the ...
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This week’s new TLD launches: .Green and .Tires
.Green finally comes to fruition this week. Two new top level domain names are available to the public this week. .Green went live this morning and is available at a number of registrars. .Green domain names are available to everyone. Pricing at the ...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ping and .Srl domain names to be settled Wednesday
Two top level domain names head to the auction block on Wednesday. Auctions to settle contention sets for the .Ping and .SRL top level domain names will take place on Wednesday. The so-called “Auctions of Last Resort” will take place beca...
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.Ping and .Srl domain names to be settled Wednesday
Two top level domain names head to the auction block on Wednesday. Auctions to settle contention sets for the .Ping and .SRL top level domain names will take place on Wednesday. The so-called “Auctions of Last Resort” will take place beca...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 12:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Major League Baseball can Boost New Domain Names
If it actually uses its new TLDs, Major League Baseball can have a profound affect on awareness of new domain names. On today’s Domain Name Wire Podcast, Michael Berkens discussed some of the recent new top level domain name auction results. On...
Discussion
How Major League Baseball can Boost New Domain Names
If it actually uses its new TLDs, Major League Baseball can have a profound affect on awareness of new domain names. On today’s Domain Name Wire Podcast, Michael Berkens discussed some of the recent new top level domain name auction results. On...
Discussion
March 23, 2015, 6:32 pm
