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30 end user domain name sales
A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,...
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30 end user domain name sales
A water company, soundproofer, and African conglomerate all bought domain names last week. Here are 30 end user domain names sales that occurred on Afternic or GoDaddy last week. You can see previous end user sales reports here. SavannahGroup.com $1,...
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February 5, 2014, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ next 7 sunrises: only 2 top 100 domain names
Based on zone files, only two of Donuts’ second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts’ first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next ...
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Donuts’ next 7 sunrises: only 2 top 100 domain names
Based on zone files, only two of Donuts’ second batch of TLDs to go through sunrise topped 100 registrations. Last week I wrote about Donuts’ first seven sunrises, each of which typically resulted in about 100-200 registrations. The next ...
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February 5, 2014, 2:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Does the UDRP do more harm than good?
In this post, Nat Cohen makes the argument that damage caused by the UDRP outweighs its benefits. Why are we weakening ownership rights throughout the entire Internet space and subjecting millions of dollars of domains to attempted seizures each year...
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Does the UDRP do more harm than good?
In this post, Nat Cohen makes the argument that damage caused by the UDRP outweighs its benefits. Why are we weakening ownership rights throughout the entire Internet space and subjecting millions of dollars of domains to attempted seizures each year...
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February 4, 2014, 7:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby domain name match
Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby match. The International Rugby Board (IRB) has effectively killed off its two competitors for the .rugby top level domain name by winning a community objection. The IRB filed the objection against competitors Donuts...
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Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby domain name match
Donuts and Famous Four lose .rugby match. The International Rugby Board (IRB) has effectively killed off its two competitors for the .rugby top level domain name by winning a community objection. The IRB filed the objection against competitors Donuts...
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February 4, 2014, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Calzone makes monitoring new TLD launches easier
Did you know that there are about 60 top level domain names in sunrise right now? Yes, 60. This many domain name launches at once is difficult to track. Add to it early access programs, landrush, general availability, trademark claims periods, etc., ...
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Calzone makes monitoring new TLD launches easier
Did you know that there are about 60 top level domain names in sunrise right now? Yes, 60. This many domain name launches at once is difficult to track. Add to it early access programs, landrush, general availability, trademark claims periods, etc., ...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
With movie in the works, studio goes after Entourage Movie domain names
EntourageMovie.com and EntourageFilm.com hit with UDRP. Filming has begun for the big screen adaptation of the HBO hit show Entourage, which follows movie star Vincent Chase and his entourage. Someone behind the film–most likely the movie studi...
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With movie in the works, studio goes after Entourage Movie domain names
EntourageMovie.com and EntourageFilm.com hit with UDRP. Filming has begun for the big screen adaptation of the HBO hit show Entourage, which follows movie star Vincent Chase and his entourage. Someone behind the film–most likely the movie studi...
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February 4, 2014, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo co-founders invest in App marketplace Apptopia
Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann invest in Apptopia. Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann, two of Sedo’s founders, are no strangers to building a marketplace. The pair hope to put this background to good use by investing in Apptopia, which they d...
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Sedo co-founders invest in App marketplace Apptopia
Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann invest in Apptopia. Tim Schumacher and Ulrich Essmann, two of Sedo’s founders, are no strangers to building a marketplace. The pair hope to put this background to good use by investing in Apptopia, which they d...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
LeadsCon founder and former DomainSponsor employee launches Grow.co
Jay Weintraub starts his next company: Grow.co. Jay Weintraub, who founded and later sold the popular LeadsCon conference for the lead generation industry, has started a new company called Grow.co. Weintraub was an early employee at Oversee.net/Domai...
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LeadsCon founder and former DomainSponsor employee launches Grow.co
Jay Weintraub starts his next company: Grow.co. Jay Weintraub, who founded and later sold the popular LeadsCon conference for the lead generation industry, has started a new company called Grow.co. Weintraub was an early employee at Oversee.net/Domai...
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February 4, 2014, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions sold over 35,000 domain names including Spokes.com for $40,000
GoDaddy Auctions helped sell over 35,000 domain names last month. GoDaddy Auction’s monthly market report is out, and it is reporting 35,209 sales for January. This preliminary number is typically adjusted upward later in the month. Here are th...
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GoDaddy Auctions sold over 35,000 domain names including Spokes.com for $40,000
GoDaddy Auctions helped sell over 35,000 domain names last month. GoDaddy Auction’s monthly market report is out, and it is reporting 35,209 sales for January. This preliminary number is typically adjusted upward later in the month. Here are th...
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February 3, 2014, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to adjust your DomainNameSales.com account for low priced domain names
Here’s a way to segment your DNS account to handle low-priced sales by yourself. This weekend Frank Schilling’s domain name brokerage service, DomainNameSales.com, sent a notice to its customers that it is setting a minimum charge of $175...
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How to adjust your DomainNameSales.com account for low priced domain names
Here’s a way to segment your DNS account to handle low-priced sales by yourself. This weekend Frank Schilling’s domain name brokerage service, DomainNameSales.com, sent a notice to its customers that it is setting a minimum charge of $175...
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February 3, 2014, 3:36 pm
