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15 end user domain name sales
Sedo’s end user sales last week include a three letter .org that sold for $56,000. I’m trying a different format for this week’s end user domain name sales report. The format is domain / price / buyer. Let me know if you prefer this...
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15 end user domain name sales
Sedo’s end user sales last week include a three letter .org that sold for $56,000. I’m trying a different format for this week’s end user domain name sales report. The format is domain / price / buyer. Let me know if you prefer this...
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October 16, 2013, 12:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
Would CatchJeremy.com be different with new TLDs?
T-Mobile’s advertising campaign includes a unique domain used just for the campaign. The commercial embedded below has been playing frequently during the National League Championship Series on TBS (Go Cards!). You’ll see that it prominent...
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Would CatchJeremy.com be different with new TLDs?
T-Mobile’s advertising campaign includes a unique domain used just for the campaign. The commercial embedded below has been playing frequently during the National League Championship Series on TBS (Go Cards!). You’ll see that it prominent...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 10:49 am

Domain Name Wire
Del Monte responds to strange new top level domain lawsuit
Del Monte Corporation has responded to Del Monte International’s lawsuit over the .delmonte top level domain name. Calling the lawsuit “ill-conceived”, Del Monte Corporation (DMC) has asked the court to dismiss the case. Indeed, the...
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Del Monte responds to strange new top level domain lawsuit
Del Monte Corporation has responded to Del Monte International’s lawsuit over the .delmonte top level domain name. Calling the lawsuit “ill-conceived”, Del Monte Corporation (DMC) has asked the court to dismiss the case. Indeed, the...
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October 16, 2013, 9:18 am

Domain Name Wire
15 year old domain lost in UDRP because “renewed in bad faith”
Panel uses 2012 renewal date as basis for transferring domain name. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Big5.com be transferred 15 years after it was registered, basing UDRP principles on the last date the domain name was r...
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15 year old domain lost in UDRP because “renewed in bad faith”
Panel uses 2012 renewal date as basis for transferring domain name. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Big5.com be transferred 15 years after it was registered, basing UDRP principles on the last date the domain name was r...
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October 15, 2013, 5:02 pm

Domain Name Wire
Four .xxx domain names sell for $600,000
Registry sells four more premium adult domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name, announced today that it sold four premium .xxx domain names for $600,000. Adult entertainment company Really Useful Limited bought M...
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Four .xxx domain names sell for $600,000
Registry sells four more premium adult domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name, announced today that it sold four premium .xxx domain names for $600,000. Adult entertainment company Really Useful Limited bought M...
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October 15, 2013, 3:47 pm

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy acquires webhosting company (mt) Media Temple
GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base...
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GoDaddy acquires webhosting company (mt) Media Temple
GoDaddy gets foothold in more technical customer segment with latest acquisition. GoDaddy has acquired Los Angeles-based webhosting company (mt) Media Temple, known simply as (mt), for an undisclosed price. (mt) targets a more technical customer base...
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October 15, 2013, 12:31 pm

Domain Name Wire
Elliot’s Blog rebrands as DomainInvesting.com
Popular domain investing blog moves to a new domain name. If you visit Elliot Silver’s popular domaining blog today, don’t be alarmed by the redirect to DomainInvesting.com. Silver has rebranded the site from ElliotsBlog.com to DomainInve...
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Elliot’s Blog rebrands as DomainInvesting.com
Popular domain investing blog moves to a new domain name. If you visit Elliot Silver’s popular domaining blog today, don’t be alarmed by the redirect to DomainInvesting.com. Silver has rebranded the site from ElliotsBlog.com to DomainInve...
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October 15, 2013, 9:51 am

Domain Name Wire
Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt resigns
Richard Rosenblatt resigns as Chairman & CEO of Demand Media. There’s been a change at the top of one of the domain name industry’s biggest companies. Demand Media announced today that Richard Rosenblatt has stepped down as Chairman a...
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Demand Media CEO Richard Rosenblatt resigns
Richard Rosenblatt resigns as Chairman & CEO of Demand Media. There’s been a change at the top of one of the domain name industry’s biggest companies. Demand Media announced today that Richard Rosenblatt has stepped down as Chairman a...
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October 14, 2013, 4:31 pm

Domain Name Wire
NameBright.com: This is what happens when a domain investor creates a domain registrar
Team at TurnCommerce unveils new domain name registrar with tools for domainers. What would happen if a large domain name investor created a domain registrar from the bottom up? The result would look like NameBright.com. NameBright.com is a new domai...
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NameBright.com: This is what happens when a domain investor creates a domain registrar
Team at TurnCommerce unveils new domain name registrar with tools for domainers. What would happen if a large domain name investor created a domain registrar from the bottom up? The result would look like NameBright.com. NameBright.com is a new domai...
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October 14, 2013, 4:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN publishes new TLD applicant videos
All new TLD applicants invited to participate in recorded videos. As part of ICANN’s global awareness campaign for new top level domain names, the group invited all applicants for new top level domain names to participate in a recorded intervie...
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ICANN publishes new TLD applicant videos
All new TLD applicants invited to participate in recorded videos. As part of ICANN’s global awareness campaign for new top level domain names, the group invited all applicants for new top level domain names to participate in a recorded intervie...
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October 14, 2013, 12:35 pm