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Why $1.25 million for Rockies.com didn’t pass my sniff test
Major League Baseball is denying that it paid $1.25 million when it bought Rockies.com. That doesn’t surprise me. This week you may have wondered why I didn’t cover the purchase of Rockies.com by Major League Baseball. After all, I’...
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Why $1.25 million for Rockies.com didn’t pass my sniff test
Major League Baseball is denying that it paid $1.25 million when it bought Rockies.com. That doesn’t surprise me. This week you may have wondered why I didn’t cover the purchase of Rockies.com by Major League Baseball. After all, I’...
Discussion
January 11, 2013, 12:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
8 companies that changed their domain names…but it isn’t easy
It’s possible to change your domain name, but it’s easier to start with the right one. Silicon India has a slideshow (God, I hate those things) titled “8 Successful Companies Who Changed Domain Names“. It covers: Ask Jeeves Fa...
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8 companies that changed their domain names…but it isn’t easy
It’s possible to change your domain name, but it’s easier to start with the right one. Silicon India has a slideshow (God, I hate those things) titled “8 Successful Companies Who Changed Domain Names“. It covers: Ask Jeeves Fa...
Discussion
January 10, 2013, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 tools I use to track my domain portfolio
Watch My Domains Pro and DomainTools Domain Monitor work in tandem to keep a watchful eye on my portfolio. Yesterday I reiterated my appreciation for Watch My Domains Pro, a tool I’ve been praising since 2007. Rob Sequin seconded my approval fo...
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2 tools I use to track my domain portfolio
Watch My Domains Pro and DomainTools Domain Monitor work in tandem to keep a watchful eye on my portfolio. Yesterday I reiterated my appreciation for Watch My Domains Pro, a tool I’ve been praising since 2007. Rob Sequin seconded my approval fo...
Discussion
January 10, 2013, 10:04 am
Domain Name Wire
.Org wholesale price to increase to $8.25
.Org gets pricier. .Com prices may be fixed for the next six years, but that’s not stopping other registries from increasing prices. Public Interest Registry has informed ICANN that it will increase the wholesale cost of a .org domain name to $...
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.Org wholesale price to increase to $8.25
.Org gets pricier. .Com prices may be fixed for the next six years, but that’s not stopping other registries from increasing prices. Public Interest Registry has informed ICANN that it will increase the wholesale cost of a .org domain name to $...
Discussion
January 10, 2013, 9:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Have you done a domain parking audit lately?
Make sure your domains are pointing to places where they create value for you. I consider myself a fairly organized person. But when it comes to making sure my domains are parked correctly, apparently I’m a little lax. I just audited a few hund...
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Have you done a domain parking audit lately?
Make sure your domains are pointing to places where they create value for you. I consider myself a fairly organized person. But when it comes to making sure my domains are parked correctly, apparently I’m a little lax. I just audited a few hund...
Discussion
January 9, 2013, 12:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Reader’s Digest and 23 others bought last week
Reader’s Digest buys a .net and other end user domain sales. This week’s end user sales report includes big names like Reader’s Digest and the UAW. Also note the handful of companies that bought the .net equivalent of one of their ....
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What domains Reader’s Digest and 23 others bought last week
Reader’s Digest buys a .net and other end user domain sales. This week’s end user sales report includes big names like Reader’s Digest and the UAW. Also note the handful of companies that bought the .net equivalent of one of their ....
Discussion
January 9, 2013, 10:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Which domain name registrar is best?
Take the 8th annual Domain Name Wire Survey and give your opinion. Domainers are nothing if not opinionated, especially when it comes to domain name registrars. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey once again lets you share your opinion on which...
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Which domain name registrar is best?
Take the 8th annual Domain Name Wire Survey and give your opinion. Domainers are nothing if not opinionated, especially when it comes to domain name registrars. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey once again lets you share your opinion on which...
Discussion
January 9, 2013, 9:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction
Second “sunrise” auction features 135 .info domain names. Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. The auction includes 135 .info do...
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Afilias and Go Daddy to hold second .info auction
Second “sunrise” auction features 135 .info domain names. Afilias and Go Daddy are teaming up for a second .info auction consisting of domain names originally reserved in the .info sunrise period in 2001. The auction includes 135 .info do...
Discussion
January 8, 2013, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy begins showing minimum offer price alongside unpriced Afternic listings
Minimum offer prices should reduce number of unqualified offers. When GoDaddy.com started listing “make offer” domains from Sedo and Afternic, many domainers reported a flood of unqualified offers. One domain investor even removed all of ...
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Go Daddy begins showing minimum offer price alongside unpriced Afternic listings
Minimum offer prices should reduce number of unqualified offers. When GoDaddy.com started listing “make offer” domains from Sedo and Afternic, many domainers reported a flood of unqualified offers. One domain investor even removed all of ...
Discussion
January 8, 2013, 9:46 am
Domain Name Wire
Introducing the 2013 Domain Name Wire Survey
The Domain Name Wire Survey returns for its 8th year. It’s that time of year again. Time for the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. This is the eighth year Domain Name Wire has run this survey, which gives a good databank of data to compare trends...
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Introducing the 2013 Domain Name Wire Survey
The Domain Name Wire Survey returns for its 8th year. It’s that time of year again. Time for the annual Domain Name Wire Survey. This is the eighth year Domain Name Wire has run this survey, which gives a good databank of data to compare trends...
Discussion
January 7, 2013, 12:47 pm
