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The Domains
27.CN sells for seven figures CNY
27.com hit a high bid of $1,510,702 and failed to sell this week on NameJet. 27.CN has managed to sell for seven figures CNY. The news was reported on Admin5.com. The sale took place on A5.net. The domain was registered in 2003. Kassey Lee from Corei...
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27.CN sells for seven figures CNY
27.com hit a high bid of $1,510,702 and failed to sell this week on NameJet. 27.CN has managed to sell for seven figures CNY. The news was reported on Admin5.com. The sale took place on A5.net. The domain was registered in 2003. Kassey Lee from Corei...
Discussion
May 13, 2016, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
April’s Top Stories on Domain Name Wire
Last night’s DNSeattle meetup at GoDaddy’s office in Kirkland was awesome. Thanks to Michael Cyger for organizing, and I’ll have a recap on DNW next week. In the meantime, here’s a look back at April on Domain Name Wire&hellip...
Discussion
April’s Top Stories on Domain Name Wire
Last night’s DNSeattle meetup at GoDaddy’s office in Kirkland was awesome. Thanks to Michael Cyger for organizing, and I’ll have a recap on DNW next week. In the meantime, here’s a look back at April on Domain Name Wire&hellip...
Discussion
May 13, 2016, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
More details on .Blog and Automattic
A few more interesting details about Automattic running .blog. There was big news in the top level domain world yesterday: Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced it will be running the .blog top level domain name. This will be a shot...
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More details on .Blog and Automattic
A few more interesting details about Automattic running .blog. There was big news in the top level domain world yesterday: Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, announced it will be running the .blog top level domain name. This will be a shot...
Discussion
May 13, 2016, 2:55 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: The Domain Shane’s JV Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, May 13th
The Hacked Daily List, and it’s on Friday the 13th So here I am again on Friday the 13th. Shane asked me to do the list today, he said something about wearing a hockey mask and “settling a score” I’m not really sure what he m...
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DSAD.com: The Domain Shane’s JV Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, May 13th
The Hacked Daily List, and it’s on Friday the 13th So here I am again on Friday the 13th. Shane asked me to do the list today, he said something about wearing a hockey mask and “settling a score” I’m not really sure what he m...
Discussion
May 13, 2016, 6:26 am
The Domains
Swedish Court Gives Pirate Bay domains back to the Government
So last week we wrote about another game of whack – a- mole pertaining to Sci-Hub and their jumping from one extension to another. I used The Pirate Bay as an example of this game. A reader accurately pointed out that the site was back on it&rs...
Discussion
Swedish Court Gives Pirate Bay domains back to the Government
So last week we wrote about another game of whack – a- mole pertaining to Sci-Hub and their jumping from one extension to another. I used The Pirate Bay as an example of this game. A reader accurately pointed out that the site was back on it&rs...
Discussion
May 13, 2016, 4:18 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, the 12th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 12th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap We actually saw the sun shining today. Apparently my daughter doesn’t like the sun. We walked home from school and she kept looking for shade com...
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AUCTION RECAP, the 12th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 12th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap We actually saw the sun shining today. Apparently my daughter doesn’t like the sun. We walked home from school and she kept looking for shade com...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 11:37 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MAY 12, 2016
As if you didn’t already know this, May spend figures are coming in very low compared to the past half year. If the trend continues, dollars spent on buy it now purchases are going to be about half of what they were last month (see image ...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR MAY 12, 2016
As if you didn’t already know this, May spend figures are coming in very low compared to the past half year. If the trend continues, dollars spent on buy it now purchases are going to be about half of what they were last month (see image ...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 9:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Automattic (WordPress) acquires .Blog top level domain name
Big news for top level domains as .blog gets big backing. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, now controls the .blog top level domain name. The company announced plans for the domain name today. Primer Nivel S.A., the company behind My.co, won ...
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Automattic (WordPress) acquires .Blog top level domain name
Big news for top level domains as .blog gets big backing. Automattic, the company behind WordPress, now controls the .blog top level domain name. The company announced plans for the domain name today. Primer Nivel S.A., the company behind My.co, won ...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Daniel Zhang of Xinnet on China domain aftermarket and IDNs
Remarks focus on SMB and enterprise client needs and trends. Xinnet.com, a Chinese registrar in business 23 years, is among the top 20 in the world. Daniel Zhang has been running their domain business unit for the last ten years. In this video from C...
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Daniel Zhang of Xinnet on China domain aftermarket and IDNs
Remarks focus on SMB and enterprise client needs and trends. Xinnet.com, a Chinese registrar in business 23 years, is among the top 20 in the world. Daniel Zhang has been running their domain business unit for the last ten years. In this video from C...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 6:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese owner of NBAZ.xyz defends UDRP brought by American bank
…but he didn’t use the “four letter acronym domain has value” defense. The owner of the four letter domain name NBAZ.xyz has successfully defended a cybersquatting complaint filed by National Bank of Arizona. This is notable ...
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Chinese owner of NBAZ.xyz defends UDRP brought by American bank
…but he didn’t use the “four letter acronym domain has value” defense. The owner of the four letter domain name NBAZ.xyz has successfully defended a cybersquatting complaint filed by National Bank of Arizona. This is notable ...
Discussion
May 12, 2016, 3:27 pm
