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Domain Shane
Recently Acquired TN.com Seen In The Wild
Tuft & Needle is a mattress startup with $42 million in revenue in 2015, projected revenue over $125 million in 2016, and they’re achieving this growth without resorting to VC capital. They picked up the domain TN.com back in September of l...
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Recently Acquired TN.com Seen In The Wild
Tuft & Needle is a mattress startup with $42 million in revenue in 2015, projected revenue over $125 million in 2016, and they’re achieving this growth without resorting to VC capital. They picked up the domain TN.com back in September of l...
Discussion
April 9, 2016, 6:42 pm

The Domains
Minds+Machines Rebranded Domain MMX.com Purchased For $2,200
Minds + Machines announced yesterday, it was re-branding its website from MindsandMachines.com to the domain name MMX.co. The domain name MMX.com was on Sedo weekly transaction list back in May 2015 selling for $2,200. Minds + Machines has a ma...
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Minds+Machines Rebranded Domain MMX.com Purchased For $2,200
Minds + Machines announced yesterday, it was re-branding its website from MindsandMachines.com to the domain name MMX.co. The domain name MMX.com was on Sedo weekly transaction list back in May 2015 selling for $2,200. Minds + Machines has a ma...
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April 9, 2016, 5:50 pm

Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Saturday, April 9th
There is a huge absence of buyers in the Chinese names right now. That is undeniable. There are a million ways to read this. If you compare things to the highs then we’re falling hard. If you compare prices to th...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Saturday, April 9th
There is a huge absence of buyers in the Chinese names right now. That is undeniable. There are a million ways to read this. If you compare things to the highs then we’re falling hard. If you compare prices to th...
Discussion
April 9, 2016, 10:03 am

Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Rizk.com, SUVS.com, 5 LLL.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Rizk.com sold for $49,000 This is the home of an online casino based in Malta, and it’s the traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank near 11...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Rizk.com, SUVS.com, 5 LLL.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Rizk.com sold for $49,000 This is the home of an online casino based in Malta, and it’s the traffic leader for the week, with an Alexa rank near 11...
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April 8, 2016, 11:58 pm

Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR APRIL 8, 2016
95958.com is reported to have sold for $17,939. It’s got a good pattern, and it ends in an 8, but I wouldn’t have guessed it would sell for nearly $18K. Great price if it is real. table, th, td { border: 1px so...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR APRIL 8, 2016
95958.com is reported to have sold for $17,939. It’s got a good pattern, and it ends in an 8, but I wouldn’t have guessed it would sell for nearly $18K. Great price if it is real. table, th, td { border: 1px so...
Discussion
April 8, 2016, 9:16 pm

Domain Name Wire
Inside the world’s first domain name-themed coffee shop
Take a tour of China.vc, a coffee shop where domainers will feel at home. The world now has a domain name-themed coffee shop. And where else but domain-hungry China? This video from ChopChop.domains takes you inside China.vc, where guests sip on coff...
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Inside the world’s first domain name-themed coffee shop
Take a tour of China.vc, a coffee shop where domainers will feel at home. The world now has a domain name-themed coffee shop. And where else but domain-hungry China? This video from ChopChop.domains takes you inside China.vc, where guests sip on coff...
Discussion
April 8, 2016, 4:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
ICANN to Ted Cruz: the internet is global, so shove it
Naming group reminds Ted Cruz that the U.S. doesn’t own the internet. ICANN has responded to Senator Ted Cruz’ continued questioning by not exactly answering his questions. Cruz is miffed that the naming policy overseer engages with China...
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ICANN to Ted Cruz: the internet is global, so shove it
Naming group reminds Ted Cruz that the U.S. doesn’t own the internet. ICANN has responded to Senator Ted Cruz’ continued questioning by not exactly answering his questions. Cruz is miffed that the naming policy overseer engages with China...
Discussion
April 8, 2016, 1:31 pm

The Domains
2 UDRP’s: Trademark Holder Of Rocket Pay Wins RocketPays.com Loses on RocketPay.com
Two interesting UDRP decisions were handed down today but two different UDRP panelist both involving the trademark holder of “Rocket Pay” In the first case Rocketgate PR LLC went after the direct match domain name rocketpay.com, which was...
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2 UDRP’s: Trademark Holder Of Rocket Pay Wins RocketPays.com Loses on RocketPay.com
Two interesting UDRP decisions were handed down today but two different UDRP panelist both involving the trademark holder of “Rocket Pay” In the first case Rocketgate PR LLC went after the direct match domain name rocketpay.com, which was...
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April 8, 2016, 1:29 pm

Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines outsources to Nominent, deals registrar accounts to Uniregistry
Company trims focus to wholesaling top level domain names. Top level domain name company Minds + Machines is dismantling its “end to end” domain name operation to focus on wholesaling its new TLDs through the registrar channel. While this...
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Minds + Machines outsources to Nominent, deals registrar accounts to Uniregistry
Company trims focus to wholesaling top level domain names. Top level domain name company Minds + Machines is dismantling its “end to end” domain name operation to focus on wholesaling its new TLDs through the registrar channel. While this...
Discussion
April 8, 2016, 12:44 pm

Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, April 8th
Two of my favorite guys in the industry, Jason Thompson and Dwayne Walker, have started a new conference called Domain Startup Summit. Using Jason’s knowledge of the startup world and Dwayne’s knowledge of the domain industry and h...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, April 8th
Two of my favorite guys in the industry, Jason Thompson and Dwayne Walker, have started a new conference called Domain Startup Summit. Using Jason’s knowledge of the startup world and Dwayne’s knowledge of the domain industry and h...
Discussion
April 8, 2016, 10:05 am