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Domain Name Wire
Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
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Why you shouldn’t go bananas over Banana.com domain name “sale”
There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China ...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
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Vodex Communications nailed for reverse domain name hijacking
Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bri...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 2:26 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 15th
Some fantastic names at Namejet today. It’s going to be easy to spend money their today. On a personal note, I finally got some sleep last night. Went out with friends (and potential friends, they may not like me) and we st...
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DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 15th
Some fantastic names at Namejet today. It’s going to be easy to spend money their today. On a personal note, I finally got some sleep last night. Went out with friends (and potential friends, they may not like me) and we st...
Discussion
January 15, 2016, 10:45 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (75x on PinDrop.com, QVJ.com) and Flops (VGAS.com, Tiips.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PinDrop.com sold for 75,000 USD recently in a private transaction, vs 979 USD on 2010-09-09 at SnapNames. Dang…..what an awesome return. Kudos ...
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Domain Flips (75x on PinDrop.com, QVJ.com) and Flops (VGAS.com, Tiips.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips PinDrop.com sold for 75,000 USD recently in a private transaction, vs 979 USD on 2010-09-09 at SnapNames. Dang…..what an awesome return. Kudos ...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 10:44 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 14, 2016
Yesterday I mentioned that Chaomi had changed up their main page a little bit. They removed a column and added some new data. One of the new columns purports to show the number of names in circulation for each name category. This is...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 14, 2016
Yesterday I mentioned that Chaomi had changed up their main page a little bit. They removed a column and added some new data. One of the new columns purports to show the number of names in circulation for each name category. This is...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 9:12 pm
The Domains
The Owner Of Rams.com Is Adam Dicker: Does He Want $1.8 Million or $650,000 To Sell?
According to an article appearing in 4029tv.com, Adam Dicker says he is the owner of Rams.com and he wants a minimum of $650,000 for the domain although the domain name Rams.com is up for sale with a Buy It Now (BIN) price of $1.8 Million dolla...
Discussion
The Owner Of Rams.com Is Adam Dicker: Does He Want $1.8 Million or $650,000 To Sell?
According to an article appearing in 4029tv.com, Adam Dicker says he is the owner of Rams.com and he wants a minimum of $650,000 for the domain although the domain name Rams.com is up for sale with a Buy It Now (BIN) price of $1.8 Million dolla...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
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.Club sold $2.35 million in premium domain names last quarter
December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains i...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 8:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Inside NameJet’s record month
The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and ...
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Inside NameJet’s record month
The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and ...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com
Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China....
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Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com
Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China....
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 2:50 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, January 14th
The streak is broken. I missed yesterday’s post. I had exactly a zero percent chance of getting it done with my schedule. Plain and simple it was one of the best weeks I’ve had in business. I was humbled by the ki...
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DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, January 14th
The streak is broken. I missed yesterday’s post. I had exactly a zero percent chance of getting it done with my schedule. Plain and simple it was one of the best weeks I’ve had in business. I was humbled by the ki...
Discussion
January 14, 2016, 10:50 am
