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Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 4th
Most of the advertising I do locally is radio. I choose radio because its one of the last markets that I can cover completely during certain times of the day. The only TV anyone watches live anymore is local news and sports. After t...
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DSAD.com: Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 4th
Most of the advertising I do locally is radio. I choose radio because its one of the last markets that I can cover completely during certain times of the day. The only TV anyone watches live anymore is local news and sports. After t...
Discussion
December 4, 2015, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names
The government of China is clamping down on registrants of .com domain names. Regulations that have prevented Chinese residents from using many new top level domain names will soon affect .com and .net domain name registrations, too. The rules will a...
Discussion
China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names
The government of China is clamping down on registrants of .com domain names. Regulations that have prevented Chinese residents from using many new top level domain names will soon affect .com and .net domain name registrations, too. The rules will a...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 10:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Latest .Com Winners and Losers
Uniregistry and China continue to show good transfer results. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from August. As I do every month, I crunched the numbers to see which registrars performed best. Keep in mind that these report...
Discussion
The Latest .Com Winners and Losers
Uniregistry and China continue to show good transfer results. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from August. As I do every month, I crunched the numbers to see which registrars performed best. Keep in mind that these report...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 8:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Smart and timely marketing from .XYZ
Company continues to jump on demand from Chinese investors. The market for short and numeric domain names is hot right now, and smart top level domain name registries are marketing to this opportunity. Consider .XYZ, which posted a page showing avail...
Discussion
Smart and timely marketing from .XYZ
Company continues to jump on demand from Chinese investors. The market for short and numeric domain names is hot right now, and smart top level domain name registries are marketing to this opportunity. Consider .XYZ, which posted a page showing avail...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to invest in domain names through an IRA or 401(k)
Investing in domain names through a retirement account might allow you to defer taxes. Earlier this week I introduced UpMoney, my new site about investing, spending and saving. In one of the posts I interviewed Kirk Chisholm, Principal of wealth mana...
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How to invest in domain names through an IRA or 401(k)
Investing in domain names through a retirement account might allow you to defer taxes. Earlier this week I introduced UpMoney, my new site about investing, spending and saving. In one of the posts I interviewed Kirk Chisholm, Principal of wealth mana...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 6:40 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Reports $1.56 Million In Domain Sales In November
Namejet.com just issued its sales report for November reporting $1,561,991.00 in domain names sold. Namejet.com only report sales of $2,000 or more and for which payment was made by the end of the month. The top 16 sales had 4 characters or les...
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Namejet.com Reports $1.56 Million In Domain Sales In November
Namejet.com just issued its sales report for November reporting $1,561,991.00 in domain names sold. Namejet.com only report sales of $2,000 or more and for which payment was made by the end of the month. The top 16 sales had 4 characters or les...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
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.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 4:26 pm
The Domains
.Club Has Record Month Selling Over $1.6 In Premium Domains
.Club announced today on its blog, that they had a record-setting month in November selling $1,622,164.13 in premium domain names. In all .Club sold 326 premium domains in November. .Club continues to be fully transparent in its sales activities: Nov...
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.Club Has Record Month Selling Over $1.6 In Premium Domains
.Club announced today on its blog, that they had a record-setting month in November selling $1,622,164.13 in premium domain names. In all .Club sold 326 premium domains in November. .Club continues to be fully transparent in its sales activities: Nov...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is securing domain names…
Do domain name registrations signal something new? On this week’s end user domain name report, I noted that AmblinProduction.com sold for $998. The domain name currently shows Mark Monitor as the registrant, so it was likely purchased for Steve...
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is securing domain names…
Do domain name registrations signal something new? On this week’s end user domain name report, I noted that AmblinProduction.com sold for $998. The domain name currently shows Mark Monitor as the registrant, so it was likely purchased for Steve...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mobile phone company Digicel fails to take down “sucks” site
Cybersquatting complaint against gripe site fails. Mobile phone company Digicel, which is based in Jamaica, has failed to take down the gripe site DigicelSucks.com through a cybersquatting complaint. The site consists of commentary abut the mobile ca...
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Mobile phone company Digicel fails to take down “sucks” site
Cybersquatting complaint against gripe site fails. Mobile phone company Digicel, which is based in Jamaica, has failed to take down the gripe site DigicelSucks.com through a cybersquatting complaint. The site consists of commentary abut the mobile ca...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 2:35 pm
