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Domain Name Wire
Renewal rates for new TLDs so far
Renewal rates seem to be in line with previous TLD launches. Dot London revealed its initial renewal rates today, reporting that 75.4% of the domain names registered during sunrise, landrush and day one of general availability were renewed. That mean...
Discussion
Renewal rates for new TLDs so far
Renewal rates seem to be in line with previous TLD launches. Dot London revealed its initial renewal rates today, reporting that 75.4% of the domain names registered during sunrise, landrush and day one of general availability were renewed. That mean...
Discussion
November 13, 2015, 1:57 pm
The Domains
DomainPros Buys 260 Five Digit Domains For $1M; $3,850 Per
DomainPros.com announced today that it just acquired 260 five number domain names (NNNNN.com) for $1,000,000 That works out to just over $3,800 per domain name. “Most of those 260 domains originally belonged to Marchex’s portfolio of 5 di...
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DomainPros Buys 260 Five Digit Domains For $1M; $3,850 Per
DomainPros.com announced today that it just acquired 260 five number domain names (NNNNN.com) for $1,000,000 That works out to just over $3,800 per domain name. “Most of those 260 domains originally belonged to Marchex’s portfolio of 5 di...
Discussion
November 13, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday BBOO.com
A lot of 5 Number dot coms on today’s list. Not very many CHIPS which I figured would eventually start happening as people realize their value and renew them. By realize, see the hundreds of emails asking to buy the name which makes them ...
Discussion
DSAD.com Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday BBOO.com
A lot of 5 Number dot coms on today’s list. Not very many CHIPS which I figured would eventually start happening as people realize their value and renew them. By realize, see the hundreds of emails asking to buy the name which makes them ...
Discussion
November 13, 2015, 10:18 am
The Domains
Remember that bidding war for 66.biz ? Owner got his real world appraisal and transferred out
I have talked many times about people playing the real world appraisal game, they let the domain name complete auction at Go Daddy and then get the auth code and transfer out. Not everyone knows that you can transfer out, so many believe that someone...
Discussion
Remember that bidding war for 66.biz ? Owner got his real world appraisal and transferred out
I have talked many times about people playing the real world appraisal game, they let the domain name complete auction at Go Daddy and then get the auth code and transfer out. Not everyone knows that you can transfer out, so many believe that someone...
Discussion
November 13, 2015, 8:58 am
The Domains
Reverse Domain Hijacking Found On 21 Year Old TPP.com Owned by Thomson Reuters
A three member UDRP panel found that “The Preferred Prepaid, Inc. d/b/a TPP represented by Clifford D. Hyra, of Virginia, engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempting to grab the three letter domain name TPP.com which was regis...
Discussion
Reverse Domain Hijacking Found On 21 Year Old TPP.com Owned by Thomson Reuters
A three member UDRP panel found that “The Preferred Prepaid, Inc. d/b/a TPP represented by Clifford D. Hyra, of Virginia, engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) in attempting to grab the three letter domain name TPP.com which was regis...
Discussion
November 13, 2015, 3:25 am
The Domains
Worldtrademarkreview.com: .Law & .Legal not Getting Much Love
According to the Wordldtrademarkreview.com, the new gTLD space for lawyers which highlights .Legal, which is unrestricted and .Law which is heavily restricted have gotten off to a very slow start. “An analysis of take-up within the ...
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Worldtrademarkreview.com: .Law & .Legal not Getting Much Love
According to the Wordldtrademarkreview.com, the new gTLD space for lawyers which highlights .Legal, which is unrestricted and .Law which is heavily restricted have gotten off to a very slow start. “An analysis of take-up within the ...
Discussion
November 12, 2015, 7:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
October: A Big Month for Expired Domain Names
…And China drove the growth October was probably NameJet’s best month overall. Remember, the market place set a record in July and then superseded it in September with cumulative sales from auctions over $2k reaching first $1.05 the...
Discussion
October: A Big Month for Expired Domain Names
…And China drove the growth October was probably NameJet’s best month overall. Remember, the market place set a record in July and then superseded it in September with cumulative sales from auctions over $2k reaching first $1.05 the...
Discussion
November 12, 2015, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting data on celebrities and domain names
.Fans registry runs the numbers on celebrity and fan sites. How many top sports starts own FirstnameLastname.com? What about popular actors and actresses? The company behind the .Fans top level domain name has collected some interesting data and shar...
Discussion
Interesting data on celebrities and domain names
.Fans registry runs the numbers on celebrity and fan sites. How many top sports starts own FirstnameLastname.com? What about popular actors and actresses? The company behind the .Fans top level domain name has collected some interesting data and shar...
Discussion
November 12, 2015, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s why “Blab” was trending in .Com last month
Blab and Storage registrations driven by two companies. Verisign has published its top ten trending keywords in .Com last month, and #6 on the list is blab. Blab? Yes, blab. You might want to thank Colorado web design and social media firm Schloss We...
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Here’s why “Blab” was trending in .Com last month
Blab and Storage registrations driven by two companies. Verisign has published its top ten trending keywords in .Com last month, and #6 on the list is blab. Blab? Yes, blab. You might want to thank Colorado web design and social media firm Schloss We...
Discussion
November 12, 2015, 3:33 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday
I used to be able to get through this list in two, two and a half hours. But there are soo many different niches of names that are worth tracking and watching their auctions that its taking me an extra hour every night. Then Frank Schilling chi...
Discussion
DSAD.com Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday
I used to be able to get through this list in two, two and a half hours. But there are soo many different niches of names that are worth tracking and watching their auctions that its taking me an extra hour every night. Then Frank Schilling chi...
Discussion
November 12, 2015, 11:12 am
