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Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Toat.com, Fine.me, BioHotels.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. BioHotels.com sold for $16,500 at S...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Toat.com, Fine.me, BioHotels.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. BioHotels.com sold for $16,500 at S...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 11:22 pm
The Domains
BMW Files UDRP on The Domain Hack B.MW
BMW has filed a UDRP seeking control of the domain name hack B.MW with the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO. .MW is the country code (ccTLD) for Malawi. According to the whois record for the .MW registry the domain name B.MW has a creati...
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BMW Files UDRP on The Domain Hack B.MW
BMW has filed a UDRP seeking control of the domain name hack B.MW with the World Intellectual Property Organization WIPO. .MW is the country code (ccTLD) for Malawi. According to the whois record for the .MW registry the domain name B.MW has a creati...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 7:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
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3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 4:45 pm
The Domains
Publicly Traded Co. That Owns Apartment.com/Apartments.com Buys Land.com
The publicly traded company CoStar Group has purchased the ultra premium domain name Land.com
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Publicly Traded Co. That Owns Apartment.com/Apartments.com Buys Land.com
The publicly traded company CoStar Group has purchased the ultra premium domain name Land.com
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are IDN .com owners about to get screwed?
Verisign finds way to sign ICANN contract, but it might come at the expense of IDN investors. It’s been a long, long wait for owners of internationalized domain names under .com. The idea was that they’d get rights to IDN.IDN-as-translite...
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Are IDN .com owners about to get screwed?
Verisign finds way to sign ICANN contract, but it might come at the expense of IDN investors. It’s been a long, long wait for owners of internationalized domain names under .com. The idea was that they’d get rights to IDN.IDN-as-translite...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 2:27 pm
The Domains
API.Info Lost in UDRP
Colegio Oficial de Agentes de La Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Barcelona of Barcelona, Spain, just won control of the domain name API.info Most of us in the tech space know API to stand for Application Program Interface, which “is a set of routines...
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API.Info Lost in UDRP
Colegio Oficial de Agentes de La Propiedad Inmobiliaria de Barcelona of Barcelona, Spain, just won control of the domain name API.info Most of us in the tech space know API to stand for Application Program Interface, which “is a set of routines...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 1:49 pm
The Domains
Verisign: Brands Are Keeping Their .Com: Don’t See Anybody Abandoning .Com for .Brand or Another TLD.”
In the Verisign earnings call yesterday the following question was asked by Fred Ziegel, Topeka Capital Markets. Fred Ziegel (Analyst – Topeka Capital Markets): “In your .brand customer base that you are working with, what’s your se...
Discussion
Verisign: Brands Are Keeping Their .Com: Don’t See Anybody Abandoning .Com for .Brand or Another TLD.”
In the Verisign earnings call yesterday the following question was asked by Fred Ziegel, Topeka Capital Markets. Fred Ziegel (Analyst – Topeka Capital Markets): “In your .brand customer base that you are working with, what’s your se...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 1:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign to hike .Net prices 10%
Domain registration bills increasing. Verisign announced that it is raising its wholesale price for .net domain names in February. The current fee is $6.79, and this will jump 10% to $7.46 effective Feb. 1, 2016. Verisign is able to increase the pric...
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Verisign to hike .Net prices 10%
Domain registration bills increasing. Verisign announced that it is raising its wholesale price for .net domain names in February. The current fee is $6.79, and this will jump 10% to $7.46 effective Feb. 1, 2016. Verisign is able to increase the pric...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 1:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, July 24th 2015
You would have thought that my mentioning I was looking at buying dot xyz yesterday that I was making everyone eat a tinfoil sandwich. I am open and honest about what I’m buying and what I’m selling and I expect people to chime in a...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, July 24th 2015
You would have thought that my mentioning I was looking at buying dot xyz yesterday that I was making everyone eat a tinfoil sandwich. I am open and honest about what I’m buying and what I’m selling and I expect people to chime in a...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 10:34 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Auction Recap. My comments are in bold. I was in the middle of writing the list when my computer decided it would be a good time to restart. So I lost the list and everything I had written before. Caught myself getting mad and frustrat...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Auction Recap. My comments are in bold. I was in the middle of writing the list when my computer decided it would be a good time to restart. So I lost the list and everything I had written before. Caught myself getting mad and frustrat...
Discussion
July 24, 2015, 7:32 am