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The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1m for the week led by Vigia.com
There were 501 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vigia.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: c...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1m for the week led by Vigia.com
There were 501 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: vigia.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD: c...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 8:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
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Verisign gets Domain Name Stockpiling patent
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,075,886 (pdf) to Verisign for “Systems and methods for detecting the stockpiling of domain names.” We’ll call it domaindar for short. The patent explains ways that a r...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 7:07 pm
The Domains
NetNames files Complaint w/ European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS Pricing
NetNames.com has filed a complaint to European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS pricing strategy that had Brand owners charged $1,999 each year (wholesale) for a .SUCKS domain name compared to others that are charged just $10...
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NetNames files Complaint w/ European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS Pricing
NetNames.com has filed a complaint to European Competition Commission on Vox Populi’s .SUCKS pricing strategy that had Brand owners charged $1,999 each year (wholesale) for a .SUCKS domain name compared to others that are charged just $10...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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Andee Hill joins Donuts as liaison to domain name investors
Hill will work with domain name investors. Donuts has hired Andee Hill as Director of Business Development, the company announced today. She will handle relationships with domain name investors and report directly to co-founder and EVP for Business D...
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July 7, 2015, 2:22 pm
The Domains
Andee Hill Joins Donuts As Director of Business Development
Andee Hill has joined Donuts,as Director of Business Development with specific responsibility for relationships with the domain investor community. Andee is a longtime participant in the domain name industry, most recently with her EscrowHill.com bus...
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Andee Hill Joins Donuts As Director of Business Development
Andee Hill has joined Donuts,as Director of Business Development with specific responsibility for relationships with the domain investor community. Andee is a longtime participant in the domain name industry, most recently with her EscrowHill.com bus...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
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This company thinks domain name investing violates U.S. law
Company’s response in WorkBetter.com lawsuit suggests that new businesses should be able to get old domain names. Last week I wrote about a cybersquatting lawsuit filed against the owner of WorkBetter.com. A new company has sprung up using the ...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 1:42 pm
The Domains
Carlsberg Group joins Minds + Machines Pioneer Program For .Beer
Minds + Machines, (LSE:MMX), announced today that Carlsberg, “the world-renowned brewery group, will participate in its .beer Pioneer program“. Carlsberg has secured over 150 .beer domains, in a portfolio that includes their most popular ...
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Carlsberg Group joins Minds + Machines Pioneer Program For .Beer
Minds + Machines, (LSE:MMX), announced today that Carlsberg, “the world-renowned brewery group, will participate in its .beer Pioneer program“. Carlsberg has secured over 150 .beer domains, in a portfolio that includes their most popular ...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 1:09 pm
The Domains
Radix and .Site Want To Give you a chance to win a free Apple Watch
EAP starts tomorrow for .Site, EAP starts on the 8th of July at 1600 UTC and the GA starts on the 15th of July. So with the launch of one of the more highly anticipated strings, we worked with Radix (an advertiser on TheDomains) and came up with a co...
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Radix and .Site Want To Give you a chance to win a free Apple Watch
EAP starts tomorrow for .Site, EAP starts on the 8th of July at 1600 UTC and the GA starts on the 15th of July. So with the launch of one of the more highly anticipated strings, we worked with Radix (an advertiser on TheDomains) and came up with a co...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 12:38 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
HiddenTalent.com rules the board today. As always a ton of LLLL.com as well. I don’t mention it very often but one of the few things that bothers me about the large companies in our domain space is the use of data. When I sear...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, July 7th, 2015
HiddenTalent.com rules the board today. As always a ton of LLLL.com as well. I don’t mention it very often but one of the few things that bothers me about the large companies in our domain space is the use of data. When I sear...
Discussion
July 7, 2015, 11:30 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Auction Recap. My Comments are in Bold. GoDaddy JustASec.com 19 years old. One bidder at $12. When people tell you just a sec they usually mean 5 minutes JUSTASEC.COM: 25 bids for $405. I say this all the time and if I say it and a lot...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Auction Recap. My Comments are in Bold. GoDaddy JustASec.com 19 years old. One bidder at $12. When people tell you just a sec they usually mean 5 minutes JUSTASEC.COM: 25 bids for $405. I say this all the time and if I say it and a lot...
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July 7, 2015, 6:07 am
