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Apparently it’s not hard to get a .gov domain
Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that’s not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of ...
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Apparently it’s not hard to get a .gov domain
Would you like a .gov address? It might be easier than you think to secure one, and that’s not a good thing. KrebsonSecurity.com published an article about how a researcher filled out a form, grabbed some letterhead and impersonated a mayor of ...
Discussion
November 27, 2019, 3:46 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by Buoy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Buoy.com led the way at $110,000. Clean.Tech was the second highest sale at $30,000. WeLog.com was third at $20,000. 41 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs buoy.com 11...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Buoy.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and Buoy.com led the way at $110,000. Clean.Tech was the second highest sale at $30,000. WeLog.com was third at $20,000. 41 .com sales 26 cctld sales 4 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs buoy.com 11...
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November 26, 2019, 9:31 pm
The Domains
The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a...
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The startups who raised the most money in 2019
Denise Stephan published a piece on the crunchbase blog of the startups that raised the most money in 2019. Number 1 was Flexport Last Equity Funding: $1B Series D Notable Investors: Softbank Vision Fund, DST Global, Founders Fund Flexport is a...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 7:53 pm
The Domains
A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
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A look at the top 10 .Org sales and where they are today
.Org is next up in our series of taking a look at the Non coms. Checking in on where the top 10 biggest sales in the extension are up to lately. ( Sales data courtesy of Namebio). .Org has 3 of it’s top 10 all time sales take place in the last ...
Discussion
November 26, 2019, 2:04 am
The Domains
Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
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Domain registrars are saying “Thank you Boomer”
Baby Boomers might not be thrilled with the term “Ok boomer” but registrars and registries sure are. Aja Romano @ajaromano writes on VOX.com “The earliest mentions of OK boomer can be traced as far back as 2015 on 4chan, where the p...
Discussion
November 25, 2019, 1:48 am
The Domains
Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
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Sell your best 4,5,6L pronounceable .coms
List your best 4, 5, 6 pronounceable .coms, names must be pronounceable. $2,000 max price. So this post is for .com only and the max price is $2000. You may list up to 3 names. There have been a few who have tried to post more names using a different...
Discussion
November 23, 2019, 1:47 am
The Domains
That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
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That time when they doubted Mike’s sale
Long before the doubts about Chocolate.com, were the doubts about a sale from the founder of this blog. In 2012 Michael sold NewYorkApartmentsForSale.com and the comments on Namepros went from nice sale, and wow that’s a great price for such a ...
Discussion
November 22, 2019, 9:15 pm
The Domains
LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
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LittleBean.com rebrands to LittleChickpea.com
LittleBean.com A Portland Vegan Ice Cream Company has to rebrand to LittleChickpea.com because Gerber (a Nestle company) has a trademark for Lil’ Beanies. This is a discontinued product line. Willamette Week covered the story. From the story: &...
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November 22, 2019, 12:27 am
The Domains
“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
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“Having the premium domain Headlights.com is the modern-day equivalent of opening a storefront on 5th Avenue”
HeadlightsDepot.com put out a press release announcing they acquired Headlights.com and are pretty excited about it. They note they made numerous attempts to get the domain going back to 2010. Registered since 1998, the domain looked to be owned by V...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 6:03 pm
The Domains
Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with ...
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Namepros replies to Kate Buckley
As most know Kate Buckley wrote an open letter concerning the threads on Namepros that questioned the validity of certain sales Kate brokered. Tonight Namepros posted their reply to Kate, they sent it to her personally and also decided to share with ...
Discussion
November 21, 2019, 6:27 am
