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Domain Name Wire
New TLDs (.XYZ?) boost Web.com’s bookings
“Very aggressive” new TLD promotions paying off for Web.com. Many in the domain name community blasted Web.com and .xyz for the hundreds of thousands of free domain names Web.com gave away last year through Network Solutions. Was it, perh...
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New TLDs (.XYZ?) boost Web.com’s bookings
“Very aggressive” new TLD promotions paying off for Web.com. Many in the domain name community blasted Web.com and .xyz for the hundreds of thousands of free domain names Web.com gave away last year through Network Solutions. Was it, perh...
Discussion
May 4, 2015, 1:14 pm
The Domains
Here Are The Winners Of $5K For The 2nd Month #Internetofficial Verisign .Com Contest
Verisign announced today the winners of the 2nd month of the Verisign .Com contest and has awarded $5,000 in prizes. KidsCookDinner.com Registered March 26th 2015 is an active site already a website is blog that encouraging kids to cook and eat healt...
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Here Are The Winners Of $5K For The 2nd Month #Internetofficial Verisign .Com Contest
Verisign announced today the winners of the 2nd month of the Verisign .Com contest and has awarded $5,000 in prizes. KidsCookDinner.com Registered March 26th 2015 is an active site already a website is blog that encouraging kids to cook and eat healt...
Discussion
May 4, 2015, 12:51 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, May 4th, 2015
You can tell that Sedo opened up their auctions to everyone. There are triple the number of names as usual at the Marketplace Auctions. The quality of names increased quite a bit as well. Many of the names I’ve seen before at other ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, May 4th, 2015
You can tell that Sedo opened up their auctions to everyone. There are triple the number of names as usual at the Marketplace Auctions. The quality of names increased quite a bit as well. Many of the names I’ve seen before at other ...
Discussion
May 4, 2015, 11:15 am
DomainSherpa
Profitable Flips: From $2,444 to $15,900 in < 6 Months – BuyShares.com, With Kevin Macpherson
In the DomainSherpa series Profitable Flips, skilled domain name investors share all the details of how they bought low and sold high turning a profit of at least five figures.This is the story of BuyShares.com and how Kevin Macpherson sold the domai...
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Profitable Flips: From $2,444 to $15,900 in < 6 Months – BuyShares.com, With Kevin Macpherson
In the DomainSherpa series Profitable Flips, skilled domain name investors share all the details of how they bought low and sold high turning a profit of at least five figures.This is the story of BuyShares.com and how Kevin Macpherson sold the domai...
Discussion
May 4, 2015, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (PAX.com, Historia.com) and Flops (LocalPubs.com, PCCare.com) from NameBio
Running a little later than normal today with this post……I’m a little slow mentally after yesterday’s 50 mile trail run in Buena Vista, CO. Beautiful scenery, as usual………a picture of last year’s r...
Discussion
Domain Flips (PAX.com, Historia.com) and Flops (LocalPubs.com, PCCare.com) from NameBio
Running a little later than normal today with this post……I’m a little slow mentally after yesterday’s 50 mile trail run in Buena Vista, CO. Beautiful scenery, as usual………a picture of last year’s r...
Discussion
May 4, 2015, 1:51 am
The Domains
Beyonce; Britney Spears, Blake Shelton; Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez All Register Their .Porn Domain
It looks like Taylor Swift was not by far the only celebrity to register a .Porn new gTLD domain name extension in the recently concluded Sunrise period. Lots of the biggest names in the music business joined Taylor Swift in registering their .porn d...
Discussion
Beyonce; Britney Spears, Blake Shelton; Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez All Register Their .Porn Domain
It looks like Taylor Swift was not by far the only celebrity to register a .Porn new gTLD domain name extension in the recently concluded Sunrise period. Lots of the biggest names in the music business joined Taylor Swift in registering their .porn d...
Discussion
May 3, 2015, 11:51 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
Some solid Godaddy names today. Not a lot of time for chit chat. Watching the fight and tired. Here are today’s names. AntiMonopoly.com Only the person that has the monopoly likes a monopoly. 21 bidders DTRG.com &...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, May 3rd, 2015
Some solid Godaddy names today. Not a lot of time for chit chat. Watching the fight and tired. Here are today’s names. AntiMonopoly.com Only the person that has the monopoly likes a monopoly. 21 bidders DTRG.com &...
Discussion
May 3, 2015, 11:37 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: StyleBox.com, WeedShops.com, Zilli.com, Light.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. EveryDayCounts.com for $40,000 An upgrade from Every-Day-Counts.com. An online fashion shop with a bricks & mortar location in Amsterdam. Alexa rank...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: StyleBox.com, WeedShops.com, Zilli.com, Light.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. EveryDayCounts.com for $40,000 An upgrade from Every-Day-Counts.com. An online fashion shop with a bricks & mortar location in Amsterdam. Alexa rank...
Discussion
May 2, 2015, 9:09 pm
The Domains
.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Top 900,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD new domain extension to have topped 900,000 registrations. According to new ntldstats.com .XYZ has 900,739, domain registered. There are only 6 new gTLD extension to have broken the six figure mark (excluding the ID...
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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Top 900,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD new domain extension to have topped 900,000 registrations. According to new ntldstats.com .XYZ has 900,739, domain registered. There are only 6 new gTLD extension to have broken the six figure mark (excluding the ID...
Discussion
May 2, 2015, 4:18 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
Today is one of the biggest weekends of the year for me selling plants. You can imagine why if you know Midwest weather. It’s perfect this time of year. Yesterday ended up being the biggest sales for a weekday we have ever had....
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, May 2nd, 2015
Today is one of the biggest weekends of the year for me selling plants. You can imagine why if you know Midwest weather. It’s perfect this time of year. Yesterday ended up being the biggest sales for a weekday we have ever had....
Discussion
May 2, 2015, 11:30 am
