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Domain Name Wire
24 End User Domain Name Sales
End user sales including a couple new TLDs. Sedo handled 569 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million, a pretty solid week for the domain name marketplace. A number of German companies bought domain names, sometimes finding shor...
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24 End User Domain Name Sales
End user sales including a couple new TLDs. Sedo handled 569 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.2 million, a pretty solid week for the domain name marketplace. A number of German companies bought domain names, sometimes finding shor...
Discussion
April 29, 2015, 2:20 pm
The Domains
ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the...
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ICANN Board Gives Go Ahead To Hotels/.Hoteis Contention Set In Denying Booking.com Reconsideration Request
The ICANN Board has rejected Booking.com request for reconsideration and thereby is allowing the Contention set of Hotels/.Hoteis to move forward to being resolved. Basically the ICANN Board is saying sorry Booking.com we will try to do better in the...
Discussion
April 29, 2015, 1:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
Yesterday I wrote an article about Sedo joining the “Anyone can auction a name” category with Namejet, Flippa, and Godaddy. Sedo used to be THE place to auction names. Over the years they started to focus on other things. &nbs...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, April 29th, 2015
Yesterday I wrote an article about Sedo joining the “Anyone can auction a name” category with Namejet, Flippa, and Godaddy. Sedo used to be THE place to auction names. Over the years they started to focus on other things. &nbs...
Discussion
April 29, 2015, 11:15 am
Domain Shane
Sedo is Now Offering Direct Auctions aka “Anyone Can Put A Domain Up for Auction”
Starting today, Sedo will be allowing anyone that want to auction a name to list and start a domain auction. Previously they only offered a “push” to auction after someone had placed a bid or had been chosen for a Great Domains...
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Sedo is Now Offering Direct Auctions aka “Anyone Can Put A Domain Up for Auction”
Starting today, Sedo will be allowing anyone that want to auction a name to list and start a domain auction. Previously they only offered a “push” to auction after someone had placed a bid or had been chosen for a Great Domains...
Discussion
April 29, 2015, 2:22 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: NSE.com, NUP.com, HF0.com, 00B.com, Deleting.com, DirectAdvertising.com
Some Domains That Sold Last Week NSE.com – $50,000 – Bidding was at $25,000 when the BIN was set at $50,000 and then the domain was picked up a short time later. Lots of uses….National Stock Exchange of India (currently on NSEIndi...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: NSE.com, NUP.com, HF0.com, 00B.com, Deleting.com, DirectAdvertising.com
Some Domains That Sold Last Week NSE.com – $50,000 – Bidding was at $25,000 when the BIN was set at $50,000 and then the domain was picked up a short time later. Lots of uses….National Stock Exchange of India (currently on NSEIndi...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 11:37 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 million led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: pax.com at 200,000 USD To...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.2 million led by PAX.com $200,000
Over the past week, 569 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: pax.com at 200,000 USD To...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 8:11 pm
The Domains
DOMAINfest Is Back; Returns To Europe in June
Introducing DOMAINfest 2015 Sofia! The teams at NamesCon and DomainForum are happy to announce DomainForum and DOMAINfest Sofia, which will be held June 1-3, 2015, marking the exciting return of DOMAINfest to Europe. Having already operated a number ...
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DOMAINfest Is Back; Returns To Europe in June
Introducing DOMAINfest 2015 Sofia! The teams at NamesCon and DomainForum are happy to announce DomainForum and DOMAINfest Sofia, which will be held June 1-3, 2015, marking the exciting return of DOMAINfest to Europe. Having already operated a number ...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 6:46 pm
The Domains
79% Of The Attendees Of The Collision Startup Conference Using “Risky” Domains
Bill Sweetman President of NameNinja.com, sent out a press release today saying that 79% of 491 Startups that will be participating at the Collision Startup Conference being held in Las Vegas on...
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79% Of The Attendees Of The Collision Startup Conference Using “Risky” Domains
Bill Sweetman President of NameNinja.com, sent out a press release today saying that 79% of 491 Startups that will be participating at the Collision Startup Conference being held in Las Vegas on...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Startup domain name fails: 68% fail radio test
Majority of companies attending startup conference have problematic domain names. Name Ninja recently performed an analysis of the domain names used by startups going to the Collision conference in Las Vegas next month. The domain name consultancy fo...
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Startup domain name fails: 68% fail radio test
Majority of companies attending startup conference have problematic domain names. Name Ninja recently performed an analysis of the domain names used by startups going to the Collision conference in Las Vegas next month. The domain name consultancy fo...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 3:00 pm
The Domains
StormGuard.com Saved In UDRP
Storm Guard Franchise Systems, LLC v.just lost its bid to grab the domain name StormGuard.com which was just registered on February 6, 2014 The domain owner was represented by ESQwire.com A majority of the three member panel of Willem J. H. Leppink, ...
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StormGuard.com Saved In UDRP
Storm Guard Franchise Systems, LLC v.just lost its bid to grab the domain name StormGuard.com which was just registered on February 6, 2014 The domain owner was represented by ESQwire.com A majority of the three member panel of Willem J. H. Leppink, ...
Discussion
April 28, 2015, 2:50 pm
