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The Domains
Sedo Publishes Infographic To Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com
Sedo published an infographic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com registered. The first registered .com domain was Symbolics.com, and it was registered 30th years ago on Sunday. Verisign the .Com registry is holding a contest to celeb...
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Sedo Publishes Infographic To Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com
Sedo published an infographic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com registered. The first registered .com domain was Symbolics.com, and it was registered 30th years ago on Sunday. Verisign the .Com registry is holding a contest to celeb...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 3:06 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins .Taxi, Beating Famous Four, To Go With .Cab & .Limo
Donuts has won the new gTLD .Taxi beating Famous Four Media and Taxi Pay GmbH who had filed and lost a community application. The new domain extension was scheduled to go to A ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Donuts already owns .Cab and ....
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Donuts Wins .Taxi, Beating Famous Four, To Go With .Cab & .Limo
Donuts has won the new gTLD .Taxi beating Famous Four Media and Taxi Pay GmbH who had filed and lost a community application. The new domain extension was scheduled to go to A ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Donuts already owns .Cab and ....
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
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The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 2:09 pm
The Domains
Rightside to Release 20K+ Two Character New gTLD Domain Names On March 18th
Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18 These two-character domain n...
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Rightside to Release 20K+ Two Character New gTLD Domain Names On March 18th
Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18 These two-character domain n...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 1:46 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
I’m going to go on a little rant here. I’ve told pretty much everyone I meet the same thing. There is not such thing as “I don’t have time”. There is always time, you just have to MAKE time. It&rs...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
I’m going to go on a little rant here. I’ve told pretty much everyone I meet the same thing. There is not such thing as “I don’t have time”. There is always time, you just have to MAKE time. It&rs...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 10:55 am
The Domains
Hollywood seeking the help of Domain Registrars in the battle against piracy
Jeremy Malcom and Maira Sutton wrote an article on the Electronic Frontier Foundation website that deals with Hollywood trying to influence domain registrars. The article is well written and gives a peek into the behind the scenes battles taking plac...
Discussion
Hollywood seeking the help of Domain Registrars in the battle against piracy
Jeremy Malcom and Maira Sutton wrote an article on the Electronic Frontier Foundation website that deals with Hollywood trying to influence domain registrars. The article is well written and gives a peek into the behind the scenes battles taking plac...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 4:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Fifty, Shades among top trending domain registrations last month
Fifty Shades of Gray inspires domain name registrations. Verisign’s monthly “Trending Keywords” report is out for last month, and it appears a certain book-turned-movie was quite popular in .com domain names. The terms “Fifty&...
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Fifty, Shades among top trending domain registrations last month
Fifty Shades of Gray inspires domain name registrations. Verisign’s monthly “Trending Keywords” report is out for last month, and it appears a certain book-turned-movie was quite popular in .com domain names. The terms “Fifty&...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 1:56 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Consoles.com, Divider.com, Automating.com, Wildly.com, Lovz.com, G.im, Tattoo.directory
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Consoles.com – $50,000 – Lots of search volume around gaming consoles (PS4, Wii, Xbox, etc), like those pictured to the right. This price will pay for a lot of bobbleheads for seller Warren Royal. Maybe h...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Consoles.com, Divider.com, Automating.com, Wildly.com, Lovz.com, G.im, Tattoo.directory
Some Domains That Sold Last Week Consoles.com – $50,000 – Lots of search volume around gaming consoles (PS4, Wii, Xbox, etc), like those pictured to the right. This price will pay for a lot of bobbleheads for seller Warren Royal. Maybe h...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 1:18 am
Domain Shane
Generational.com Sells for $70K and Other Sales From Sedo This Week
Sedo had some great sales this week ($1.4 million in total and 50% BIN) including a few names that went through the auction process. My favorite buy of the day was Recharger.com for $10K. A great buy in my opinion. Take a look...
Discussion
Generational.com Sells for $70K and Other Sales From Sedo This Week
Sedo had some great sales this week ($1.4 million in total and 50% BIN) including a few names that went through the auction process. My favorite buy of the day was Recharger.com for $10K. A great buy in my opinion. Take a look...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 10:38 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million Led by Generational.com At $70K
Over the past week, 602 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4 Million 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: generational.com at 70,000 U...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million Led by Generational.com At $70K
Over the past week, 602 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4 Million 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: generational.com at 70,000 U...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 9:16 pm
