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The Domains
Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
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Sorry Kids There Will Be No .Unicorn In The Domain Space But There Will Be A .Unicom
.Unicorn will remain a mythical creature when its comes to new domain names. You will not be able to register a .Unicorn domain as two domain name extension that were put into the same contention group by ICANN .Unicorn and .UNICOM have resolved with...
Discussion
April 20, 2015, 12:01 am
The Domains
Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
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Google April Fool’s Prank Actually Backfires
ArsTechnica.com published an article that a Google April Fools prank actually pranked their own security. The error allowed a click – jacking exploit that tricks users into changing things they don’t want changed. Apparently hackers would...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 9:31 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (XKI.com, TOAT.com, Adobtable.com) and Flops (Techzilla.com, Friendify.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips BuyShares.com sold recently for 15,900 USD at Flippa, vs 2,444 USD on 2014-09-28 at NameJet. Over 6x before commission in about 6 months. Picked up by...
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Domain Flips (XKI.com, TOAT.com, Adobtable.com) and Flops (Techzilla.com, Friendify.com) from NameBio
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips BuyShares.com sold recently for 15,900 USD at Flippa, vs 2,444 USD on 2014-09-28 at NameJet. Over 6x before commission in about 6 months. Picked up by...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 8:03 pm
The Domains
The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
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The Continuing Uptrend in .io
Park.io published an article on the continued growing usage of .io. The article titled, “The explosive growth of .io domains” takes a look at the growing percentage of websites using .io and the fact that Hillary Clinton has got her own ....
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 6:14 pm
The Domains
.Science Still Getting Over 3K registrations A Day: Is This a Revolution or Another .TK
.Science which launched at the end of February is still adding more domain registrations a day than any other new gTLD extension by far on a daily basis Yesterday .Science a...
Discussion
.Science Still Getting Over 3K registrations A Day: Is This a Revolution or Another .TK
.Science which launched at the end of February is still adding more domain registrations a day than any other new gTLD extension by far on a daily basis Yesterday .Science a...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 4:15 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Here are today’s names. Hardey.com 19 years old. Fairly popular last name which means there are people, places, and things with the same name GuitarPlaying.com These are the kinds of names that I don’t really like. These...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, April 19th, 2015
Here are today’s names. Hardey.com 19 years old. Fairly popular last name which means there are people, places, and things with the same name GuitarPlaying.com These are the kinds of names that I don’t really like. These...
Discussion
April 19, 2015, 11:50 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Flashcards.com, Intensity.com, Modernize.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Flashcards.com for $250,000 You can see the simple placeholder below. The domain made 6-figures for the prior owner, discussed here. The Teach...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Flashcards.com, Intensity.com, Modernize.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Flashcards.com for $250,000 You can see the simple placeholder below. The domain made 6-figures for the prior owner, discussed here. The Teach...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 7:47 pm
The Domains
Having Some .Fun? Oriental.com Beats Google & .Buzz to The New gTLD .Fun
.Fun which was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month has been resolved with Oriental Trading Company, Inc who owns the domain Oriental.com prevailing in a private auction beating Google and the company that owns and operate...
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Having Some .Fun? Oriental.com Beats Google & .Buzz to The New gTLD .Fun
.Fun which was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month has been resolved with Oriental Trading Company, Inc who owns the domain Oriental.com prevailing in a private auction beating Google and the company that owns and operate...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 6:12 pm
The Domains
Owned For At Least 14 Years Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc Hit With UDRP on Boon.com
Domain Investor Nat Cohen’s company Telepathy, Inc, has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name Boon.com which according to DomainTools.com it has owned since at least 2001. The UDRP was filed by Wirecard AG, a “global financial services ...
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Owned For At Least 14 Years Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc Hit With UDRP on Boon.com
Domain Investor Nat Cohen’s company Telepathy, Inc, has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name Boon.com which according to DomainTools.com it has owned since at least 2001. The UDRP was filed by Wirecard AG, a “global financial services ...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 3:40 pm
The Domains
NF.com Bought In 2014 Hit With UDRP By Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)
The two letter domain name NF.com has been hit with a UDRP just a year after it was acquired from Anything.com. The domain name was owned by Anything.com back in June 2014 and since then has changed hands several times. 4.cn a Chinese based do...
Discussion
NF.com Bought In 2014 Hit With UDRP By Association Française de Normalisation (AFNOR)
The two letter domain name NF.com has been hit with a UDRP just a year after it was acquired from Anything.com. The domain name was owned by Anything.com back in June 2014 and since then has changed hands several times. 4.cn a Chinese based do...
Discussion
April 18, 2015, 3:26 pm
