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The Domains
.XYZ Passes .Mobi in Domain Registrations As It Closes In On 800K
According to ntldstats.com, the new gTLD .XYZ has passed .Mobi in the number of registered domain names. The .Mobi registry which went live on September 26, 2006 according to RegistrarStats.com has 791,396 domains under registration havin...
Discussion
.XYZ Passes .Mobi in Domain Registrations As It Closes In On 800K
According to ntldstats.com, the new gTLD .XYZ has passed .Mobi in the number of registered domain names. The .Mobi registry which went live on September 26, 2006 according to RegistrarStats.com has 791,396 domains under registration havin...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ and new TLDs with Daniel Negari – DNW Podcast #20
How .XYZ became the most registered new top level domain name. Daniel Negari’s .XYZ domain name is the most registered new top level domain name by far, with about 800,000 registrations. But this hasn’t come without controversy. In this e...
Discussion
.XYZ and new TLDs with Daniel Negari – DNW Podcast #20
How .XYZ became the most registered new top level domain name. Daniel Negari’s .XYZ domain name is the most registered new top level domain name by far, with about 800,000 registrations. But this hasn’t come without controversy. In this e...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 4:29 pm
The Domains
DirtySpokes.com Returned To Co. That Let It Drop 1 Week Earlier W/O Registered Trademark
A one member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name dirtyspokes.com returned to the company that allowed the doamin to drop drop in late December 2014, although they did not have a federally registered trademark It should be noted that the domain dro...
Discussion
DirtySpokes.com Returned To Co. That Let It Drop 1 Week Earlier W/O Registered Trademark
A one member UDRP panel has ordered the domain name dirtyspokes.com returned to the company that allowed the doamin to drop drop in late December 2014, although they did not have a federally registered trademark It should be noted that the domain dro...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 3:24 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, Feb 16th, 2015
The craziest thing happened in Austin yesterday. As I was walking around Austin and my friend asked if I wanted to see a huge Whole Foods (and one of the first if not the first Whole Foods). I went in and he was right. The thing was amazi...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday, Feb 16th, 2015
The craziest thing happened in Austin yesterday. As I was walking around Austin and my friend asked if I wanted to see a huge Whole Foods (and one of the first if not the first Whole Foods). I went in and he was right. The thing was amazi...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 12:19 pm
The Domains
Memex Provides Law Enforcement A Better Way To Surf the Dark Web
Mark Stockley wrote an interesting article that took a look at Memex. Memex is brought to you by the people that built the original ARPANET. It seems to be very well received by law enforcement as a way to surf the “Dark Web”, it has even...
Discussion
Memex Provides Law Enforcement A Better Way To Surf the Dark Web
Mark Stockley wrote an interesting article that took a look at Memex. Memex is brought to you by the people that built the original ARPANET. It seems to be very well received by law enforcement as a way to surf the “Dark Web”, it has even...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 12:10 pm
DomainSherpa
How to Sell Domain Names Like a Super Seller on Flippa – With Ali Zandi
Ali Zandi entered the domain name industry as an investor in mid-2014. He started by purchasing 10 domain names and sold every single one within 30 days on Flippa.He did such a good job, he moved from selling about $2,000 to $12,000 in a period of th...
Discussion
How to Sell Domain Names Like a Super Seller on Flippa – With Ali Zandi
Ali Zandi entered the domain name industry as an investor in mid-2014. He started by purchasing 10 domain names and sold every single one within 30 days on Flippa.He did such a good job, he moved from selling about $2,000 to $12,000 in a period of th...
Discussion
February 16, 2015, 8:02 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips and Flops: PJT.com, PKW.net, FID.org, TrashCompactors.com, More
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips PKW.net – Sold recently for $17,700 at Sedo, vs $6,600 in 2011 at Sedo. The owner of the developed PK...
Discussion
Domain Flips and Flops: PJT.com, PKW.net, FID.org, TrashCompactors.com, More
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips PKW.net – Sold recently for $17,700 at Sedo, vs $6,600 in 2011 at Sedo. The owner of the developed PK...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 6:09 pm
The Domains
Donuts Beats Google, Uniregistry and Afilias to Operate The New Domain Extension .Team
Donuts has won another private auction beating Uniregistry and Afilias to operate the new gTLD extension .Team. Unlike many other new gTLD’s I’m not sure there is much vertical competition to .team, arguably .club or one of the sports ver...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Google, Uniregistry and Afilias to Operate The New Domain Extension .Team
Donuts has won another private auction beating Uniregistry and Afilias to operate the new gTLD extension .Team. Unlike many other new gTLD’s I’m not sure there is much vertical competition to .team, arguably .club or one of the sports ver...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 5:12 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: HFO.com, Tablets.org Hit Reserve. BabyBottles.com, 5.uk, Gap.org, More
Reserve Met And Will Sell HFO.com – Good letters, which means the price goes up from here. Per the listing and a look at old screenshots, the site was previously developed by a company providing risk management services. Tablets.org – A d...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: HFO.com, Tablets.org Hit Reserve. BabyBottles.com, 5.uk, Gap.org, More
Reserve Met And Will Sell HFO.com – Good letters, which means the price goes up from here. Per the listing and a look at old screenshots, the site was previously developed by a company providing risk management services. Tablets.org – A d...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 5:08 pm
The Domains
Radix Wins Rights To New Domain Extension .Store Beating Amazon & Google + 4 More
Radix has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Store, beating 6 other applicants including Amazon and Google. The other 4 applications for .Store have now withdrawn their application as well, Donuts, Uniregistry, Minds + Machines, and a company ou...
Discussion
Radix Wins Rights To New Domain Extension .Store Beating Amazon & Google + 4 More
Radix has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Store, beating 6 other applicants including Amazon and Google. The other 4 applications for .Store have now withdrawn their application as well, Donuts, Uniregistry, Minds + Machines, and a company ou...
Discussion
February 15, 2015, 4:55 pm
