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The Domains
Owner of Sols.co Raises $8.5 Million & Buys Sols.com
Forbes Magazine published a story about the women who started Sols, which has one storefront in New York and makes shoes using a 3d printer and a iPad which measures the foot and provider the information to 3d print the shoe. It’s an amazing ra...
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Owner of Sols.co Raises $8.5 Million & Buys Sols.com
Forbes Magazine published a story about the women who started Sols, which has one storefront in New York and makes shoes using a 3d printer and a iPad which measures the foot and provider the information to 3d print the shoe. It’s an amazing ra...
Discussion
January 18, 2015, 4:29 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 17th, 2015
I went in to the Namejet auctions yesterday thinking I would “buck up” and bid 6 or $7K or selfiesticks.com yesterday. I had even called some suppliers on Friday to see about cost and quantities needed to put in an order. And ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday, January 17th, 2015
I went in to the Namejet auctions yesterday thinking I would “buck up” and bid 6 or $7K or selfiesticks.com yesterday. I had even called some suppliers on Friday to see about cost and quantities needed to put in an order. And ...
Discussion
January 18, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
.ForSale (IN EAP) Has Almost 200 Registrations: Apple & Microsoft Leads The Way
The new gTLD .Forsale is launching next week and has just under 200 registrations through Sunrise and the first two days of the Early Access Program (EAP) Both Apple and Microsoft went in heavy into the Sunrise program registering most of their tech ...
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.ForSale (IN EAP) Has Almost 200 Registrations: Apple & Microsoft Leads The Way
The new gTLD .Forsale is launching next week and has just under 200 registrations through Sunrise and the first two days of the Early Access Program (EAP) Both Apple and Microsoft went in heavy into the Sunrise program registering most of their tech ...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 10:57 pm
The Domains
Fox Sports Owned Domain SportsSouth.com Saved In A UDRP Decision: No Use in 4+ Years Is Not Bad Faith
Well here is something you don’t see very often in UDRP land a Fortune 500 Company defending a domain name it owns against a UDRP claim and they didn’t even elect to pay for a three member panel The UDRP was brought by Sports South, LLC o...
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Fox Sports Owned Domain SportsSouth.com Saved In A UDRP Decision: No Use in 4+ Years Is Not Bad Faith
Well here is something you don’t see very often in UDRP land a Fortune 500 Company defending a domain name it owns against a UDRP claim and they didn’t even elect to pay for a three member panel The UDRP was brought by Sports South, LLC o...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 9:02 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (MarijuanaPills.com, TTME.com, GoldDirectory.com) and Flops (InspireVideo.com)
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 GoldDirectory.com – Sold recently for $2,360 at Sedo, vs $443 at the end of 2013 at GoDaddy. The curr...
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Domain Flips (MarijuanaPills.com, TTME.com, GoldDirectory.com) and Flops (InspireVideo.com)
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 GoldDirectory.com – Sold recently for $2,360 at Sedo, vs $443 at the end of 2013 at GoDaddy. The curr...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 8:18 pm
The Domains
Republican Net Neutrality Bills Would Strip FCC Of Its Power to Regulate The Net
Gizmodo published a piece on Republican legislation that could neuter the Federal Communications Commission, and leave consumers with no one watching their back vs the interests of telecom companies. President Obama recommended a plan that would recl...
Discussion
Republican Net Neutrality Bills Would Strip FCC Of Its Power to Regulate The Net
Gizmodo published a piece on Republican legislation that could neuter the Federal Communications Commission, and leave consumers with no one watching their back vs the interests of telecom companies. President Obama recommended a plan that would recl...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 6:16 pm
The Domains
A Couple Interesting Websites Getting a lot of attention
Australia and New Zealand each have websites that our causing quite a stir, ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com which Shane wrote about last night is on Flippa. HackerListings.com is based out of New Zealand and they got a write up on ReadWrite.com. You...
Discussion
A Couple Interesting Websites Getting a lot of attention
Australia and New Zealand each have websites that our causing quite a stir, ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com which Shane wrote about last night is on Flippa. HackerListings.com is based out of New Zealand and they got a write up on ReadWrite.com. You...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 5:17 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 16th, 2015
Here are today’s names. SDMD.com This one ends in a few hours so you’ll need to jump on it. Under $250 would be a steal IMO TheBestEver.com Sounds like something Kanye would buy Battlerama.com 14 years old. N...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 16th, 2015
Here are today’s names. SDMD.com This one ends in a few hours so you’ll need to jump on it. Under $250 would be a steal IMO TheBestEver.com Sounds like something Kanye would buy Battlerama.com 14 years old. N...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
Snapchat Loses UDRP On SnapChatCheck.com
Snapchat, Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name snapchatcheck.com and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Houston Putnam Lowry, Chartered Arbitrator, was the sole Panelist. Here are the highlights: “Complainant claims Responde...
Discussion
Snapchat Loses UDRP On SnapChatCheck.com
Snapchat, Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name snapchatcheck.com and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Houston Putnam Lowry, Chartered Arbitrator, was the sole Panelist. Here are the highlights: “Complainant claims Responde...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 3:44 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Wan.com, True.com, Heard.com, FYI.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Wan.com for $800,000 This is not just any ol’ pronounceable LLL.com……it translates into “play” or “playing games&r...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Wan.com, True.com, Heard.com, FYI.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Wan.com for $800,000 This is not just any ol’ pronounceable LLL.com……it translates into “play” or “playing games&r...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 2:58 am
