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Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
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Heritage Auctions to hold super-exclusive domain auction at Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Auction will be limited to 30 high quality domain names. Heritage Auctions is trying something different for its next domain name auction: it will be a super-exclusive event held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. What makes it so exclusive? T...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
Discussion
A summary of really interesting information in Rightside’s Investor Presentation
Investor presentation shows initial results from five of Rightside’s TLDs, explains how the company picked TLDs to acquire, and describes the method used to identify premium domain names. One of the great things about having publicly traded dom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
Discussion
Which domain name registrars lost (and won) transfers according to most recent official data
Latest published data shows August performance of Moniker and other domain name registrars. ICANN just published Verisign’s official .com numbers from August, which gives us a chance to check in on how certain registrars are doing from a custom...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 2:55 pm
The Domains
Extensions Launching Today .Business, .Network, .Immo, .Auction, .Pizza
Several new gTLD’s go into general availability today where they can be registered on a first come first serve basis and many have quite a few registrations after its Sunrise period which was for trademark holders and those who paid an ex...
Discussion
Extensions Launching Today .Business, .Network, .Immo, .Auction, .Pizza
Several new gTLD’s go into general availability today where they can be registered on a first come first serve basis and many have quite a few registrations after its Sunrise period which was for trademark holders and those who paid an ex...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 2:51 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday , December 10th
Here are today’s names. I purchased my biggest and best name of my domain investing career yesterday. It was a few years in the making but all came to an end yesterday with the name in my account. It’s really an investment for...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday , December 10th
Here are today’s names. I purchased my biggest and best name of my domain investing career yesterday. It was a few years in the making but all came to an end yesterday with the name in my account. It’s really an investment for...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million As a Record Number 60% Of Domains Sell At Buy It Now
Over the past week, 458 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million dollars 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I believe is a record high for Sedo or anyone else in the industry H...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million As a Record Number 60% Of Domains Sell At Buy It Now
Over the past week, 458 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million dollars 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I believe is a record high for Sedo or anyone else in the industry H...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 11:27 pm
Domain Shane
Every Once In a While I Get A “Free” Domain At Auction
We all look through the auctions. Scanning through backlinks, valuate, number of Google results and ads, using the information to find what we deem a good buy. One thing that most people forget to look at is expiration date. Why is...
Discussion
Every Once In a While I Get A “Free” Domain At Auction
We all look through the auctions. Scanning through backlinks, valuate, number of Google results and ads, using the information to find what we deem a good buy. One thing that most people forget to look at is expiration date. Why is...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 11:02 pm
The Domains
Women.com Named By Inc.com As The #1 Startup In Los Angeles To Watch in 2015
Inc.com, just published a story on the 7 startups in Los Angeles to watch in 2015 and Women.com came in at number one. “The startup scene in Los Angeles (and Santa Monica) has got the name “Silicon Beach” due to the massive number o...
Discussion
Women.com Named By Inc.com As The #1 Startup In Los Angeles To Watch in 2015
Inc.com, just published a story on the 7 startups in Los Angeles to watch in 2015 and Women.com came in at number one. “The startup scene in Los Angeles (and Santa Monica) has got the name “Silicon Beach” due to the massive number o...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 6:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets another Domain Appraisal patent
Patent covers using comps for domain name evaluation. GoDaddy has been issued another U.S. patent related to domain name appraisals. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today issued patent number 8,909,558 for “Appraising a domain name using k...
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GoDaddy gets another Domain Appraisal patent
Patent covers using comps for domain name evaluation. GoDaddy has been issued another U.S. patent related to domain name appraisals. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today issued patent number 8,909,558 for “Appraising a domain name using k...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 6:36 pm
The Domains
NetworkWorld: Companies Switching Back To .Com After Seeing Their New Domains Fall Flat
A really interesting story just got published by NetworkWorld.com, entitled “Companies are movin’ on up to .com domain names” with the subtitle “More businesses are investing in the tried-and-true .com after seeing their effor...
Discussion
NetworkWorld: Companies Switching Back To .Com After Seeing Their New Domains Fall Flat
A really interesting story just got published by NetworkWorld.com, entitled “Companies are movin’ on up to .com domain names” with the subtitle “More businesses are investing in the tried-and-true .com after seeing their effor...
Discussion
December 9, 2014, 5:37 pm
