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The Domains
State of Bitcoin Q2 2014
Coin Desk put together a very nice presentation that took a look at the year over year growth of Bitcoin From the article: In April we announced that CoinDesk would be publishing State of Bitcoin updates on a quarterly basis. Given the positive ...
Discussion
State of Bitcoin Q2 2014
Coin Desk put together a very nice presentation that took a look at the year over year growth of Bitcoin From the article: In April we announced that CoinDesk would be publishing State of Bitcoin updates on a quarterly basis. Given the positive ...
Discussion
July 13, 2014, 9:25 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips and Flops: MH.net, TravelGreece.com, RivalFish.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 Wohnung.com – Sold recently for $34,680 at Sedo, vs $20,404 in 2007 at Sedo. Crudely translated from ...
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Domain Flips and Flops: MH.net, TravelGreece.com, RivalFish.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 Wohnung.com – Sold recently for $34,680 at Sedo, vs $20,404 in 2007 at Sedo. Crudely translated from ...
Discussion
July 12, 2014, 10:43 pm
The Domains
From A UDRP to a $238,000 Sale, Mobile.Co Has Apparently Sold
Mike wrote yesterday about the owner of Mobile.pro losing its UDRP attempt for the domain Mobile.co. Mobile.co was purchased back in 2010 for $15,000 and today the buyer of that domain has supposedly sold the domain for $238,000. Chadi Ghaith posted ...
Discussion
From A UDRP to a $238,000 Sale, Mobile.Co Has Apparently Sold
Mike wrote yesterday about the owner of Mobile.pro losing its UDRP attempt for the domain Mobile.co. Mobile.co was purchased back in 2010 for $15,000 and today the buyer of that domain has supposedly sold the domain for $238,000. Chadi Ghaith posted ...
Discussion
July 12, 2014, 6:47 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 12th
You probably read that Godaddy is changing their bidding rules on Monday to suit my active lifestyle. Unlike many domain investors, I actually have stuff to do during the closing hours of Godaddy auctions. I don’t have time to get ...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 12th
You probably read that Godaddy is changing their bidding rules on Monday to suit my active lifestyle. Unlike many domain investors, I actually have stuff to do during the closing hours of Godaddy auctions. I don’t have time to get ...
Discussion
July 12, 2014, 11:20 am
The Domains
New gTLD Domain Registrations Pass 1.5 Million
The total number of new gTLD registrations just passed 1.5 Million according to ntldstats.com The official count is 1,510,985. .XYZ is still leading with almost 300,000 registrations. While Network Solutions is still responsible for the vast majority...
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New gTLD Domain Registrations Pass 1.5 Million
The total number of new gTLD registrations just passed 1.5 Million according to ntldstats.com The official count is 1,510,985. .XYZ is still leading with almost 300,000 registrations. While Network Solutions is still responsible for the vast majority...
Discussion
July 12, 2014, 5:28 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: LightArt.com, TXO.com, RSS.com, KH.org, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. RSS.com for $135,000 Sold by Ron Sheridan, who had picked up the domain in 2009 for $125,000. The new owner is under privacy protection, but h...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: LightArt.com, TXO.com, RSS.com, KH.org, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. RSS.com for $135,000 Sold by Ron Sheridan, who had picked up the domain in 2009 for $125,000. The new owner is under privacy protection, but h...
Discussion
July 12, 2014, 2:21 am
The Domains
RapGenius.com Upgrades & Rebrand To Genius.com
The website RapGenius.com announced today that they acquired and were re-branding to the killer domain name Genius.com The domain name Genius.com was previously owned by Genius.com...
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RapGenius.com Upgrades & Rebrand To Genius.com
The website RapGenius.com announced today that they acquired and were re-branding to the killer domain name Genius.com The domain name Genius.com was previously owned by Genius.com...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 11:14 pm
The Domains
Godaddy Changing Domain Auction Rules On Time Extension Starting Monday
I just received an email from Godaddy.com that they are making a change to the closing rules on the Godaddy.com domain auction platform, which is to take place on Monday, 7/14/2014. “As it stands now, any bid that is placed in the last 5 minute...
Discussion
Godaddy Changing Domain Auction Rules On Time Extension Starting Monday
I just received an email from Godaddy.com that they are making a change to the closing rules on the Godaddy.com domain auction platform, which is to take place on Monday, 7/14/2014. “As it stands now, any bid that is placed in the last 5 minute...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 9:52 pm
The Domains
Owner of Mobile.Pro Loses UDRP Bid To Grab Mobile.Co
Inter123 Corporation lost its bid to grab the domain name mobile.co who was represented by David D. Lin of Lewis & Lin LLC, New York. The Complainant launched its website in March 2013 at mobile.pro, to provide an online community for mobile comm...
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Owner of Mobile.Pro Loses UDRP Bid To Grab Mobile.Co
Inter123 Corporation lost its bid to grab the domain name mobile.co who was represented by David D. Lin of Lewis & Lin LLC, New York. The Complainant launched its website in March 2013 at mobile.pro, to provide an online community for mobile comm...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 9:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
Discussion
Is 3,500 domains a slow start or good start?
Last month Famous Four Media launched its first few domains, including .webcam and .trade. .Webcam and .Trade each received about 3,500 registrations on the first day. .Bid received fewer than a thousand. It turns out that the bulk of registrations w...
Discussion
July 11, 2014, 2:49 pm
