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Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 30th, 2014
A few things before we get to the names today. One, Namejet has a bunch of .buzz domains up for auction if you are interested. Of course the one I like celebrity.buzz has the most bids. Take a look if .buzz has any interest to you. ...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 30th, 2014
A few things before we get to the names today. One, Namejet has a bunch of .buzz domains up for auction if you are interested. Of course the one I like celebrity.buzz has the most bids. Take a look if .buzz has any interest to you. ...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 11:20 am
The Domains
Scroogle.org Closes at $17,100 on Go Daddy Auctions, 2 Years After Website Closed
Scroogle.org closed today on Go Daddy Auctions at $17,100. The site and its owner Daniel Brandt have not seen eye to eye with the search engine giant. Tech Republic covered the site back in 2011 with the headline, “Scroogle: Adding privacy to G...
Discussion
Scroogle.org Closes at $17,100 on Go Daddy Auctions, 2 Years After Website Closed
Scroogle.org closed today on Go Daddy Auctions at $17,100. The site and its owner Daniel Brandt have not seen eye to eye with the search engine giant. Tech Republic covered the site back in 2011 with the headline, “Scroogle: Adding privacy to G...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 6:52 am
Domain Shane
Domain Shane + Accidental Domainer : Weekly Book of 10 (Dowo.com, FreshCutFlowers.com)
Last week’s names had some pretty decent results with Tadpole.com selling for $20K. If you see a name for sale and want to buy or make an offer shoot us an email. As for the auctions. Good luck. Here are this week’...
Discussion
Domain Shane + Accidental Domainer : Weekly Book of 10 (Dowo.com, FreshCutFlowers.com)
Last week’s names had some pretty decent results with Tadpole.com selling for $20K. If you see a name for sale and want to buy or make an offer shoot us an email. As for the auctions. Good luck. Here are this week’...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 2:50 am
The Domains
The Internet Commerce Association’s Website Gets A Big Makeover
The Internet Commerce Association’s (ICA) Website has undergone a massive resign. The ICA has a new, sharp-looking website at InternetCommerce.org. The ICA wants to thank Michael Castello for leading the initiative to update the I...
Discussion
The Internet Commerce Association’s Website Gets A Big Makeover
The Internet Commerce Association’s (ICA) Website has undergone a massive resign. The ICA has a new, sharp-looking website at InternetCommerce.org. The ICA wants to thank Michael Castello for leading the initiative to update the I...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 10:06 pm
The Domains
Uniregisty Wins Private Auctions For .Help and .Diet; Famous Four Participates In Its 1st Private Auction
At the TRAFFIC show today, Sevan Derderian, Director of Sales of Uniregistry announced that Uniregistry has won the private auction for the new gTLD’s .Help and .Diet this week. There were two other applicants for .Help; Dot Tech LLC of K...
Discussion
Uniregisty Wins Private Auctions For .Help and .Diet; Famous Four Participates In Its 1st Private Auction
At the TRAFFIC show today, Sevan Derderian, Director of Sales of Uniregistry announced that Uniregistry has won the private auction for the new gTLD’s .Help and .Diet this week. There were two other applicants for .Help; Dot Tech LLC of K...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 8:23 pm
The Domains
How one Google Algorithm Change Can Damage A Business
There was an article over at Motley Fool yesterday by Adam Levy that took a look at how one Google algorithm changed can ruin a business. The article discussed the recent Panda change and the effect on RetailMeNot. From the article: Last week, shares...
Discussion
How one Google Algorithm Change Can Damage A Business
There was an article over at Motley Fool yesterday by Adam Levy that took a look at how one Google algorithm changed can ruin a business. The article discussed the recent Panda change and the effect on RetailMeNot. From the article: Last week, shares...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 7:07 pm
The Domains
Two Letter .Com; QM.com Hits The Market For 1st Time & Already Has a High Bid of $260K
RightoftheDot.com is exclusively brokering the two letter .com domain QM.com which is on the market for the first time. The domain is corporate owned not domainer owned. The owner is looking for offers of $500,000 or more. ROTD has a current hi...
Discussion
Two Letter .Com; QM.com Hits The Market For 1st Time & Already Has a High Bid of $260K
RightoftheDot.com is exclusively brokering the two letter .com domain QM.com which is on the market for the first time. The domain is corporate owned not domainer owned. The owner is looking for offers of $500,000 or more. ROTD has a current hi...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
How many registrations will new TLDs get?
Most people think low five figures. We’re starting to get an idea of how many registrations new top level domain names can expect to get in the short term now that dozens have launched. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked “On ...
Discussion
How many registrations will new TLDs get?
Most people think low five figures. We’re starting to get an idea of how many registrations new top level domain names can expect to get in the short term now that dozens have launched. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked “On ...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tadpole.com sells for $20k and .us compared to new TLDs
In this week’s Expired Domain Report, Joseph Peterson reports on the sale of Tadpole.com, plus a comparison of .us domain sales to the asking prices on new TLD premium domains. Once upon a time – specifically, once upon 22 April...
Discussion
Tadpole.com sells for $20k and .us compared to new TLDs
In this week’s Expired Domain Report, Joseph Peterson reports on the sale of Tadpole.com, plus a comparison of .us domain sales to the asking prices on new TLD premium domains. Once upon a time – specifically, once upon 22 April...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal
Multi-year deal for forty .xxx domains valued at $5 million. The domain name Sex.xxx has been sold as part of a $5 million deal between ICM Registry and Barron Innovations. The two parties pegged the price of Sex.xxx itself at a whopping $3 million. ...
Discussion
Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal
Multi-year deal for forty .xxx domains valued at $5 million. The domain name Sex.xxx has been sold as part of a $5 million deal between ICM Registry and Barron Innovations. The two parties pegged the price of Sex.xxx itself at a whopping $3 million. ...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 1:33 pm
