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Purple.com sold for $900,000
George Kirikos who sought retweets as currency for his research efforts, set up a series of clues on a domain that sold last year that would chart in the top 10 for 2017 domain sales. The domain is Purple.com, I was really the only one playing along ...
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Purple.com sold for $900,000
George Kirikos who sought retweets as currency for his research efforts, set up a series of clues on a domain that sold last year that would chart in the top 10 for 2017 domain sales. The domain is Purple.com, I was really the only one playing along ...
Discussion
March 17, 2018, 3:28 pm

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Page Howe to do a live AMA in Namepros chatroom tonight
Page Howe is going to be doing a real time AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the Namepros chatroom today. Page posted: So one of the best things about domain forums from back in the day was the chatroom. I’ve talked with Eric over the past year about do...
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Page Howe to do a live AMA in Namepros chatroom tonight
Page Howe is going to be doing a real time AMA (Ask Me Anything) in the Namepros chatroom today. Page posted: So one of the best things about domain forums from back in the day was the chatroom. I’ve talked with Eric over the past year about do...
Discussion
March 17, 2018, 11:03 am

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Somehow someone accidentally purchased a domain for $8,000 and they don’t want it
Another interesting thread popped up on Namepros yesterday. A new member basically posted that they bought a domain for $8,000 by accident. They don’t want the name, they would like Sedo to stop threatening legal action as they don’t even...
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Somehow someone accidentally purchased a domain for $8,000 and they don’t want it
Another interesting thread popped up on Namepros yesterday. A new member basically posted that they bought a domain for $8,000 by accident. They don’t want the name, they would like Sedo to stop threatening legal action as they don’t even...
Discussion
March 14, 2018, 8:04 am

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Sedo weekly sales led by Garbuio.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Garbuio.com was the top sale at 45,000 Euros, ($55,754). Kul.com was number two at 35,000 Euros,($43,364). This name was flipped from last year when it sold for $22,000. 54 .com sales 23 cctld sales 3 other gtld s...
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Sedo weekly sales led by Garbuio.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Garbuio.com was the top sale at 45,000 Euros, ($55,754). Kul.com was number two at 35,000 Euros,($43,364). This name was flipped from last year when it sold for $22,000. 54 .com sales 23 cctld sales 3 other gtld s...
Discussion
March 13, 2018, 8:44 pm

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First DomainNames.com now DomainName.com looks to have sold
While checking the whois on some generic industry based names, I noticed that DomainName.com is now at transferservice@sedo.com. When I type in the name the lander makes me think that Yinan Wang the same buyer of DomainNames.com purchased the name. N...
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First DomainNames.com now DomainName.com looks to have sold
While checking the whois on some generic industry based names, I noticed that DomainName.com is now at transferservice@sedo.com. When I type in the name the lander makes me think that Yinan Wang the same buyer of DomainNames.com purchased the name. N...
Discussion
March 13, 2018, 11:02 am

The Domains
What’s up Doc?
Still a week away to the auction close and Carrot.com is already at $61,000. 77 bids so far for the 22 year old domain name. Leave a comment where it will close, closest wins $25. You have until Tuesday night 11:59 p.m. Eastern to make a guess, then ...
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What’s up Doc?
Still a week away to the auction close and Carrot.com is already at $61,000. 77 bids so far for the 22 year old domain name. Leave a comment where it will close, closest wins $25. You have until Tuesday night 11:59 p.m. Eastern to make a guess, then ...
Discussion
March 12, 2018, 2:22 pm

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The forum post you must read to believe
If you are into domaining and perhaps you also like a good Aaron Sorkin movie like “A Few Good Men” or “The Social Network” then you need to spend some time, and it will take a bit of time, to read the story of CQD.com on Name...
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The forum post you must read to believe
If you are into domaining and perhaps you also like a good Aaron Sorkin movie like “A Few Good Men” or “The Social Network” then you need to spend some time, and it will take a bit of time, to read the story of CQD.com on Name...
Discussion
March 12, 2018, 10:38 am

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Changes to China’s domain name system
Allegravita a leading expert consultancy on the Chinese domain name industry published an article about changes to the Chinese naming system. It appears that Under .CN and .中国, China’s ccTLD (in English and Chinese respectively), there are ...
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Changes to China’s domain name system
Allegravita a leading expert consultancy on the Chinese domain name industry published an article about changes to the Chinese naming system. It appears that Under .CN and .中国, China’s ccTLD (in English and Chinese respectively), there are ...
Discussion
March 12, 2018, 5:47 am

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Post the best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less
This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. Every once in awhile there will be a comment about do we expect great names listed for $1,000? come on. No we don&rsquo...
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Post the best name you have for sale for $1,000 or less
This post should be used to sell a name where you are making some money with no commission, and leave a little for the next buyer. Every once in awhile there will be a comment about do we expect great names listed for $1,000? come on. No we don&rsquo...
Discussion
March 10, 2018, 1:34 am

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NameSilo to be acquired
NameSilo is being acquired by investment firm Brisio Innovations Inc. The company makes investments in both public and private markets and focuses on opportunities in a wide variety of industries excluding the resource and resource service sectors. B...
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NameSilo to be acquired
NameSilo is being acquired by investment firm Brisio Innovations Inc. The company makes investments in both public and private markets and focuses on opportunities in a wide variety of industries excluding the resource and resource service sectors. B...
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March 9, 2018, 3:39 pm