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Elliot's Blog
Mike Mann Shares Results of A/B Price Testing
You’ve probably seen Buy Domains price its domain names to end with the numbers 88. Whether the domain name is $4,088 or $40,088, almost all of Buy Domains’ priced domain names have an 88 at the end. That was most likely the result of Mik...
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Mike Mann Shares Results of A/B Price Testing
You’ve probably seen Buy Domains price its domain names to end with the numbers 88. Whether the domain name is $4,088 or $40,088, almost all of Buy Domains’ priced domain names have an 88 at the end. That was most likely the result of Mik...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panel got BidPal.com case right, but complainant’s lawyers did it a disservice
Ultimate decision in case is right, but complainant’s case could have been stronger than it was. It’s no wonder that BidPal, Inc wants the domain name BidPal.com. It has the decidedly inferior domain name BidPalNetwork.com. In October it ...
Discussion
UDRP panel got BidPal.com case right, but complainant’s lawyers did it a disservice
Ultimate decision in case is right, but complainant’s case could have been stronger than it was. It’s no wonder that BidPal, Inc wants the domain name BidPal.com. It has the decidedly inferior domain name BidPalNetwork.com. In October it ...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 10:14 am
The Domains
.Co Domains Under Management Grows 24% In 2012
According to blog post on the .Co blog this morning the registrar is reporting that domains under management grew 24% from 2011-2012 “The .Co blended renewal rate is 63% and growing”. “First time renewal rates are in the mid 50% ran...
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.Co Domains Under Management Grows 24% In 2012
According to blog post on the .Co blog this morning the registrar is reporting that domains under management grew 24% from 2011-2012 “The .Co blended renewal rate is 63% and growing”. “First time renewal rates are in the mid 50% ran...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 10:01 am
Domain Name Wire
.Co domain base up 24% this year to 1.4 million
Registered domain base up about 24% in a year. .Co Internet just released stats about its domain registrations. As of the end of November, there were about 1.4 million registered .co domain names. This is up 24% from last year. It has a “blende...
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.Co domain base up 24% this year to 1.4 million
Registered domain base up about 24% in a year. .Co Internet just released stats about its domain registrations. As of the end of November, there were about 1.4 million registered .co domain names. This is up 24% from last year. It has a “blende...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 9:36 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 20th
Just when it’s time to take a vacation wouldn’t you know it. A storm rolls in and it’s time to salt and plow. It’s not that I don’t like making money but I have to admit there are times when I would give up making money ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 20th
Just when it’s time to take a vacation wouldn’t you know it. A storm rolls in and it’s time to salt and plow. It’s not that I don’t like making money but I have to admit there are times when I would give up making money ...
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 1:10 am
The Domains
Casino War 3X As SHFL Files 3 Separate UDRP’s Against Holder of the .com, .net & .org
Here something you don’t see everyday a company filing three separate UDRP’s against the same domain name in the .com, .net and .org versions. Today SHFL entertainment, Inc did just that on the domain names casinowar.com, casinowar....
Discussion
Casino War 3X As SHFL Files 3 Separate UDRP’s Against Holder of the .com, .net & .org
Here something you don’t see everyday a company filing three separate UDRP’s against the same domain name in the .com, .net and .org versions. Today SHFL entertainment, Inc did just that on the domain names casinowar.com, casinowar....
Discussion
December 20, 2012, 12:22 am
Elliot's Blog
NYE.com Sells for $175k
The NameJet auction for the NYE.com domain name ended today after quite a bit of extended bidding. The final sales price was $175,500 and the winning bidder had a bidder ID of domainnameltd. I don’t recall seeing that user ID in the past, ...
Discussion
NYE.com Sells for $175k
The NameJet auction for the NYE.com domain name ended today after quite a bit of extended bidding. The final sales price was $175,500 and the winning bidder had a bidder ID of domainnameltd. I don’t recall seeing that user ID in the past, ...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 6:47 pm
Domain Name News
Jasmine Begg joins .CO Internet as Director of Sales and Marketing, EMEA
As announced in a blog post by Crystal Peterson, Jasmine Begg is the new Director of Sales and Marketing, EMEA at .CO Internet. Most of the people in the domain industry know her from her time at German registar InternetX, where she served as Te...
Discussion
Jasmine Begg joins .CO Internet as Director of Sales and Marketing, EMEA
As announced in a blog post by Crystal Peterson, Jasmine Begg is the new Director of Sales and Marketing, EMEA at .CO Internet. Most of the people in the domain industry know her from her time at German registar InternetX, where she served as Te...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 6:35 pm
Domain Name News
VeriSign to increase .NET prices by 10% on July 1st, 2013
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) just announced that intends to increase the .NET domain registration pricing by 10% on July 1st, 2013, bringing the price for registrars from $5.11 per domain name year to $5.62. The announcement about the increase for .NET fee...
Discussion
VeriSign to increase .NET prices by 10% on July 1st, 2013
VeriSign (NASDAQ:VRSN) just announced that intends to increase the .NET domain registration pricing by 10% on July 1st, 2013, bringing the price for registrars from $5.11 per domain name year to $5.62. The announcement about the increase for .NET fee...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 5:22 pm
The Domains
Verisign Increase .Net Prices 10%, Adding $7.5 Million To Verisign’s Revenue
After the market closed today, VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), announced, effective July 1, 2013, an increase in the registry domain name fee for .net top-level domain names, per its agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Nu...
Discussion
Verisign Increase .Net Prices 10%, Adding $7.5 Million To Verisign’s Revenue
After the market closed today, VeriSign, Inc. ( NASDAQ : VRSN ), announced, effective July 1, 2013, an increase in the registry domain name fee for .net top-level domain names, per its agreement with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Nu...
Discussion
December 19, 2012, 4:47 pm
