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Sedo weekly sales chart led by HotBot.com at $155,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and the top sale was HotBot.com for $155,000. The domain was registered back in 1996. The domain was owned by Lycos an old school Internet company back in the day. PersonalPlanner.com sold for $43,000, good sounding b...
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Sedo weekly sales chart led by HotBot.com at $155,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and the top sale was HotBot.com for $155,000. The domain was registered back in 1996. The domain was owned by Lycos an old school Internet company back in the day. PersonalPlanner.com sold for $43,000, good sounding b...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 7:58 pm
The Domains
Rick Schwartz talks to us about China,.Web and much much more
It’s been over 10 months since Rick Schwartz has sat down and written his thoughts on domaining. I contacted Rick to ask him if he was up for an interview and he graciously obliged. Below is what I consider a post to bookmark and read a couple ...
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Rick Schwartz talks to us about China,.Web and much much more
It’s been over 10 months since Rick Schwartz has sat down and written his thoughts on domaining. I contacted Rick to ask him if he was up for an interview and he graciously obliged. Below is what I consider a post to bookmark and read a couple ...
Discussion
October 4, 2016, 2:44 pm
The Domains
NameJet.com Announces $655K In Sales In September
Namejet.com has released over $655,000 in domain sales for the month of September 2016. Only domain names that sold and were paid for by September 30th, are included. Only sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report. 5 of the top 7 sales were ...
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NameJet.com Announces $655K In Sales In September
Namejet.com has released over $655,000 in domain sales for the month of September 2016. Only domain names that sold and were paid for by September 30th, are included. Only sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report. 5 of the top 7 sales were ...
Discussion
October 3, 2016, 7:28 pm
The Domains
The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled “Oversight Transition Isn’t Giving Away the Internet, But Won’t Fix ICANN’s Problems” I...
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The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled “Oversight Transition Isn’t Giving Away the Internet, But Won’t Fix ICANN’s Problems” I...
Discussion
October 3, 2016, 5:16 pm
The Domains
A look back at some 2009 predictions
With the U.S. giving up control to ICANN I thought it might be fun to take a look back to predictions for 2009. Michael mentioned the U.S. giving up control as #10 on the list, he also mentioned someone doing a deal with Yahoo, that took a little lon...
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A look back at some 2009 predictions
With the U.S. giving up control to ICANN I thought it might be fun to take a look back to predictions for 2009. Michael mentioned the U.S. giving up control as #10 on the list, he also mentioned someone doing a deal with Yahoo, that took a little lon...
Discussion
October 1, 2016, 7:13 pm
The Domains
What do you have for $100 ?
Over the summer we did a couple of posts that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $2,500 or less. With this post tell everyone what you got for $100, I know it’s not a lot and no one should expect anything pre...
Discussion
What do you have for $100 ?
Over the summer we did a couple of posts that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $2,500 or less. With this post tell everyone what you got for $100, I know it’s not a lot and no one should expect anything pre...
Discussion
September 30, 2016, 4:55 pm
The Domains
Dot Club will no longer recapture deleting names as the registry
Dot Club wrote on their blog today that they will no longer scoop up deleting .club names that they deem as valuable. The only exception being registry reserved names. Hopefully down the line they would even allow those domains to drop. The chance of...
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Dot Club will no longer recapture deleting names as the registry
Dot Club wrote on their blog today that they will no longer scoop up deleting .club names that they deem as valuable. The only exception being registry reserved names. Hopefully down the line they would even allow those domains to drop. The chance of...
Discussion
September 30, 2016, 3:40 pm
The Domains
2016 Could be a record year for domain disputes at the WIPO
Doug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,”WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name D...
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2016 Could be a record year for domain disputes at the WIPO
Doug Isenberg, Attorney & Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Doug noted,”WIPO statistics do not represent all of the complaints filed under the Uniform Domain Name D...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 7:15 pm
The Domains
An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delvers into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .sh...
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An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delvers into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .sh...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 3:03 pm
The Domains
Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. “In a recent essay, Paul Graham, venture capitalist and co-founder of the ...
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Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. “In a recent essay, Paul Graham, venture capitalist and co-founder of the ...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 1:39 pm
