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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total God Knows What – Bam.Tech top sale
Sedo has decided to stop reporting the total weekly transaction number and the percentage of buy it now transactions. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: laha.com at 15,000 USD Top ccTLD: bet.com.br at 9,500 USD Top “other” TLD: bam...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total God Knows What – Bam.Tech top sale
Sedo has decided to stop reporting the total weekly transaction number and the percentage of buy it now transactions. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: laha.com at 15,000 USD Top ccTLD: bet.com.br at 9,500 USD Top “other” TLD: bam...
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August 2, 2016, 9:06 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Announces $6000K+ in Sales In July
Namejet.com reported $616,344 in domain name sales in July 2016. Only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only domains sold and paid for in July are included. All sales were led by Present.com for $90,600 The high sale was followed by two first ...
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Namejet.com Announces $6000K+ in Sales In July
Namejet.com reported $616,344 in domain name sales in July 2016. Only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only domains sold and paid for in July are included. All sales were led by Present.com for $90,600 The high sale was followed by two first ...
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August 2, 2016, 8:27 pm
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VS.com Changes Hands For Something Other Than Money
Back in 2015 we wrote a post about VS.com being sold. The domain name VS.com appears to have sold. The domain name was registered to a VS Media, Inc. of Calabasas, California until a couple of months ago when it went under privacy at Godaddy. H...
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VS.com Changes Hands For Something Other Than Money
Back in 2015 we wrote a post about VS.com being sold. The domain name VS.com appears to have sold. The domain name was registered to a VS Media, Inc. of Calabasas, California until a couple of months ago when it went under privacy at Godaddy. H...
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August 2, 2016, 4:03 am
The Domains
Dot Tech is Turning 1 and Radix wants to give you a shot at a $250 prize
TECH domains entered General Availability on 5th August 2015 with a vision to be the moniker for everything related to technology online. It was targeted towards serving the branding needs of startups, tech influencers, tech reviewers, developers ali...
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Dot Tech is Turning 1 and Radix wants to give you a shot at a $250 prize
TECH domains entered General Availability on 5th August 2015 with a vision to be the moniker for everything related to technology online. It was targeted towards serving the branding needs of startups, tech influencers, tech reviewers, developers ali...
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August 1, 2016, 8:22 pm
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Thoughts About Verisign’s $135 Million Dollar .Web Acquisition & What It Means For Domainers
I didn’t write much leading up to the Verisign (VRSN) acquisition of .Web for $135 Million this week, but I have plenty of thoughts about it. First and foremost it’s a no brainier for Verisign. Forget the $1.9 Billion they have sitting in...
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Thoughts About Verisign’s $135 Million Dollar .Web Acquisition & What It Means For Domainers
I didn’t write much leading up to the Verisign (VRSN) acquisition of .Web for $135 Million this week, but I have plenty of thoughts about it. First and foremost it’s a no brainier for Verisign. Forget the $1.9 Billion they have sitting in...
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July 31, 2016, 12:20 pm
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Furniture.co.uk Sold for $700,000
We received an email today that the domain Furniture.co.uk has been purchased for $700,000. The note came from the buyer Graham Haynes. According to Graham his company was the buyer of Purple.co.uk and BedroomFurniture.co.uk. A quote from the b...
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Furniture.co.uk Sold for $700,000
We received an email today that the domain Furniture.co.uk has been purchased for $700,000. The note came from the buyer Graham Haynes. According to Graham his company was the buyer of Purple.co.uk and BedroomFurniture.co.uk. A quote from the b...
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July 29, 2016, 3:44 pm
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ICANN releases official statement on the $135million .web auction
ICANN releases official statement on the $135 million .web auction. I have to give credit to Michael Berkens, he told me months ago he thought it would be $100 million plus. On 27 July 2016, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN‘s authorized auction servic...
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ICANN releases official statement on the $135million .web auction
ICANN releases official statement on the $135 million .web auction. I have to give credit to Michael Berkens, he told me months ago he thought it would be $100 million plus. On 27 July 2016, Power Auctions LLC, ICANN‘s authorized auction servic...
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July 29, 2016, 3:38 am
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Verisign Reports: Revenue up 9%: Has Operating Margin of 61.5%
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN),today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2016. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $286 million for the second quarter of 2016, up 9.1% from the same quarter in 2015. Ve...
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Verisign Reports: Revenue up 9%: Has Operating Margin of 61.5%
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN),today reported financial results for the second quarter of 2016. VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $286 million for the second quarter of 2016, up 9.1% from the same quarter in 2015. Ve...
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July 28, 2016, 8:34 pm
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The Daily Roundup for July 27, 2016
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 27, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike Looks like the new gTLD domain name i.team sold in escrow @afternic; BIN price was only $2,499. UDRP filed against the domain name AmazonLord.com but not by Amazon....
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The Daily Roundup for July 27, 2016
Welcome to the Daily Roundup for July 27, 2016 Domain movements spotted by Mike Looks like the new gTLD domain name i.team sold in escrow @afternic; BIN price was only $2,499. UDRP filed against the domain name AmazonLord.com but not by Amazon....
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July 28, 2016, 6:31 am
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China’s Real Name Verification Requirements Are Finally Enabled for .COM Domains
.COM is the First of Many Foreign Domain Extensions to Comply with Chinese Requirements for Real Name Verification Simon Cousins and Matt Johnson, Allegravita, with contributions by Kassey Lee A crucial pillar of China’s MIIT (Ministry of Indus...
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China’s Real Name Verification Requirements Are Finally Enabled for .COM Domains
.COM is the First of Many Foreign Domain Extensions to Comply with Chinese Requirements for Real Name Verification Simon Cousins and Matt Johnson, Allegravita, with contributions by Kassey Lee A crucial pillar of China’s MIIT (Ministry of Indus...
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July 27, 2016, 6:54 pm
