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The Most Expensive Google Adwords in the U.S.
A little over a month ago we posted about the highest paying keywords in the U.K. and how they were dominated by gambling keywords. Here is a look at the most expensive keywords according to Google Adwords in the U.S. No surprise that the legal secto...
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The Most Expensive Google Adwords in the U.S.
A little over a month ago we posted about the highest paying keywords in the U.K. and how they were dominated by gambling keywords. Here is a look at the most expensive keywords according to Google Adwords in the U.S. No surprise that the legal secto...
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June 3, 2016, 5:41 pm
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Just Released: Searchable Tool To Find Available .XYZ Domains Taken in .Com, .Net & .Org
The .XYZ registry just released a tool that finds available .XYZ domain names that are registered in .Com, .Net and .Org I’m told the database is over 2 million domain names. I beta tested the tool for the last hour and wound up registering sev...
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Just Released: Searchable Tool To Find Available .XYZ Domains Taken in .Com, .Net & .Org
The .XYZ registry just released a tool that finds available .XYZ domain names that are registered in .Com, .Net and .Org I’m told the database is over 2 million domain names. I beta tested the tool for the last hour and wound up registering sev...
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June 2, 2016, 8:02 pm
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Uniregistry Selling 12 New gTLD Extensions For $.85 Including .Club, .Top, .Online, .Site, .Link
While .XYZ has been make headlines with its tremendous numbers of domain registrations for as low as $.01 at Uniregistry, (as well as other domain registrars for $.02) Uniregistry has deeply discounted the price of 12 other top selling new gTLD&rsquo...
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Uniregistry Selling 12 New gTLD Extensions For $.85 Including .Club, .Top, .Online, .Site, .Link
While .XYZ has been make headlines with its tremendous numbers of domain registrations for as low as $.01 at Uniregistry, (as well as other domain registrars for $.02) Uniregistry has deeply discounted the price of 12 other top selling new gTLD&rsquo...
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June 2, 2016, 5:40 pm
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Yahoo Buys The Domain TheVertical.com From Mike Mann
Yahoo has bought the domain name TheVertical.com from Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com The domain name had a buy it now (BIN) price of $15,000. The domain name was sold with Sedo handling the escrow services. The brand protection company Mark Monit...
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Yahoo Buys The Domain TheVertical.com From Mike Mann
Yahoo has bought the domain name TheVertical.com from Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com The domain name had a buy it now (BIN) price of $15,000. The domain name was sold with Sedo handling the escrow services. The brand protection company Mark Monit...
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June 2, 2016, 1:18 pm
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Frank Schilling Owns 40K+ .XYZ Domains & They Were Registered A While Ago
There were a several comments on our blog posts on .XYZ over the last few days raising the issue of whether Frank Schilling owns .XYZ domain names in his portfolio, with several commentators citing the fact the he does not even own the domain FrankSc...
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Frank Schilling Owns 40K+ .XYZ Domains & They Were Registered A While Ago
There were a several comments on our blog posts on .XYZ over the last few days raising the issue of whether Frank Schilling owns .XYZ domain names in his portfolio, with several commentators citing the fact the he does not even own the domain FrankSc...
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June 2, 2016, 12:37 pm
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The First Domain Ever Registered at Go Daddy Might Surprise You
Joseph Green did some investigative work and posted his findings about GhettoJustice.com, the first domain registered at upstart Go Daddy. Joseph posted, I was watching How a Former Marine Built GoDaddy Into a Billion-Dollar Business and Bob Parsons ...
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The First Domain Ever Registered at Go Daddy Might Surprise You
Joseph Green did some investigative work and posted his findings about GhettoJustice.com, the first domain registered at upstart Go Daddy. Joseph posted, I was watching How a Former Marine Built GoDaddy Into a Billion-Dollar Business and Bob Parsons ...
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June 2, 2016, 2:41 am
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NameJet.com Announces Over $1.2 Million in Sales in May
Namejet.com reported $1,274,656.00 in domain name sales in May 2016. Only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only domains sold and paid for in May are included. All sales were led by 281.com which sold for $201,100 The next 5 highest sales were...
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NameJet.com Announces Over $1.2 Million in Sales in May
Namejet.com reported $1,274,656.00 in domain name sales in May 2016. Only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only domains sold and paid for in May are included. All sales were led by 281.com which sold for $201,100 The next 5 highest sales were...
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June 1, 2016, 10:08 pm
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212.com Does Not Sell One reader picked this outcome standing on 749,999
212.com did not sell on NameJet today, the auction resulted in 0 bids after the backorder period. A reader here picked this exact outcome and wins the $50. Another reader missed by $1. Steven says May 26, 2016 at 11:27 pm (Edit) $749,999 Brock...
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212.com Does Not Sell One reader picked this outcome standing on 749,999
212.com did not sell on NameJet today, the auction resulted in 0 bids after the backorder period. A reader here picked this exact outcome and wins the $50. Another reader missed by $1. Steven says May 26, 2016 at 11:27 pm (Edit) $749,999 Brock...
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June 1, 2016, 8:30 pm
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Over 400,000 .XYZ Domain Names Already Registered Today
I just chatted with the .XYZ registry who told me that over 400,000 .XYZ domain names have been registered today on June 1st as of 1pm EST. Yesterday Uniregistry announced $.01 .XYZ domain registrations, but today many other domain registrars joined ...
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Over 400,000 .XYZ Domain Names Already Registered Today
I just chatted with the .XYZ registry who told me that over 400,000 .XYZ domain names have been registered today on June 1st as of 1pm EST. Yesterday Uniregistry announced $.01 .XYZ domain registrations, but today many other domain registrars joined ...
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June 1, 2016, 5:12 pm
The Domains
Uniregistry $.01 .XYZ Promotion Gets 12K Registrations in 1st Few Hours
It looks like around 12,000 .XYZ domain names were registered in the first few hours into the $.01 .XYZ domain promotion. According to ntldstats.com, Uniregistry had 41,299 .XYZ registrations as of yesterday’s z0ne report before the announcemen...
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Uniregistry $.01 .XYZ Promotion Gets 12K Registrations in 1st Few Hours
It looks like around 12,000 .XYZ domain names were registered in the first few hours into the $.01 .XYZ domain promotion. According to ntldstats.com, Uniregistry had 41,299 .XYZ registrations as of yesterday’s z0ne report before the announcemen...
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June 1, 2016, 12:53 pm
