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The Domains
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
The Domains
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
The Domains
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...
Discussion
June 1, 2016, 10:08 pm
The Domains
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
The Domains
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
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Minpaku.com
Over the past week, 480 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: minpaku.com at 17,000 USD ...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million led by Minpaku.com
Over the past week, 480 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 63% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: minpaku.com at 17,000 USD ...
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June 1, 2016, 8:16 am
The Domains
Quick Poll: How Many .XYZ Domains Are You Going To Register at $.01
Now that Uniregistry announced that it’s offering .XYZ domain name registrations at just one penny now through June 2nd we thought we would run a quick poll to ask you how many domains you are planning on registering. Our answer range from none...
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Quick Poll: How Many .XYZ Domains Are You Going To Register at $.01
Now that Uniregistry announced that it’s offering .XYZ domain name registrations at just one penny now through June 2nd we thought we would run a quick poll to ask you how many domains you are planning on registering. Our answer range from none...
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May 31, 2016, 10:43 pm
The Domains
.Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go
The new gTLD .store which entered the sunrise phase on the 6th of April, is already slated to make its mark in the Top 10 new gTLDs in terms of sunrise performance, standing at the 515 sunrise orders with 5 days of the sunrise remaining. As the...
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.Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go
The new gTLD .store which entered the sunrise phase on the 6th of April, is already slated to make its mark in the Top 10 new gTLDs in terms of sunrise performance, standing at the 515 sunrise orders with 5 days of the sunrise remaining. As the...
Discussion
May 30, 2016, 4:47 pm
The Domains
Cash.us closes at $20,100 amid a ton of .us expiring auctions
It was .US day on Go Daddy and there were some interesting closing prices. More than likely all these domains get renewed but it was still an interesting exercise to look at which names closed highest. Here are the names I tracked that closed four fi...
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Cash.us closes at $20,100 amid a ton of .us expiring auctions
It was .US day on Go Daddy and there were some interesting closing prices. More than likely all these domains get renewed but it was still an interesting exercise to look at which names closed highest. Here are the names I tracked that closed four fi...
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May 29, 2016, 12:32 am
