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.Green Is Raising $3.5 Million Through CrowdFunding
DotGreen Community, Inc., the company behind the new .GREEN top level domain name, announced today the launch of an Internet capital raising campaign to raise $3.5 million. The first offering, a Regulation D 506(C) Private Placement solely for accred...
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.Green Is Raising $3.5 Million Through CrowdFunding
DotGreen Community, Inc., the company behind the new .GREEN top level domain name, announced today the launch of an Internet capital raising campaign to raise $3.5 million. The first offering, a Regulation D 506(C) Private Placement solely for accred...
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January 22, 2016, 8:29 pm
The Domains
All Single Character .Car Domains Are Registered: Here Are the Available .Cars
I did a quite whois check and found that all single letter .Car and single number .Car domain names are now registered. Probably not shocking to anyone but of the 40 single charter .Car domain names that have been registered, 27 were registered at Ch...
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All Single Character .Car Domains Are Registered: Here Are the Available .Cars
I did a quite whois check and found that all single letter .Car and single number .Car domain names are now registered. Probably not shocking to anyone but of the 40 single charter .Car domain names that have been registered, 27 were registered at Ch...
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January 22, 2016, 7:16 pm
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CENTR Reports There Are 311.5 Million Domains In The World
According to a new report out today (PDF) by CENTR, which is the European country code TLD organisation, as of December 31, there are 311.5 million domain names in the world. 158.7 million domain names are Legacy TLD’s including .com, .net and ...
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CENTR Reports There Are 311.5 Million Domains In The World
According to a new report out today (PDF) by CENTR, which is the European country code TLD organisation, as of December 31, there are 311.5 million domain names in the world. 158.7 million domain names are Legacy TLD’s including .com, .net and ...
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January 22, 2016, 6:23 pm
The Domains
Report: Ad Fraud to cost advertisers $7.2 Billion in 2016
Mike O’Brien wrote an article on Clickz that delved into just how much ad fraud is costing companies. The article referenced a study called The 2015 Bot Baseline Report, that report concluded that advertisers will lose $7.2 billion in 2016. The...
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Report: Ad Fraud to cost advertisers $7.2 Billion in 2016
Mike O’Brien wrote an article on Clickz that delved into just how much ad fraud is costing companies. The article referenced a study called The 2015 Bot Baseline Report, that report concluded that advertisers will lose $7.2 billion in 2016. The...
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January 22, 2016, 5:37 pm
The Domains
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
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Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
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January 21, 2016, 7:51 pm
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Family; .Feedback
Earlier today we wrote about .Car, .Cars and .Auto which ended its first day of general availability with around 650 domain registrations. Two other new gTLD’s launched yesterday Rightside (NAME) .Family and Jay Westerdal’s .Feedback. .Fa...
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January 21, 2016, 4:49 pm
The Domains
.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
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.Car, .Cars & .Auto Hauls In Another Cool Million
The new gTLD’s .Car, .Cars and .Auto went into it’s first day of general availability (GA) yesterday a domain name could be registered on a first come, first severed basis. According to RegistrarStats.com here are the totals from th...
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January 21, 2016, 2:08 pm
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Extended Namescon Auction Ends Tomorrow 125+ Domains Will Sell
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference ends on Namejet.com tomorrow afternoon starting around 3pm EST and closes in staggered fashion until around 5pm EST subject to Namejet’s normal closing rules. As of publication...
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Extended Namescon Auction Ends Tomorrow 125+ Domains Will Sell
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference ends on Namejet.com tomorrow afternoon starting around 3pm EST and closes in staggered fashion until around 5pm EST subject to Namejet’s normal closing rules. As of publication...
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January 20, 2016, 8:54 pm
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Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 61% BIN Led by HSZ.com For $65,580 Eur
Over the past week, 606 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: hsz.com at 65,580 EUR Top...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 61% BIN Led by HSZ.com For $65,580 Eur
Over the past week, 606 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: hsz.com at 65,580 EUR Top...
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January 19, 2016, 11:48 pm
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Coke Unites Brands Under “Taste the Feeling” They Got Twitter Covered But Not The .Com
Coca-Cola announced today that it has launched “its biggest marketing campaign in a decade, uniting its four brands under one new tagline: “Taste the Feeling”. “Coca-Cola today announced that for the first time, all Coke Trade...
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Coke Unites Brands Under “Taste the Feeling” They Got Twitter Covered But Not The .Com
Coca-Cola announced today that it has launched “its biggest marketing campaign in a decade, uniting its four brands under one new tagline: “Taste the Feeling”. “Coca-Cola today announced that for the first time, all Coke Trade...
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January 19, 2016, 7:33 pm
