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Elliot's Blog
Old.com: Tribute to Scott Day
If you’ve been involved with domain names for more than 5 minutes, you’ve likely heard of Scott Day and/or his company, DigiMedia. The company owns great domain names like FantasyFootball.com, Recipes.com, Dress.com, WebDesign.com, and ma...
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Old.com: Tribute to Scott Day
If you’ve been involved with domain names for more than 5 minutes, you’ve likely heard of Scott Day and/or his company, DigiMedia. The company owns great domain names like FantasyFootball.com, Recipes.com, Dress.com, WebDesign.com, and ma...
Discussion
April 12, 2011, 10:21 am
The Domains
Yesterday Before Noon I Turned Down $500K In Offers; Domaining Is Like Deal Or No Deal
Yes its true. Yesterday before noon I had already turned down offers on 4 domains totaling just short of $500,000. The first domain was easy for me. VisitTurkey.com. I told the buyer I had just sold visitberlin.com for $230K and visitstockholm....
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Yesterday Before Noon I Turned Down $500K In Offers; Domaining Is Like Deal Or No Deal
Yes its true. Yesterday before noon I had already turned down offers on 4 domains totaling just short of $500,000. The first domain was easy for me. VisitTurkey.com. I told the buyer I had just sold visitberlin.com for $230K and visitstockholm....
Discussion
April 12, 2011, 9:36 am
Domain Name Wire
Czech Arbitration Court Issues Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision
UDRP provider blasts complainant and issues finding of RDNH. One of the smaller and lesser known UDRP providers has issued a finding of reverse domain name hijacking against a complainant. Czech Arbitration Court, known for its attempts to create a &...
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Czech Arbitration Court Issues Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Decision
UDRP provider blasts complainant and issues finding of RDNH. One of the smaller and lesser known UDRP providers has issued a finding of reverse domain name hijacking against a complainant. Czech Arbitration Court, known for its attempts to create a &...
Discussion
April 12, 2011, 9:14 am
Domain Shane
Tuesday’s Daily Domain Auctions and Drops
I’m always amazed at what some of these domains reach at auction but more than glad to see it. As bad as I want to buy some of those names, I am willing to trade missing out on the names in exchange for names reaching high prices. It incr...
Discussion
Tuesday’s Daily Domain Auctions and Drops
I’m always amazed at what some of these domains reach at auction but more than glad to see it. As bad as I want to buy some of those names, I am willing to trade missing out on the names in exchange for names reaching high prices. It incr...
Discussion
April 12, 2011, 2:59 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $770k In Domains Led By Cardoo.com.com For $110k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 9th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $768,685. The top seller of the week was Cardoo.com at $110,000 followed by Waterionizer.com at $18,000. Here is the full lis...
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Afternic.com Sells $770k In Domains Led By Cardoo.com.com For $110k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 9th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $768,685. The top seller of the week was Cardoo.com at $110,000 followed by Waterionizer.com at $18,000. Here is the full lis...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 7:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Records $700k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded just under $700k in .com domain sales of $1,000 or more (not subject to NDA). The largest sale listed was Cardoo.com, which appears to be now registered to a person named Philipp Grabensee, although the email on file stil...
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Afternic Records $700k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded just under $700k in .com domain sales of $1,000 or more (not subject to NDA). The largest sale listed was Cardoo.com, which appears to be now registered to a person named Philipp Grabensee, although the email on file stil...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign May Be Able to Continue Hiking .Net Prices 10% Per Year
Proposed contract renewal allows for huge price increases on .net domain registrations. ICANN’s contract with VeriSign for running the .net domain name registry expires at the end of June. Thanks to a “presumptive renewal” clause, t...
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VeriSign May Be Able to Continue Hiking .Net Prices 10% Per Year
Proposed contract renewal allows for huge price increases on .net domain registrations. ICANN’s contract with VeriSign for running the .net domain name registry expires at the end of June. Thanks to a “presumptive renewal” clause, t...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 6:37 pm
Elliot's Blog
How to Get News Featured on a Domain Blog
I know, it’s not like my blog is CNN or Fox News, where a featured story means you either did something really good or really bad. However, it’s not always easy to get your news posted on a domain blog. Here are a few tips for people that...
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How to Get News Featured on a Domain Blog
I know, it’s not like my blog is CNN or Fox News, where a featured story means you either did something really good or really bad. However, it’s not always easy to get your news posted on a domain blog. Here are a few tips for people that...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 5:58 pm
Domain Name News
Google Ordered to Disclose “Parked Domains” Metrics
According to MediaPost a judge has ordered Google to disclose financial metrics stemming from their Domain Parking and Error Pages programs within Google Adsense. The lawsuit that was started by advertising clients in 2008 and a recent pledge by Goog...
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Google Ordered to Disclose “Parked Domains” Metrics
According to MediaPost a judge has ordered Google to disclose financial metrics stemming from their Domain Parking and Error Pages programs within Google Adsense. The lawsuit that was started by advertising clients in 2008 and a recent pledge by Goog...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 5:56 pm
The Domains
NoShit.(com): OutReach.Org Sells For $90,400 On Namejet (& NoShit.com Sells Too)
A couple of very interesting auctions just ended at Namjet.com. The domain name Outreach.org sold for a whopping $90,400. Yes you read it right. $90,400. Another domain which just sold and certainly made for the interesting headline is NoShit.c...
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NoShit.(com): OutReach.Org Sells For $90,400 On Namejet (& NoShit.com Sells Too)
A couple of very interesting auctions just ended at Namjet.com. The domain name Outreach.org sold for a whopping $90,400. Yes you read it right. $90,400. Another domain which just sold and certainly made for the interesting headline is NoShit.c...
Discussion
April 11, 2011, 4:36 pm
