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Google Buys More “Letter” .Com’s: Now owns 19 of Them; Maybe only 6 Left
Google bought several more “letter”.com’s yesterday picking up abcdefghijkl.com abcdefghijklm.com abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy.com All registered in 2004. Since turning the domain world on its head buying abc.xyz Google now owns: ABCDE...
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Google Buys More “Letter” .Com’s: Now owns 19 of Them; Maybe only 6 Left
Google bought several more “letter”.com’s yesterday picking up abcdefghijkl.com abcdefghijklm.com abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxy.com All registered in 2004. Since turning the domain world on its head buying abc.xyz Google now owns: ABCDE...
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December 27, 2015, 3:38 pm
The Domains
The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. Abou...
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The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. Abou...
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December 24, 2015, 3:33 pm
The Domains
Dot Space reaches the 100,000 Registration Mark
Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to ...
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Dot Space reaches the 100,000 Registration Mark
Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to ...
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December 24, 2015, 6:46 am
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million led by v5.com
Over the past week, 580 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo will no longer be reporting sales under 2,000 which I am sure will disappoint so...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million led by v5.com
Over the past week, 580 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo will no longer be reporting sales under 2,000 which I am sure will disappoint so...
Discussion
December 22, 2015, 9:26 pm
The Domains
Google Adds abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com to its Collection Of Alphabet Domains
The Giardino Law Firm, Inc Google has just added another “Alphabet” domain name to its collection buying the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com. The domain name was most recently owned by the The Giardino Law Firm, Inc of San ...
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Google Adds abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com to its Collection Of Alphabet Domains
The Giardino Law Firm, Inc Google has just added another “Alphabet” domain name to its collection buying the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com. The domain name was most recently owned by the The Giardino Law Firm, Inc of San ...
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December 21, 2015, 3:35 pm
The Domains
Did the Other Shoe Just Drop? Chinese are Buying English Word Domains Too
Raymond published a post today on TheDomains.com, on the sales report from the first ever live domain auction at the Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit which generated some 150 million RMB in sales. The official e...
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Did the Other Shoe Just Drop? Chinese are Buying English Word Domains Too
Raymond published a post today on TheDomains.com, on the sales report from the first ever live domain auction at the Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit which generated some 150 million RMB in sales. The official e...
Discussion
December 20, 2015, 7:44 pm
The Domains
Chinese Live Auction Nets over 150 Million RMB ($23.1 mil)
The first ever Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit live auction concluded with 150 million RMB in sales. The full list is below with all amounts in Chinese RMB, 1 RMB = .1542 USD. Auction No. | Domain Name | Price in RMB...
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Chinese Live Auction Nets over 150 Million RMB ($23.1 mil)
The first ever Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit live auction concluded with 150 million RMB in sales. The full list is below with all amounts in Chinese RMB, 1 RMB = .1542 USD. Auction No. | Domain Name | Price in RMB...
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December 20, 2015, 4:24 pm
The Domains
Digital media is on track to overtake television
Barron’s took a look at advertising for 2016, while 2016 is projected to be stronger than 2015 it could come in below initial expectations. Traditional ad sales are continuing to move lower and digital may be off slightly. From the article: Sti...
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Digital media is on track to overtake television
Barron’s took a look at advertising for 2016, while 2016 is projected to be stronger than 2015 it could come in below initial expectations. Traditional ad sales are continuing to move lower and digital may be off slightly. From the article: Sti...
Discussion
December 19, 2015, 8:22 pm
The Domains
Sedo has watched buy it now go from 2% to 56%
Sedo put together a graphic in their latest newsletter that chronicled buy it now sales. 2008 saw buy it now at just 2% now they are at 56% with numbers over 65% in recent weeks. Debates go back and forth about whether or not to list your names at bu...
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Sedo has watched buy it now go from 2% to 56%
Sedo put together a graphic in their latest newsletter that chronicled buy it now sales. 2008 saw buy it now at just 2% now they are at 56% with numbers over 65% in recent weeks. Debates go back and forth about whether or not to list your names at bu...
Discussion
December 18, 2015, 10:51 pm
The Domains
BY.com Added To Namescon Auction; Get’s $500K Bid: My Interview W/ The Owner
The two letter domain name BY.com has just been added to the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference. The domain name already has gotten a bid of $500,000 on Namejet.com in pre-bidding. No only is BY.com become ...
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BY.com Added To Namescon Auction; Get’s $500K Bid: My Interview W/ The Owner
The two letter domain name BY.com has just been added to the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference. The domain name already has gotten a bid of $500,000 on Namejet.com in pre-bidding. No only is BY.com become ...
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December 18, 2015, 1:30 pm
