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Yahoo! Inc. Sells 2 Letter Domain Name AV.com
Yahoo! Inc. has sold the premium 2 letter domain name AV.com to Jack Shen from China.
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Yahoo! Inc. Sells 2 Letter Domain Name AV.com
Yahoo! Inc. has sold the premium 2 letter domain name AV.com to Jack Shen from China.
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August 14, 2015, 9:51 am
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Breaking: 8.xyz Hits the DOMAINfest .asia Auction at No Reserve
The domain name 8.XYZ will be in the auction as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference that will be held in Macau China from September 4th- 7th. RightoftheDot.com in conjunction with 4.CN will be holding an online domain name auction of...
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Breaking: 8.xyz Hits the DOMAINfest .asia Auction at No Reserve
The domain name 8.XYZ will be in the auction as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference that will be held in Macau China from September 4th- 7th. RightoftheDot.com in conjunction with 4.CN will be holding an online domain name auction of...
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August 13, 2015, 6:45 pm
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A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90’s name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty “Cybersqua...
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A Band You Never Heard Of Bitches About Having To Pay For Pavement.com or The FB Page
A interesting story in contactmusic.com, about a band from the 90’s name Payment is bitching about not being able to simply get the domain name Pavement.com and/or a Facebook page by that name that is held by one of those nasty “Cybersqua...
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August 13, 2015, 4:21 pm
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Another New gTLD For Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain ABC.Global
Google has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are p...
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Another New gTLD For Google: Buys/Registered Premium Domain ABC.Global
Google has bought another new gTLD for its Alphabet brand which is using the domain name abc.xyz Google registered/bought the premium domain name ABC.Global yesterday though its registrar Mark Monitor. .Global has around 4,000 domain names that are p...
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August 13, 2015, 1:48 pm
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Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel has purchased Dealix, the owner of the domain name UsedCars.com in a $25 Million all cash deal. The used car market is very active right now with heavily funded startups!
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Autobytel Buys Dealix, Owner Of UsedCars.com In $25 Million Deal
Publicly traded Autobytel has purchased Dealix, the owner of the domain name UsedCars.com in a $25 Million all cash deal. The used car market is very active right now with heavily funded startups!
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August 13, 2015, 12:56 pm
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Report: Traffic to Alphabet.com Surges 5,000%; ABC.XYZ Gets 4 Million Visits in 2 Days
According to a story in the telegraph.co.uk today, traffic to Alphabet.com surged 5,000% since Google announcement on Monday. The Telegraph siting stats from Similar Web a “digital measurement service” says traffic to BMW owned Alphabet.c...
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Report: Traffic to Alphabet.com Surges 5,000%; ABC.XYZ Gets 4 Million Visits in 2 Days
According to a story in the telegraph.co.uk today, traffic to Alphabet.com surged 5,000% since Google announcement on Monday. The Telegraph siting stats from Similar Web a “digital measurement service” says traffic to BMW owned Alphabet.c...
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August 13, 2015, 11:56 am
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Google Didn’t Even Contact BMW To Offer To Buy Alphabet.com
According to a story today in the KansasCity.com, it seems that Google did not even contact BMW, that owns the domain name Alphabet.com, to see if they would sell it before going with abc.xyz The article quotes a spokesman at BMW, who said &ldq...
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Google Didn’t Even Contact BMW To Offer To Buy Alphabet.com
According to a story today in the KansasCity.com, it seems that Google did not even contact BMW, that owns the domain name Alphabet.com, to see if they would sell it before going with abc.xyz The article quotes a spokesman at BMW, who said &ldq...
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August 12, 2015, 11:21 pm
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Negari of .XYZ On Bloomberg TV On Dominance of .Com: “I Think It’s Over”
Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry was interviewed on Bloomberg Television today during the Bloomberg West show. .XYZ has been in the headline since Google announcement of the formation of its parent company Alphabet which would be using the ...
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Negari of .XYZ On Bloomberg TV On Dominance of .Com: “I Think It’s Over”
Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry was interviewed on Bloomberg Television today during the Bloomberg West show. .XYZ has been in the headline since Google announcement of the formation of its parent company Alphabet which would be using the ...
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August 12, 2015, 10:44 pm
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Domainer Merlin Kauffman’s Soothe Startup Picks up $10.6M In New Funding
Domain investor Merlin Kauffman's startup Soothe has picked up $10.6 Million in new funding for his on-demand massage service.
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Domainer Merlin Kauffman’s Soothe Startup Picks up $10.6M In New Funding
Domain investor Merlin Kauffman's startup Soothe has picked up $10.6 Million in new funding for his on-demand massage service.
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August 12, 2015, 5:59 pm
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New gTLD .LOL Has Just 772 Domain Registrations After its 1st Day: Trump.lol; Obama.lol
.LOL launched into general availability yesterday by Uniregistry and wound with just 772 registrations including some 70 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. Uniregistry is charging $6.88 for a .LOL registration. Unireg...
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New gTLD .LOL Has Just 772 Domain Registrations After its 1st Day: Trump.lol; Obama.lol
.LOL launched into general availability yesterday by Uniregistry and wound with just 772 registrations including some 70 domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders. Uniregistry is charging $6.88 for a .LOL registration. Unireg...
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August 12, 2015, 2:59 pm
