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Overstock Buys 3 Domains & 3 Social Net Handles For 150 Bitcoins
Exclusive to TheDomains.com: Overstock bought three domain names and three social media handles for 150 bitcoins, in December 2014, which at the time were valued at $50,000 ($380 per BTC) from Anonymous Media LLC. Overstock bought the doma...
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Overstock Buys 3 Domains & 3 Social Net Handles For 150 Bitcoins
Exclusive to TheDomains.com: Overstock bought three domain names and three social media handles for 150 bitcoins, in December 2014, which at the time were valued at $50,000 ($380 per BTC) from Anonymous Media LLC. Overstock bought the doma...
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June 11, 2015, 2:45 pm
The Domains
Mobile Advertising Prospects Take A Hit – Adblocking is coming to the iPhone with iOS 9
Mobile Advertising has been a hot topic for the last couple years, back in April there was an article by Business Insider titled, “Mobile is growing faster than all other ad formats.” From the article: Mobile is growing faster than all ot...
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Mobile Advertising Prospects Take A Hit – Adblocking is coming to the iPhone with iOS 9
Mobile Advertising has been a hot topic for the last couple years, back in April there was an article by Business Insider titled, “Mobile is growing faster than all other ad formats.” From the article: Mobile is growing faster than all ot...
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June 11, 2015, 1:06 pm
The Domains
Irish Businesses Will Soon Be Able to register two letter .ie domains
The IEDR is the registry for .ie Internet domain names and maintains the database of .ie registered domain names.Today they announced that soon Irish businesses will be able to register two letter .ie for the first time. From their blog: Irish busine...
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Irish Businesses Will Soon Be Able to register two letter .ie domains
The IEDR is the registry for .ie Internet domain names and maintains the database of .ie registered domain names.Today they announced that soon Irish businesses will be able to register two letter .ie for the first time. From their blog: Irish busine...
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June 11, 2015, 12:31 pm
The Domains
Namejet Revises Its May Sales Report To $600K
Namejet.com just revised its May sales which they previously reported to be around $355,000 for all sales of $2,000 or more that closed in May 2015. Today we received a new report from Namejet.com which reported almost $600,000 in sales. “In al...
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Namejet Revises Its May Sales Report To $600K
Namejet.com just revised its May sales which they previously reported to be around $355,000 for all sales of $2,000 or more that closed in May 2015. Today we received a new report from Namejet.com which reported almost $600,000 in sales. “In al...
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June 11, 2015, 12:40 am
The Domains
Verisign Announces #InternetOfficial Month 3 Winners & Upcoming Grand Prize
Verisign has announced the winners of the #InternetOfficial contest for month 3. The month 3 winners are: delectablegarden.com GeorgiaWeddingCakes.com CancerSniff.com WarmEscapes.com BridesWithABudget.com Congratulations to the last 5 #InternetOffica...
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Verisign Announces #InternetOfficial Month 3 Winners & Upcoming Grand Prize
Verisign has announced the winners of the #InternetOfficial contest for month 3. The month 3 winners are: delectablegarden.com GeorgiaWeddingCakes.com CancerSniff.com WarmEscapes.com BridesWithABudget.com Congratulations to the last 5 #InternetOffica...
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June 10, 2015, 8:00 pm
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Gmeil.com 11 Year old Typo For Gmail.com Sells At Auction For $3,255
The domain name Gmeil.com, which is a pretty clear typo for gmail.com, just sold in a domain drop auction for $3,255 The domain name dropped on June 7th and was caught by the domain catcher dropcatch.com The domain name has an original registrat...
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Gmeil.com 11 Year old Typo For Gmail.com Sells At Auction For $3,255
The domain name Gmeil.com, which is a pretty clear typo for gmail.com, just sold in a domain drop auction for $3,255 The domain name dropped on June 7th and was caught by the domain catcher dropcatch.com The domain name has an original registrat...
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June 10, 2015, 7:30 pm
The Domains
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 “Cialis” Domains In a Single UDRP
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 Domains In a Single UDRP. The domain names were registered with 3 different registrars All the 393 domain names included the trademark terms Cialis Here is the list of domains: 20mg-buycialis.net 20mg-canada-cialis.com 2...
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Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 “Cialis” Domains In a Single UDRP
Eli Lilly Wins Control of 392 Domains In a Single UDRP. The domain names were registered with 3 different registrars All the 393 domain names included the trademark terms Cialis Here is the list of domains: 20mg-buycialis.net 20mg-canada-cialis.com 2...
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June 10, 2015, 4:20 pm
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Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
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Bill Passes in House to Give Congress 30 days to review Internet Transition Plan
TheHill.com is out with an article today about a House subcommittee approving a bill that would require President Obama to give Congress some time to review any Internet transition. The bill today was a compromise of a previous bill that would have i...
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June 10, 2015, 4:16 pm
The Domains
GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
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GMO Internet (Largest Registrar in Japan) Raises $65million
GMO Internet is the largest registrar in Japan, they made news last November purchasing Z.com for JPY800 million or $6,776,448 USD. The dollar amount is the exchange rate at the time of the transaction. Today it would be $6,506,768. TechInAsia....
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June 10, 2015, 12:24 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By NBT.com For $50K
Over the past week, 560 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million Dollars. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &nb...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By NBT.com For $50K
Over the past week, 560 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million Dollars. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: &nb...
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June 9, 2015, 8:15 pm