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MaxHardcore.com sells for $10,100 – Max Hardcore not the Winner
Just one bidder stepped up and outbid the $10,000 high bid placed in December, for MaxHardcore.com. The auction closed at $10,100 . Back at the end of December, Max Hardcore said he would be bidding on the domain. Today that changed, in an article fo...
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MaxHardcore.com sells for $10,100 – Max Hardcore not the Winner
Just one bidder stepped up and outbid the $10,000 high bid placed in December, for MaxHardcore.com. The auction closed at $10,100 . Back at the end of December, Max Hardcore said he would be bidding on the domain. Today that changed, in an article fo...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 12:55 am

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Panel Decides To “Terminate” UDRP On Telepathy’s SDT.com W/Fed Case Pending + 1 Vote RDNH
2 members of a 3 member UDRP decided to terminate a UDRP filed by SDT International limited company of Belgium (SDT) on the three letter .com, SDT.com from Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. who was represented by Wiley Rein LLP. The three member pane...
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Panel Decides To “Terminate” UDRP On Telepathy’s SDT.com W/Fed Case Pending + 1 Vote RDNH
2 members of a 3 member UDRP decided to terminate a UDRP filed by SDT International limited company of Belgium (SDT) on the three letter .com, SDT.com from Nat Cohen’s Telepathy, Inc. who was represented by Wiley Rein LLP. The three member pane...
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January 20, 2015, 11:55 pm

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1million led by BabyCity.com at $35,000
Over the past week, 603 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .coms: babycity.com at 35,000 USD Top ccTLD: ...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1million led by BabyCity.com at $35,000
Over the past week, 603 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .coms: babycity.com at 35,000 USD Top ccTLD: ...
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January 20, 2015, 11:13 pm

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Land.com Gets A $850K Bid In RightoftheDot Extended Domain Auction: Now Over $1.1M In Bids
The domain name Land.com has gotten a verified bid of $850,000 in the RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference running on SnapNames.com The domain has a stated reserve of $1M-5MM but the fact that Snapnames.com took the bid mea...
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Land.com Gets A $850K Bid In RightoftheDot Extended Domain Auction: Now Over $1.1M In Bids
The domain name Land.com has gotten a verified bid of $850,000 in the RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference running on SnapNames.com The domain has a stated reserve of $1M-5MM but the fact that Snapnames.com took the bid mea...
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January 20, 2015, 6:56 pm

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Backend Provider Open Registry Acquired For Up To $22.6 Million
According to rttnews.com, NCC Group plc (NCC.L), a provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, Tuesday said it has acquired the Belgium and Luxembourg based Open Registry group of companies for a maximum consideration of 14.9 million pounds or...
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Backend Provider Open Registry Acquired For Up To $22.6 Million
According to rttnews.com, NCC Group plc (NCC.L), a provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, Tuesday said it has acquired the Belgium and Luxembourg based Open Registry group of companies for a maximum consideration of 14.9 million pounds or...
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January 20, 2015, 3:56 pm

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“The Donald” Goes After The Domain TrumpCard.com In A UDRP
Domain Trump has filed a UDRP on the domain name Trumpcard.com The domain name TrumpCard.com was first registered in 1998. While the Donald owns some casinos or at least has his name on them, the term Trump Card has a meaning well before the time the...
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“The Donald” Goes After The Domain TrumpCard.com In A UDRP
Domain Trump has filed a UDRP on the domain name Trumpcard.com The domain name TrumpCard.com was first registered in 1998. While the Donald owns some casinos or at least has his name on them, the term Trump Card has a meaning well before the time the...
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January 20, 2015, 1:30 pm

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Fiesta.com Hit With A UDRP
The extremely generic domain name Fiesta.com has been hit with a UDRP filing. The complainant is Dean & Simmons, Sàrl Heintz Van Landewyck S.à.r.l. which as the best as I can tell has a pending but...
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Fiesta.com Hit With A UDRP
The extremely generic domain name Fiesta.com has been hit with a UDRP filing. The complainant is Dean & Simmons, Sàrl Heintz Van Landewyck S.à.r.l. which as the best as I can tell has a pending but...
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January 20, 2015, 8:36 am

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MaxHardcore.com With a High Bid Of $10K Sells Tomorrow on Namejet.com
The domain name MaxHardcore.com which we wrote about a few weeks ago is at auction at Namejet.com and will sell to the highest bidder which is at the moment $10,000. The closed domain name auction has 85 bidders (including myself who has no intention...
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MaxHardcore.com With a High Bid Of $10K Sells Tomorrow on Namejet.com
The domain name MaxHardcore.com which we wrote about a few weeks ago is at auction at Namejet.com and will sell to the highest bidder which is at the moment $10,000. The closed domain name auction has 85 bidders (including myself who has no intention...
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January 19, 2015, 10:47 pm

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51 of 64 Finalists & Alternatives for SXSW Accelerator Competition Using A .Com: Next is .io
The South by Southwest Interactive Festival announced on Friday the finalists, and alternatives for the seventh annual SXSW Accelerator competition presented by Oracle, March 14-15, during SXSW Interactive Festival’s Startup Village. &ldqu...
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51 of 64 Finalists & Alternatives for SXSW Accelerator Competition Using A .Com: Next is .io
The South by Southwest Interactive Festival announced on Friday the finalists, and alternatives for the seventh annual SXSW Accelerator competition presented by Oracle, March 14-15, during SXSW Interactive Festival’s Startup Village. &ldqu...
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January 19, 2015, 4:26 pm

The Domains
Breaking: Domaining.com Is NOT Sold, Yet
On Friday the daily newsletter of Domaining carried this simple message: “”Game is over. Next week I will announce the new owner of Domaining.com” That one sentence that appeared on the top of the Domaining.com newsletter caused the...
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Breaking: Domaining.com Is NOT Sold, Yet
On Friday the daily newsletter of Domaining carried this simple message: “”Game is over. Next week I will announce the new owner of Domaining.com” That one sentence that appeared on the top of the Domaining.com newsletter caused the...
Discussion
January 19, 2015, 1:30 pm