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.World Gets 285 Registrations On Day 5 OF Early Access Making Donuts $45K In Just EAP Fees
At least 285 domain names were registered on day 5 of the Early Access Program for the new gTLD .World. At Godaddy.com a day 5 EAP registration for a .World domain has a rack rate of $179.99 That’s around $45,000 just in Early Access Fees...
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.World Gets 285 Registrations On Day 5 OF Early Access Making Donuts $45K In Just EAP Fees
At least 285 domain names were registered on day 5 of the Early Access Program for the new gTLD .World. At Godaddy.com a day 5 EAP registration for a .World domain has a rack rate of $179.99 That’s around $45,000 just in Early Access Fees...
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January 12, 2015, 9:47 am
The Domains
Google Sees Its Search Share Slip and Yahoo Sees A Rise On Mozilla Deal
StatCounter reports that Google has seen its search share slip to its lowest level ever in the U.S. In the meantime Yahoo is being buoyed by their new deall with Mozilla that makes them the default search engine. NewsEveryday reported: Google search ...
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Google Sees Its Search Share Slip and Yahoo Sees A Rise On Mozilla Deal
StatCounter reports that Google has seen its search share slip to its lowest level ever in the U.S. In the meantime Yahoo is being buoyed by their new deall with Mozilla that makes them the default search engine. NewsEveryday reported: Google search ...
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January 12, 2015, 8:38 am
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Our Top 10 Picks From The ROTD Auction At NamesCon For .Vegas; .Wiki, .XYZ & .ink Domains
Here are my top 10 picks from the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction to be held at Namescon on Tuesday for a few new gTLD’s; .Vegas, .Wiki/.Ink, and .XYZ. Of course .XYZ has more domain names registered than any other new gTLD. .Wiki and .in...
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Our Top 10 Picks From The ROTD Auction At NamesCon For .Vegas; .Wiki, .XYZ & .ink Domains
Here are my top 10 picks from the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction to be held at Namescon on Tuesday for a few new gTLD’s; .Vegas, .Wiki/.Ink, and .XYZ. Of course .XYZ has more domain names registered than any other new gTLD. .Wiki and .in...
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January 11, 2015, 11:16 pm
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After 10 UDRP Wins On “Tractor Supply” Domains, This Co. Now Wants To Own The Word Traveller Too
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, has filed and won 10 UDRP’s on domain names that include the term “Tractor Supply” which is a pretty generic term by nature, but clearly in the domain world they control that term. Now the company ...
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After 10 UDRP Wins On “Tractor Supply” Domains, This Co. Now Wants To Own The Word Traveller Too
Tractor Supply Co. of Texas, has filed and won 10 UDRP’s on domain names that include the term “Tractor Supply” which is a pretty generic term by nature, but clearly in the domain world they control that term. Now the company ...
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January 11, 2015, 4:07 pm
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Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
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Amazon Wow’s Us & Beats Google and Rightside To Win The .Wow New gTLD
Amazon (AMZN) is the proud owner of the new gTLD .WOW as both Google (GOOG) and Rightside (NAME) have withdrawn their applications. .Wow was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Remember that Amazon originally appl...
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January 11, 2015, 3:07 pm
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Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
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Donuts Beats Google (Again) & Wins the New gTLD .Plus
Donuts has won another new gTLD, .Plus that was scheduled to go to an ICANN Last Resort auction later this month. Google in the form of Charleston Road Registry Inc. has withdrawn their application for .plus leaving Donuts as the sole applicant. Hone...
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January 11, 2015, 2:24 pm
The Domains
Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
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Radix Asks “Whats Your Bid for Bets.WEBSITE?”? XXX.Website is at No Reserve
Radix the registry for .Website, .Press and .Host announced today that it is releasing some of its most valuable reserved names up for auction in the upcoming RightOfTheDot Live and Online Domain Auction at NamesCon powered by leading doma...
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January 11, 2015, 2:03 pm
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Life Lesson: Here is How NOT to Do Business
So I was minding my own business yesterday and getting ready for namescon, working on the auction, packing answering emails, pretty much what you would expect when I got this email: “”It’s Mark Bradford, hope you’re doing well...
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Life Lesson: Here is How NOT to Do Business
So I was minding my own business yesterday and getting ready for namescon, working on the auction, packing answering emails, pretty much what you would expect when I got this email: “”It’s Mark Bradford, hope you’re doing well...
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January 10, 2015, 11:51 pm
The Domains
Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
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Peter Thiel Invests In The Marijuana Business
Peter Thiel, co-founder of Paypal has is diving into the world of legalized marijuana, through his Founders Fund he has made an investment in Privateer Holdings who is the first private equity firm to invest solely in the legal cannabis niche. In the...
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January 10, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
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At Least 16 .World Domains Registered On So Far On Day 4 of EAP @ Up To $1,228 Per
We are on the 4th day of the Early Access Program (EAP) for .World which are priced at $1,222.99 at enom.com (rack rate). This $1,222 fee is assuming there the domain names are not premium domain names, which actually some of these, are meaning...
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January 10, 2015, 1:01 pm
