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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter compared to $1.3 Mil...
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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter compared to $1.3 Mil...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 12:40 pm

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Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ?
It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involv...
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Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ?
It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involv...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 9:46 am

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With the Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down
Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of J...
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With the Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down
Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of J...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 9:05 am

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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might ...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might ...
Discussion
August 5, 2014, 9:18 pm

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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002
This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. §...
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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002
This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. §...
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August 5, 2014, 8:27 pm

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GCA.com buyer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı
GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currentl...
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GCA.com buyer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı
GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currentl...
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August 5, 2014, 6:50 pm

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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100
According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsid...
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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100
According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsid...
Discussion
August 5, 2014, 5:26 pm

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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012
The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 2...
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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012
The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 2...
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August 5, 2014, 1:58 pm

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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July
Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or more for the month of July. All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com at $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500 bigdeals.com $36,100.00 gains.com $25,500.00 pnn.com $23...
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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July
Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or more for the month of July. All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com at $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500 bigdeals.com $36,100.00 gains.com $25,500.00 pnn.com $23...
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August 5, 2014, 1:50 pm

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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com
Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back ...
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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com
Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back ...
Discussion
August 5, 2014, 1:28 pm