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ThoughtSpot.com Acquired On Afternic For $9,500 Last August Raises $30 Million
The domain name Thoughtspot.com sold on Afternic in August 2013 for $9,500. Today Term Sheet is reporting that the company who bought the domain is now named ThoughtSpot, it is located in a Redwood City, California and is a “provide...
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ThoughtSpot.com Acquired On Afternic For $9,500 Last August Raises $30 Million
The domain name Thoughtspot.com sold on Afternic in August 2013 for $9,500. Today Term Sheet is reporting that the company who bought the domain is now named ThoughtSpot, it is located in a Redwood City, California and is a “provide...
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June 18, 2014, 2:47 pm

The Domains
Breaking: Facebook Acquire Sling.Me As
Just two months ago the domain name Sling.me was acquired in a Sedo auction for $9,600 Today its become clear that Sling.me is going to become VERY big. The buyer was Facebook and Sling.me is going to be used for Facebooks new SlingShot ...
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Breaking: Facebook Acquire Sling.Me As
Just two months ago the domain name Sling.me was acquired in a Sedo auction for $9,600 Today its become clear that Sling.me is going to become VERY big. The buyer was Facebook and Sling.me is going to be used for Facebooks new SlingShot ...
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June 18, 2014, 1:31 pm

The Domains
.Global Event At ICANN Set For June 24th; Networking, Food, Drink, WorldCup & Live Auction
As we hinted at the other day, .Global is having an event at the 50th ICANN meeting in London next week Tuesday June 24th. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed street, LONDON which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meet...
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.Global Event At ICANN Set For June 24th; Networking, Food, Drink, WorldCup & Live Auction
As we hinted at the other day, .Global is having an event at the 50th ICANN meeting in London next week Tuesday June 24th. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed street, LONDON which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meet...
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June 18, 2014, 1:02 pm

The Domains
One Cent Stamp Makes Two Letter .coms look cheap
Think old premium .com domains are expensive ? Well how about a one cent stamp ? Fox News is out with a story about a one cent stamp from 1856 that just sold for $9.5 million. From the article: NEW YORK – A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19t...
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One Cent Stamp Makes Two Letter .coms look cheap
Think old premium .com domains are expensive ? Well how about a one cent stamp ? Fox News is out with a story about a one cent stamp from 1856 that just sold for $9.5 million. From the article: NEW YORK – A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19t...
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June 18, 2014, 10:02 am

The Domains
Looks Like Two Domainers Are Making The Most of The Free .Berlin Domains Now Over 50%
The .Berlin Registry which as of the last update has over 115,000 registrations owes a lot of there success to two registrants who between them have more than 50% of all the registered domain names DomCollect AG with Andre Schneider listed as the pri...
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Looks Like Two Domainers Are Making The Most of The Free .Berlin Domains Now Over 50%
The .Berlin Registry which as of the last update has over 115,000 registrations owes a lot of there success to two registrants who between them have more than 50% of all the registered domain names DomCollect AG with Andre Schneider listed as the pri...
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June 18, 2014, 12:21 am

The Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Hit With Another URS On Two .Link Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names is the subject of a second URS filing over two domain names it registered of Uniregistry strings, aix.link and db2.link. North Sound Names already successfully defended its first URS case filed against ...
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Hit With Another URS On Two .Link Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names is the subject of a second URS filing over two domain names it registered of Uniregistry strings, aix.link and db2.link. North Sound Names already successfully defended its first URS case filed against ...
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June 17, 2014, 9:14 pm

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LogicBoxes Waives Off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions
According to a press release we just received , LogicBoxes announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs. “New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that ...
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LogicBoxes Waives Off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions
According to a press release we just received , LogicBoxes announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs. “New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that ...
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June 17, 2014, 8:51 pm

The Domains
Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $1MM For The Week
Over the past week, 520 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1MM. 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: bigsale.com at 50,000 USD ·...
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Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $1MM For The Week
Over the past week, 520 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1MM. 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: bigsale.com at 50,000 USD ·...
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June 17, 2014, 8:19 pm

The Domains
Phil Corwin Posts Update To His .XYZ/Netsol Post on ICA Site & His “Mistake in Judgement”
Phil Corwin has just published an update to this post he published the other day on the ICA website entitled ICANN is MIA on XYZ. As we told you on Sunday, some including thedomains.com felt that the portion of Mr. Corwin’s post that seemed to ...
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Phil Corwin Posts Update To His .XYZ/Netsol Post on ICA Site & His “Mistake in Judgement”
Phil Corwin has just published an update to this post he published the other day on the ICA website entitled ICANN is MIA on XYZ. As we told you on Sunday, some including thedomains.com felt that the portion of Mr. Corwin’s post that seemed to ...
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June 17, 2014, 6:30 pm

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Godaddy Auction Of Premium .Futbol, .Ninja & .Reviews Domains Closes Tomorrow; App.Reviews Over 41K
The Godaddy auction of premium . Futbol, .Ninja and .Reviews domain names closes tomorrow Wednesday June 18th at 5pm PST and several domain names already have multiple bidders Leading domain names in the auction is App.Reviews which has 7 bidders and...
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Godaddy Auction Of Premium .Futbol, .Ninja & .Reviews Domains Closes Tomorrow; App.Reviews Over 41K
The Godaddy auction of premium . Futbol, .Ninja and .Reviews domain names closes tomorrow Wednesday June 18th at 5pm PST and several domain names already have multiple bidders Leading domain names in the auction is App.Reviews which has 7 bidders and...
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June 17, 2014, 4:52 pm