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HA.com Domain Auction Is Live: Tablets.com; Digital.com; Future.com; LK.com
Heritage Auctions second domain auction is now live. Most names have reserves, which will be made public for everyone to see 7 days before the auction. Some names have no reserve price. Prices range from $100 up to near $1MM. Here are some of the mor...
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HA.com Domain Auction Is Live: Tablets.com; Digital.com; Future.com; LK.com
Heritage Auctions second domain auction is now live. Most names have reserves, which will be made public for everyone to see 7 days before the auction. Some names have no reserve price. Prices range from $100 up to near $1MM. Here are some of the mor...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Agreed Becomes the 1st Licensed Internet Escrow Service to Accept Bitcoin & Litecoin
California-based Agreed Escrow announce today it has partnered with GoCoin to become the first licensed Internet escrow service to allow clients to pay with Bitcoin and Litecoin through its site at Agreed.com. “Agreed is licensed by the Califor...
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Agreed Becomes the 1st Licensed Internet Escrow Service to Accept Bitcoin & Litecoin
California-based Agreed Escrow announce today it has partnered with GoCoin to become the first licensed Internet escrow service to allow clients to pay with Bitcoin and Litecoin through its site at Agreed.com. “Agreed is licensed by the Califor...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 3:11 am
The Domains
Apple, Weather Channel, Ericsson, Hallmark, Chanel: Brands Are Getting Their .Wiki
Top Level Design LLC, the company behind the new gTLD, .Wiki announced today that leading global brands including Apple, Ericsson, Hallmark, the Weather Channel, and Chanel were among the first to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain their .wi...
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Apple, Weather Channel, Ericsson, Hallmark, Chanel: Brands Are Getting Their .Wiki
Top Level Design LLC, the company behind the new gTLD, .Wiki announced today that leading global brands including Apple, Ericsson, Hallmark, the Weather Channel, and Chanel were among the first to take advantage of the opportunity to obtain their .wi...
Discussion
March 12, 2014, 2:36 am
The Domains
New gTLD’s Registered With Word “Eco” Are Being Take Back: On ICANN’s Restricted List
As we just went to tape this weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion show, a fellow Sherpa, Page Howe, brought it to my attention that new gTLD domain names that have the word Eco on the left of the dot were in the process of being taken back by the ...
Discussion
New gTLD’s Registered With Word “Eco” Are Being Take Back: On ICANN’s Restricted List
As we just went to tape this weeks DomainSherpa.com discussion show, a fellow Sherpa, Page Howe, brought it to my attention that new gTLD domain names that have the word Eco on the left of the dot were in the process of being taken back by the ...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 10:37 pm
The Domains
Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $1.9 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 3/3/14 – 3/9/14. All sales for the week totalled $1,907,184. The top .com sale was lead by GoZone.com for $15,000 followed by Avus.com for $10,807. The top non-com sale lead by How.co f...
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $1.9 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 3/3/14 – 3/9/14. All sales for the week totalled $1,907,184. The top .com sale was lead by GoZone.com for $15,000 followed by Avus.com for $10,807. The top non-com sale lead by How.co f...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 6:54 pm
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DomainHoldings Brokerage Is Staying But Parent Company Changed To Bidtellect
The Baltimore Business Journal has just covered John Ferber and his new venture Bidtellect which is what the company known as DomainHoldings, Inc. is changing its name to. According to the article which quotes John: “”Bidtellect is ...
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DomainHoldings Brokerage Is Staying But Parent Company Changed To Bidtellect
The Baltimore Business Journal has just covered John Ferber and his new venture Bidtellect which is what the company known as DomainHoldings, Inc. is changing its name to. According to the article which quotes John: “”Bidtellect is ...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 4:20 pm
The Domains
Brands Finally Find A New gTLD They Like For Sunrise .Company has a Few Hundred
Much has been made of the lack of Sunrise applications and Brands seeking their matching trademark or brand domains in the new gTLD rollout. I just reviewed the Zone file for the new Donuts gTLD .Company and it seems like this is a gTLD Brands are di...
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Brands Finally Find A New gTLD They Like For Sunrise .Company has a Few Hundred
Much has been made of the lack of Sunrise applications and Brands seeking their matching trademark or brand domains in the new gTLD rollout. I just reviewed the Zone file for the new Donuts gTLD .Company and it seems like this is a gTLD Brands are di...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 2:49 pm
The Domains
Trademark Clearing House Up To 27,252 Marks
The Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) issued its monthly update. As of March 10th 2014, there are 27,252 marks submitted for a total of 59, 593 trademark years. 20, 076 notifications were sent to holders based off attempted...
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Trademark Clearing House Up To 27,252 Marks
The Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) issued its monthly update. As of March 10th 2014, there are 27,252 marks submitted for a total of 59, 593 trademark years. 20, 076 notifications were sent to holders based off attempted...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 1:33 pm
The Domains
Interview with the founder of NtldStats.com
NtldStats.com is a website that offers a comprehensive list of statistics pertaining to the new gtlds. The company behind the website is Greensec based out of Germany. We sat down with Stefan Meinecke to get some more info about the site. 1) What is ...
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Interview with the founder of NtldStats.com
NtldStats.com is a website that offers a comprehensive list of statistics pertaining to the new gtlds. The company behind the website is Greensec based out of Germany. We sat down with Stefan Meinecke to get some more info about the site. 1) What is ...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 10:01 am
The Domains
Big Changes Coming To Google Search Results
Jayson DeMers wrote a very detailed and well thought out post about Google and coming changes in search. In the article DeMers discusses that search will change to accomodate a more mobile world, that SEO professionals will have to adapt and c...
Discussion
Big Changes Coming To Google Search Results
Jayson DeMers wrote a very detailed and well thought out post about Google and coming changes in search. In the article DeMers discusses that search will change to accomodate a more mobile world, that SEO professionals will have to adapt and c...
Discussion
March 11, 2014, 6:54 am
