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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Top $1.33 Million in Holiday Week
GoDaddy and Afternic’s just issued its reportable weekly domain sales for the holiday week of 11/25/13 – 12/1/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,335,793 All sales were led to Jafer.com which sold for $15,000 My personal favor...
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Top $1.33 Million in Holiday Week
GoDaddy and Afternic’s just issued its reportable weekly domain sales for the holiday week of 11/25/13 – 12/1/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,335,793 All sales were led to Jafer.com which sold for $15,000 My personal favor...
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December 3, 2013, 5:48 pm

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1001.com Sells For $100,000 on Sedo.com
Another record setting numeric .com domain sale just crossing the Sedo.com wire The domain name 1001.com just sold for $100,000 The last time the domain name wasn’t under privacy was 2008 when the registered owner was 1001 Media Group of&...
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1001.com Sells For $100,000 on Sedo.com
Another record setting numeric .com domain sale just crossing the Sedo.com wire The domain name 1001.com just sold for $100,000 The last time the domain name wasn’t under privacy was 2008 when the registered owner was 1001 Media Group of&...
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December 3, 2013, 4:14 pm

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Castaways Bar, LLC Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Squaregrouper.com
Castaways Bar, LLC represented by Carl Spagnuolo of McHale & Slavin, P.A., Florida, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one member UDRP panel. Complainant operates a bar and restaurant in Jupiter, Florida ...
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Castaways Bar, LLC Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Squaregrouper.com
Castaways Bar, LLC represented by Carl Spagnuolo of McHale & Slavin, P.A., Florida, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one member UDRP panel. Complainant operates a bar and restaurant in Jupiter, Florida ...
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December 3, 2013, 3:33 pm

The Domains
The Numbers Are In & Its Official The Holiday Shopping Season Belongs To The Internet
The holiday shopping numbers are in and its official, the Holiday shopping season now belongs to the Internet. Overall holiday sales numbers are down with retail brick and mortar stores licking their wounds, but online retailers are surging according...
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The Numbers Are In & Its Official The Holiday Shopping Season Belongs To The Internet
The holiday shopping numbers are in and its official, the Holiday shopping season now belongs to the Internet. Overall holiday sales numbers are down with retail brick and mortar stores licking their wounds, but online retailers are surging according...
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December 3, 2013, 3:25 pm

The Domains
Our 6,000th Post On Our 6th Birthday; It’s Been Quite The Ride
We didn’t actually plan to write our 6,000 post on what is the 6th birthday of TheDomains.com. Our first post was published on December 4th 2007. (yes I know its technically tomorrow) Time really does fly. For those keeping count in addition to...
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Our 6,000th Post On Our 6th Birthday; It’s Been Quite The Ride
We didn’t actually plan to write our 6,000 post on what is the 6th birthday of TheDomains.com. Our first post was published on December 4th 2007. (yes I know its technically tomorrow) Time really does fly. For those keeping count in addition to...
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December 3, 2013, 1:23 pm

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Has Google Made Domain Migration Harder ?
Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google...
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Has Google Made Domain Migration Harder ?
Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google...
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December 2, 2013, 8:30 pm

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EU,US and Hong Kong authorities work together to take down counterfeit websites
Time Magazine is reporting that European and U.S. authorities have cracked down on another group of websites that traffic in counterfeit goods. This continues to be an ongoing battle between authorities and the counterfeiters who have networks all th...
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EU,US and Hong Kong authorities work together to take down counterfeit websites
Time Magazine is reporting that European and U.S. authorities have cracked down on another group of websites that traffic in counterfeit goods. This continues to be an ongoing battle between authorities and the counterfeiters who have networks all th...
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December 2, 2013, 6:33 pm

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Hosting Company XBT.com Is The Buyer Of Servers.com For $300,000
The buyer of the domain name Servers.com has issued a press release about its $300,000 acquisition of the domain. XBT, whose website is XBT.com “one of the largest dedicated hosting, IP Transit and co-location provider of the European Union&rd...
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Hosting Company XBT.com Is The Buyer Of Servers.com For $300,000
The buyer of the domain name Servers.com has issued a press release about its $300,000 acquisition of the domain. XBT, whose website is XBT.com “one of the largest dedicated hosting, IP Transit and co-location provider of the European Union&rd...
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December 2, 2013, 3:04 pm

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Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz Is Buyer of Mega.co Sold For $60K
Just over two weeks ago we reported that the domain name Mega.co was sold for $60,000 to JustCloud.com However today the domain name Mega.co is being forwarded to Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz. cloud service. For Mega.com acquiring the domain name M...
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Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz Is Buyer of Mega.co Sold For $60K
Just over two weeks ago we reported that the domain name Mega.co was sold for $60,000 to JustCloud.com However today the domain name Mega.co is being forwarded to Kim Dot Com’s Mega.co.nz. cloud service. For Mega.com acquiring the domain name M...
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December 2, 2013, 2:56 pm

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12 Year old 8×8.net Lost in UDRPl; Panel Rejects Laches
8×8, Inc. (“Complainant”), owner of the domain name 8×8.com just won a three member panel against 8×8 Mediacom Services Ltd represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com, New Jersey, USA on the domain name 8×...
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12 Year old 8×8.net Lost in UDRPl; Panel Rejects Laches
8×8, Inc. (“Complainant”), owner of the domain name 8×8.com just won a three member panel against 8×8 Mediacom Services Ltd represented by Ari Goldberger of Esqwire.com, New Jersey, USA on the domain name 8×...
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December 2, 2013, 2:27 pm