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Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 22, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 22, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 22, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 22, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 23, 2016, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Second bite at the cherry” fails for SoccerMall.com
Second UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store’s second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a ...
Discussion
“Second bite at the cherry” fails for SoccerMall.com
Second UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store’s second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a ...
Discussion
December 23, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 23rd
Yesterday I was doing end of year for our businesses and I realized that I now have over a million dollars in payroll at our company. Having to create enough revenue to cover that kind of payroll has its challenges. I’ve heard sever...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, December 23rd
Yesterday I was doing end of year for our businesses and I realized that I now have over a million dollars in payroll at our company. Having to create enough revenue to cover that kind of payroll has its challenges. I’ve heard sever...
Discussion
December 23, 2016, 10:15 am
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Business Insider and others bought last week
Business Insider buys domain name for new section of its site. I’ve found that December is one of the best domain sales months of the year. People want to buy domains for projects before the year is up, and other people make New Year’s Re...
Discussion
What domain names Business Insider and others bought last week
Business Insider buys domain name for new section of its site. I’ve found that December is one of the best domain sales months of the year. People want to buy domains for projects before the year is up, and other people make New Year’s Re...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 7:39 pm
Domain Shane
We Were Very Pleased With Our DSAD.com NAMEJET FALL AUCTION
As many of you know, Aaron, Josh, Travis, and I put together our first auction. It was a test to see if we could manage all the submissions, the transfers, the marketing, and the payouts necessary to have a good auction. A lot of people a...
Discussion
We Were Very Pleased With Our DSAD.com NAMEJET FALL AUCTION
As many of you know, Aaron, Josh, Travis, and I put together our first auction. It was a test to see if we could manage all the submissions, the transfers, the marketing, and the payouts necessary to have a good auction. A lot of people a...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 6:07 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 21, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 21, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 21, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 21, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
The unhappy decline of Oversee.net
Lawsuit reveals details on the company’s deal with Oak Hill and its subsequent fall from prominence. Oversee.net was once a high-flying darling of the domain name industry. It was rolling in dough–over $200 million a year in revenue at on...
Discussion
The unhappy decline of Oversee.net
Lawsuit reveals details on the company’s deal with Oak Hill and its subsequent fall from prominence. Oversee.net was once a high-flying darling of the domain name industry. It was rolling in dough–over $200 million a year in revenue at on...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN gives Whois privacy services breathing room on new transfer policy
Board chairman instructs ICANN to defer compliance on part of new transfer policy. On December 1, a new domain name transfer policy went into effect that requires both the previous and new registrant of a domain name to approve changes to certain reg...
Discussion
ICANN gives Whois privacy services breathing room on new transfer policy
Board chairman instructs ICANN to defer compliance on part of new transfer policy. On December 1, a new domain name transfer policy went into effect that requires both the previous and new registrant of a domain name to approve changes to certain reg...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 2:03 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 22nd
I decided I wanted to to study the most common word in the domain auctions over at Namepros. I figured it could give me a sense of what people are buying and selling. So I called in a favored and I borrowed a super computer at the University ...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 22nd
I decided I wanted to to study the most common word in the domain auctions over at Namepros. I figured it could give me a sense of what people are buying and selling. So I called in a favored and I borrowed a super computer at the University ...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 10:28 am
The Domains
Are search engines killing the need for memorable domain names ?
Lindsay Gellman wrote an article for The Atlantic about domain names and them becoming less relevant in a world of superior search algorithms. Gellman wrote, “the front lines in a decades-long battle for prime virtual real estate had shifted fr...
Discussion
Are search engines killing the need for memorable domain names ?
Lindsay Gellman wrote an article for The Atlantic about domain names and them becoming less relevant in a world of superior search algorithms. Gellman wrote, “the front lines in a decades-long battle for prime virtual real estate had shifted fr...
Discussion
December 21, 2016, 6:52 pm
