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Domain Shane
The Best Bang For Your Buck in the Domain Industry: LLLL.com Containing Vowels by Oliver Holger
As many of you are aware, when China entered the industry in 2015, prices for short domains skyrocketed. Their interest was quite specific: Chinese-premium four-letter.coms – or ‘Chips’. A little bit of information bef...
Discussion
The Best Bang For Your Buck in the Domain Industry: LLLL.com Containing Vowels by Oliver Holger
As many of you are aware, when China entered the industry in 2015, prices for short domains skyrocketed. Their interest was quite specific: Chinese-premium four-letter.coms – or ‘Chips’. A little bit of information bef...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
Discussion
A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 2:46 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, November 18th
Just a quick note. No amount of marketing, eyeballs, or extra money spent on auction extras is going to help a bad name. Buying a spot on this list, a headline on domaining, or front page of Flippa is going to make a bad name sell for more mon...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Friday, November 18th
Just a quick note. No amount of marketing, eyeballs, or extra money spent on auction extras is going to help a bad name. Buying a spot on this list, a headline on domaining, or front page of Flippa is going to make a bad name sell for more mon...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
Discussion
Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:47 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 16, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF NOVEMBER 16, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on November 16, 2016. If you haven’t taken the time to check out the DSAD Namejet auction yet, please do. There is something for every...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
Discussion
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
Discussion
Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 4:35 pm
The Domains
Google purchases X.company for think tank
Google continues to dabble with new gtlds, the latest purchase and rebrand is their think tank solve for x. According to Wikipedia: Solve for X is a think tank project launched by Google[1] to incite collaboration to solve global issues, “X&rdq...
Discussion
Google purchases X.company for think tank
Google continues to dabble with new gtlds, the latest purchase and rebrand is their think tank solve for x. According to Wikipedia: Solve for X is a think tank project launched by Google[1] to incite collaboration to solve global issues, “X&rdq...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 3:02 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, November 17th
I’ve said it in the past that I started domain investing with zero dollars and I don’t take money out of the kitty for anything other than domain related purchases. But I have made one exception and I am going to make one more. &nb...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, November 17th
I’ve said it in the past that I started domain investing with zero dollars and I don’t take money out of the kitty for anything other than domain related purchases. But I have made one exception and I am going to make one more. &nb...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Domaining Europe to take place in Berlin in May
Berlin to host next Domaining Europe conference in May. Dietmar Stefitz, organizer of the Domaining Europe conference, has announced that the next conference will take place in Berlin May 14-16. The event will be held in cooperation with ECO, The Ass...
Discussion
Domaining Europe to take place in Berlin in May
Berlin to host next Domaining Europe conference in May. Dietmar Stefitz, organizer of the Domaining Europe conference, has announced that the next conference will take place in Berlin May 14-16. The event will be held in cooperation with ECO, The Ass...
Discussion
November 16, 2016, 10:07 pm
