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Sedo.com Sells Over $1.35MM In Domains Led By WeddingInsurance.com for $50K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending March 4th, 2013. In all over $1.35MM domains were sold. The top seller was WeddingInsurance.com at $50,000 as previously reported by us, followed by Wholesale.co.uk for $30,000. In all, 842 t...
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Sedo.com Sells Over $1.35MM In Domains Led By WeddingInsurance.com for $50K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending March 4th, 2013. In all over $1.35MM domains were sold. The top seller was WeddingInsurance.com at $50,000 as previously reported by us, followed by Wholesale.co.uk for $30,000. In all, 842 t...
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March 5, 2013, 4:31 pm

The Domains
Two More New gTLD Applications Withdrawn: .HEINZ & .KETCHUP
ICANN just posted on its site the withdrawal of two more new gTLD applications. ProMark Brands Inc. has withdrawn its two application for .HEINZ & .KETCHUP .KETCHUP had a Prioritization number of 737, and HEINZ had a Prioritization of 1345. Here ...
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Two More New gTLD Applications Withdrawn: .HEINZ & .KETCHUP
ICANN just posted on its site the withdrawal of two more new gTLD applications. ProMark Brands Inc. has withdrawn its two application for .HEINZ & .KETCHUP .KETCHUP had a Prioritization number of 737, and HEINZ had a Prioritization of 1345. Here ...
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March 5, 2013, 2:24 pm

The Domains
phaseeight.com Saved in UDRP But No RDNH Because Domain Was Parked
Phase Eight (Fashion & Designs) Limited of London, just lost its bid to get the domain name phaseeight.com through a UDRP. Unlike the case we discussed yesterday, this panel was most concerned that nine years had passed from the date of registrat...
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phaseeight.com Saved in UDRP But No RDNH Because Domain Was Parked
Phase Eight (Fashion & Designs) Limited of London, just lost its bid to get the domain name phaseeight.com through a UDRP. Unlike the case we discussed yesterday, this panel was most concerned that nine years had passed from the date of registrat...
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March 5, 2013, 12:59 pm

The Domains
How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi?
A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall, Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and Tele...
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How Valuable Would .Mobi Domains Have Been If Apple Named The iPhone The Mobi?
A story in Mashable today tells the tale that Apple was considering many other domain names for the iPhone, including calling it the Mobi. The article former Apple head of advertising Ken Segall, Apple considered the names TriPod, Mobi and Tele...
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March 5, 2013, 9:35 am

The Domains
Sears Files URDP For 96 Typo’s Domain Names
Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo’s for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan “Shop Your Way” Here are t...
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Sears Files URDP For 96 Typo’s Domain Names
Sears filed a UDRP yesterday for 96 domain names which are all variations and typos. Included are typo’s for Sears, Sears credit cards, Sears Outlet, Sears Parts, Sears Optical and variations on its slogan “Shop Your Way” Here are t...
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March 5, 2013, 8:59 am

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The Independent Objector For ICANN’s New gTLD Program Decides Not To Object To Anything
As part of the new gTLD program ICANN provided it would establish an Independent Objector who could file an objection to new gTLD strings or applicants and May 14th 2012 on named Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector (IO). &l...
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The Independent Objector For ICANN’s New gTLD Program Decides Not To Object To Anything
As part of the new gTLD program ICANN provided it would establish an Independent Objector who could file an objection to new gTLD strings or applicants and May 14th 2012 on named Professor Alain Pellet as the Independent Objector (IO). &l...
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March 4, 2013, 9:36 pm

The Domains
NiceCar.com For Sale For $100,000 Hit With UDRP
The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. The domain name has a reg...
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NiceCar.com For Sale For $100,000 Hit With UDRP
The domain name NiceCar.com was just hit with a UDRP While the domain seems very generic to me, NICE CAR, INC. of Fort Collins, Colorado has a trademark which was filed on May 24, 2005 but not granted until February 6, 2007. The domain name has a reg...
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March 4, 2013, 4:22 pm

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NameJet.com Publishes $475K In Domain Sales From February
Namejet.com just released some sales details for domain name that sold through the NameJet.com platform in February 2013. This list was described as the details for the domain sales “we are able to publish for Feb 2013″ Do...
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NameJet.com Publishes $475K In Domain Sales From February
Namejet.com just released some sales details for domain name that sold through the NameJet.com platform in February 2013. This list was described as the details for the domain sales “we are able to publish for Feb 2013″ Do...
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March 4, 2013, 2:30 pm

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Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
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Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
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March 4, 2013, 2:12 pm

The Domains
WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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March 4, 2013, 1:56 pm