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The Domains
Breitbart/Gravis Poll: 71% Of US Registered Voters Oppose Obama’s surrender of Control Over ICANN
In a poll just out tonight by Breitbart/Gravis 71% of US registered voters are opposed to the transition in which the US gave up oversight over ICANN. For those in the ICANN community the poll question was less than entirely accurate. “The Unit...
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Breitbart/Gravis Poll: 71% Of US Registered Voters Oppose Obama’s surrender of Control Over ICANN
In a poll just out tonight by Breitbart/Gravis 71% of US registered voters are opposed to the transition in which the US gave up oversight over ICANN. For those in the ICANN community the poll question was less than entirely accurate. “The Unit...
Discussion
October 6, 2016, 4:06 am
The Domains
A guide to boosting organic click through rates
Larry Kim from WordStream and Brian Dean from Backlinko.com produced one hell of an infographic for those interested in boosting organic traffic. The infographic was published on SearchEngineLand.com and Larry goes through some examples in depth so c...
Discussion
A guide to boosting organic click through rates
Larry Kim from WordStream and Brian Dean from Backlinko.com produced one hell of an infographic for those interested in boosting organic traffic. The infographic was published on SearchEngineLand.com and Larry goes through some examples in depth so c...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 10:45 pm
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales Under $5k That Have Been Developed (pics): Flipdeck.com, StyleWorx.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. For today’s post, we’re looking on...
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Recent Domain Sales Under $5k That Have Been Developed (pics): Flipdeck.com, StyleWorx.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. For today’s post, we’re looking on...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 9:55 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 4, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 4, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an ...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF OCTOBER 4, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on October 4, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than an ...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 5:36 pm
The Domains
.US Gains Over 100K Domains On 1st Day of $.10 Registration Promotion
The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry act...
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.US Gains Over 100K Domains On 1st Day of $.10 Registration Promotion
The .US domain name extension gained over 100,000 domains yesterday. The domain name registrar, Uniregistry started a promotion of .US registrations for only $.10 officially starting at on October 1 but but yesterday was the first day Uniregistry act...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 4:38 pm
The Domains
10 Takeaways from the Rick Scwartz interview
Once again I would like to thank Rick Schwartz for taking the time to do an interview that read more like a domain guidebook. The interview was long and some people do not like to read the whole article when it’s 2000 words, let alone over 5,60...
Discussion
10 Takeaways from the Rick Scwartz interview
Once again I would like to thank Rick Schwartz for taking the time to do an interview that read more like a domain guidebook. The interview was long and some people do not like to read the whole article when it’s 2000 words, let alone over 5,60...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
From 10-cent domains to revved up marketing and policy changes, .US might finally go somewhere
The .Us domain name is finally getting some marketing muscle. Hang around American domainers long enough and you’re sure to hear them gripe about .Us. What could the United States’ country code domain name have been had Neustar actually m...
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From 10-cent domains to revved up marketing and policy changes, .US might finally go somewhere
The .Us domain name is finally getting some marketing muscle. Hang around American domainers long enough and you’re sure to hear them gripe about .Us. What could the United States’ country code domain name have been had Neustar actually m...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales including a new TLD for $18,000
A megachurch in Texas and Halliburton both bought domain names last week. Sedo’s biggest public sale over the past week was HotBot.com for $155,000. I wrote about it yesterday, so for this post I’ll focus on another big sale: Celebration....
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14 end user domain name sales including a new TLD for $18,000
A megachurch in Texas and Halliburton both bought domain names last week. Sedo’s biggest public sale over the past week was HotBot.com for $155,000. I wrote about it yesterday, so for this post I’ll focus on another big sale: Celebration....
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 3:13 pm
The Domains
Payoneer Raises $180million
Payoneer recently got into the escrow business to challenge front runner Escrow.com. Elliot did an interview with Scott Reynolds, President, Payoneer Escrow. Venture Beat is reporting this morning they just raised $180million. Digital payments compan...
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Payoneer Raises $180million
Payoneer recently got into the escrow business to challenge front runner Escrow.com. Elliot did an interview with Scott Reynolds, President, Payoneer Escrow. Venture Beat is reporting this morning they just raised $180million. Digital payments compan...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 2:15 pm
The Domains
Ouch: Land Rover Loses UDRP on RangeRoverChauffeur.com Losing All Three Elements
LAND ROVER just lost a UDRP on the domain name RangeRoverChauffeur.com in a one member panel decision of Houston Putnam Lowry, and the domain owner did not even respond. Land Rover not only lose the UDRP but it lost all three elements of a UDRP. Here...
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Ouch: Land Rover Loses UDRP on RangeRoverChauffeur.com Losing All Three Elements
LAND ROVER just lost a UDRP on the domain name RangeRoverChauffeur.com in a one member panel decision of Houston Putnam Lowry, and the domain owner did not even respond. Land Rover not only lose the UDRP but it lost all three elements of a UDRP. Here...
Discussion
October 5, 2016, 2:04 pm
