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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 6:00 pm
The Domains
240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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October 2, 2012, 4:43 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 4:26 pm
The Domains
Hexonet Becomes The Lastest Registrar To Start Taking Pre-Registrations Of New gTLD’s
According to a press release out today Hexonet has become the latest registrar to start taking “pre-registrations” or really expressions of interest for new gTLD domain names. As normal there is no charge for submitting a pre-registration...
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Hexonet Becomes The Lastest Registrar To Start Taking Pre-Registrations Of New gTLD’s
According to a press release out today Hexonet has become the latest registrar to start taking “pre-registrations” or really expressions of interest for new gTLD domain names. As normal there is no charge for submitting a pre-registration...
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October 2, 2012, 12:59 pm
The Domains
ContactCenters.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com & Audiophile.com Sells For $14K + More
A few notable sales from the drop auction houses. ContactCenters.com sold for $15,000 on Namejet.com Audiophile.com Sold for $14,000 on SnapNames.com Speaking of Snapnames.com another nice domain, replace.com sold for $9K as well Raceway.com which al...
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ContactCenters.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com & Audiophile.com Sells For $14K + More
A few notable sales from the drop auction houses. ContactCenters.com sold for $15,000 on Namejet.com Audiophile.com Sold for $14,000 on SnapNames.com Speaking of Snapnames.com another nice domain, replace.com sold for $9K as well Raceway.com which al...
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October 2, 2012, 11:33 am
The Domains
Another Killler Domain Hits The Market: Televisions.com
According to a press release out this morning Right Of The Dot™, LLC is the exclusive broker for Televisions.com. “The domain name Televisions.com, including a package of six other regional and top level domains will be sold exclusively t...
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Another Killler Domain Hits The Market: Televisions.com
According to a press release out this morning Right Of The Dot™, LLC is the exclusive broker for Televisions.com. “The domain name Televisions.com, including a package of six other regional and top level domains will be sold exclusively t...
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October 2, 2012, 8:39 am
The Domains
ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc . The counter claim arises from the anti-trust lawsuit filed by Man...
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ICM Operator of .XXX Counter Sues Manwin For $120 Million
ICM the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain (TLD) just filed a counterclaim again Manwin Licensing International the company that owns YouPorn.com and Digital Playground, Inc . The counter claim arises from the anti-trust lawsuit filed by Man...
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October 1, 2012, 6:15 pm
The Domains
After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
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After Raising Over $4.5 Million Selling 1 & 2 Letter .Co.Uk Domains, Nominet Proposes .UK Domains
Nominet, the non-profit company that runs the Internet domain system for the United Kindgom ccTLD .Uk said today that they are looking at issuing second level .Uk domains names one’s that do not require the use of the .co first. The proposal is...
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October 1, 2012, 9:28 am
The Domains
Our Chat With The Owner Of Urban Times On Why They Moved From a .Com To A .Co
We had a chance to chat with Charlie Hilton-Petrou who changed the domain name of his site from a .com to a .Co domain last week. We wrote about the planned move of the Urban Times which used the domain name theurbn.com and decided to switch over to ...
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Our Chat With The Owner Of Urban Times On Why They Moved From a .Com To A .Co
We had a chance to chat with Charlie Hilton-Petrou who changed the domain name of his site from a .com to a .Co domain last week. We wrote about the planned move of the Urban Times which used the domain name theurbn.com and decided to switch over to ...
Discussion
October 1, 2012, 8:38 am
The Domains
SolveMedia: 10% Of All Internet TRAFFIC Is From Bots
According to a 20 month study conducted by SolveMedia.com 10% of all Internet Traffic is generated from Bots. Based on those numbers the company found that $1.5 Billion dollars in online advertising is wasted generated by Bots. “eMarketer predi...
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SolveMedia: 10% Of All Internet TRAFFIC Is From Bots
According to a 20 month study conducted by SolveMedia.com 10% of all Internet Traffic is generated from Bots. Based on those numbers the company found that $1.5 Billion dollars in online advertising is wasted generated by Bots. “eMarketer predi...
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September 30, 2012, 9:48 pm
