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Domain Name Wire
MTV to launch hotel brand? Domain names suggest so
Viacom registers domain names that suggest it’s getting ready to launch a hotel and resort chain tied to iconic MTV brand. Is MTV getting ready to launch its own line of hotels and resorts? MTV parent company Viacom registered a number of domai...
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MTV to launch hotel brand? Domain names suggest so
Viacom registers domain names that suggest it’s getting ready to launch a hotel and resort chain tied to iconic MTV brand. Is MTV getting ready to launch its own line of hotels and resorts? MTV parent company Viacom registered a number of domai...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias acquires StartingDot domains .archi, .bio and .ski
Registry now owns three more new top level domains. Domain name company Afilias has acquired three top level domain names and plans to acquire many more. The company announced today that it has acquired StartingDot, the company behind .archi, .bio an...
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Afilias acquires StartingDot domains .archi, .bio and .ski
Registry now owns three more new top level domains. Domain name company Afilias has acquired three top level domain names and plans to acquire many more. The company announced today that it has acquired StartingDot, the company behind .archi, .bio an...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 2:23 pm
The Domains
That’s a lot of eights
So it looks like we either have two bidders that desperately want a name, or they are playing games. The 16 year old domain name 88888888.net closes today on Go Daddy Auctions. The bid is at $4,001. You will see that bidder 10 has been popping the bi...
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That’s a lot of eights
So it looks like we either have two bidders that desperately want a name, or they are playing games. The 16 year old domain name 88888888.net closes today on Go Daddy Auctions. The bid is at $4,001. You will see that bidder 10 has been popping the bi...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 1:25 pm
Sully's Blog
GraduationParty.com could use your SEO tips
After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Ginger Venable started her business career in the wild world of Direct Mail in the mid 1980s. Fast forward to the dawn of the internet in the late 90’s where she quickly jumped ...
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GraduationParty.com could use your SEO tips
After graduating from the University of Minnesota, Ginger Venable started her business career in the wild world of Direct Mail in the mid 1980s. Fast forward to the dawn of the internet in the late 90’s where she quickly jumped ...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 12:00 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, August 8th
Happy Monday. I was reading a post at TheDomains where Raymond asked everyone to post their best domain in their portfolio. There were some fantastic names posted (stockmarket.com, medical.com) but there were also some names that were not as f...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, August 8th
Happy Monday. I was reading a post at TheDomains where Raymond asked everyone to post their best domain in their portfolio. There were some fantastic names posted (stockmarket.com, medical.com) but there were also some names that were not as f...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 9:30 am
DomainSherpa
How a 26-Year-Old Sold $5.1 Million in Domains in His First 12 Months as a Broker
How exactly did a 26-year-old sell 5 million dollars worth of domain names in 12 months?James Booth joins DomainSherpa to share how he got started, built a name, a reputation and some serious credentials in the domain name industry.
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How a 26-Year-Old Sold $5.1 Million in Domains in His First 12 Months as a Broker
How exactly did a 26-year-old sell 5 million dollars worth of domain names in 12 months?James Booth joins DomainSherpa to share how he got started, built a name, a reputation and some serious credentials in the domain name industry.
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 7:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Walmart to bail out Jet.com for $3 billion
Business sold just a couple years after it acquired Jet.com domain name. A little over two years after Igloo brokered the sale of the Jet.com domain name, the company using the domain is going to be acquired by WalMart for $3 billion according to Re/...
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Walmart to bail out Jet.com for $3 billion
Business sold just a couple years after it acquired Jet.com domain name. A little over two years after Igloo brokered the sale of the Jet.com domain name, the company using the domain is going to be acquired by WalMart for $3 billion according to Re/...
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August 8, 2016, 2:08 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 6, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeout purchases and more from the auction list posted on August 6, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather ...
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AUCTION RECAP OF AUGUST 6, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeout purchases and more from the auction list posted on August 6, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather ...
Discussion
August 8, 2016, 12:44 am
The Domains
Troubling UDRP For Domain Investors As 10 year old Domain Lost
Crown Acquisitions, Inc, won control of the domain name CrownAcquisitions.com in a UDRP this week and although its not a headline type of domain I think it’s a really poor decision by the one member panel of Houston Putnam Lowry, “Charter...
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Troubling UDRP For Domain Investors As 10 year old Domain Lost
Crown Acquisitions, Inc, won control of the domain name CrownAcquisitions.com in a UDRP this week and although its not a headline type of domain I think it’s a really poor decision by the one member panel of Houston Putnam Lowry, “Charter...
Discussion
August 7, 2016, 10:15 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Sudd.com, HireCoder.com) and Flops (Greatful.com, iReplay.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips HireCoder.com sold for 3,688 USD recently at BuyDomains, vs 204 on 2015-12-01 at GoDaddy. Nice 18x return in under two years, which doesn’t seem ...
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Domain Flips (Sudd.com, HireCoder.com) and Flops (Greatful.com, iReplay.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips HireCoder.com sold for 3,688 USD recently at BuyDomains, vs 204 on 2015-12-01 at GoDaddy. Nice 18x return in under two years, which doesn’t seem ...
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August 7, 2016, 8:13 pm
