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The Domains
.Tel Which Once Had 340K Registrations Slips To Under 100K
.Tel which is not a new gTLD but gTLD that was launched in 2005, by January 2011 .Tel had around 340,000 domain registrations. By February 2014, when the new gTLD’s started to launch .Tel had around 150,000 domain registrations. According to Re...
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.Tel Which Once Had 340K Registrations Slips To Under 100K
.Tel which is not a new gTLD but gTLD that was launched in 2005, by January 2011 .Tel had around 340,000 domain registrations. By February 2014, when the new gTLD’s started to launch .Tel had around 150,000 domain registrations. According to Re...
Discussion
July 20, 2016, 2:06 pm
Sully's Blog
10 Quotes that Could Have Been Written for Domainers
As I was spinning through my Twitter feed one day, I came across an inspirational quote by Frank Shilling. As domainers, especially those new to the industry or someone going through a rough patch, it’s great to get some encouragement fro...
Discussion
10 Quotes that Could Have Been Written for Domainers
As I was spinning through my Twitter feed one day, I came across an inspirational quote by Frank Shilling. As domainers, especially those new to the industry or someone going through a rough patch, it’s great to get some encouragement fro...
Discussion
July 20, 2016, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: NikeGoogle.com UDRP denied because…
What happens when two trademarks are at issue in a UDRP? National Arbitration Forum panelist Sandra J. Franklin has declined to transfer the domain name NikeGoogle.com to sporting goods company Nike in an interesting UDRP. I’ve often wondered w...
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Interesting: NikeGoogle.com UDRP denied because…
What happens when two trademarks are at issue in a UDRP? National Arbitration Forum panelist Sandra J. Franklin has declined to transfer the domain name NikeGoogle.com to sporting goods company Nike in an interesting UDRP. I’ve often wondered w...
Discussion
July 20, 2016, 12:31 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Tuesday, July 20th
Today is a day that I love and I don’t. It’s the day I was born. I love it for several reasons. If I reach it, it means I lived another great year and got to share it surrounded by people I love. Every birthday I p...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Tuesday, July 20th
Today is a day that I love and I don’t. It’s the day I was born. I love it for several reasons. If I reach it, it means I lived another great year and got to share it surrounded by people I love. Every birthday I p...
Discussion
July 20, 2016, 10:09 am
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transaction Total $1.7 million led by ADA.com
Over the past week, 503 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ada.com at 200,000 USD T...
Discussion
Sedo Weekly Transaction Total $1.7 million led by ADA.com
Over the past week, 503 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: ada.com at 200,000 USD T...
Discussion
July 20, 2016, 8:59 am
Domain Shane
Five Tattoo Studios Developing on the .Tattoo Domain Extension
We previously took a look at tattoo shops in six different countries which were utilizing the .Tattoo domain extension, and this week we’re back with five more, from five new countries. Screenshots are linked, if you would like to check them ou...
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Five Tattoo Studios Developing on the .Tattoo Domain Extension
We previously took a look at tattoo shops in six different countries which were utilizing the .Tattoo domain extension, and this week we’re back with five more, from five new countries. Screenshots are linked, if you would like to check them ou...
Discussion
July 19, 2016, 10:37 pm
The Domains
Verisign: Internet Grows to 326.4 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter of 2016
Verisign reported domain stats for the first quarter of 2016. The report not only breaks down .com and .net but cctld’s and new gtld’s. com and .net Breakdown The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total ...
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Verisign: Internet Grows to 326.4 Million Domain Names in the First Quarter of 2016
Verisign reported domain stats for the first quarter of 2016. The report not only breaks down .com and .net but cctld’s and new gtld’s. com and .net Breakdown The .com and .net TLDs experienced aggregate growth, reaching a combined total ...
Discussion
July 19, 2016, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
52 new TLD sales over $5,000 you probably haven’t seen yet
Here are 50+ notable new top level domain name sales. Uniregistry recently released sales data covering nearly 6,000 domain names totaling $42.6 million. You can download the full list at NameBio.com. The vast majority of names on the list are .com, ...
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52 new TLD sales over $5,000 you probably haven’t seen yet
Here are 50+ notable new top level domain name sales. Uniregistry recently released sales data covering nearly 6,000 domain names totaling $42.6 million. You can download the full list at NameBio.com. The vast majority of names on the list are .com, ...
Discussion
July 19, 2016, 6:06 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 18, 2016
A look at the final prices from the auction list posted on July 18, 2016. Pizza.me Doesn’t get any bigger than pizza $5,300 32L.com These are super hot right now. Over under $2800 $1,900 VegasHouses.com Vegashomes is obviously better but you ar...
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AUCTION RECAP OF JULY 18, 2016
A look at the final prices from the auction list posted on July 18, 2016. Pizza.me Doesn’t get any bigger than pizza $5,300 32L.com These are super hot right now. Over under $2800 $1,900 VegasHouses.com Vegashomes is obviously better but you ar...
Discussion
July 19, 2016, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze
Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com. Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting wrote about the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net...
Discussion
New domains and ccTLDs also benefiting from Pokemon Go craze
Lots of Pokemon domains are being registered in domains other than .com. Last week Elliot Silver at DomainInvesting wrote about the surge in .com and .net registrations including the word “Pokemon”. At the time, nearly 4,000 .com and .net...
Discussion
July 19, 2016, 3:59 pm
