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Sedo Sells $1.2 Million In Domains Led By Sell.it at 20,000 Euro’s
This past week, 669 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 million. All sales were led by a very brandable domain hack Sell.it for 20,000 Euro’s approximately $25K 41.1% of total sales were the ...
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Sedo Sells $1.2 Million In Domains Led By Sell.it at 20,000 Euro’s
This past week, 669 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 million. All sales were led by a very brandable domain hack Sell.it for 20,000 Euro’s approximately $25K 41.1% of total sales were the ...
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June 5, 2012, 4:05 pm
The Domains
Natura.TV Beats Back UDRP Challenge
A one person panel has just denied A UDRP on the domain name natura.tv (Nature in Spanish) The Complaint was brought by Natura Cosméticos S/A, which has a trademark on the term Natura. The panel seemed to give a lot of weight to the fact...
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Natura.TV Beats Back UDRP Challenge
A one person panel has just denied A UDRP on the domain name natura.tv (Nature in Spanish) The Complaint was brought by Natura Cosméticos S/A, which has a trademark on the term Natura. The panel seemed to give a lot of weight to the fact...
Discussion
June 5, 2012, 3:46 pm
The Domains
Google Returning Searches For Adult Terms With Non-Adult Results & It May Impact Domain Values
According to a pretty interesting article over at xBiz.com “several seemingly “adult” search terms have recently become dominated by mainstream sites as the Google algorithm now ranks non-adult content sites on the first page for ke...
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Google Returning Searches For Adult Terms With Non-Adult Results & It May Impact Domain Values
According to a pretty interesting article over at xBiz.com “several seemingly “adult” search terms have recently become dominated by mainstream sites as the Google algorithm now ranks non-adult content sites on the first page for ke...
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June 5, 2012, 1:15 pm
The Domains
Donuts Inc. Apply For 307 New gTLD’s & Raises More Than $100 Million
According to a Press Release Donuts Inc, applied for “307 New gTLD’s by far the most of any company that has announced so far. “The company’s efforts are funded by more than $100 million in capital from multi-billio...
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Donuts Inc. Apply For 307 New gTLD’s & Raises More Than $100 Million
According to a Press Release Donuts Inc, applied for “307 New gTLD’s by far the most of any company that has announced so far. “The company’s efforts are funded by more than $100 million in capital from multi-billio...
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June 5, 2012, 9:58 am
The Domains
New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 700,000 At UnitedDomains.com
UnitedDomains.com, an ICANN accredited registrar owned by the same parent company that owns Sedo.com and they have been taking pre-registrations on certain expected new gTLD’s for over a year. Today the real time counter on their site, clicked ...
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New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 700,000 At UnitedDomains.com
UnitedDomains.com, an ICANN accredited registrar owned by the same parent company that owns Sedo.com and they have been taking pre-registrations on certain expected new gTLD’s for over a year. Today the real time counter on their site, clicked ...
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June 5, 2012, 9:24 am
The Domains
ICANN Publishes New Version of Applicant gTLD Guidebook
ICANN has released another version of Applicant Guide Book for new gTLD’s. “”ICANN has issued today a new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook. The Applicant Guidebook describes the requirements and procedures for submit...
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ICANN Publishes New Version of Applicant gTLD Guidebook
ICANN has released another version of Applicant Guide Book for new gTLD’s. “”ICANN has issued today a new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook. The Applicant Guidebook describes the requirements and procedures for submit...
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June 4, 2012, 8:58 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Applicant For Build, .Construction, and .Expert Expects $7M In Revenue For Each Extension
BusinessWeek.com just published a story on the new gTLD’s. “”The story highlights a Commercial builder George Minardos, president and founder of Los Angeles-based Minardos Group, who said he has spent $1.2 million applying for .buil...
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New gTLD Applicant For Build, .Construction, and .Expert Expects $7M In Revenue For Each Extension
BusinessWeek.com just published a story on the new gTLD’s. “”The story highlights a Commercial builder George Minardos, president and founder of Los Angeles-based Minardos Group, who said he has spent $1.2 million applying for .buil...
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June 4, 2012, 6:27 pm
The Domains
ICM Operator Of .XXX Registry Holding Free Webinar Tomorrow On Impact of New gTLD’s On TM & Brands
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, is hosting a webinar tomorrow “to explore and explain the impact new Internet Top Level Domains (TLD) will have on trademarks and brands.&r...
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ICM Operator Of .XXX Registry Holding Free Webinar Tomorrow On Impact of New gTLD’s On TM & Brands
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, is hosting a webinar tomorrow “to explore and explain the impact new Internet Top Level Domains (TLD) will have on trademarks and brands.&r...
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June 4, 2012, 6:10 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: If You Applied For The New gTLD .LOL, Would You Ask For A Full Refund?
Well over a month into the delay on the new gTLD’s due to issues with the TAS system, ICANN offered a 100% refund for any applicant who pulled or withdrew their application before ICANN publicly revealed all applications and applicants, otherwi...
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Quick Poll: If You Applied For The New gTLD .LOL, Would You Ask For A Full Refund?
Well over a month into the delay on the new gTLD’s due to issues with the TAS system, ICANN offered a 100% refund for any applicant who pulled or withdrew their application before ICANN publicly revealed all applications and applicants, otherwi...
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June 4, 2012, 11:40 am
The Domains
Namejet.com Opens Up Affiliate Program
Namejet.com affiliate program which has been in Beta testing for the past month is now opened. The program pays 10% of the Gross selling price of the domain on NameJet.com to the affiliate which sent the customer to Namejet.com. The affiliate program...
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Namejet.com Opens Up Affiliate Program
Namejet.com affiliate program which has been in Beta testing for the past month is now opened. The program pays 10% of the Gross selling price of the domain on NameJet.com to the affiliate which sent the customer to Namejet.com. The affiliate program...
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June 4, 2012, 8:44 am