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Domain Name Wire
.VIP continues to roll, .Store has solid sunrise
40,000 more .vip registrations, .store has over 500 sunrise applications. The .VIP domain name continues to rack up registrations and the .Store registry says it’s off to a solid start. .VIP broke launch records when it was released earlier thi...
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.VIP continues to roll, .Store has solid sunrise
40,000 more .vip registrations, .store has over 500 sunrise applications. The .VIP domain name continues to rack up registrations and the .Store registry says it’s off to a solid start. .VIP broke launch records when it was released earlier thi...
Discussion
May 31, 2016, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
This might be the best RDNH finding I’ve ever read
Only one panelist finds RDNH, but he writes a scathing critique. Impossible BV, a company that makes film for old-school Polaroid cameras, has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name ImpossibleProject.com. Impossible BV uses the domain name Impo...
Discussion
This might be the best RDNH finding I’ve ever read
Only one panelist finds RDNH, but he writes a scathing critique. Impossible BV, a company that makes film for old-school Polaroid cameras, has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name ImpossibleProject.com. Impossible BV uses the domain name Impo...
Discussion
May 31, 2016, 1:45 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Tuesday, May 31st
The art of the deal. The deal has been around since humans since the beginning of time. One thing that hasn’t changed is that one of the two people in the trade has the upper hand. One of the two needs the deal more t...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Tuesday, May 31st
The art of the deal. The deal has been around since humans since the beginning of time. One thing that hasn’t changed is that one of the two people in the trade has the upper hand. One of the two needs the deal more t...
Discussion
May 31, 2016, 8:03 am
The Domains
.Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go
The new gTLD .store which entered the sunrise phase on the 6th of April, is already slated to make its mark in the Top 10 new gTLDs in terms of sunrise performance, standing at the 515 sunrise orders with 5 days of the sunrise remaining. As the...
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.Store Passes 500+ Sunrise Registrations With 5 Days to Go
The new gTLD .store which entered the sunrise phase on the 6th of April, is already slated to make its mark in the Top 10 new gTLDs in terms of sunrise performance, standing at the 515 sunrise orders with 5 days of the sunrise remaining. As the...
Discussion
May 30, 2016, 4:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
FeetFirst.com UDRP denied
Shoe company loses cyberquatting complaint. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP for FeetFirst.com, with one panelist finding reverse domain name hijacking. Nilson Group AB filed the cybersquatting complaint...
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FeetFirst.com UDRP denied
Shoe company loses cyberquatting complaint. A three-person World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP for FeetFirst.com, with one panelist finding reverse domain name hijacking. Nilson Group AB filed the cybersquatting complaint...
Discussion
May 30, 2016, 2:11 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, May 30th
Happy Memorial Day. War is an awful thing but I am thankful for those that put their lives at risk or gave their lives to their country. So to them I say thank you. On a lighter note, today is the first day of the Josh ...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Monday, May 30th
Happy Memorial Day. War is an awful thing but I am thankful for those that put their lives at risk or gave their lives to their country. So to them I say thank you. On a lighter note, today is the first day of the Josh ...
Discussion
May 30, 2016, 8:05 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP, the 27th and 28th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 27th and 28th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap The .us domains from the other day did pretty well, still waiting to see if the owner pays the $80 godaddy “redemption” fee or just tra...
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AUCTION RECAP, the 27th and 28th of May 2016
The Daily Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 27th and 28th of May 2016 Auction Quick Recap The .us domains from the other day did pretty well, still waiting to see if the owner pays the $80 godaddy “redemption” fee or just tra...
Discussion
May 29, 2016, 10:06 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (FireSafety.com, Scentium.com) and Flops (UIO.com, DKKK.com, KGB.net)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips FireSafety.com sold for 36,200 USD recently at NameJet, vs 13,000 USD on 2013-12-19 at NameJet. Nice return for a keyword domain in 2 1/2 years conside...
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Domain Flips (FireSafety.com, Scentium.com) and Flops (UIO.com, DKKK.com, KGB.net)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips FireSafety.com sold for 36,200 USD recently at NameJet, vs 13,000 USD on 2013-12-19 at NameJet. Nice return for a keyword domain in 2 1/2 years conside...
Discussion
May 29, 2016, 6:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, May 29th
I probably represent 95% of the people in this industry when I get jealous of some of the amazing sales by other domainers. When I see Michael Berkens selling a name for $30K that I can’t even get a bid for $1000. But there are two...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Sunday, May 29th
I probably represent 95% of the people in this industry when I get jealous of some of the amazing sales by other domainers. When I see Michael Berkens selling a name for $30K that I can’t even get a bid for $1000. But there are two...
Discussion
May 29, 2016, 10:17 am
The Domains
Cash.us closes at $20,100 amid a ton of .us expiring auctions
It was .US day on Go Daddy and there were some interesting closing prices. More than likely all these domains get renewed but it was still an interesting exercise to look at which names closed highest. Here are the names I tracked that closed four fi...
Discussion
Cash.us closes at $20,100 amid a ton of .us expiring auctions
It was .US day on Go Daddy and there were some interesting closing prices. More than likely all these domains get renewed but it was still an interesting exercise to look at which names closed highest. Here are the names I tracked that closed four fi...
Discussion
May 29, 2016, 12:32 am
