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Verisign Report May Indicate That The Number Of Parked Domains Looks To Be In Significant Decline
Verisign released its Domain Name Industry Brief yesterday for the 4th quarter of 2011. At one time Verisign reported the number of parked domains but stopped that practice a few years back. The last time Verisign reported the number or percent...
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Verisign Report May Indicate That The Number Of Parked Domains Looks To Be In Significant Decline
Verisign released its Domain Name Industry Brief yesterday for the 4th quarter of 2011. At one time Verisign reported the number of parked domains but stopped that practice a few years back. The last time Verisign reported the number or percent...
Discussion
March 9, 2012, 8:22 am
The Domains
Verisign Reports 2011 Closed With 225 Million Domain Registrations: .Com/Net Almost 114 Million
Verisign just published its Domain Name Industry Brief report for the 4th Quarter of 2011. The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 225 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), which represents a ...
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Verisign Reports 2011 Closed With 225 Million Domain Registrations: .Com/Net Almost 114 Million
Verisign just published its Domain Name Industry Brief report for the 4th Quarter of 2011. The fourth quarter of 2011 closed with a base of more than 225 million domain name registrations across all Top Level Domains (TLDs), which represents a ...
Discussion
March 8, 2012, 4:35 pm
The Domains
Co.Com Hits The Sale Block With A “Multi Seven-Figure Price Tag”
According to a press release this morning the domain name Co.Com has been put up for sale. The domain that is owned by Paul Goldstone is being co-brokered by DomainAdvisors and SellDomains.com. The domain name received 4.5 million unique visitors and...
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Co.Com Hits The Sale Block With A “Multi Seven-Figure Price Tag”
According to a press release this morning the domain name Co.Com has been put up for sale. The domain that is owned by Paul Goldstone is being co-brokered by DomainAdvisors and SellDomains.com. The domain name received 4.5 million unique visitors and...
Discussion
March 8, 2012, 8:53 am
The Domains
Perth Based Telco iiNet Going After Its Own gTLD: “”Relatively Cheap Way To Secure A Part Of The Internet”,
A PERTH based Telcom company, iiNet announced plans to apply for the gTLD .iiNet “iiNet’s operations manager Roger Yerramsetti is quoted saying: The $200,000 cost for .iiNet was a ”relatively cheap way to secure a part of the inter...
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Perth Based Telco iiNet Going After Its Own gTLD: “”Relatively Cheap Way To Secure A Part Of The Internet”,
A PERTH based Telcom company, iiNet announced plans to apply for the gTLD .iiNet “iiNet’s operations manager Roger Yerramsetti is quoted saying: The $200,000 cost for .iiNet was a ”relatively cheap way to secure a part of the inter...
Discussion
March 8, 2012, 8:48 am
The Domains
Mike Mann Book Makes iTunes Top 20 List
Mike Mann’s Book Make Millions & Make Change has made Apple’s iTunes top 20 list for a free book under the Top Business and Personal Finance Free Books Category as of time of publication. Actually the book is sitting as number 19 on i...
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Mike Mann Book Makes iTunes Top 20 List
Mike Mann’s Book Make Millions & Make Change has made Apple’s iTunes top 20 list for a free book under the Top Business and Personal Finance Free Books Category as of time of publication. Actually the book is sitting as number 19 on i...
Discussion
March 7, 2012, 8:18 am
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just published it weekly report of domain name sales reporting $ 1,223,938 in sales. The weekly sales were led by CityCompass.com selling for $13,654 Here are the reportable sales: .com Sales citycompass.com $1...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million In Domain Names
Afternic.com just published it weekly report of domain name sales reporting $ 1,223,938 in sales. The weekly sales were led by CityCompass.com selling for $13,654 Here are the reportable sales: .com Sales citycompass.com $1...
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March 6, 2012, 6:15 pm
The Domains
Sedo Sells $1.8 Million In Domain Names
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data for the week ending March 5th. In all $1.8MM of domains were sold. The top reportable sale was onlinecasinos.de at €65000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were kredittkort.com at $45K ...
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Sedo Sells $1.8 Million In Domain Names
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data for the week ending March 5th. In all $1.8MM of domains were sold. The top reportable sale was onlinecasinos.de at €65000. Other domains topping the list of public sales were kredittkort.com at $45K ...
Discussion
March 6, 2012, 4:30 pm
The Domains
British Court Says ISP Have To Pay 25% Of Costs Identifying & Running Appeals Board For File Sharers
According to the guardian.co.uk, A U.K. Court of Appeals has held that ISPs will need to pay 25% of costs associated with establishing and running an appeals body for alleged file sharers. “ISPs will now be forced to pay 25 percent...
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British Court Says ISP Have To Pay 25% Of Costs Identifying & Running Appeals Board For File Sharers
According to the guardian.co.uk, A U.K. Court of Appeals has held that ISPs will need to pay 25% of costs associated with establishing and running an appeals body for alleged file sharers. “ISPs will now be forced to pay 25 percent...
Discussion
March 6, 2012, 1:44 pm
The Domains
A Customer Say Sedo Allows Users To Edit Listings Of Domains They Don’t Own
According to a posting in DnForum.com today, there is a glitch in Sedo system that is placing domains not owned by a particular customer into its account thereby allowing the customer to edit the listings for domains they don’t own. The custome...
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A Customer Say Sedo Allows Users To Edit Listings Of Domains They Don’t Own
According to a posting in DnForum.com today, there is a glitch in Sedo system that is placing domains not owned by a particular customer into its account thereby allowing the customer to edit the listings for domains they don’t own. The custome...
Discussion
March 6, 2012, 11:59 am
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Would A New gTLD Operator Have a Marketing Advantage Over .com. .net., org & Others If They Were Offshore?
Wired.com published a story today entitled “Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, It’s .Seizable”. The story goes on to talk about what all of us in the domain industry already know, that if a domain registry is a US corporation, domain na...
Discussion
Would A New gTLD Operator Have a Marketing Advantage Over .com. .net., org & Others If They Were Offshore?
Wired.com published a story today entitled “Uncle Sam: If It Ends in .Com, It’s .Seizable”. The story goes on to talk about what all of us in the domain industry already know, that if a domain registry is a US corporation, domain na...
Discussion
March 6, 2012, 10:17 am