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Domain Name Wire
Sedo GreatDomains auction ends shortly; at least 18 domains will sell
A Peru domain name is at the top of the list. Domains in Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction close at noon EDT today. 18 domain names have met their reserves with about 90 minutes to go. 8.pe is leading the pack with a $10,099 bid after 29 bids...
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Sedo GreatDomains auction ends shortly; at least 18 domains will sell
A Peru domain name is at the top of the list. Domains in Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction close at noon EDT today. 18 domain names have met their reserves with about 90 minutes to go. 8.pe is leading the pack with a $10,099 bid after 29 bids...
Discussion
April 28, 2016, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN warns new TLD owners, Emerson bows out
200 new top level domain names are nearing deadline. ICANN has warned new top level domain name companies to get a move on, and one .brand owner has terminated its new TLD ambitions. In a post on its website, ICANN reminded contracted registries that...
Discussion
ICANN warns new TLD owners, Emerson bows out
200 new top level domain names are nearing deadline. ICANN has warned new top level domain name companies to get a move on, and one .brand owner has terminated its new TLD ambitions. In a post on its website, ICANN reminded contracted registries that...
Discussion
April 28, 2016, 1:30 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, April 28th
One thing that needs to be developed is a site that has the lowest renewal costs of all the new gTLDs. I payed a lot for a new G and then realized after that I may have purchased a name that has a huge renewal cost. Fortunately it...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, April 28th
One thing that needs to be developed is a site that has the lowest renewal costs of all the new gTLDs. I payed a lot for a new G and then realized after that I may have purchased a name that has a huge renewal cost. Fortunately it...
Discussion
April 28, 2016, 10:07 am
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Soon: 14 Domains Have Hit Reserve
Sedo’s April Great Domains Auction ends tomorrow at noon EST, and of the 60 names in the auction, 14 have hit reserve as I type this, with the highest bidding for 8.pe near the 5-figure mark. Looking at NameBio.com, a few high priced “8&r...
Discussion
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends Soon: 14 Domains Have Hit Reserve
Sedo’s April Great Domains Auction ends tomorrow at noon EST, and of the 60 names in the auction, 14 have hit reserve as I type this, with the highest bidding for 8.pe near the 5-figure mark. Looking at NameBio.com, a few high priced “8&r...
Discussion
April 28, 2016, 12:57 am
The Domains
Rick Schwartz Files UDRP on DomainKing.biz
Rick Schwartz’s company Virtual Dates, Inc has filed a second UDRP based on his “Domain King” federally registered trademark, this time on the domain name DomainKing.biz. About a month ago Rick Schwartz filed a UDRP on the domain na...
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Rick Schwartz Files UDRP on DomainKing.biz
Rick Schwartz’s company Virtual Dates, Inc has filed a second UDRP based on his “Domain King” federally registered trademark, this time on the domain name DomainKing.biz. About a month ago Rick Schwartz filed a UDRP on the domain na...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Let the Cruz – Fiorina domain name registrations begin…
People are registering some crappy domain names for a potential Republican ticket. Ted Cruz made the unusual step today of naming a vice presidential candidate should he get his party’s nomination. Cruz said former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, who dro...
Discussion
Let the Cruz – Fiorina domain name registrations begin…
People are registering some crappy domain names for a potential Republican ticket. Ted Cruz made the unusual step today of naming a vice presidential candidate should he get his party’s nomination. Cruz said former HP CEO Carly Fiorina, who dro...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 9:06 pm
The Domains
$224,224 for MikiHouse.com ? Here’s Why
So the big sale this week on Sedo was MikiHouse.com. $224,224 for a domain thaThe domain had been registered since 1999 and surprisingly had dropped two times previously. The seller does not live too far away from me in Chadds Ford, Pa. The site was ...
Discussion
$224,224 for MikiHouse.com ? Here’s Why
So the big sale this week on Sedo was MikiHouse.com. $224,224 for a domain thaThe domain had been registered since 1999 and surprisingly had dropped two times previously. The seller does not live too far away from me in Chadds Ford, Pa. The site was ...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 6:51 pm
The Domains
Hexonet Launching Backorder Service For Dropping Donuts & Rightside New gTLD’s Domains
The domain name registrar Hexonet just announced they are starting a backorder service for dropping new gTLD domain names starting on May 1st. Here is the announcement: HEXONET’s is activating Backordering for all Donuts and Rightside TLDs (400...
Discussion
Hexonet Launching Backorder Service For Dropping Donuts & Rightside New gTLD’s Domains
The domain name registrar Hexonet just announced they are starting a backorder service for dropping new gTLD domain names starting on May 1st. Here is the announcement: HEXONET’s is activating Backordering for all Donuts and Rightside TLDs (400...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names eBay and GoFundMe bought last week
eBay and GoFundMe contribute to big sales week at Sedo. Two big names are on this week’s Domain Name Wire end user sales report. eBay picked up WhatsYourThing.com, and GoFundMe bought a country code domain matching its web address. Jobs.bg made...
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What domain names eBay and GoFundMe bought last week
eBay and GoFundMe contribute to big sales week at Sedo. Two big names are on this week’s Domain Name Wire end user sales report. eBay picked up WhatsYourThing.com, and GoFundMe bought a country code domain matching its web address. Jobs.bg made...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX releases 2015 report, discusses go-forward strategy
Company continues to restructure its business under new leadership. Top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines) released its audited annual results report (pdf) today, providing color on what’s going on in its business. In a nutshell, ...
Discussion
MMX releases 2015 report, discusses go-forward strategy
Company continues to restructure its business under new leadership. Top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines) released its audited annual results report (pdf) today, providing color on what’s going on in its business. In a nutshell, ...
Discussion
April 27, 2016, 2:47 pm