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.TV Registry Changes Policy To Take Back Any Expired 1 Character Domain As They Take Back G.TV
Over last weekend the super premium one letter .TV domain name G.TV was suppose to drop as the former owner failed to renew it. However instead of dropping the domain for what would have been a one time payment of $4,750, the domain name was taken ba...
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.TV Registry Changes Policy To Take Back Any Expired 1 Character Domain As They Take Back G.TV
Over last weekend the super premium one letter .TV domain name G.TV was suppose to drop as the former owner failed to renew it. However instead of dropping the domain for what would have been a one time payment of $4,750, the domain name was taken ba...
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June 3, 2011, 8:05 am
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WSJ: Groupon.com Files For IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, Groupon Inc. filed today to go public today. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters for the IPO Groupon posted $644.7 million in revenue for the first quarter o...
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WSJ: Groupon.com Files For IPO
According to the Wall Street Journal, Groupon Inc. filed today to go public today. Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Credit Suisse are the lead underwriters for the IPO Groupon posted $644.7 million in revenue for the first quarter o...
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June 2, 2011, 3:09 pm
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ICA: “Registry/Registrar Integration at Existing gTLDs Could End Price Controls and Impose URS on .Com and .Net”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has just put up a post that all domainers need to take notice of and therefore I’m republishing it on theDomains. The Post is written by Phil Corwin of the ICA which talks about a topic we have been warni...
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ICA: “Registry/Registrar Integration at Existing gTLDs Could End Price Controls and Impose URS on .Com and .Net”
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has just put up a post that all domainers need to take notice of and therefore I’m republishing it on theDomains. The Post is written by Phil Corwin of the ICA which talks about a topic we have been warni...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 1:24 pm
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Juan Calle CEO Of The .Co Registry: “The Price of One Character .Co Domains is Already North of $1.5 million”
Reuters.com in a story today is quoting Juan Calle CEO of the .Co Regsitry as saying: “After Amazon and after a few of the other deals that we’ve done over the past few months, the price of one character domain is already north of $1.5 mi...
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Juan Calle CEO Of The .Co Registry: “The Price of One Character .Co Domains is Already North of $1.5 million”
Reuters.com in a story today is quoting Juan Calle CEO of the .Co Regsitry as saying: “After Amazon and after a few of the other deals that we’ve done over the past few months, the price of one character domain is already north of $1.5 mi...
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June 2, 2011, 1:02 pm
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.CO Passes 1 Million Registration
In less than a year after launch the .Co registry announced today that it has officially crossed the 1 million domain name registration mark
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.CO Passes 1 Million Registration
In less than a year after launch the .Co registry announced today that it has officially crossed the 1 million domain name registration mark
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June 2, 2011, 9:29 am
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Moniker.com Drops To Number 9 On the Top 10 Registrar List
Six weeks ago we noted that Moniker.com was on Pace to drop from the worlds 8th largest registrar to the 9th. It took two weeks longer than we estimated but now according to WebHosting.com which tracks domain registrars, Moniker.com has in fact now s...
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Moniker.com Drops To Number 9 On the Top 10 Registrar List
Six weeks ago we noted that Moniker.com was on Pace to drop from the worlds 8th largest registrar to the 9th. It took two weeks longer than we estimated but now according to WebHosting.com which tracks domain registrars, Moniker.com has in fact now s...
Discussion
June 2, 2011, 7:52 am
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Quick Poll: Which Domain(s) Priced $100K+ Will Sell At DomainFest?
The Live DomainFest auction from Barcelona will be held a week from today, on June 8th at 1PM EST. Pre-bidding is opened on SnapNames.com. There are 18 domain names that have a reserve of $100K or more, so as we usually do we are opening up the poll ...
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Quick Poll: Which Domain(s) Priced $100K+ Will Sell At DomainFest?
The Live DomainFest auction from Barcelona will be held a week from today, on June 8th at 1PM EST. Pre-bidding is opened on SnapNames.com. There are 18 domain names that have a reserve of $100K or more, so as we usually do we are opening up the poll ...
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June 1, 2011, 8:15 pm
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XBiz Poll: 35% Of Adult Entertainment Sites Plan To Buy .XXX Domains To Develop or Defensive Registrations
According to a poll taken by adult industry publication xBiz.com, 35% of “adult entertainment industry professionals plan to buy .XXX domain names, either to defensively protect their existing brands/trademarks or to develop and market new webs...
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XBiz Poll: 35% Of Adult Entertainment Sites Plan To Buy .XXX Domains To Develop or Defensive Registrations
According to a poll taken by adult industry publication xBiz.com, 35% of “adult entertainment industry professionals plan to buy .XXX domain names, either to defensively protect their existing brands/trademarks or to develop and market new webs...
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June 1, 2011, 2:35 pm
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DomainMonster.com Opens Pre-Registration For .XXX Domains
Domainmonster.com just announced they are accepting pre orders for all three stages of the upcoming .XXX Domain Name launch. Their wholesale platform Domainbox.com is now also accepting pre orders following full integration for .XXX domains into its ...
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DomainMonster.com Opens Pre-Registration For .XXX Domains
Domainmonster.com just announced they are accepting pre orders for all three stages of the upcoming .XXX Domain Name launch. Their wholesale platform Domainbox.com is now also accepting pre orders following full integration for .XXX domains into its ...
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June 1, 2011, 10:36 am
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WOW: 96% Of People In The US Under 50 Use Facebook
According to AllFacebook.com, citing a survey by Bank of America A whopping 96% of people in America under the age of 50 now use Facebook. Other key findings from the Bank of America survey include: -82% of Facebook users have concerns about privacy ...
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WOW: 96% Of People In The US Under 50 Use Facebook
According to AllFacebook.com, citing a survey by Bank of America A whopping 96% of people in America under the age of 50 now use Facebook. Other key findings from the Bank of America survey include: -82% of Facebook users have concerns about privacy ...
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June 1, 2011, 10:30 am
