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Elliot's Blog
Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
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Afternic Records Over $550k in .com Sales
Last week, Afternic recorded about $564,000 in pubic .com domain sales of $1,000 or more. Two out of the three sales above $10,000 were Afternic DLS sales, not owned by NameMedia companies. I think the sale of Tagalog.com at $12,000 was a great...
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April 19, 2011, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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I Still Question the $10 Million Fund.com Sale
It just doesn’t add up. I’ve always questioned the 2008 sale of Fund.com for $10 million. It’s mostly in my gut: why did a new company that went public by buying another company pay a ridiculous price for this domain through a broke...
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April 19, 2011, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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Comparing the Toll Free Phone Numbers to Domain Names
AP sheds light on using toll free numbers to capture business. The Associated Press published a story this morning about companies that reserve mass quantities of toll free phone numbers, either to capture callers or sell them to businesses that migh...
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April 19, 2011, 12:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
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Decide, Which Bought Domain Decide.com for $175,000, Raises Series B
Decide banks $6 million in series B. Stealth start up Decide has closed on a $6 million series B round led by Maveron, Madrona Venture Group, Google founding board member Ram Shriram, and former Expedia CEO Erik Blachford, TechCrunch reports. The com...
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April 19, 2011, 12:14 pm
The Domains
MSNBC.com Covers National A-1 & PrimeTel: “Phone-Sex Company Is Amassing 1-800 Numbers” & Owns 20% Of All 800 Numbers
MSNBC.com just published a story on National A-1 a company known for owning buying and selling some of the best domain names on the planet. However this story was about a company associated with National A-1 known as Prime Tel Communications which ha...
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MSNBC.com Covers National A-1 & PrimeTel: “Phone-Sex Company Is Amassing 1-800 Numbers” & Owns 20% Of All 800 Numbers
MSNBC.com just published a story on National A-1 a company known for owning buying and selling some of the best domain names on the planet. However this story was about a company associated with National A-1 known as Prime Tel Communications which ha...
Discussion
April 19, 2011, 10:10 am
The Domains
TechCrunch: Huge Gaming & Domain Buyer HallPass Media Bought By MindJolt.com Today
TechCrunch.com is reporting that HallPass Media was bought today by MindJolt. HallPass Media is a gaming company that has purchased quite a few nice domain names over the years including cookinggames.com last year for $350,000 HallPass Media an...
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TechCrunch: Huge Gaming & Domain Buyer HallPass Media Bought By MindJolt.com Today
TechCrunch.com is reporting that HallPass Media was bought today by MindJolt. HallPass Media is a gaming company that has purchased quite a few nice domain names over the years including cookinggames.com last year for $350,000 HallPass Media an...
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April 19, 2011, 12:56 am
Domain Name Wire
TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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TelChina and China Mobile to Build Mobile Payments System on .Tel
Mobile payments system coming to .tel. .Tel registry’s regional partner TelChina has inked a strategic partnership with China Mobile to build a mobile payment solution with .tel. It’s not entirely clear what this entails, but the first ph...
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April 18, 2011, 8:22 pm
Domain Name News
Phishing GoDaddy WDRP Emails Going Around Once More.
It appears that another phishing scam is making the rounds trying to get users to reveal their GoDaddy username and password to the scammers. According to “silentg” who received the email and posted on DNForum about it, the email links us...
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Phishing GoDaddy WDRP Emails Going Around Once More.
It appears that another phishing scam is making the rounds trying to get users to reveal their GoDaddy username and password to the scammers. According to “silentg” who received the email and posted on DNForum about it, the email links us...
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April 18, 2011, 5:14 pm
The Domains
Connectv.com Sells For $45K on Sedo.com
The domain name Connectv.com just sold on Sedo for $45K. The domain is currently at Godaddy.com on privacy. Obviously an end user sale, with the mostly likely buyer being Connectv.ca In a couple other notable sales, Sedo.com also sold tequila.co for ...
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Connectv.com Sells For $45K on Sedo.com
The domain name Connectv.com just sold on Sedo for $45K. The domain is currently at Godaddy.com on privacy. Obviously an end user sale, with the mostly likely buyer being Connectv.ca In a couple other notable sales, Sedo.com also sold tequila.co for ...
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April 18, 2011, 4:08 pm
The Domains
Yahoo Now To Keep Your Search History For 18 Months Not Just 3
In a blog post on Friday, Yahoo announced that is going to be keeping records of your searches for 18 months now, up from the current policy of 3 months. Here are the relevant parts of the announcement “Today, Yahoo! is making an announce...
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Yahoo Now To Keep Your Search History For 18 Months Not Just 3
In a blog post on Friday, Yahoo announced that is going to be keeping records of your searches for 18 months now, up from the current policy of 3 months. Here are the relevant parts of the announcement “Today, Yahoo! is making an announce...
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April 18, 2011, 3:11 pm
