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How do you define brandable?
There seems to be a never ending array of domain investors looking for “brandable” names. One of the dominant themes of domain wanted threads on Namepros. I think that the broad request of brandable might be wasting a lot of people’...
Discussion
How do you define brandable?
There seems to be a never ending array of domain investors looking for “brandable” names. One of the dominant themes of domain wanted threads on Namepros. I think that the broad request of brandable might be wasting a lot of people’...
Discussion
October 22, 2018, 1:03 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by two 6 figure sales
Sedo released their weekly sales and the top sale was Casino.ro at 220,000 Euros, ($254,678). The Romanian extension doesn’t get many big sales, and it was not the only cctld kicking butt, GolfTV.co.kr and Golftv.kr sold for 60,000 Euros, ($69,...
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Sedo weekly sales led by two 6 figure sales
Sedo released their weekly sales and the top sale was Casino.ro at 220,000 Euros, ($254,678). The Romanian extension doesn’t get many big sales, and it was not the only cctld kicking butt, GolfTV.co.kr and Golftv.kr sold for 60,000 Euros, ($69,...
Discussion
October 16, 2018, 8:21 pm
The Domains
It would have been better to lose this UDRP
The registrant of JustBulbs.com was able to win two (1, and 2) UDRP decisions, 11 years apart. But 3 years later they ended up losing the domain name, $50,000 and attorney’s fees in an ACPA court case. Gerald Levine wrote about the case here. W...
Discussion
It would have been better to lose this UDRP
The registrant of JustBulbs.com was able to win two (1, and 2) UDRP decisions, 11 years apart. But 3 years later they ended up losing the domain name, $50,000 and attorney’s fees in an ACPA court case. Gerald Levine wrote about the case here. W...
Discussion
October 15, 2018, 11:12 pm
DomainSherpa
Category Killer ccTLD Acquisition to 7 Figure Business in 2 1/2 Years – with Adrian McKeown
When entrepreneur Adrian McKeown started a new online makeup business, his prior knowledge of domain values lead him to acquire category killer ccTLD Makeup.co.nz. In just 2 1/2 years, it's grown to a $2.5 million business. Learn how the credibi...
Discussion
Category Killer ccTLD Acquisition to 7 Figure Business in 2 1/2 Years – with Adrian McKeown
When entrepreneur Adrian McKeown started a new online makeup business, his prior knowledge of domain values lead him to acquire category killer ccTLD Makeup.co.nz. In just 2 1/2 years, it's grown to a $2.5 million business. Learn how the credibi...
Discussion
October 15, 2018, 5:43 pm
The Domains
NameJet adjusting incremental bid amounts on pending delete names
NameJet sent out an email that they will be changing the incremental bid amounts on pending delete auctions. Incremental Bid Announcement For Pending Delete Names Dear NameJet Customer, We are writing to announce a new opportunity for you to c...
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NameJet adjusting incremental bid amounts on pending delete names
NameJet sent out an email that they will be changing the incremental bid amounts on pending delete auctions. Incremental Bid Announcement For Pending Delete Names Dear NameJet Customer, We are writing to announce a new opportunity for you to c...
Discussion
October 11, 2018, 7:52 pm
The Domains
Google says cryptocurrency is not real money
Google produced an ad for it’s latest call screening service, it takes a swing at cryptocurrency, with one of the actors saying cryptocurrency is not real money. Neer Varshney wrote about this on TheNextWeb.com From the article: The company ban...
Discussion
Google says cryptocurrency is not real money
Google produced an ad for it’s latest call screening service, it takes a swing at cryptocurrency, with one of the actors saying cryptocurrency is not real money. Neer Varshney wrote about this on TheNextWeb.com From the article: The company ban...
Discussion
October 10, 2018, 1:39 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by TL.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and TL.net was the top sale at $40,000. DuoLab.com was the top.com sale at 33,000 Euros,($37,934). Not a lot of sales this week, 50 in total. 38 .com sales 9 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain name Price Curr...
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Sedo weekly sales led by TL.net
Sedo released their weekly sales and TL.net was the top sale at $40,000. DuoLab.com was the top.com sale at 33,000 Euros,($37,934). Not a lot of sales this week, 50 in total. 38 .com sales 9 cctld sales 3 other tld sales Domain name Price Curr...
Discussion
October 9, 2018, 8:36 pm
The Domains
When Chrome 70 rolls out your favorite site could have a problem
Google is always doing something and sometimes it’s wanted and other times it’s not wanted, like messing with the URL. According to Zack Whittaker at TechCrunch, when Google releases Chrome 70 a lot of popular sites are going to be blocke...
Discussion
When Chrome 70 rolls out your favorite site could have a problem
Google is always doing something and sometimes it’s wanted and other times it’s not wanted, like messing with the URL. According to Zack Whittaker at TechCrunch, when Google releases Chrome 70 a lot of popular sites are going to be blocke...
Discussion
October 9, 2018, 12:36 am
The Domains
So long Google +
Say goodbye to your Google+ account. I know you probably did that a long time ago but Google is making it official. Note this Google+ for consumers only. I never really got into Google+ and I do spend a lot of time on social media. I just never thoug...
Discussion
So long Google +
Say goodbye to your Google+ account. I know you probably did that a long time ago but Google is making it official. Note this Google+ for consumers only. I never really got into Google+ and I do spend a lot of time on social media. I just never thoug...
Discussion
October 8, 2018, 5:36 pm
The Domains
Uniregistry Perks has some scratching their heads
Uniregistry is rolling out Uniregistry Perks, Uniregistry Domain Perks Get instant access to perks on domain names and services. Choose your plan and enjoy instant savings on registrations, renewals or transfers. You plug in if you own x number of do...
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Uniregistry Perks has some scratching their heads
Uniregistry is rolling out Uniregistry Perks, Uniregistry Domain Perks Get instant access to perks on domain names and services. Choose your plan and enjoy instant savings on registrations, renewals or transfers. You plug in if you own x number of do...
Discussion
October 8, 2018, 5:11 pm