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Elliot's Blog
Successful VC Fred Wilson: Spend Up to $50k on a Domain Name
Fred Wilson is one of the most well known and successful venture capitalists, and he is currently a partner at Union Square Ventures in New York City. Some of the best known investments his company has made include Foursquare, Etsy, Meetup, Zynga, an...
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Successful VC Fred Wilson: Spend Up to $50k on a Domain Name
Fred Wilson is one of the most well known and successful venture capitalists, and he is currently a partner at Union Square Ventures in New York City. Some of the best known investments his company has made include Foursquare, Etsy, Meetup, Zynga, an...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 9:03 am
Domain Name News
Gambling.com Domain sold for $2.5M USD
According to a German language press release sent out by Sedo this morning, the company has succesfully brokered the sale of the domain Gambling.com for $2.5 Million USD on behalf of the British Media Corp. The new owner wishes to remain anonymous &n...
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Gambling.com Domain sold for $2.5M USD
According to a German language press release sent out by Sedo this morning, the company has succesfully brokered the sale of the domain Gambling.com for $2.5 Million USD on behalf of the British Media Corp. The new owner wishes to remain anonymous &n...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 8:45 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drops and Auctions: Big Names Today
Ryan Perret must read my blog. Yesterday he registered the available hand register airlinecard.net. I’m guessing my thank you gift is in the mail. Speaking of thank yous. I’d like to give one to Jamie at DotWeekly for em...
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Thursday’s Daily Domain Drops and Auctions: Big Names Today
Ryan Perret must read my blog. Yesterday he registered the available hand register airlinecard.net. I’m guessing my thank you gift is in the mail. Speaking of thank yous. I’d like to give one to Jamie at DotWeekly for em...
Discussion
April 28, 2011, 2:59 am
Elliot's Blog
CarInsurance.TV Sells for $13k and Now CarInsuranceQuotes.TV on The Market for $16+ Million
DN Journal reported the $13,200 sale of CarInsurance.TV in this week’s domain sales report. The sale was closed by the team at Sedo, and it was the second highest ccTLD sale of the week, trailing the sale of Deals.co.au, which sold for $100,000...
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CarInsurance.TV Sells for $13k and Now CarInsuranceQuotes.TV on The Market for $16+ Million
DN Journal reported the $13,200 sale of CarInsurance.TV in this week’s domain sales report. The sale was closed by the team at Sedo, and it was the second highest ccTLD sale of the week, trailing the sale of Deals.co.au, which sold for $100,000...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 8:12 pm
The Domains
China’s Leading Search Engine Baidu.com Report’s: Earingins Up 88%, Profit up 125% & $1.3 Billion in The Bank
After the market closed today, Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011(1). Baidu is one of the companies we track in the d...
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China’s Leading Search Engine Baidu.com Report’s: Earingins Up 88%, Profit up 125% & $1.3 Billion in The Bank
After the market closed today, Baidu, Inc. (NASDAQ: BIDU), the leading Chinese language Internet search provider, announced its unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2011(1). Baidu is one of the companies we track in the d...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 6:07 pm
Elliot's Blog
Keep Unique Passwords for Different Accounts (Email, Parking, Registrars, Forums…etc)
Most of us have accounts at various domain registrars, maybe a couple of parking companies and at least one or two email addressees. With potentially 10 or more accounts, all with different user names, it can be much easier to access accounts by...
Discussion
Keep Unique Passwords for Different Accounts (Email, Parking, Registrars, Forums…etc)
Most of us have accounts at various domain registrars, maybe a couple of parking companies and at least one or two email addressees. With potentially 10 or more accounts, all with different user names, it can be much easier to access accounts by...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 4:10 pm
The Domains
FriendFinder Networks, Owner’s Of AdultFriendFinder.com, Cams.com Plans To Go Public On May 11
According to Bloomberg.com, FriendFinder Networks Inc.,plans to go public on May 11 on the Nasdaq under the symbol FFN FriendFinder in addition to being the publisher of Penthouse magazine, owns many websites including, AdultFriendFinder.com and Cams...
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FriendFinder Networks, Owner’s Of AdultFriendFinder.com, Cams.com Plans To Go Public On May 11
According to Bloomberg.com, FriendFinder Networks Inc.,plans to go public on May 11 on the Nasdaq under the symbol FFN FriendFinder in addition to being the publisher of Penthouse magazine, owns many websites including, AdultFriendFinder.com and Cams...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 2:49 pm
Domain Name News
Moniker Whois Privacy Confuses Miami Journalist
Miami journalist Gus Garcia-Roberts wrote a blog post on for the Miami New Times attacking “Moniker Whois Privacy Services” as a company that distributes child pornography, based on a lawsuit that names them as one of the defendants in or...
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Moniker Whois Privacy Confuses Miami Journalist
Miami journalist Gus Garcia-Roberts wrote a blog post on for the Miami New Times attacking “Moniker Whois Privacy Services” as a company that distributes child pornography, based on a lawsuit that names them as one of the defendants in or...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 2:34 pm
Domain Name News
Overstock.com buys Nameing Rights to Oakland Raiders’ Home Stadium
Did the company forget about their O.co brand? Overstock.com, the company that has been rebranding itself as “O” bought the naming rights to the Oakland Raiders home stadium for 6 years for $7.2 million. The stadium is now to be called &l...
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Overstock.com buys Nameing Rights to Oakland Raiders’ Home Stadium
Did the company forget about their O.co brand? Overstock.com, the company that has been rebranding itself as “O” bought the naming rights to the Oakland Raiders home stadium for 6 years for $7.2 million. The stadium is now to be called &l...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 2:18 pm
Domain Shane
You Think Kevin Rose Can Pay Enough To Get Dan Bornstein To Sell Him Milk.com?
Here’s the story. Kevin Rose has started up a mobile development lab named Milk. He recently raised $1.5 million and his investors are a list of rockstar Silicon Valley investors. Michael Arrington, Ron Conway, Tim Ferriss, Dave Morin, Philip R...
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You Think Kevin Rose Can Pay Enough To Get Dan Bornstein To Sell Him Milk.com?
Here’s the story. Kevin Rose has started up a mobile development lab named Milk. He recently raised $1.5 million and his investors are a list of rockstar Silicon Valley investors. Michael Arrington, Ron Conway, Tim Ferriss, Dave Morin, Philip R...
Discussion
April 27, 2011, 1:47 pm
