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Elliot's Blog
Sedo’s Travel Auction Begins Today
Sedo is running a travel-related domain auction beginning this afternoon (March 24) at 1pm EST and running through March 31, 2011. There are over 225 domain names in this auction, and all of them are related to travel (or could be related to tr...
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Sedo’s Travel Auction Begins Today
Sedo is running a travel-related domain auction beginning this afternoon (March 24) at 1pm EST and running through March 31, 2011. There are over 225 domain names in this auction, and all of them are related to travel (or could be related to tr...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 12:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
Discussion
Octane360 Domain Monetization Review (One Year Later)
An update to my review of geo domain monetization solution. It’s been over a year since I provided early results from monetizing domain names on Octane360. I titled my review “Octane360 Takes Domain Monetization Beyond PPC“. Althoug...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
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India May Try to Block .XXX
Government may block access to .xxx. India’s government will block access to the .xxx top level domain name, according to an article in The Economic Times. A senior official at the ministry of IT said that the domain goes against the country&rs...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 10:11 am
The Domains
Apple Starts Enforcing Its “App Store” Trademark Against Amazon & Adult App Site Even Though Microsoft Is Appealing The Trademark
Apple seems to have gone on the offensive to defend it App Store trademark, although the mark has not been approved and actually has a pending objection from Microsoft. According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. filed suit against Amazon.com...
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Apple Starts Enforcing Its “App Store” Trademark Against Amazon & Adult App Site Even Though Microsoft Is Appealing The Trademark
Apple seems to have gone on the offensive to defend it App Store trademark, although the mark has not been approved and actually has a pending objection from Microsoft. According to Bloomberg.com, Apple Inc. filed suit against Amazon.com...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
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Sequoia and Bain Capital-Backed Startup Was $350,000 Color.com Buyer
Startup with big funding bought Color.com for $350,000 in December. In December I wrote about a GoDaddy-brokered sale of Color.com for $350,000. We now know the buyer — a hot photo sharing startup with $41 million in funding from Sequoia Capita...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 8:20 am
The Domains
CNBC’s “Squawk on The Street” Covers New gTLD’s & .XXX Staring The Heads Of Central Nic & CADNA
CNBC Had a 5 minutes + segment on Squak The Street” on the new gTLD program and .XXX on Tuesday entitled “Has the Internet outgrown .Com” “The segment discussed whether adding more domains for websites will have big implicatio...
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CNBC’s “Squawk on The Street” Covers New gTLD’s & .XXX Staring The Heads Of Central Nic & CADNA
CNBC Had a 5 minutes + segment on Squak The Street” on the new gTLD program and .XXX on Tuesday entitled “Has the Internet outgrown .Com” “The segment discussed whether adding more domains for websites will have big implicatio...
Discussion
March 24, 2011, 7:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
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Tim Gordon Can Keep Gordons.com Despite Jeweler’s Complaint
Jewelry giant goes after guy’s last name. Tim Gordon registered Gordons.com back in 1995. It was an obvious domain name for him given his family’s last name. But in 2011, more than 15 years after he registered the domain name, a Zale Corp...
Discussion
March 23, 2011, 10:15 pm
Elliot's Blog
FMA Launches Forum on Arabs.com
It’s very cool to see a friend launch a new website on a great domain name, especially when it has a greater purpose than to generate revenue. Arabs.com is a new forum-themed website that was recently launched by Future Media Architec...
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FMA Launches Forum on Arabs.com
It’s very cool to see a friend launch a new website on a great domain name, especially when it has a greater purpose than to generate revenue. Arabs.com is a new forum-themed website that was recently launched by Future Media Architec...
Discussion
March 23, 2011, 7:27 pm
Elliot's Blog
Millennium Surgical Buys SurgicalInstruments.com for $10k
I received a press release this afternoon from a Pennsylvania company called Millennium Surgical announcing its acquisition of the descriptive domain name, SurgicalInstruments.com. According to a recent domain sales report on DNN, the company p...
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Millennium Surgical Buys SurgicalInstruments.com for $10k
I received a press release this afternoon from a Pennsylvania company called Millennium Surgical announcing its acquisition of the descriptive domain name, SurgicalInstruments.com. According to a recent domain sales report on DNN, the company p...
Discussion
March 23, 2011, 5:25 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Names for Sale
Below are some domain names I am currently offering for sale. First to post “sold” will get the name. Unfortunately, I will not permit comments, as they tend to distract from the sale, and it’s a sale rather than a discussion. Berge...
Discussion
Domain Names for Sale
Below are some domain names I am currently offering for sale. First to post “sold” will get the name. Unfortunately, I will not permit comments, as they tend to distract from the sale, and it’s a sale rather than a discussion. Berge...
Discussion
March 23, 2011, 2:42 pm
