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The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.5million led by PassiToN.com for $64,000
Over the past week, 689 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: passiton.com at 64,000 U...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.5million led by PassiToN.com for $64,000
Over the past week, 689 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: passiton.com at 64,000 U...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 10:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
Wow: Sedo sold 100 four letter .com’s last week
Four letter domain names are the new three letter domain names. Now that all of the three letter .com bargains have been picked over, it seems investors are on the hunt for the next best thing…four letter domain names. Sedo sold a whopping 100...
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Wow: Sedo sold 100 four letter .com’s last week
Four letter domain names are the new three letter domain names. Now that all of the three letter .com bargains have been picked over, it seems investors are on the hunt for the next best thing…four letter domain names. Sedo sold a whopping 100...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 9:25 pm

The Domains
.Club Sells $64K In Premium Domains In September
The .Club Registry announced today on its blog that premium name sales for September, including SnapNames auctions, came to $64,423.82. As you read through the report I don’t think there is any other registry as transparent as .Club and that is...
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.Club Sells $64K In Premium Domains In September
The .Club Registry announced today on its blog that premium name sales for September, including SnapNames auctions, came to $64,423.82. As you read through the report I don’t think there is any other registry as transparent as .Club and that is...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 9:18 pm

Domain Name Wire
Google bolsters Google Domains, switching to Domains.Google?
Registrar is revving up with simple email connection, more domain options. Google announced today that it’s adding features to its domain name registrar Google Domains, plus expanding the number of domain names it offers. I suspect Google is al...
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Google bolsters Google Domains, switching to Domains.Google?
Registrar is revving up with simple email connection, more domain options. Google announced today that it’s adding features to its domain name registrar Google Domains, plus expanding the number of domain names it offers. I suspect Google is al...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 8:09 pm

The Domains
Oversee Founder & Former CEO Lawrence Ng Links Up With Metamorphic Ventures
According to SocalTech.com, Lawrence Ng, the founder and former CEO of Oversee.net, which of course at one time owned DomainSponsor.com, Moniker.com and SnapNames.com along with around a reported one million domain names, is now running a...
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Oversee Founder & Former CEO Lawrence Ng Links Up With Metamorphic Ventures
According to SocalTech.com, Lawrence Ng, the founder and former CEO of Oversee.net, which of course at one time owned DomainSponsor.com, Moniker.com and SnapNames.com along with around a reported one million domain names, is now running a...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 4:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations
What will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week’s AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of ...
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Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations
What will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week’s AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of ...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 3:12 pm

Domain Name Wire
Thoughts on the latest domain name “scandal”
A prominent figure in the domain name industry has apparently hit hard times. I’ve been writing Domain Name Wire for ten years. When I started writing, domain forums were where all of the discussion took place. Over time, blogs have become a ce...
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Thoughts on the latest domain name “scandal”
A prominent figure in the domain name industry has apparently hit hard times. I’ve been writing Domain Name Wire for ten years. When I started writing, domain forums were where all of the discussion took place. Over time, blogs have become a ce...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 2:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Sex domain name enters “matching” period
Companies have 30 days to buy matching domain names. The .Sex top level domain name has exited sunrise and is now available to more registrants. From now until October 30, anyone who owns a .xxx domain name can register a .sex domain name. Also, if y...
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.Sex domain name enters “matching” period
Companies have 30 days to buy matching domain names. The .Sex top level domain name has exited sunrise and is now available to more registrants. From now until October 30, anyone who owns a .xxx domain name can register a .sex domain name. Also, if y...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 1:20 pm

The Domains
.XXX, .Porn., .Adult & .Sex Start Selling Premium Domains Through Registrars + 2 Characters
ICM Registry (ICM) which operates .xxx as well as the new gTLD’s .porn, .adult and .sex announced today the launch of its tiered-pricing, premium names program for .XXX, .ADULT, .PORN and .SEX.domain names. ICM is joining a growing list of new ...
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.XXX, .Porn., .Adult & .Sex Start Selling Premium Domains Through Registrars + 2 Characters
ICM Registry (ICM) which operates .xxx as well as the new gTLD’s .porn, .adult and .sex announced today the launch of its tiered-pricing, premium names program for .XXX, .ADULT, .PORN and .SEX.domain names. ICM is joining a growing list of new ...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 1:19 pm

The Domains
.Sex Matching Program For .XXX Domain Owners is Open
ICM Registry, the company that operates .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT announced today the launch of its .SEX Domain Matching/Sunrise B program. From now until October 30th, if you own a .XXX domain name, or if you are a trademark owner that reserved a name...
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.Sex Matching Program For .XXX Domain Owners is Open
ICM Registry, the company that operates .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT announced today the launch of its .SEX Domain Matching/Sunrise B program. From now until October 30th, if you own a .XXX domain name, or if you are a trademark owner that reserved a name...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 12:59 pm