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Domain Name Wire
Jothan Frakes to lead Moniker
Frakes to the rescue? Domain name industry veteran Jothan Frakes is set to take over the helm of Moniker as interim CEO later this month. Frakes will have a tough challenge ahead of him. Moniker has been in a tailspin ever since it switched from its ...
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Jothan Frakes to lead Moniker
Frakes to the rescue? Domain name industry veteran Jothan Frakes is set to take over the helm of Moniker as interim CEO later this month. Frakes will have a tough challenge ahead of him. Moniker has been in a tailspin ever since it switched from its ...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 1:16 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
I think about it all the time. My goal three years ago was to buy a NNN.com. I just needed to free up 20K or so to buy one. I didn’t have it. By the time I did it was up to $60K. I raised $60K but by the time I did...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
I think about it all the time. My goal three years ago was to buy a NNN.com. I just needed to free up 20K or so to buy one. I didn’t have it. By the time I did it was up to $60K. I raised $60K but by the time I did...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 10:48 am
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.1million led by SGJ.com at $31,500
Over the past week, 647 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: sgj.com at 31,500 USD Top...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.1million led by SGJ.com at $31,500
Over the past week, 647 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.1m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: sgj.com at 31,500 USD Top...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 8:17 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
The movie theater near my house is doing a throwback movie weekend this weekend and they are showing one of my favorite movies of all time. Back To The Future. I loved those movies when I was a kid. All the boys in the family are going to go. My dad,...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
The movie theater near my house is doing a throwback movie weekend this weekend and they are showing one of my favorite movies of all time. Back To The Future. I loved those movies when I was a kid. All the boys in the family are going to go. My dad,...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 5:38 am
The Domains
Namejet Publishes Almost $400K In Domain Sales In August
Namejet.com issued its reportable sales for August totaling $393,859. Only those domain names that sold and were paid for by the end of August 2015 are included as well as only domain name which sold for $2,000 or more. Here are the domains and the s...
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Namejet Publishes Almost $400K In Domain Sales In August
Namejet.com issued its reportable sales for August totaling $393,859. Only those domain names that sold and were paid for by the end of August 2015 are included as well as only domain name which sold for $2,000 or more. Here are the domains and the s...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 2:34 am
The Domains
Verisign: Trump & Alphabet Both Make top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net In August
The words Bank, Local, Experts, Trump, Scope. Alphabet, Fantasy, Tomorrow, Method and Teeth were the top trending keywords registered in .Com in August according to Verisign the registry for the .com and .net extensions. Alphabet is related to Google...
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Verisign: Trump & Alphabet Both Make top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net In August
The words Bank, Local, Experts, Trump, Scope. Alphabet, Fantasy, Tomorrow, Method and Teeth were the top trending keywords registered in .Com in August according to Verisign the registry for the .com and .net extensions. Alphabet is related to Google...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 1:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Trump is still trending…in .com
Trump, Alphabet were hot keywords in domain name registrations last month. At some point, Donald Trump will flame out of the presidential race. Until then, The Donald is giving .com registry Verisign a bit of a bump. For the second month in a row, &l...
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Trump is still trending…in .com
Trump, Alphabet were hot keywords in domain name registrations last month. At some point, Donald Trump will flame out of the presidential race. Until then, The Donald is giving .com registry Verisign a bit of a bump. For the second month in a row, &l...
Discussion
September 9, 2015, 1:18 am
The Domains
ipaymentinc.com Found Guilt Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on A domain it used to own iPayments.com
In what is a great case for al domain name holders iPayment, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, represented by Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, just got found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name ipayments.com T...
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ipaymentinc.com Found Guilt Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on A domain it used to own iPayments.com
In what is a great case for al domain name holders iPayment, Inc. of Westlake Village, California, represented by Waller Lansden Dortch & Davis, LLP, just got found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name ipayments.com T...
Discussion
September 8, 2015, 8:43 pm
The Domains
Down The Stretch We Come as the ROTD/4.cn Action Has Over $6M In Bids & Closes Wed @ 8AM EST
The RightoftheDot.com auction which is being held on 4.CN as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has 305 domain names with bids as of publication, including may with no reserves. You can see all the domain names in the auction here In all th...
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Down The Stretch We Come as the ROTD/4.cn Action Has Over $6M In Bids & Closes Wed @ 8AM EST
The RightoftheDot.com auction which is being held on 4.CN as part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has 305 domain names with bids as of publication, including may with no reserves. You can see all the domain names in the auction here In all th...
Discussion
September 8, 2015, 6:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Symantec issued patent for rating domain registrars
Does your registrars’ reputation matter? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,130,962 (pdf) to Symantec for “Calculating Domain Registrar Reputation by Analysis of Hosted Domains”. Symantec, which sells t...
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Symantec issued patent for rating domain registrars
Does your registrars’ reputation matter? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 9,130,962 (pdf) to Symantec for “Calculating Domain Registrar Reputation by Analysis of Hosted Domains”. Symantec, which sells t...
Discussion
September 8, 2015, 5:33 pm
