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The Domains
FireHost Rebrands As Armor After Purchasing The Domain Name Armor.com
FireHost is rebranding to Armor after securing the exact match premium domain name Armor.com and Armour.com. Armor is a cyber security service with a fully integrated secure managed cloud.
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FireHost Rebrands As Armor After Purchasing The Domain Name Armor.com
FireHost is rebranding to Armor after securing the exact match premium domain name Armor.com and Armour.com. Armor is a cyber security service with a fully integrated secure managed cloud.
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September 1, 2015, 5:22 pm

The Domains
Kylie Jenner & Kendall Jenner Both Get Their Matching .Com Domains
Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner just got control of their matching .Com domain names from a UDRP panel, kyliejenner.com and kendalljenner.com respectively Although the UDRP’s were filed separately for each domain and the owner of both domain n...
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Kylie Jenner & Kendall Jenner Both Get Their Matching .Com Domains
Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner just got control of their matching .Com domain names from a UDRP panel, kyliejenner.com and kendalljenner.com respectively Although the UDRP’s were filed separately for each domain and the owner of both domain n...
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September 1, 2015, 4:58 pm

The Domains
4.CN/RightoftheDot Auction Gets A 7 Figure Bid & 7 More Domains Have Bids Over $100K
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction that is running on 4.CN that is part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has gotten a seven figure bid and seven more domain names have bids in the 6 figures. You can see all the domain names in the auction her...
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4.CN/RightoftheDot Auction Gets A 7 Figure Bid & 7 More Domains Have Bids Over $100K
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction that is running on 4.CN that is part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has gotten a seven figure bid and seven more domain names have bids in the 6 figures. You can see all the domain names in the auction her...
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September 1, 2015, 2:49 pm

Domain Name Wire
6 domain name company stocks are up so far this year
A good year for domain name stocks, especially compared to the broader market. Down market? Not for many domain name companies that have seen their stock prices jump quite a bit so far this year. As of the close of trading yesterday, six of the domai...
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6 domain name company stocks are up so far this year
A good year for domain name stocks, especially compared to the broader market. Down market? Not for many domain name companies that have seen their stock prices jump quite a bit so far this year. As of the close of trading yesterday, six of the domai...
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September 1, 2015, 2:11 pm

The Domains
BlueCoat Publishes Report 95% of Websites in 10 New gTLD’s Are “Suspicious” But Un-Launched .Zip Tops The List
Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspic...
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BlueCoat Publishes Report 95% of Websites in 10 New gTLD’s Are “Suspicious” But Un-Launched .Zip Tops The List
Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspic...
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September 1, 2015, 1:15 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, September 1st 2015
Ahh September, when the domain market (and the stock) starts to heat up. Vacations are over, kids in school, and in many places the colder weather sends you back inside. This summer was not nearly as slow as past years so either fall...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, September 1st 2015
Ahh September, when the domain market (and the stock) starts to heat up. Vacations are over, kids in school, and in many places the colder weather sends you back inside. This summer was not nearly as slow as past years so either fall...
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September 1, 2015, 10:28 am

Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Another desert thunderstorm rolled in tonight. Huge micro burst hit about 2 miles down the street from us last night and it took out a few telephone poles, a street light and a few hundred feet of brick wall. We may not have a big storm cells often b...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Another desert thunderstorm rolled in tonight. Huge micro burst hit about 2 miles down the street from us last night and it took out a few telephone poles, a street light and a few hundred feet of brick wall. We may not have a big storm cells often b...
Discussion
September 1, 2015, 7:21 am

The Domains
Over 100 Kanye West President Domains Registered Today In Many Extensions Even .XYZ
Since announcing he is running for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Music Video Awards last night, people have been registering domain names related to the hip-hop artist promised presidential run. From PresidentKanyeWest.com t...
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Over 100 Kanye West President Domains Registered Today In Many Extensions Even .XYZ
Since announcing he is running for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Music Video Awards last night, people have been registering domain names related to the hip-hop artist promised presidential run. From PresidentKanyeWest.com t...
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August 31, 2015, 8:42 pm

Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: OAN.com, StayFit.com, 0K.com, FX.io, 078.org
Reserve Met and Will Sell TopMortgage.com – The plural sold for $1,125 in March of this year, and the singular is well below that price right now. FX.io - I have no idea what an LL.io is worth, but I’m looking forward to seeing how this ...
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Flippa – A Look Forward: OAN.com, StayFit.com, 0K.com, FX.io, 078.org
Reserve Met and Will Sell TopMortgage.com – The plural sold for $1,125 in March of this year, and the singular is well below that price right now. FX.io - I have no idea what an LL.io is worth, but I’m looking forward to seeing how this ...
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August 31, 2015, 7:20 pm

Domain Name Wire
Company tries to emulate Chinese TM domain scam, fails miserably
The trademark domain name scam is one of the oldest in the book. A registrar from China emails you, saying that someone is trying to register domain names very similar to your trademark or existing domain names. They’re checking with you as a c...
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Company tries to emulate Chinese TM domain scam, fails miserably
The trademark domain name scam is one of the oldest in the book. A registrar from China emails you, saying that someone is trying to register domain names very similar to your trademark or existing domain names. They’re checking with you as a c...
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August 31, 2015, 4:33 pm