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The Domains
The Loser on the Thesis.com UDRP Give His Story – MUST Read
Last week Michael wrote about the UDRP on Thesis.com. In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the WordPress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Aut...
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The Loser on the Thesis.com UDRP Give His Story – MUST Read
Last week Michael wrote about the UDRP on Thesis.com. In a very interesting UDRP, Chris Pearson who owns the WordPress Theme of Thesis, lost its bid to grab the domain name Thesis.com from the parent company that owns and operates WordPress, Aut...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 8:22 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): VirtualSky.com, Transpose.com, FullControl.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. VirtualSky.com sold for $8,964 at S...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): VirtualSky.com, Transpose.com, FullControl.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. VirtualSky.com sold for $8,964 at S...
Discussion
July 18, 2015, 12:04 am
The Domains
UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, ...
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UK Creative Ideas Limited; Wins Rights To .Art New gTLD
The new gTLD .Art has been settled by private auction. The string was schedule to go to an ICANN Last Resort later this month. UK Creative Ideas Limited has won the right to operate the .Art new gTLD, beating out 9 other applicants including Donuts, ...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 9:31 pm
The Domains
Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company’s ...
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Online Gambling Company 888.com Buys Bwin.Party For $1.4 Billion Dollars
According to The BBC, Online gambling firm 888 said it buying Bwin.party Digital Entertainment in a cash and stock deal valued at £898m or $1.4 billion dollars. Bwin.Party website is bwinparty.com and the company’s ...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 7:33 pm
The Domains
John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the comp...
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John Ferber’s Bidtellect Raises $22.35 Million Dollars In Series B Funding
Bidtellect just raised $22.35 million in new capital to help the company build out its technology platform, product development, and sales and marketing teams. John Ferber formerly of Advertising.com and DomainHoldings.com is the Chairman of the comp...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 5:48 pm
The Domains
.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving aw...
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.Love Launches & Is Giving Away 2,015 Free.Love Domains
.Love launched into General Availability today where it can be registered on a first come, first served basis, making .Love, I believe, to be the first new gTLD to launch on a Friday. The Dot Love Registry announced it will be giving aw...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Results from 100+ expired domain name auctions
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. Dilíu is Romanian for “madman”, which is what you’d have to be to believe DiLiu.com sold for $4.9k for any reason other than China. In Chinese, dì li&...
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Results from 100+ expired domain name auctions
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. Dilíu is Romanian for “madman”, which is what you’d have to be to believe DiLiu.com sold for $4.9k for any reason other than China. In Chinese, dì li&...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 2:21 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Rejects “Renewal Of A Domain Resets Bad Faith Clock”: BabyBanana.com Saved
Live-Right, LLC has just lost its attempt to grab the domain name BabyBanana.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by represented by Esqwire.com. I believe is a particularly important win for domain owners. The decis...
Discussion
UDRP Panel Rejects “Renewal Of A Domain Resets Bad Faith Clock”: BabyBanana.com Saved
Live-Right, LLC has just lost its attempt to grab the domain name BabyBanana.com which is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented as usual by represented by Esqwire.com. I believe is a particularly important win for domain owners. The decis...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 1:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, July 17th, 2015
I was explaining to a someone that emailed me, a quick synopsis about how I feel an auction should be managed. I thought I would share it. “There is a structure needed to attract attention. You want to start low to get some bids. &nb...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, July 17th, 2015
I was explaining to a someone that emailed me, a quick synopsis about how I feel an auction should be managed. I thought I would share it. “There is a structure needed to attract attention. You want to start low to get some bids. &nb...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 10:43 am
The Domains
Last Day To Enter Chance to Win a Free Apple Watch Courtesy of Radix
Today is the last day to enter to win an Apple Watch Tell us which .site domain you are watching out for and would love to buy, and get a chance to win an Apple Watch! Featured in the top three “most valued TLDs” by SEDO, .site is one of ...
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Last Day To Enter Chance to Win a Free Apple Watch Courtesy of Radix
Today is the last day to enter to win an Apple Watch Tell us which .site domain you are watching out for and would love to buy, and get a chance to win an Apple Watch! Featured in the top three “most valued TLDs” by SEDO, .site is one of ...
Discussion
July 17, 2015, 9:54 am
