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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Big big news today at Domain Shane and Accidental Domainer. We have made the acquisition of the domain DSAD.com and now can save you a few letters of typing if you come direct to the site. We were going to purchase DS.com but decided we&r...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, March 10th, 2015
Big big news today at Domain Shane and Accidental Domainer. We have made the acquisition of the domain DSAD.com and now can save you a few letters of typing if you come direct to the site. We were going to purchase DS.com but decided we&r...
Discussion
March 10, 2015, 11:55 am

The Domains
How Colin Campbell (Dot Club) Raised $7million in 30 Days
Colin Campbell wrote a very interesting article on StartUpBeat.com, he went into detail on how he raised $7million in 30 days for Dot Club. Colin gives the timeline that led from start to finish and is a very good read imo. From the article: I had a ...
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How Colin Campbell (Dot Club) Raised $7million in 30 Days
Colin Campbell wrote a very interesting article on StartUpBeat.com, he went into detail on how he raised $7million in 30 days for Dot Club. Colin gives the timeline that led from start to finish and is a very good read imo. From the article: I had a ...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 8:04 pm

The Domains
The New gTLD .HIV Auction on Sedo May Go Without a Sale
58 .HIV new gTLD’s are at auction at Sedo.com in a themed auction which ends tomorrow. I believe all of the domain names are owned by the .HIV registry, however the registries whois does not seem to be working, even resolving for that matter. A...
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The New gTLD .HIV Auction on Sedo May Go Without a Sale
58 .HIV new gTLD’s are at auction at Sedo.com in a themed auction which ends tomorrow. I believe all of the domain names are owned by the .HIV registry, however the registries whois does not seem to be working, even resolving for that matter. A...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 5:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
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Domain Name Wire is 10 years old
Happy Birthday, Domain Name Wire. Today is a special day for Domain Name Wire. Ten years ago today, I wrote a post about Local.com selling for $700,000. It was the first post on Domain Name Wire. Domain Name Wire started as a hobby but has become a b...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 4:37 pm

Domain Name Wire
Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
Discussion
Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 3:30 pm

The Domains
.Sucks Releases Pricing With “Premiums” For Trademark Holders Up To $2,499 A Year
Vox Populi Registry Ltd. the owner of the new gTLD .Sucks, made headlines last year when as one of several applicants for .Sucks announced pricing of up to $25,000 per domain, per year. Now that Vox won the private auction...
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.Sucks Releases Pricing With “Premiums” For Trademark Holders Up To $2,499 A Year
Vox Populi Registry Ltd. the owner of the new gTLD .Sucks, made headlines last year when as one of several applicants for .Sucks announced pricing of up to $25,000 per domain, per year. Now that Vox won the private auction...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 3:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
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.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 2:28 pm

Domain Name Wire
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
Discussion
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 1:45 pm

The Domains
Donuts Makes Lotsof.Money in Early Access: .Money Has 327 Registrations, Launches Wed
Donuts seems to have made lots of money In the Early Access Program (EAP) grabbing 327 registrations including a handful of trademark registrations made in Sunrise. In the EAP people pay extra.money to gain early access to register domain names...
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Donuts Makes Lotsof.Money in Early Access: .Money Has 327 Registrations, Launches Wed
Donuts seems to have made lots of money In the Early Access Program (EAP) grabbing 327 registrations including a handful of trademark registrations made in Sunrise. In the EAP people pay extra.money to gain early access to register domain names...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 12:54 pm

The Domains
The Registrar Reports: Enom Suffers Huge DNS Outage, Taking Down Sites
TheRegister.co.uk, is reporting that Domain Name registrar enom appears to be having a huge DNS outage citing quite a few tweets from people who say service has been down for hours. The story says: “”Domain name registrar eNom appea...
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The Registrar Reports: Enom Suffers Huge DNS Outage, Taking Down Sites
TheRegister.co.uk, is reporting that Domain Name registrar enom appears to be having a huge DNS outage citing quite a few tweets from people who say service has been down for hours. The story says: “”Domain name registrar eNom appea...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 12:05 pm