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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, March 7th, 2015
A little late. Forgot to hit publish. Great names inside. Here are today’s names VirtualPeople.com 16 years old. I like virtual people better than real people. Getting good bids HGOM.com Good acronym or call...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, March 7th, 2015
A little late. Forgot to hit publish. Great names inside. Here are today’s names VirtualPeople.com 16 years old. I like virtual people better than real people. Getting good bids HGOM.com Good acronym or call...
Discussion
March 7, 2015, 2:46 pm

The Domains
I said it before Canada is not messing around when it comes to Spam – $1.1 million fine handed down
Back in September of 2014 I wrote an article on DomainCrunch.com that Canada was not playing around when it comes to spam. A Canadian law that targets spam email could have a big impact on Boston-area companies that use email marketing. Starting July...
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I said it before Canada is not messing around when it comes to Spam – $1.1 million fine handed down
Back in September of 2014 I wrote an article on DomainCrunch.com that Canada was not playing around when it comes to spam. A Canadian law that targets spam email could have a big impact on Boston-area companies that use email marketing. Starting July...
Discussion
March 7, 2015, 8:59 am

Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Vuxen.com, We3.com, Smart-Watch.de, 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. Vuxen.com sold for $15,600 at...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Vuxen.com, We3.com, Smart-Watch.de, 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. Vuxen.com sold for $15,600 at...
Discussion
March 7, 2015, 2:01 am

The Domains
Who Has the Most Valuable Search Traffic ?
Matt Southern wrote an article on Search Engine Journal that included an infographic on who has the most valuable search traffic. His takeaway from the data was: It’s interesting to note that the site with the most valuable search traffic, Wiki...
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Who Has the Most Valuable Search Traffic ?
Matt Southern wrote an article on Search Engine Journal that included an infographic on who has the most valuable search traffic. His takeaway from the data was: It’s interesting to note that the site with the most valuable search traffic, Wiki...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 5:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
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LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 5:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 3:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
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ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 2:56 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 6th, 2015
You have to be impressed with how well the aftermarket sales have gone. One word, 5N.com, CCC.com all increasing higher each month. Names like Wildly hitting several thousand dollars. Past tense and future tense verbs as well.  ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, March 6th, 2015
You have to be impressed with how well the aftermarket sales have gone. One word, 5N.com, CCC.com all increasing higher each month. Names like Wildly hitting several thousand dollars. Past tense and future tense verbs as well.  ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 11:55 am

DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: March 6 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Domain Sales Data Website Similarsales.com Launches, Shows Domain Flips and Flops• Neustar Set to Lose Contract That Provides Half Its Revenue• Mo...
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Domain Name News: March 6 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Domain Sales Data Website Similarsales.com Launches, Shows Domain Flips and Flops• Neustar Set to Lose Contract That Provides Half Its Revenue• Mo...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 10:30 am

The Domains
Facebook Warns Page Owners Their Number of Likes May Drop on March 12
Venture Beat post an article that Facebook will be removing inactive accounts from a Facebook pages’ like stats and that page owners will see a dip in the number of likes on their page. From the article: In a blog post this morning, Facebook sa...
Discussion
Facebook Warns Page Owners Their Number of Likes May Drop on March 12
Venture Beat post an article that Facebook will be removing inactive accounts from a Facebook pages’ like stats and that page owners will see a dip in the number of likes on their page. From the article: In a blog post this morning, Facebook sa...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 10:29 pm