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Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 16th, 2015
Here are today’s names. SDMD.com This one ends in a few hours so you’ll need to jump on it. Under $250 would be a steal IMO TheBestEver.com Sounds like something Kanye would buy Battlerama.com 14 years old. N...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 16th, 2015
Here are today’s names. SDMD.com This one ends in a few hours so you’ll need to jump on it. Under $250 would be a steal IMO TheBestEver.com Sounds like something Kanye would buy Battlerama.com 14 years old. N...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 11:55 am

The Domains
Snapchat Loses UDRP On SnapChatCheck.com
Snapchat, Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name snapchatcheck.com and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Houston Putnam Lowry, Chartered Arbitrator, was the sole Panelist. Here are the highlights: “Complainant claims Responde...
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Snapchat Loses UDRP On SnapChatCheck.com
Snapchat, Inc. just lost a UDRP on the domain name snapchatcheck.com and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Houston Putnam Lowry, Chartered Arbitrator, was the sole Panelist. Here are the highlights: “Complainant claims Responde...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 3:44 am

Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Wan.com, True.com, Heard.com, FYI.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Wan.com for $800,000 This is not just any ol’ pronounceable LLL.com……it translates into “play” or “playing games&r...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Wan.com, True.com, Heard.com, FYI.tv, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Wan.com for $800,000 This is not just any ol’ pronounceable LLL.com……it translates into “play” or “playing games&r...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 2:58 am

Domain Shane
Domaining.com Will NOT Be Purchased By Uniregistry
Everyone who is a daily fan (or content contributor) is curious of the details of the recent sale of Domaining.com. Everyone I asked to see what they think only had one guess as to who had the capital or the desire to own and run Domaining.co...
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Domaining.com Will NOT Be Purchased By Uniregistry
Everyone who is a daily fan (or content contributor) is curious of the details of the recent sale of Domaining.com. Everyone I asked to see what they think only had one guess as to who had the capital or the desire to own and run Domaining.co...
Discussion
January 17, 2015, 12:13 am

Domain Shane
ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com is For Sale and Gone Viral at Flippa: Has 292 Pending Bids. Yes 292
If you haven’t heard about ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, it started as a fun joke and then exploded. It has been featured on almost every major online outlet and received 2.5 million visits last month. Rather than try and actually sen...
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ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com is For Sale and Gone Viral at Flippa: Has 292 Pending Bids. Yes 292
If you haven’t heard about ShipYourEnemiesGlitter.com, it started as a fun joke and then exploded. It has been featured on almost every major online outlet and received 2.5 million visits last month. Rather than try and actually sen...
Discussion
January 16, 2015, 11:29 pm

The Domains
The RightoftheDot.com Extended Auction From Namescon is Live On Snapnames.com
The extended RightoftheDot.com auction is now live on Snapnames and there is already almost $250,000 in bids. As you know by now almost $1 million dollars in domains were sold on Tuesday at the Namescon show in Las Vegas. There are over 300 domain na...
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The RightoftheDot.com Extended Auction From Namescon is Live On Snapnames.com
The extended RightoftheDot.com auction is now live on Snapnames and there is already almost $250,000 in bids. As you know by now almost $1 million dollars in domains were sold on Tuesday at the Namescon show in Las Vegas. There are over 300 domain na...
Discussion
January 16, 2015, 10:44 pm

The Domains
Roadcam.com Saved in a Very Interesting UDRP With A Very Good Lesson In TM Law
In a very interesting UDRP decision Roadcam, Inc. lost its bid to grab the domain roadcam.com The domain holder is Jon Smejkal of Pittsburg, California Actually there were three domain names in disputed domain names, roadcam.com and roadcam.net dashc...
Discussion
Roadcam.com Saved in a Very Interesting UDRP With A Very Good Lesson In TM Law
In a very interesting UDRP decision Roadcam, Inc. lost its bid to grab the domain roadcam.com The domain holder is Jon Smejkal of Pittsburg, California Actually there were three domain names in disputed domain names, roadcam.com and roadcam.net dashc...
Discussion
January 16, 2015, 8:38 pm

The Domains
New Gtld Resource Site Registered.Today is For Sale
Gtld.Link is a new forum that focuses strictly on the new gtlds, I just joined a couple nights ago. While I was going through the names for sale listings, I came across a listing for Registered.Today. Registered.Today-5K – developed site with d...
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New Gtld Resource Site Registered.Today is For Sale
Gtld.Link is a new forum that focuses strictly on the new gtlds, I just joined a couple nights ago. While I was going through the names for sale listings, I came across a listing for Registered.Today. Registered.Today-5K – developed site with d...
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January 16, 2015, 7:14 pm

The Domains
China to set up $6.5 Billion Government Venture Capital Fund
China is looking to set up a $6.5 Billion venture capital fund. The Financial Times mentioned that, the launch of the government-sponsored VC fund will be apart of China’s efforts at financial reform. China will set up a government venture capi...
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China to set up $6.5 Billion Government Venture Capital Fund
China is looking to set up a $6.5 Billion venture capital fund. The Financial Times mentioned that, the launch of the government-sponsored VC fund will be apart of China’s efforts at financial reform. China will set up a government venture capi...
Discussion
January 16, 2015, 6:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
“Legitimate companies don’t hide their contact details”
Is using whois privacy or proxy services a red flag? I was reading a story this morning about problems at Bitcoin payment processor EgoPay. The author noted that the EgoPay.com website is devoid of contact information and that the domain name is prot...
Discussion
“Legitimate companies don’t hide their contact details”
Is using whois privacy or proxy services a red flag? I was reading a story this morning about problems at Bitcoin payment processor EgoPay. The author noted that the EgoPay.com website is devoid of contact information and that the domain name is prot...
Discussion
January 16, 2015, 3:16 pm