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Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions implements bidder verification
Verification process should reduce questionable bidding. Responding to complaints about the integrity of its domain name auction platform, GoDaddy rolled out a bidder verification requirement today for its auctions service. Bidders are restricted to ...
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GoDaddy Auctions implements bidder verification
Verification process should reduce questionable bidding. Responding to complaints about the integrity of its domain name auction platform, GoDaddy rolled out a bidder verification requirement today for its auctions service. Bidders are restricted to ...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 4:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
DQZ.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
DQZ.com among the leaders at NameJet over the past week. When it comes to 3-letter .COM domains, value is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Enough domain investors agree to pay within a certain range based on scarcity, observed ...
Discussion
DQZ.com and other Expired Domain Name Sales
DQZ.com among the leaders at NameJet over the past week. When it comes to 3-letter .COM domains, value is something of a self-fulfilling prophecy. Enough domain investors agree to pay within a certain range based on scarcity, observed ...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 3:56 pm

Domain Name Wire
ROTD auction at NamesCon will sell a lot of domain names
Sell-through rate at next week’s auction is guaranteed to be high. Right of the Dot (ROTD) is hosting a live domain name auction next Tuesday during NamesCon. From the looks of it, they’re going to sell a lot of domain names. The only que...
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ROTD auction at NamesCon will sell a lot of domain names
Sell-through rate at next week’s auction is guaranteed to be high. Right of the Dot (ROTD) is hosting a live domain name auction next Tuesday during NamesCon. From the looks of it, they’re going to sell a lot of domain names. The only que...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 2:31 pm

The Domains
Andrew Rosenser Launches Ganjapreneur Cannabis Domain Name Market
Andrew Rosener os MediaOptions.com today announced today that its Ganjapreneur.com, a website dedicated to cannabis business news and culture, the launch of their Cannabis Domain Name Market, Andrew whois is the Founder and CEO is...
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Andrew Rosenser Launches Ganjapreneur Cannabis Domain Name Market
Andrew Rosener os MediaOptions.com today announced today that its Ganjapreneur.com, a website dedicated to cannabis business news and culture, the launch of their Cannabis Domain Name Market, Andrew whois is the Founder and CEO is...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 1:20 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday January 8th, 2015
I was thinking yesterday about Monday night at Namescon. Does anyone have anything planned for he National Championship game? I’m not quite as excited because Alabama isn’t in it but I’m still looking forward to the game...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday January 8th, 2015
I was thinking yesterday about Monday night at Namescon. Does anyone have anything planned for he National Championship game? I’m not quite as excited because Alabama isn’t in it but I’m still looking forward to the game...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 11:55 am

DomainSherpa
No-Reserve Steals, Unrealized Opportunities, and Logistics for the NamesCon Domain Auction
Whether you’re attending the NamesCon domain name auction in person, watching via the live web feed, or bidding by telephone, this show will walk you through domain names that you might have missed – presenting opportunities for either un...
Discussion
No-Reserve Steals, Unrealized Opportunities, and Logistics for the NamesCon Domain Auction
Whether you’re attending the NamesCon domain name auction in person, watching via the live web feed, or bidding by telephone, this show will walk you through domain names that you might have missed – presenting opportunities for either un...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 10:30 am

The Domains
MediaPost: $20M A Year AdEase Changes Its Domain To a .Agency But Credits Google Not Donuts
Mediapost.com just published a story tonight about San Diego-based ad shop, AdEase which they say has grown into a company with 35 employees and $20 million-plus in annualized billings. According to the story it is remaking itself as a cause-focused ...
Discussion
MediaPost: $20M A Year AdEase Changes Its Domain To a .Agency But Credits Google Not Donuts
Mediapost.com just published a story tonight about San Diego-based ad shop, AdEase which they say has grown into a company with 35 employees and $20 million-plus in annualized billings. According to the story it is remaking itself as a cause-focused ...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 3:03 am

The Domains
AsiaOne: “Major firms to use names as website domain suffixes”
AsiaOne.com wrote an article today that talked about brands in Asia that will be adopting their own brand extension and using it over .com or say .co.jp. One company mentioned in the article was Dai Nippon Printing Co, the company is publicly traded ...
Discussion
AsiaOne: “Major firms to use names as website domain suffixes”
AsiaOne.com wrote an article today that talked about brands in Asia that will be adopting their own brand extension and using it over .com or say .co.jp. One company mentioned in the article was Dai Nippon Printing Co, the company is publicly traded ...
Discussion
January 8, 2015, 12:37 am

Domain Name Wire
Existing TLD .Reise headed to the auction block
Top level domain name will be auctioned at the end of February. Innovative Auctions Ltd., the same company handling many private new top level domain name contention set auctions, is holding an auction for .REISE on February 27. What’s unique h...
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Existing TLD .Reise headed to the auction block
Top level domain name will be auctioned at the end of February. Innovative Auctions Ltd., the same company handling many private new top level domain name contention set auctions, is holding an auction for .REISE on February 27. What’s unique h...
Discussion
January 7, 2015, 8:56 pm

The Domains
877.com Gets A $200K Bid At The RightoftheDot/ Names Con Auction
On the heels of the $800,000 sale of 345.com, a pre-bid has just been placed for the domain name 877.com for $200,000 at the RightoftheDot.com auction that will be held at Namescon on January 13th, at 4:30Pm Pre-Bidding is currently ongoing online th...
Discussion
877.com Gets A $200K Bid At The RightoftheDot/ Names Con Auction
On the heels of the $800,000 sale of 345.com, a pre-bid has just been placed for the domain name 877.com for $200,000 at the RightoftheDot.com auction that will be held at Namescon on January 13th, at 4:30Pm Pre-Bidding is currently ongoing online th...
Discussion
January 7, 2015, 6:35 pm