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The Domains
Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
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Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 7:53 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 24th, 2015
You’ve heard me mention over the last few months I’ve been working on my websites more and I’m surprised how well its going. I decided to set up the sites myself. Wordpress themes have become pretty amazing in how e...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday, January 24th, 2015
You’ve heard me mention over the last few months I’ve been working on my websites more and I’m surprised how well its going. I decided to set up the sites myself. Wordpress themes have become pretty amazing in how e...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
Discussion
Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 10:11 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Me.cn, AI.cn, LIU.com, BAK.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Lots of love for short domains…..nothing on this list is over 4 characters…..but not alot of love for development, with only three ...
Discussion
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Me.cn, AI.cn, LIU.com, BAK.com, More
Listed below are updates on the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. Lots of love for short domains…..nothing on this list is over 4 characters…..but not alot of love for development, with only three ...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 2:44 am
The Domains
.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
Discussion
.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
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New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:12 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, January 23rd, 2015
I was going through all my domains yesterday and realized I took a different approach to this years’ acquisitions. I put all my eggs in a few baskets rather than buy a lot of $100 and $200 domains. I spent a little over $50K on name...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Friday, January 23rd, 2015
I was going through all my domains yesterday and realized I took a different approach to this years’ acquisitions. I put all my eggs in a few baskets rather than buy a lot of $100 and $200 domains. I spent a little over $50K on name...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
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Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 10:30 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.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. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.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. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 12:09 am
