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Domain Name Wire
Domain name investor sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Australian man was active on domain name forums. A domain name investor who was active on various domain name forums has been sentenced to jail for defrauding Australian tax authorities. Michael Purse spent tens of thousands of dollars buying expired...
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Domain name investor sentenced to jail for tax fraud
Australian man was active on domain name forums. A domain name investor who was active on various domain name forums has been sentenced to jail for defrauding Australian tax authorities. Michael Purse spent tens of thousands of dollars buying expired...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 4:04 pm
The Domains
Apple Goes In Heavy On .Discount Which Gets Over 300 Sunrise/ Early Access Domain Registrations
.Discount which launches into General Availability this week on Wednesday, is doing pretty well compared to the most recent launches with over 340 Sunrise and Early Access Program Registrations and we thought we take a look at the more interesting on...
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Apple Goes In Heavy On .Discount Which Gets Over 300 Sunrise/ Early Access Domain Registrations
.Discount which launches into General Availability this week on Wednesday, is doing pretty well compared to the most recent launches with over 340 Sunrise and Early Access Program Registrations and we thought we take a look at the more interesting on...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week in new TLDs: $150k/domain? Plus .black, .hiv, and .creditcard
Pull out your .creditcard. This week will be an interesting one for new top level domain names: Afilias takes a different tact on .color domains, an EAP with a $150k price tag, Donuts raises the bar with .creditcard, and the first “social cause...
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This week in new TLDs: $150k/domain? Plus .black, .hiv, and .creditcard
Pull out your .creditcard. This week will be an interesting one for new top level domain names: Afilias takes a different tact on .color domains, an EAP with a $150k price tag, Donuts raises the bar with .creditcard, and the first “social cause...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 3:03 pm
The Domains
$55,000 A Year For A Domain Registration? Wecolme To .Attorney & .Lawyer
Two new gTLD’s that will be launching into general availability on October 8th 2014, .Attorney and .Lawyer premium domain names are carrying the highest costs of any extension we have seen so far by a mile. Both extensions are being launched wi...
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$55,000 A Year For A Domain Registration? Wecolme To .Attorney & .Lawyer
Two new gTLD’s that will be launching into general availability on October 8th 2014, .Attorney and .Lawyer premium domain names are carrying the highest costs of any extension we have seen so far by a mile. Both extensions are being launched wi...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 12:29 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/25
Usually starting this time of year and increasing each month until next March I start writing a little more. With the nursery being so busy during spring I just don’t have a lot of time. This year I didn’t get rolling in ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 8/25
Usually starting this time of year and increasing each month until next March I start writing a little more. With the nursery being so busy during spring I just don’t have a lot of time. This year I didn’t get rolling in ...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 11:49 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – August 21, 2014: Savings.net, Minisite.com, MobileRepair.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• Tough love for the investor of NewYorkBrunch.com, SmartyDocs.com, DiscreteMeetup.com...• Get your bids in soon for Savings.net, Minisite.com, MobileR...
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DomainSherpa Review – August 21, 2014: Savings.net, Minisite.com, MobileRepair.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• Tough love for the investor of NewYorkBrunch.com, SmartyDocs.com, DiscreteMeetup.com...• Get your bids in soon for Savings.net, Minisite.com, MobileR...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: OrlandoTravel.com at No Reserve, Coffeehouse.com, HouseCleaners.com, Important.org
Reserve Met and Will Sell OrlandoTravel.com – Kudos to the seller for having the cajones to list the domain at no reserve…..over the years this name has been listed in newsletters at prices ranging from $18,000 – $35,000. 3,000 se...
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Flippa – A Look Forward: OrlandoTravel.com at No Reserve, Coffeehouse.com, HouseCleaners.com, Important.org
Reserve Met and Will Sell OrlandoTravel.com – Kudos to the seller for having the cajones to list the domain at no reserve…..over the years this name has been listed in newsletters at prices ranging from $18,000 – $35,000. 3,000 se...
Discussion
August 25, 2014, 12:50 am
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday 8/23
I was looking at a used F430 Ferarri the other day and saw they had a pretty nice payment plan. They say don’t keep up with the Jones’ but when your neighbors are Jimmy John who owns the sandwich chain, Shad Khan who owns the Jaguar...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Sunday 8/23
I was looking at a used F430 Ferarri the other day and saw they had a pretty nice payment plan. They say don’t keep up with the Jones’ but when your neighbors are Jimmy John who owns the sandwich chain, Shad Khan who owns the Jaguar...
Discussion
August 24, 2014, 11:49 am
The Domains
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Break 2 Million But There Are Lots Of Caveats & Asterisks
According to nTLDstats.com the number of new gTLD registration broke through the 2 million mark today and sits at 2,011,549. However there are plenty of caveats and asterisks to go around. Its interesting to note that there are only 666,394...
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New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Break 2 Million But There Are Lots Of Caveats & Asterisks
According to nTLDstats.com the number of new gTLD registration broke through the 2 million mark today and sits at 2,011,549. However there are plenty of caveats and asterisks to go around. Its interesting to note that there are only 666,394...
Discussion
August 24, 2014, 9:43 am
The Domains
Registry Registers & Reserves over 33,500 New gTLD’s For .公司 (Business Organizations)
The registry we wrote about the other day which registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names for a new gTLD IDN has done it again with another new gTLD IDN. This time Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Inter...
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Registry Registers & Reserves over 33,500 New gTLD’s For .公司 (Business Organizations)
The registry we wrote about the other day which registered and reserved over 23,500 domain names for a new gTLD IDN has done it again with another new gTLD IDN. This time Computer Network Information Center of Chinese Academy of Sciences (China Inter...
Discussion
August 24, 2014, 5:38 am
