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Domain Name Wire
Internet marketer goes to prison, registers his inmate number as domain name
Well known online marketer starts a blog that uses his inmate number. You might not know Shawn Hogan by name, but it’s possible you’ve heard about him. He runs the Digital Point marketing forum. He also made a mint from affiliate marketin...
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Internet marketer goes to prison, registers his inmate number as domain name
Well known online marketer starts a blog that uses his inmate number. You might not know Shawn Hogan by name, but it’s possible you’ve heard about him. He runs the Digital Point marketing forum. He also made a mint from affiliate marketin...
Discussion
August 14, 2014, 2:17 am
The Domains
Suit Filed Against BestRegistrar Over “Ransom” to Transfer Over 5K Domains Out
A company has filed a federal lawsuit against the company that owns the ICANN accredited registrar, BestRegistrar.com a few alleged resellers of BestRegistrar and the owners of the company that owns Bestregistrar.com, to “recover control of app...
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Suit Filed Against BestRegistrar Over “Ransom” to Transfer Over 5K Domains Out
A company has filed a federal lawsuit against the company that owns the ICANN accredited registrar, BestRegistrar.com a few alleged resellers of BestRegistrar and the owners of the company that owns Bestregistrar.com, to “recover control of app...
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August 13, 2014, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Shell and other end users bought last week
Shell buys a .IN, liquor company buys a .club. Shell Oil is among the big companies that bought domain names last week at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your domain names like these on Sedo,...
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What domain names Shell and other end users bought last week
Shell buys a .IN, liquor company buys a .club. Shell Oil is among the big companies that bought domain names last week at Sedo. You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d like to learn how to sell your domain names like these on Sedo,...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 4:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon launches Square competitor, snaps up 100 domain names
Company registered 100 related domain names ahead of latest product launch. Today Amazon.com launched Amazon Local Register, a mobile credit card merchant solution similar to Square. Yesterday the company registered close to 100 new domain names for ...
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Amazon launches Square competitor, snaps up 100 domain names
Company registered 100 related domain names ahead of latest product launch. Today Amazon.com launched Amazon Local Register, a mobile credit card merchant solution similar to Square. Yesterday the company registered close to 100 new domain names for ...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: 3% of new TLD registrations contain business websites
Parked domains make up the bulk of new TLD registrations. Verisign analyzed registrations of new top level domain names to determine how second level registrations under these new domain names are being used. The analysis determined that just 3% of d...
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Verisign: 3% of new TLD registrations contain business websites
Parked domains make up the bulk of new TLD registrations. Verisign analyzed registrations of new top level domain names to determine how second level registrations under these new domain names are being used. The analysis determined that just 3% of d...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 2:19 pm
The Domains
Verisign: Only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are Resolving To Business Websites
Verisign issued a report on new gTLD registrations through June 29, 2014, finding that 41% of all new gTLD registrations are parked and only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are resolving to Business Websites. Of course Verisign operates the .com and .net...
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Verisign: Only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are Resolving To Business Websites
Verisign issued a report on new gTLD registrations through June 29, 2014, finding that 41% of all new gTLD registrations are parked and only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are resolving to Business Websites. Of course Verisign operates the .com and .net...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 2:17 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Chat.Fr for 99,999 Euro; ecal.com $25K; Havana.club at 8
Sedo reported that over the past week, 527 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million, 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by Chat.fr which sold for 99,999 Euro&rs...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Chat.Fr for 99,999 Euro; ecal.com $25K; Havana.club at 8
Sedo reported that over the past week, 527 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million, 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by Chat.fr which sold for 99,999 Euro&rs...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 1:42 pm
The Domains
Warning: WOI.com Reported Stolen
The three letter domain name WOI.com has been reported stolen. The domain name was at Godaddy until just a few days ago registered to a Bernard Naiborhu of Jakarta, when it moved over to the domain name registrar, eName Technology Co.,Ltd. of China W...
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Warning: WOI.com Reported Stolen
The three letter domain name WOI.com has been reported stolen. The domain name was at Godaddy until just a few days ago registered to a Bernard Naiborhu of Jakarta, when it moved over to the domain name registrar, eName Technology Co.,Ltd. of China W...
Discussion
August 13, 2014, 1:32 pm
The Domains
1 & 2 Character.GD and .VG Domains Will Be Charged A Higher Registration Fee
The registry for the .GD and .VG ccTLD announced today that beginning on September 2, 2014, all 1 and 2 character domains under .GD and .VG will be considered as premium domain names and will be charged with a higher domain registration fee. Th...
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1 & 2 Character.GD and .VG Domains Will Be Charged A Higher Registration Fee
The registry for the .GD and .VG ccTLD announced today that beginning on September 2, 2014, all 1 and 2 character domains under .GD and .VG will be considered as premium domain names and will be charged with a higher domain registration fee. Th...
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August 13, 2014, 1:12 pm
The Domains
Tucows Earnings Call: gTLD’s & ccTLD’s Increase Margins & They Bank Money Off .Group
In the earnings call Tucows (TCX) which reported earnings yesterday revealed some interest facts and figures. In general profit margins from domain name is increase due to new gTLD’s and ccTLD’s, sales of domains are slowing, and Tucows r...
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Tucows Earnings Call: gTLD’s & ccTLD’s Increase Margins & They Bank Money Off .Group
In the earnings call Tucows (TCX) which reported earnings yesterday revealed some interest facts and figures. In general profit margins from domain name is increase due to new gTLD’s and ccTLD’s, sales of domains are slowing, and Tucows r...
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August 13, 2014, 12:44 pm
