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The Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Wins Another URS On Hello.Photo
Frank Schillings North Sound Names has won another Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the domain name Hello.Photo to Complainant, HOLA S.L. of Madrid, Spain, who has trademarked “HELLO!”, “in one or more countries”. John Berryh...
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Wins Another URS On Hello.Photo
Frank Schillings North Sound Names has won another Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the domain name Hello.Photo to Complainant, HOLA S.L. of Madrid, Spain, who has trademarked “HELLO!”, “in one or more countries”. John Berryh...
Discussion
August 10, 2014, 2:01 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (GPV.com, TT.cc, Ching.com, MakeSomeNoise.com) and Flops (Hipe.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips GPV.com – Sold recently for $30,000 at TopNames.org, vs $5,950 in 2011 at NameJet. Picked up by Natha...
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Domain Flips (GPV.com, TT.cc, Ching.com, MakeSomeNoise.com) and Flops (Hipe.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with recent data courtesy of DN Journal and historical data from NameBio. Flips GPV.com – Sold recently for $30,000 at TopNames.org, vs $5,950 in 2011 at NameJet. Picked up by Natha...
Discussion
August 9, 2014, 9:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oh, great: someone is SMS spamming Whois
I guess those emails the spammers send you after you register a domain name aren’t effective enough. Don’t click the link, even out of curiosity. Your mobile phone number is appended to the URL, so they’ll know you got the message.
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Oh, great: someone is SMS spamming Whois
I guess those emails the spammers send you after you register a domain name aren’t effective enough. Don’t click the link, even out of curiosity. Your mobile phone number is appended to the URL, so they’ll know you got the message.
Discussion
August 9, 2014, 8:05 pm
The Domains
Quick Chat with Josh Garza the man who bought BTC.com for $1million
BTC.com was purchased for $1million as most of our readers know, we talked to Mike Robertson from Domain Guardians earlier in the week. Josh Garza and his company GAW Miners bought the domain, and we had a quick chat with him. 1) Congrats on t...
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Quick Chat with Josh Garza the man who bought BTC.com for $1million
BTC.com was purchased for $1million as most of our readers know, we talked to Mike Robertson from Domain Guardians earlier in the week. Josh Garza and his company GAW Miners bought the domain, and we had a quick chat with him. 1) Congrats on t...
Discussion
August 9, 2014, 7:13 pm
The Domains
1st .Vegas Domains: Wynn, HardRock, Caesars, Sands, Harrahs, Palms, World Series Of Poker
The new gTLD .Vegas just closed it Sunrise period there are over 300 domain names registered including a few retained by the registry. There are actually more .Vegas domain names registered at this point that .NYC according to the zone file. Landrush...
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1st .Vegas Domains: Wynn, HardRock, Caesars, Sands, Harrahs, Palms, World Series Of Poker
The new gTLD .Vegas just closed it Sunrise period there are over 300 domain names registered including a few retained by the registry. There are actually more .Vegas domain names registered at this point that .NYC according to the zone file. Landrush...
Discussion
August 9, 2014, 4:26 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 8/9
I was giving an old laptop to a friend and cleaning it up a bit and found my list of domains that I owned and the prices I paid. It was from 2009 and IF I still had the four number dot coms that I had back then now I would be several six figure...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Saturday 8/9
I was giving an old laptop to a friend and cleaning it up a bit and found my list of domains that I owned and the prices I paid. It was from 2009 and IF I still had the four number dot coms that I had back then now I would be several six figure...
Discussion
August 9, 2014, 11:40 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: TYME.com, MKT.com, SportsPicks.com, Salumi.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. RussianGirls.com for $120,000 Domain doesn’t resolve and is under privacy protection. 2. MBusiness.com for $45,000 Picked up by $170+ bi...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: TYME.com, MKT.com, SportsPicks.com, Salumi.com, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. RussianGirls.com for $120,000 Domain doesn’t resolve and is under privacy protection. 2. MBusiness.com for $45,000 Picked up by $170+ bi...
Discussion
August 8, 2014, 10:29 pm
The Domains
Google Wants You To Encrypt Your Traffic and Will Favor Those That Comply
Another homework assignment for webmasters given by Ms. Google Google announced that it will start to favor websites that encrypt their traffic in their search results. Google said: For these reasons, over the past few months we’ve been running...
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Google Wants You To Encrypt Your Traffic and Will Favor Those That Comply
Another homework assignment for webmasters given by Ms. Google Google announced that it will start to favor websites that encrypt their traffic in their search results. Google said: For these reasons, over the past few months we’ve been running...
Discussion
August 8, 2014, 8:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look inside Google’s new domain name registrar
Google Domains offers a simple way for businesses to establish a web presence, but not much more. It’s been a little over a month since Google announced its domain name registration service, and I got access to the beta today. Google Domains is...
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A look inside Google’s new domain name registrar
Google Domains offers a simple way for businesses to establish a web presence, but not much more. It’s been a little over a month since Google announced its domain name registration service, and I got access to the beta today. Google Domains is...
Discussion
August 8, 2014, 7:28 pm
The Domains
Interview with Jeffrey Peterson of Mobile Corporation – Company Recently Purchased Mobile.co for $239,000
Mobile Corporation just completed the purchase of Mobile.co for $239,000. Our readers may recall that there was an interesting story behind this transaction. The start up based out of Cambridge,Massachusetts has raised $5 million in funding. Jeffrey ...
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Interview with Jeffrey Peterson of Mobile Corporation – Company Recently Purchased Mobile.co for $239,000
Mobile Corporation just completed the purchase of Mobile.co for $239,000. Our readers may recall that there was an interesting story behind this transaction. The start up based out of Cambridge,Massachusetts has raised $5 million in funding. Jeffrey ...
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August 8, 2014, 5:33 pm
