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The Domains
.UK Registrants Will Have Home Address Published
ItPro.co.uk did a piece on a rule change for .UK registrants where if the domain is used in anyway for business, which could include parked page or blog with adsense, that their info will be published. From the article: Nominet, the company which man...
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.UK Registrants Will Have Home Address Published
ItPro.co.uk did a piece on a rule change for .UK registrants where if the domain is used in anyway for business, which could include parked page or blog with adsense, that their info will be published. From the article: Nominet, the company which man...
Discussion
June 14, 2014, 8:01 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 14th, 2014
Gotta run so I’ll make it short. Yesterday did turn out to be a very lucky day. I have to admit I am reading less and less domaining blogs. Nothing new to say on most of them. I’ve lost my desire to read opinion an...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 14th, 2014
Gotta run so I’ll make it short. Yesterday did turn out to be a very lucky day. I have to admit I am reading less and less domaining blogs. Nothing new to say on most of them. I’ve lost my desire to read opinion an...
Discussion
June 14, 2014, 11:10 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Shoot.com, OSA.com, Trek.com, Radio.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Trek.com for $245,000 An upgrade from TrekBikes.com, which is where this acquisition is redirected. A manufacturer of road, mountain and casual bikes...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from A Year Ago This Week: Shoot.com, OSA.com, Trek.com, Radio.co, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 sales from a year ago this week, as ranked by DN Journal. 1. Trek.com for $245,000 An upgrade from TrekBikes.com, which is where this acquisition is redirected. A manufacturer of road, mountain and casual bikes...
Discussion
June 14, 2014, 4:52 am
The Domains
Priceline Group Acquires OpenTable for $2.6 Billion
Priceline has acquired OpenTable.com iClarified.com reported that Priceline has acquired OpenTable.com for $103 a share of $2.6 billion. From the article: Priceline has announced that they’ve entered into a definitive agreement whereby The Pric...
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Priceline Group Acquires OpenTable for $2.6 Billion
Priceline has acquired OpenTable.com iClarified.com reported that Priceline has acquired OpenTable.com for $103 a share of $2.6 billion. From the article: Priceline has announced that they’ve entered into a definitive agreement whereby The Pric...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 8:09 pm
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period On Allowing Two Character New gTLD Domains
ICANN has just opened up a comment period on whether new gTLD strings should be allowed to register, sell and allocate two character new gTLD domain names i.e (LL, NN, NL, LN) This exact comment period concerns those registries including Donuts...
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Allowing Two Character New gTLD Domains
ICANN has just opened up a comment period on whether new gTLD strings should be allowed to register, sell and allocate two character new gTLD domain names i.e (LL, NN, NL, LN) This exact comment period concerns those registries including Donuts...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Harvard Business School and others bought last week
Harvard among end user domain name buyers last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users; see previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domains like these on Sedo? Download thi...
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What domain names Harvard Business School and others bought last week
Harvard among end user domain name buyers last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were purchased by end users; see previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domains like these on Sedo? Download thi...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 3:10 pm
The Domains
Not Counting NSI, .XYZ Is Still The Fastest Growing New gTLD According to Namestat.org
I had a long chat with Andrew Brier of Namestat.org about their service, the other day and one of the interesting things I learned it that .XYZ even throwing out all of the Network Solutions (NSI) free registrations, its still the fastest growing new...
Discussion
Not Counting NSI, .XYZ Is Still The Fastest Growing New gTLD According to Namestat.org
I had a long chat with Andrew Brier of Namestat.org about their service, the other day and one of the interesting things I learned it that .XYZ even throwing out all of the Network Solutions (NSI) free registrations, its still the fastest growing new...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is .xyz’s marketing wrong, smart or both?
Inflated numbers will result in more mainstream press mentions. A lot has been written over the past couple weeks about .xyz and its so-called “sham” registrations. Network Solutions is giving away free .xyz domain names and is not even r...
Discussion
Is .xyz’s marketing wrong, smart or both?
Inflated numbers will result in more mainstream press mentions. A lot has been written over the past couple weeks about .xyz and its so-called “sham” registrations. Network Solutions is giving away free .xyz domain names and is not even r...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:33 pm
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: June 14 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 14, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Amazon Snubs ICANN Auction to..., Wow: .hotel Contention Set Resolved..., Patient.co.UK UDRP Bid to Grab..., 1st Day New gTLD; .events..., UDRP Panel Find...
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Domain Name News: June 14 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: June 14, 2014.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Amazon Snubs ICANN Auction to..., Wow: .hotel Contention Set Resolved..., Patient.co.UK UDRP Bid to Grab..., 1st Day New gTLD; .events..., UDRP Panel Find...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 1:02 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 13th, 2014
Friday the 13th is my lucky day. I completely believe that I will sell a domain today. From the time I was 5 years old I have believed that everyone has bad luck today because I have stolen all the good luck. I wore number 13 for 15...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 13th, 2014
Friday the 13th is my lucky day. I completely believe that I will sell a domain today. From the time I was 5 years old I have believed that everyone has bad luck today because I have stolen all the good luck. I wore number 13 for 15...
Discussion
June 13, 2014, 11:11 am
