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Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 18th, 2014
If you were watching Shark Tank this Friday you will have seen that Morgan and Daina Linton were mentioned on the show. Not mentioned by name but Mark Cuban talked about how he was invested in Fashion Metric and how he thought metrics had a hug...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 18th, 2014
If you were watching Shark Tank this Friday you will have seen that Morgan and Daina Linton were mentioned on the show. Not mentioned by name but Mark Cuban talked about how he was invested in Fashion Metric and how he thought metrics had a hug...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 12:06 pm

Domain Shane
Domain Flips (Parko.com, Myerson.com, $150k+ profit on Flashcards.com) and Flops (OJV.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 Myerson.com – Sold recently for $2,725 at Domain Name Sales, vs $945 in 2011 at Sedo. Not to be confus...
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Domain Flips (Parko.com, Myerson.com, $150k+ profit on Flashcards.com) and Flops (OJV.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 Myerson.com – Sold recently for $2,725 at Domain Name Sales, vs $945 in 2011 at Sedo. Not to be confus...
Discussion
May 18, 2014, 12:08 am

The Domains
Major League Baseball & The NHL Are Very .Social As They Go In Heavy On Sunrise .Social Domains
Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League and its member teams have gone in pretty heavy into the new gTLD .Social registering domain names during Sunrise for almost every team and several variations of teams and for the League it itself. ...
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Major League Baseball & The NHL Are Very .Social As They Go In Heavy On Sunrise .Social Domains
Major League Baseball and the National Hockey League and its member teams have gone in pretty heavy into the new gTLD .Social registering domain names during Sunrise for almost every team and several variations of teams and for the League it itself. ...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 6:02 pm

The Domains
ICANN Votes To Ban .Amazon
ICANN published last minutes of the New gTLD Program Committee (NTAG) which following nerous GAC advice voted Amazon’s Application for .Amazon down Here is the resolution: “”Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban...
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ICANN Votes To Ban .Amazon
ICANN published last minutes of the New gTLD Program Committee (NTAG) which following nerous GAC advice voted Amazon’s Application for .Amazon down Here is the resolution: “”Whereas, the GAC met during the ICANN 47 meeting in Durban...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 4:42 pm

Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 17th, 2014
Yesterday Domain Holdings released their quarterly results. It’s always nice to see data and DnJournal shared some good stuff with general information on who was buying, average prices, how many phone calls and emails they sent, etc. &nbs...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 17th, 2014
Yesterday Domain Holdings released their quarterly results. It’s always nice to see data and DnJournal shared some good stuff with general information on who was buying, average prices, how many phone calls and emails they sent, etc. &nbs...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 11:50 am

Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from 10 Years Ago This Week: Backcountry.com, Sitio.com, JMM.com, Casino.info, More
This week we’re going 10 years back in time…..to get an update on the top 10 sales from this week in 2004. Ron Jackson took a break from his weekly list one year ago (the nerve!), so we’re mixing it up a little. 1. IQTest.de for $1...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from 10 Years Ago This Week: Backcountry.com, Sitio.com, JMM.com, Casino.info, More
This week we’re going 10 years back in time…..to get an update on the top 10 sales from this week in 2004. Ron Jackson took a break from his weekly list one year ago (the nerve!), so we’re mixing it up a little. 1. IQTest.de for $1...
Discussion
May 17, 2014, 1:02 am

The Domains
Circle Looks To Bring Bitcoin Mainstream
Circle is getting ready to bring Bitcoin to the mainstream according to an article out today on Tech Crunch. The company was founded by the same entrepreneur that founded Bright Cove, the online video service. From the article: Circle, the bitcoin-ba...
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Circle Looks To Bring Bitcoin Mainstream
Circle is getting ready to bring Bitcoin to the mainstream according to an article out today on Tech Crunch. The company was founded by the same entrepreneur that founded Bright Cove, the online video service. From the article: Circle, the bitcoin-ba...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 5:37 pm

The Domains
Michael Gilmour: “New gTLD’s Are Pathetic Comapred To Even .Net.Au”
Michael Gilmore of Parklogic.com, just published a post on his DomainNameLogic.com blog, saying that New gTLD’s are Pathetic even compared to a ccTLD, in this case Net.Au. I understand the point Michael is making which is that new ...
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Michael Gilmour: “New gTLD’s Are Pathetic Comapred To Even .Net.Au”
Michael Gilmore of Parklogic.com, just published a post on his DomainNameLogic.com blog, saying that New gTLD’s are Pathetic even compared to a ccTLD, in this case Net.Au. I understand the point Michael is making which is that new ...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 2:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
EDR: Guru renewals, NameJet, GoDaddy and more
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson takes a look at renewals of domains including the term “guru”, hits and misses in this week’s expired domain sales, and some domains to backorder for next week. Proba...
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EDR: Guru renewals, NameJet, GoDaddy and more
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson takes a look at renewals of domains including the term “guru”, hits and misses in this week’s expired domain sales, and some domains to backorder for next week. Proba...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 2:10 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain Holdings reports $3.4M domain name sales in Q1
Company releases sales data for first time ever. Domain name broker Domain Holdings has released statistics about its sales for the first time ever. The company plans to release data every quarter going forward. While not disclosing specific sale pri...
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Domain Holdings reports $3.4M domain name sales in Q1
Company releases sales data for first time ever. Domain name broker Domain Holdings has released statistics about its sales for the first time ever. The company plans to release data every quarter going forward. While not disclosing specific sale pri...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 12:51 pm