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DomainSherpa
Investing in China’s New Domain Names – With Simon Cousins
The Chinese government evaluated all the new Chinese character top-level domains (TLDs) and decided that dot Chinese online (.在线) and dot Chinese website (中文网) would earn their support and investment.So they registered 10,226 domain names i...
Discussion
Investing in China’s New Domain Names – With Simon Cousins
The Chinese government evaluated all the new Chinese character top-level domains (TLDs) and decided that dot Chinese online (.在线) and dot Chinese website (中文网) would earn their support and investment.So they registered 10,226 domain names i...
Discussion
May 12, 2014, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Anarchist.com, 888.io, Nearing.com sell. A handful of hotel domains do not.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa, along with a few domains with bids that didn’t meet reserve. Some domains that sold Anarchist.com – $7,550 Nearing.com – $7,150 888.io – $3,8...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Anarchist.com, 888.io, Nearing.com sell. A handful of hotel domains do not.
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa, along with a few domains with bids that didn’t meet reserve. Some domains that sold Anarchist.com – $7,550 Nearing.com – $7,150 888.io – $3,8...
Discussion
May 12, 2014, 1:06 am
The Domains
.Club Jumps Into 3rd Place Of The Most Registered New Domain Extensions (New gTLD’s)
Just days after launching, .Club passed .Photography into third place of the new domain extensions, (gTLD’s) with the most registrations. .Club now has according to ntldstats.com over 36,700 registrations with only .Berlin and .Guru having...
Discussion
.Club Jumps Into 3rd Place Of The Most Registered New Domain Extensions (New gTLD’s)
Just days after launching, .Club passed .Photography into third place of the new domain extensions, (gTLD’s) with the most registrations. .Club now has according to ntldstats.com over 36,700 registrations with only .Berlin and .Guru having...
Discussion
May 11, 2014, 4:37 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 11th, 2014
To all the Mothers, and especially mine, two simple words. Thank you. Every day should probably be Mothers day once your children have been raised and released to the world. Because prior to that day, every day was about us. We came first and o...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 11th, 2014
To all the Mothers, and especially mine, two simple words. Thank you. Every day should probably be Mothers day once your children have been raised and released to the world. Because prior to that day, every day was about us. We came first and o...
Discussion
May 11, 2014, 2:01 pm
The Domains
The DotCom Act and Why Democrats Think It is Unnecessary
The DotCom Act is starting to get a little more steam behind it, over the past week Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform, sent a letter urging support and in that letter picked out .SUCKS. The ability to establish domain name...
Discussion
The DotCom Act and Why Democrats Think It is Unnecessary
The DotCom Act is starting to get a little more steam behind it, over the past week Grover G. Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform, sent a letter urging support and in that letter picked out .SUCKS. The ability to establish domain name...
Discussion
May 11, 2014, 8:33 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (3ET.com, LightGallery.com, BlackOrange.com) and Flops (QuietCare.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 CapitalMind.com – Sold recently for $3,500 at Domain Name Sales, vs $217 last year at GoDaddy. A scree...
Discussion
Domain Flips (3ET.com, LightGallery.com, BlackOrange.com) and Flops (QuietCare.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 CapitalMind.com – Sold recently for $3,500 at Domain Name Sales, vs $217 last year at GoDaddy. A scree...
Discussion
May 10, 2014, 9:50 pm
The Domains
China Censoring The Conversation Around Global Bitcoin Summit
Back in December the central bank of China put a stop to all Bitcoin transactions. This caused certain exchanges to shut down and created a stir among many crypto currency enthusiasts in the country. The IB Times is now reporting that China has told ...
Discussion
China Censoring The Conversation Around Global Bitcoin Summit
Back in December the central bank of China put a stop to all Bitcoin transactions. This caused certain exchanges to shut down and created a stir among many crypto currency enthusiasts in the country. The IB Times is now reporting that China has told ...
Discussion
May 10, 2014, 7:38 pm
The Domains
Sónar Purchases SonarFestival.com
We always cover stories when a trademark holder over reaches and tries to stake claim to a domain through UDRP instead of entering into a transaction with the registrant. In this post we are taking a look at a company that went out and purchased the ...
Discussion
Sónar Purchases SonarFestival.com
We always cover stories when a trademark holder over reaches and tries to stake claim to a domain through UDRP instead of entering into a transaction with the registrant. In this post we are taking a look at a company that went out and purchased the ...
Discussion
May 10, 2014, 5:35 pm
The Domains
Trademark Hysteria On New gTLD’s Unfounded? 725K Domains/ 53 URS/17 UDRP
Since the new gTLD’s launched there are approximately 725,000 new gTLD registrations. By my count, URS have been filed against 53 domain names and UDRP’s have been filed against 17 domain names (counts by domain names not cases) So basica...
Discussion
Trademark Hysteria On New gTLD’s Unfounded? 725K Domains/ 53 URS/17 UDRP
Since the new gTLD’s launched there are approximately 725,000 new gTLD registrations. By my count, URS have been filed against 53 domain names and UDRP’s have been filed against 17 domain names (counts by domain names not cases) So basica...
Discussion
May 10, 2014, 4:51 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 10th, 2014
Mark had a great writeup about his history with domain investing. It’s always interesting to see how people got in this industry and what they’re doing in today’s markets. He’s done and is doing a great...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 10th, 2014
Mark had a great writeup about his history with domain investing. It’s always interesting to see how people got in this industry and what they’re doing in today’s markets. He’s done and is doing a great...
Discussion
May 10, 2014, 11:50 am
