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Elliot's Blog
Great Night in Boston
We had a domain investor meet up in Boston last night, and the turnout was excellent. There were in the ballpark (pun intended) of 40 people in attendance, including attendees from several states and attendees from Canada and Germany! I want to give ...
Discussion
Great Night in Boston
We had a domain investor meet up in Boston last night, and the turnout was excellent. There were in the ballpark (pun intended) of 40 people in attendance, including attendees from several states and attendees from Canada and Germany! I want to give ...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 11:00 am

The Domains
Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer
Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,” has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding according to The Term Sheet. Oak In...
Discussion
Brit.Co Bought For $4,750, Gets $6.3 Million In Funding Including Yahoo’s CEO Marissa Mayer
Another .Co domain name is in the news today as Brit + Co., a San Francisco-based media company focused on DIY ideas for “creative living in the digital age,” has raised $6.3 million in Series A funding according to The Term Sheet. Oak In...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 10:50 am

Domain Name Wire
SnapNames gets Japan Registry, Afternic and NameJet get .buzz business
Domain marketplaces get a couple notable client wins. There were a couple unrelated “client win” announcements this morning coming from major domain name marketplaces. First, SnapNames announced that it has inked Japan Registry to an expi...
Discussion
SnapNames gets Japan Registry, Afternic and NameJet get .buzz business
Domain marketplaces get a couple notable client wins. There were a couple unrelated “client win” announcements this morning coming from major domain name marketplaces. First, SnapNames announced that it has inked Japan Registry to an expi...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:56 am

Domain Name Wire
TLDH and Famous Four strike deal to resolve three new TLD contention sets
Deal resolves contention sets for .fit, .review, and .science. Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) and Famous Four Media (and associated companies) have made a deal to resolve three contention sets. Under the terms of the deal, Famous Four has with...
Discussion
TLDH and Famous Four strike deal to resolve three new TLD contention sets
Deal resolves contention sets for .fit, .review, and .science. Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM: TLDH) and Famous Four Media (and associated companies) have made a deal to resolve three contention sets. Under the terms of the deal, Famous Four has with...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:46 am

The Domains
Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an excl...
Discussion
Japan’s Largest Registrar GMO To Use SnapNames Exclusively To Send All Dropping Domains
SnapNames®, a KeyDrive S.A. company announced today that GMO Internet Group, the largest domain registrar in Japan, entered into an exclusive partnership to provide all non-renewed domain names on the SnapNames marketplace for purchase on an excl...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:40 am

The Domains
.BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), which has just passed ICANN Initial Eva...
Discussion
.BUZZ Goes With Afternic/NameJet
Afternic, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace, and NameJet, a leading domain name auction platform, announced today have been selected by dotStrategy to launch the .BUZZ top level domain (TLD), which has just passed ICANN Initial Eva...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:30 am

The Domains
FAIL: DomainIndex.com Releases 8 Million Appriasials For New gTLD’s Domain Names
DomainIndex.com has released 8 Million Appraisals for new gTLD domain names those including trademarks and those with just generic terms and the results are pretty interesting. Mt first observation is that of the new gTLD domain names with the highes...
Discussion
FAIL: DomainIndex.com Releases 8 Million Appriasials For New gTLD’s Domain Names
DomainIndex.com has released 8 Million Appraisals for new gTLD domain names those including trademarks and those with just generic terms and the results are pretty interesting. Mt first observation is that of the new gTLD domain names with the highes...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 9:03 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 26th
I’ve started to breathe a little easier this week. I made a few domain sales, had some good affiliate payments, and it frickin rained. I have $30K in trees in the field and they were starting to dry up. I had a terrible April ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 26th
I’ve started to breathe a little easier this week. I made a few domain sales, had some good affiliate payments, and it frickin rained. I have $30K in trees in the field and they were starting to dry up. I had a terrible April ...
Discussion
June 26, 2013, 6:12 am

Domain Shane
It Will Be Interesting to See How the New Tlds Market Their Brand
I have changed my mind on the new tlds over the last few months. I originally thought there were just too many and I wouldn’t be a part in any way other than effecting my domain buying and selling strategy. But as a businessman I thi...
Discussion
It Will Be Interesting to See How the New Tlds Market Their Brand
I have changed my mind on the new tlds over the last few months. I originally thought there were just too many and I wouldn’t be a part in any way other than effecting my domain buying and selling strategy. But as a businessman I thi...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 7:46 pm

Domain Name Wire
Web developer ordered to give domain name back to client
Web developer trying to hold domain name as lien against unpaid bills. It’s something we see time and time again…a business lets a web developer register their domain name, and then refuses to give it back. In the case of a UDRP between ...
Discussion
Web developer ordered to give domain name back to client
Web developer trying to hold domain name as lien against unpaid bills. It’s something we see time and time again…a business lets a web developer register their domain name, and then refuses to give it back. In the case of a UDRP between ...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 6:08 pm