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The Domains
Afternic Sells $1.6 Million In Domains Led By Emeraude.com $28K/ LuxuryClub.com $25K
Afternic.com reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 6/17/13 – 6/23/13 is out and total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,157,605. All sales were led by Emeraude.com which is the ...
Discussion
Afternic Sells $1.6 Million In Domains Led By Emeraude.com $28K/ LuxuryClub.com $25K
Afternic.com reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 6/17/13 – 6/23/13 is out and total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,157,605. All sales were led by Emeraude.com which is the ...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 5:37 pm

Domain Name Wire
The real .ninja business plan
Laugh at .ninja no more…it will be a big business. One of the top level domain applications that had a lot of people scratching their heads was United TLD’s application for .ninja. And while the company’s .ninja web site suggests t...
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The real .ninja business plan
Laugh at .ninja no more…it will be a big business. One of the top level domain applications that had a lot of people scratching their heads was United TLD’s application for .ninja. And while the company’s .ninja web site suggests t...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 5:08 pm

The Domains
Sedo.com Sells $1.57M In Domains Led By offmarket.com For $41K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 06/16/13 – 06/23/13 totalling $1.57M. The highest priced transaction was offmarket.com at $41,000 followed by meaning.com and OSA.com which sold for $20,000 each. Off...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.57M In Domains Led By offmarket.com For $41K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 06/16/13 – 06/23/13 totalling $1.57M. The highest priced transaction was offmarket.com at $41,000 followed by meaning.com and OSA.com which sold for $20,000 each. Off...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 4:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
ZeroPark revs up zero-click monetization for domainers
ZeroPark formally unveiled itself in a big way to the domain community during Webfest in February. Although the zero-click domain monetization company is relatively new, it has some familiar faces. You may recognize ZeroPark Director of Business Deve...
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ZeroPark revs up zero-click monetization for domainers
ZeroPark formally unveiled itself in a big way to the domain community during Webfest in February. Although the zero-click domain monetization company is relatively new, it has some familiar faces. You may recognize ZeroPark Director of Business Deve...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 2:59 pm

Domain Name Wire
DENIC doesn’t see much threat from new TLDs
DENIC downplays threat of new TLDs against .de, citing latest eco survey. eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry released its third Registrar Atlas this week. The Registrar Atlas is a survey of businesses that offer domain names....
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DENIC doesn’t see much threat from new TLDs
DENIC downplays threat of new TLDs against .de, citing latest eco survey. eco – the Association of the German Internet Industry released its third Registrar Atlas this week. The Registrar Atlas is a survey of businesses that offer domain names....
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 12:15 pm

Elliot's Blog
Recent Acquisitions
I assume that by now you know I am always selling and always buying domain names. From time to time, I like to share some of my recent domain name acquisitions with you. The domain names below were either purchased in private or were won at auction a...
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Recent Acquisitions
I assume that by now you know I am always selling and always buying domain names. From time to time, I like to share some of my recent domain name acquisitions with you. The domain names below were either purchased in private or were won at auction a...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 11:43 am

Domain Name Wire
What the provocative WHOIS report means for domain investors
Sweeping changes to registrant data could have major impact on domain name investors. ICANN’s working group on gTLD Directory Services released its initial report overnight. If I were to use one word to describe the report, it would be “p...
Discussion
What the provocative WHOIS report means for domain investors
Sweeping changes to registrant data could have major impact on domain name investors. ICANN’s working group on gTLD Directory Services released its initial report overnight. If I were to use one word to describe the report, it would be “p...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 11:07 am

The Domains
6 Arbitration Providers Win 18 of 19 Arbitration Domains in One UDRP
Six Arbitration Panels brought a single UDRP seeking 19 domain names all owned by ICSID Lawyers, LLC and collectively won 18 of the domains. The Complainants are London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) of London, United Kingdom of Grea...
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6 Arbitration Providers Win 18 of 19 Arbitration Domains in One UDRP
Six Arbitration Panels brought a single UDRP seeking 19 domain names all owned by ICSID Lawyers, LLC and collectively won 18 of the domains. The Complainants are London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) of London, United Kingdom of Grea...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 11:01 am

The Domains
Demand Media Shares Sink over 20% To 52 Week Low On Yesterday’s News
Shares of Demand Media, Inc (DMD) have hit a 52 week low, dropping over 20% in trading today. As of publication shares of Demand Media, Inc. are trading at $6.21 down $1.96 or 24% off of yesterday’s closing price. Yesterday after the market clo...
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Demand Media Shares Sink over 20% To 52 Week Low On Yesterday’s News
Shares of Demand Media, Inc (DMD) have hit a 52 week low, dropping over 20% in trading today. As of publication shares of Demand Media, Inc. are trading at $6.21 down $1.96 or 24% off of yesterday’s closing price. Yesterday after the market clo...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 10:22 am

The Domains
Biba.com Purchased for 57,400 Euros, Launches With $15 Million More In Funding
TechCrunch.com this morning covered “Biba, a new company coming out of stealth, has spent more than a year and $5 million in a Series A investment to quietly build a service that offers a lightweight way to use your iPhone, iPad or Android devi...
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Biba.com Purchased for 57,400 Euros, Launches With $15 Million More In Funding
TechCrunch.com this morning covered “Biba, a new company coming out of stealth, has spent more than a year and $5 million in a Series A investment to quietly build a service that offers a lightweight way to use your iPhone, iPad or Android devi...
Discussion
June 25, 2013, 8:36 am