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Elliot's Blog
Domain Sale Tip: Contact Domain Brokers
One of the reasons I try to attend domain conferences is so that I can meet with the domain brokers from various companies who are always in attendance. I can ask them what they’re moving and what strategies they are finding effective. This is ...
Discussion
Domain Sale Tip: Contact Domain Brokers
One of the reasons I try to attend domain conferences is so that I can meet with the domain brokers from various companies who are always in attendance. I can ask them what they’re moving and what strategies they are finding effective. This is ...
Discussion
June 2, 2013, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign whois falsely returning “no match” results
Have to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For example,...
Discussion
Verisign whois falsely returning “no match” results
Have to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For example,...
Discussion
June 2, 2013, 12:20 pm
Elliot's Blog
Discussing the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Venue
I’ll have a more comprehensive post about the TRAFFIC conference within the next couple of days, but I want to discuss the Bellagio as the TRAFFIC conference venue and make a few observations about Las Vegas as well. Overall, I thought holding ...
Discussion
Discussing the TRAFFIC Las Vegas Venue
I’ll have a more comprehensive post about the TRAFFIC conference within the next couple of days, but I want to discuss the Bellagio as the TRAFFIC conference venue and make a few observations about Las Vegas as well. Overall, I thought holding ...
Discussion
June 2, 2013, 9:50 am
The Domains
Getty Images Waits 12 Years Before Going After GettyImage.com; GM 9 Years For Corvette-Stingray.com
Its quite amazing to me when I see a bang on trademark infringing domain allowed to be owned and monetized by someone other than the trademark owner. I’m not talking about typos, misspells or terms that include the trademark but is a reach base...
Discussion
Getty Images Waits 12 Years Before Going After GettyImage.com; GM 9 Years For Corvette-Stingray.com
Its quite amazing to me when I see a bang on trademark infringing domain allowed to be owned and monetized by someone other than the trademark owner. I’m not talking about typos, misspells or terms that include the trademark but is a reach base...
Discussion
June 2, 2013, 9:32 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sundday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 2nd
Hope everyone that attended TRAFFIC made it home safely from Vegas and for those that didn’t attend you certainly have more money in your pocket than I do. I did fairly well at the casinos except for one BIG area. The damn Houston A...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sundday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 2nd
Hope everyone that attended TRAFFIC made it home safely from Vegas and for those that didn’t attend you certainly have more money in your pocket than I do. I did fairly well at the casinos except for one BIG area. The damn Houston A...
Discussion
June 2, 2013, 7:17 am
The Domains
CollegeStudent.com Sells For $17K On NameJet.com
The domain name CollegeStudent.com which was a dropped domain, sold this week on NameJet.com for $17,700 as three bidders battled it out bidding over $10,000 for the domain. A very nice educational domain and a good buy. A few other sales from this w...
Discussion
CollegeStudent.com Sells For $17K On NameJet.com
The domain name CollegeStudent.com which was a dropped domain, sold this week on NameJet.com for $17,700 as three bidders battled it out bidding over $10,000 for the domain. A very nice educational domain and a good buy. A few other sales from this w...
Discussion
June 1, 2013, 11:58 am
The Domains
ICANN Orders Transfer Of Domains At 4 De-Accredited Registrars To Astutium
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from three registrars: C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center Corp. to Astutium Limited due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in...
Discussion
ICANN Orders Transfer Of Domains At 4 De-Accredited Registrars To Astutium
ICANN has authorized the bulk transfer of gTLD domain names from three registrars: C I Host, Inc., Central Registrar, Inc. DBA Domainmonger.com, Power Brand Center Corp. to Astutium Limited due to compliance actions taken by ICANN that resulted in...
Discussion
June 1, 2013, 9:34 am
The Domains
Godaddy Sells 41,786 In May Led By boxed.com at $35,000
Godaddy.com just posted its Domain Sales information for auctions taking place on their system for the month of May 2013. In all Godaddy.com sold 41,786 domain names slightly up from April’s sales of 40,221. Of the 41,786 domain names sold thro...
Discussion
Godaddy Sells 41,786 In May Led By boxed.com at $35,000
Godaddy.com just posted its Domain Sales information for auctions taking place on their system for the month of May 2013. In all Godaddy.com sold 41,786 domain names slightly up from April’s sales of 40,221. Of the 41,786 domain names sold thro...
Discussion
June 1, 2013, 9:06 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 1st
As I sit here in Vegas at 3 am writing this list I am reflecting on how many great people I got to spend the weekend with. There are too many to list but I really enjoyed spending time with my Mom. Rick and Howard were gracious enough to ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 1st
As I sit here in Vegas at 3 am writing this list I am reflecting on how many great people I got to spend the weekend with. There are too many to list but I really enjoyed spending time with my Mom. Rick and Howard were gracious enough to ...
Discussion
June 1, 2013, 4:55 am
The Domains
UDRP Filed on D1.com
A UDRP has just been filed on a very rare two character domain name D1.com. The domain name is owned by Dimension One Spas of Vista, CA since 2003 and forward to the companies site at d1spas.com The complaint was filed with the National Arbitra...
Discussion
UDRP Filed on D1.com
A UDRP has just been filed on a very rare two character domain name D1.com. The domain name is owned by Dimension One Spas of Vista, CA since 2003 and forward to the companies site at d1spas.com The complaint was filed with the National Arbitra...
Discussion
May 31, 2013, 8:05 pm
