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Elliot's Blog
Have You Sold a Weekly Brokerage Listing Domain Name?
For the last several months, domain brokers have posted their new and greatly reduced price domain names on my blog on Wednesday afternoons. A couple of months ago, I opened the comment section up for visitors to list their domain names for sale. A f...
Discussion
Have You Sold a Weekly Brokerage Listing Domain Name?
For the last several months, domain brokers have posted their new and greatly reduced price domain names on my blog on Wednesday afternoons. A couple of months ago, I opened the comment section up for visitors to list their domain names for sale. A f...
Discussion
March 6, 2013, 11:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Go Daddy to withdraw applications for .Home and .Casa top level domains
Domain registrar abandons plans for its own top level domains. Go Daddy is abandoning its applications for the .home and .casa top level domains, the company announced today. Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving announced the news at its Registry Days conferenc...
Discussion
Breaking: Go Daddy to withdraw applications for .Home and .Casa top level domains
Domain registrar abandons plans for its own top level domains. Go Daddy is abandoning its applications for the .home and .casa top level domains, the company announced today. Go Daddy CEO Blake Irving announced the news at its Registry Days conferenc...
Discussion
March 6, 2013, 11:30 am
Elliot's Blog
Webfest 2013 Extended Auction Ends Tomorrow
There was a live domain auction held at the Webfest Global conference at the beginning of February, and the auction yielded close to $600,000 in domain name sales. Domain names that didn’t sell, as well as additional names, are now included in ...
Discussion
Webfest 2013 Extended Auction Ends Tomorrow
There was a live domain auction held at the Webfest Global conference at the beginning of February, and the auction yielded close to $600,000 in domain name sales. Domain names that didn’t sell, as well as additional names, are now included in ...
Discussion
March 6, 2013, 9:22 am
The Domains
ICANN “Geographic Names Panel” Says .Vegas Is Not A Geo
.Vegas apparently is not a Geo, so says the ICANN Geographic Names Panel. The panel “has determined that the string .Vegas does not fall within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4.&rdquo...
Discussion
ICANN “Geographic Names Panel” Says .Vegas Is Not A Geo
.Vegas apparently is not a Geo, so says the ICANN Geographic Names Panel. The panel “has determined that the string .Vegas does not fall within the criteria for a geographic name contained in the Applicant Guidebook Section 2.2.1.4.&rdquo...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 10:01 pm
The Domains
Killer .Au Sites & Domains Hit The Market: Sydney.com.au, Melbourne.com.au, Auction.com.au
According to a press release we jusrt received some killer .com.au sites and domain name have just hit the market. “The websites sydney.com.au, melbourne.com.au, brisbane.com.au, adelaide.com.au and the domain name auction.com.au are for sale o...
Discussion
Killer .Au Sites & Domains Hit The Market: Sydney.com.au, Melbourne.com.au, Auction.com.au
According to a press release we jusrt received some killer .com.au sites and domain name have just hit the market. “The websites sydney.com.au, melbourne.com.au, brisbane.com.au, adelaide.com.au and the domain name auction.com.au are for sale o...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 8:28 pm
Elliot's Blog
Poll: Will The Pelicans Buy Pelicans.com?
Earlier today, I posted the news that the owner of the Pelicans.com domain name has put it up for sale for $125,000, with Andrew Rosener of Media Options tasked to broker the domain name. While I could see more than one group having an interest in th...
Discussion
Poll: Will The Pelicans Buy Pelicans.com?
Earlier today, I posted the news that the owner of the Pelicans.com domain name has put it up for sale for $125,000, with Andrew Rosener of Media Options tasked to broker the domain name. While I could see more than one group having an interest in th...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 7:08 pm
Domain Shane
How’d They Do : Daily Namejet and Godaddy Sales Results Tuesday 3-5
I was following a fairly large list today. Was involved in a few of the names but got beat out. Doesn’t help that I was busy during the time the auctions ended and didn’t get to bid higher. But it probably saved m...
Discussion
How’d They Do : Daily Namejet and Godaddy Sales Results Tuesday 3-5
I was following a fairly large list today. Was involved in a few of the names but got beat out. Doesn’t help that I was busy during the time the auctions ended and didn’t get to bid higher. But it probably saved m...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 6:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Bob Parsons lands at #974 on Forbes Billionaires List
Parsons is on Forbes’ latest billionaires list. Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons is one of the 1,000 richest people in the world according to Forbes’ recently released Billionaires list. Parsons is tied for #974 with an estimated wealth of $1...
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Bob Parsons lands at #974 on Forbes Billionaires List
Parsons is on Forbes’ latest billionaires list. Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons is one of the 1,000 richest people in the world according to Forbes’ recently released Billionaires list. Parsons is tied for #974 with an estimated wealth of $1...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 6:54 pm
The Domains
Afternic Sells $1.3MM In Domains Names Led By LawHelp.com For $85K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,265,707 for the week of 2/25/13 – 3/3/13. The publicly reportable sales were led by lawhelp.com at $85,000, and followed by Racing.ca for $39,200. RacingStuff.c...
Discussion
Afternic Sells $1.3MM In Domains Names Led By LawHelp.com For $85K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,265,707 for the week of 2/25/13 – 3/3/13. The publicly reportable sales were led by lawhelp.com at $85,000, and followed by Racing.ca for $39,200. RacingStuff.c...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 5:29 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Sells Over $1.35MM In Domains Led By WeddingInsurance.com for $50K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending March 4th, 2013. In all over $1.35MM domains were sold. The top seller was WeddingInsurance.com at $50,000 as previously reported by us, followed by Wholesale.co.uk for $30,000. In all, 842 t...
Discussion
Sedo.com Sells Over $1.35MM In Domains Led By WeddingInsurance.com for $50K
Sedo.com just announced its sales data for the week ending March 4th, 2013. In all over $1.35MM domains were sold. The top seller was WeddingInsurance.com at $50,000 as previously reported by us, followed by Wholesale.co.uk for $30,000. In all, 842 t...
Discussion
March 5, 2013, 4:31 pm
