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Domain Name Wire
MLB buys Athletics.com domain name
Major League Baseball makes another big domain acquisition. Just a couple days ago I was revisiting a post I wrote in 2010 about Major League Baseball’s domain names. The only change to the list since I posted was MLB picking up Angels.com. But...
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MLB buys Athletics.com domain name
Major League Baseball makes another big domain acquisition. Just a couple days ago I was revisiting a post I wrote in 2010 about Major League Baseball’s domain names. The only change to the list since I posted was MLB picking up Angels.com. But...
Discussion
May 17, 2012, 9:53 am

The Domains
Tu.Com Is Sold & Becomes Tu Me
Another two letter .com appears to have changed hands in the last few days. The domain name Tu.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by Energy Future Holdings in February 2012, then moved to Trademark Protection firm, MarkMonitor.com in...
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Tu.Com Is Sold & Becomes Tu Me
Another two letter .com appears to have changed hands in the last few days. The domain name Tu.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by Energy Future Holdings in February 2012, then moved to Trademark Protection firm, MarkMonitor.com in...
Discussion
May 17, 2012, 8:35 am

Elliot's Blog
Appraiso Integrated Into Protrada
One of the benefits of using Protrada is the ability to create websites. Although I have not created a website with Protrada, there are many people who have. In a press release this morning, Protrada announced that Morgan Linton’s Apprais...
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Appraiso Integrated Into Protrada
One of the benefits of using Protrada is the ability to create websites. Although I have not created a website with Protrada, there are many people who have. In a press release this morning, Protrada announced that Morgan Linton’s Apprais...
Discussion
May 17, 2012, 8:08 am

Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-17-12
Wow there are a ton of great names at auction today. I could put 50 strong names up today with no problem. I’m like a kid in a candy store. I love these types of days because there WILL be some names that get missed because there ar...
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Thursday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-17-12
Wow there are a ton of great names at auction today. I could put 50 strong names up today with no problem. I’m like a kid in a candy store. I love these types of days because there WILL be some names that get missed because there ar...
Discussion
May 17, 2012, 6:13 am

The Domains
Wow Now The UDRP Thing Is Officially Crazy As A Complaint Is Against Vanity.com A Fully Developed Site
A complaint was just filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name Vanity.com. Beyond the fact that an undisclosed complainant is trying to take away a dictionary word domain, the even more shocking part is that th...
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Wow Now The UDRP Thing Is Officially Crazy As A Complaint Is Against Vanity.com A Fully Developed Site
A complaint was just filed with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) on the domain name Vanity.com. Beyond the fact that an undisclosed complainant is trying to take away a dictionary word domain, the even more shocking part is that th...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 4:47 pm

The Domains
Moniker/SnapNames.com Brokering FreeSex.com
Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today that they will exclusively broker the domain name ‘FreeSex.com. Furthermore, this premium domain name will be available for online bids in the Moniker and SnapNames Premium International & cc...
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Moniker/SnapNames.com Brokering FreeSex.com
Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today that they will exclusively broker the domain name ‘FreeSex.com. Furthermore, this premium domain name will be available for online bids in the Moniker and SnapNames Premium International & cc...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 4:04 pm

Domain Shane
4.cn Reports The Sale of 999.com for $632,772
I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale of 999.com for 4,000,000 RMB or approximately $632,000 which would put it at number two on the annual sales chart compiled over at DnJournal. 4.cn ha...
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4.cn Reports The Sale of 999.com for $632,772
I just received an email from 4.cn proudly announcing that they had just finished brokering the sale of 999.com for 4,000,000 RMB or approximately $632,000 which would put it at number two on the annual sales chart compiled over at DnJournal. 4.cn ha...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 2:03 pm

Elliot's Blog
Your Favorite Account Manager
I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next we...
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Your Favorite Account Manager
I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next we...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 1:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
Intuit buys Apps.net for 24,100 EUR among 25 end user domain sales
Intuit picks up Apps.net domain name and other notable domain purchases. The biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report is Intuit. The company (of Quicken and Quickbooks fame) bought Apps.net for EUR 21,400 at Sedo. It already own...
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Intuit buys Apps.net for 24,100 EUR among 25 end user domain sales
Intuit picks up Apps.net domain name and other notable domain purchases. The biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report is Intuit. The company (of Quicken and Quickbooks fame) bought Apps.net for EUR 21,400 at Sedo. It already own...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 11:15 am

Domain Name Wire
UK insurer first to lose .xxx dispute
Request for .xxx domain name denied. United Kingdom insurance company BGL Group Limited, better known as CompareTheMarket.com, is the first complainant to lose a UDRP for a .xxx domain name. The company filed the complaint against UK resident Jon Wat...
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UK insurer first to lose .xxx dispute
Request for .xxx domain name denied. United Kingdom insurance company BGL Group Limited, better known as CompareTheMarket.com, is the first complainant to lose a UDRP for a .xxx domain name. The company filed the complaint against UK resident Jon Wat...
Discussion
May 16, 2012, 10:07 am