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Domain Name Wire
U.S. Antitrust Division investigating Verisign running .Web
U.S. government makes Civil Investigative Demand about .web. The long-running fight for the .web top level domain name has taken another turn as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation. Verisign CEO James ...
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U.S. Antitrust Division investigating Verisign running .Web
U.S. government makes Civil Investigative Demand about .web. The long-running fight for the .web top level domain name has taken another turn as the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has opened an investigation. Verisign CEO James ...
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February 10, 2017, 3:05 am
The Domains
The Top 5 for 2-8-17 TFS.com sells for $47,250
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The top sale on Wednesday was TFS.com which closed at $47,250 on NameJet. Looked to be developed back in 2008, parked for years after. 2. Brain.a...
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The Top 5 for 2-8-17 TFS.com sells for $47,250
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. The top sale on Wednesday was TFS.com which closed at $47,250 on NameJet. Looked to be developed back in 2008, parked for years after. 2. Brain.a...
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February 9, 2017, 8:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable sales on NameJet last month: SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and more
SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and other notable sales at NameJet in January. Excluding domain names sold in the ROTD/NameJet auction last month, NameJet reported 128 sales of $2,000 or more. This totaled nearly $800,000 in domain sales. This was led ...
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10 notable sales on NameJet last month: SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and more
SelfieStick.com, Handango.com and other notable sales at NameJet in January. Excluding domain names sold in the ROTD/NameJet auction last month, NameJet reported 128 sales of $2,000 or more. This totaled nearly $800,000 in domain sales. This was led ...
Discussion
February 9, 2017, 7:44 pm
The Domains
The RightoftheDot Auction From Namescon Ends Today
The extended auction from the Namescon conference being run by RightoftheDot on Namejet ends in starting in just over 2 hours. Of the 350+ domain names in the auction as of publication 300 domain names have a current high bid of $3,500 or less. 200 d...
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The RightoftheDot Auction From Namescon Ends Today
The extended auction from the Namescon conference being run by RightoftheDot on Namejet ends in starting in just over 2 hours. Of the 350+ domain names in the auction as of publication 300 domain names have a current high bid of $3,500 or less. 200 d...
Discussion
February 9, 2017, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
KeyDrive gobbles up Open Registry
KSregistry and Open Registry are now one. Domain name company KeyDrive has acquired backend registry provider Open Registry, the company announced today. KeyDrive is the holding company that owns Key-Systems and Moniker. Part of its business is KSreg...
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KeyDrive gobbles up Open Registry
KSregistry and Open Registry are now one. Domain name company KeyDrive has acquired backend registry provider Open Registry, the company announced today. KeyDrive is the holding company that owns Key-Systems and Moniker. Part of its business is KSreg...
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February 9, 2017, 5:37 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Reports 800,000 in Domain Sales In January 2017
Namejet.com reported it domain name sales through its auction platform for January 2017 As usually only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only those domains that were paid for by January 31, 2017 are included in the report. As we have come to ...
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Namejet.com Reports 800,000 in Domain Sales In January 2017
Namejet.com reported it domain name sales through its auction platform for January 2017 As usually only sales of $2,000 or more are reported and only those domains that were paid for by January 31, 2017 are included in the report. As we have come to ...
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February 9, 2017, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales up to $115,000
A six figure domain name leads the end user domain name sales list this week. Sedo’s big end user sale over the past week was OCS.com, which sold for $115,000. This shows the difference between an end user buying a three letter domain name vers...
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14 end user domain name sales up to $115,000
A six figure domain name leads the end user domain name sales list this week. Sedo’s big end user sale over the past week was OCS.com, which sold for $115,000. This shows the difference between an end user buying a three letter domain name vers...
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February 9, 2017, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sean Spicer brings more attention to Whois privacy
He didn’t use whois privacy. Most people don’t. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about i...
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Sean Spicer brings more attention to Whois privacy
He didn’t use whois privacy. Most people don’t. Sean Spicer has made plenty of enemies in his short time as White House Press Secretary. And now, thanks to some domain names he registered long ago, people have a way to contact him about i...
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February 8, 2017, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Listen to Sumo.com’s CEO explain why good domain names matter
The information in this podcast will help you sell your domain names. Some big news this morning was that SumoMe purchased Sumo.com and will rebrand. On a podcast published today (embedded below), Sumo.com CEO Noah Kagan explains why he was willing t...
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Listen to Sumo.com’s CEO explain why good domain names matter
The information in this podcast will help you sell your domain names. Some big news this morning was that SumoMe purchased Sumo.com and will rebrand. On a podcast published today (embedded below), Sumo.com CEO Noah Kagan explains why he was willing t...
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February 8, 2017, 3:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Verisign loses appeal in .XYZ lawsuit
Appeals court affirms District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which...
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Breaking: Verisign loses appeal in .XYZ lawsuit
Appeals court affirms District Court’s decision to grant summary judgment to XYZ in false advertising case. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) has lost its appeal in its false advertising lawsuit against .XYZ and its founder, Daniel Negari. Verisign, which...
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February 8, 2017, 3:13 pm
