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The Domains
Official Announcement On Domainfest Live Auction, Now A Online Auction Which Will End June 15th
We just received this notice from Oversee regarding the Live auction from DomainFest which was cancelled today due to technical difficulties. The auction will now be held online only and has already started. The online auction will end on a week from...
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Official Announcement On Domainfest Live Auction, Now A Online Auction Which Will End June 15th
We just received this notice from Oversee regarding the Live auction from DomainFest which was cancelled today due to technical difficulties. The auction will now be held online only and has already started. The online auction will end on a week from...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 7:52 pm
The Domains
hongwang.com Sells For $16,400 On NameJet.com
The Domain name hongwang.com sold for $16,400 on NameJet.com today. There are 983,000 direct reference on Google to the name Hong Wang which seem to be a popular name in the Asian culture but $16K? In all 112 people were in the auction with 13 people...
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hongwang.com Sells For $16,400 On NameJet.com
The Domain name hongwang.com sold for $16,400 on NameJet.com today. There are 983,000 direct reference on Google to the name Hong Wang which seem to be a popular name in the Asian culture but $16K? In all 112 people were in the auction with 13 people...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 7:48 pm
Domain Shane
A Few Trends I’m Investing In Through Domains, Stocks and Websites
I consider myself an observant person and like most entrepreneurs, I’m always keeping a look out for future trends that can be monetized. In the past I would invest purely in the stock market but as the years have passed I have put ...
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A Few Trends I’m Investing In Through Domains, Stocks and Websites
I consider myself an observant person and like most entrepreneurs, I’m always keeping a look out for future trends that can be monetized. In the past I would invest purely in the stock market but as the years have passed I have put ...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 6:49 pm
The Domains
Mike Mann Sells Women.co For $25,000 & Another .Com He Bought A Month Ago For $69 For $13K
According to Mike Mann Facebook page his company just sold Women.co for $25K Also according to his Facebook page Mike sold the domain name ChinaDiscovery.com for $13,000, a domain he just acquired on May 2, of this year; yes just about a month ago fo...
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Mike Mann Sells Women.co For $25,000 & Another .Com He Bought A Month Ago For $69 For $13K
According to Mike Mann Facebook page his company just sold Women.co for $25K Also according to his Facebook page Mike sold the domain name ChinaDiscovery.com for $13,000, a domain he just acquired on May 2, of this year; yes just about a month ago fo...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 3:30 pm
The Domains
Marc Ostrofsky To Appear On The View On June 9th
Just announced that Marc Ostrofsky, will appear on the June 9th episode of ABC’s “The View” at 11A.M. EST to “discuss how everyday people, sometimes working from home, are making a good living often using popular social ...
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Marc Ostrofsky To Appear On The View On June 9th
Just announced that Marc Ostrofsky, will appear on the June 9th episode of ABC’s “The View” at 11A.M. EST to “discuss how everyday people, sometimes working from home, are making a good living often using popular social ...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
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ICANN Responds to U.S. Government Questions About New Top Level Domains
Kurt Pritz responds to Congress. ICANN Senior Vice President Kurt Pritz has responded (pdf) to a written question and expanded on his answers to questioning from U.S. representatives during a hearing about new TLDs on May 4. Representative Howard Cob...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 2:49 pm
The Domains
QuinStreet Takes a Huge Tumble Down Over 20% Today
Shares of Quinstreet the company that bought insurance.com and Carinsurance.com and Insure.com have tumbled over the last few days and is down over 20% today. Shares of Quinstreet are at 1pm EST sitting at around $11.50 down over $3 on the day. Quins...
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QuinStreet Takes a Huge Tumble Down Over 20% Today
Shares of Quinstreet the company that bought insurance.com and Carinsurance.com and Insure.com have tumbled over the last few days and is down over 20% today. Shares of Quinstreet are at 1pm EST sitting at around $11.50 down over $3 on the day. Quins...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Atlas Shrugged Movie Producers Win 1, Lose 1
Same panelist. Similar domains. Different result, even on confusing similarity. The producers of the new Atlas Shrugged Movie filed two UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Forum for essentially the same domains: AtlasShruggedMovie.com and Atl...
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Atlas Shrugged Movie Producers Win 1, Lose 1
Same panelist. Similar domains. Different result, even on confusing similarity. The producers of the new Atlas Shrugged Movie filed two UDRP cases with World Intellectual Property Forum for essentially the same domains: AtlasShruggedMovie.com and Atl...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 12:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Technical Problems Postpone Moniker Auction
Auction postponed after web sites go down. If you tried to reach most of Oversee.net’s web sites this morning — Oversee.net, Snapnames, or Moniker — you probably ran into difficulty. The timing couldn’t have been worse for the...
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Technical Problems Postpone Moniker Auction
Auction postponed after web sites go down. If you tried to reach most of Oversee.net’s web sites this morning — Oversee.net, Snapnames, or Moniker — you probably ran into difficulty. The timing couldn’t have been worse for the...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN “Hedge” In Singapore Will Kick off New gTLD Communications Plan
I predict new TLD marketing will start after ICANN’s Singapore meeting this month. Just about everyone — including me — is horrible at predicting what ICANN will do and when it will do it regarding new top level domain names. The on...
Discussion
ICANN “Hedge” In Singapore Will Kick off New gTLD Communications Plan
I predict new TLD marketing will start after ICANN’s Singapore meeting this month. Just about everyone — including me — is horrible at predicting what ICANN will do and when it will do it regarding new top level domain names. The on...
Discussion
June 8, 2011, 10:59 am
