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Elliot's Blog
Afternic Closes Just Under $500k in .com Sales Last Week
Afternic DLS closed a little over $472,000 in publicly reported .com sales of $1,000 or more last week. The three most popular sales categories last week were recreation, business and computers, which accounted for 1/3 of the sales. Three of the week...
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Afternic Closes Just Under $500k in .com Sales Last Week
Afternic DLS closed a little over $472,000 in publicly reported .com sales of $1,000 or more last week. The three most popular sales categories last week were recreation, business and computers, which accounted for 1/3 of the sales. Three of the week...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 5:13 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $520k In Domains Led By Immerge.com For $9k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $520k. The top seller of the week was Immerge.com at $9,000 followed by Nishinomiya.com at $7,588. Here is the full l...
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Afternic.com Sells $520k In Domains Led By Immerge.com For $9k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday April 24th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $520k. The top seller of the week was Immerge.com at $9,000 followed by Nishinomiya.com at $7,588. Here is the full l...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook Deals Launches Sans Domain Name
Facebook gets its deals on, but without FacebookDeals.com. Facebook formally launched its new deals offering today in five test cities (including my home town of Austin, Texas.) Here’s what I see when I go to Facebook.com/deals: One thing the s...
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Facebook Deals Launches Sans Domain Name
Facebook gets its deals on, but without FacebookDeals.com. Facebook formally launched its new deals offering today in five test cities (including my home town of Austin, Texas.) Here’s what I see when I go to Facebook.com/deals: One thing the s...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 4:36 pm
Elliot's Blog
BoracayHotels.com – Domain For Sale
I am looking to sell BoracayHotels.com, and the asking price is $16,500. If you are unfamiliar with Boracay in the Philippines, here’s some information. Earlier this month, Boracay was named the #2 beach in the world by TripAdvisor.com. B...
Discussion
BoracayHotels.com – Domain For Sale
I am looking to sell BoracayHotels.com, and the asking price is $16,500. If you are unfamiliar with Boracay in the Philippines, here’s some information. Earlier this month, Boracay was named the #2 beach in the world by TripAdvisor.com. B...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameMedia Sued. It’s a Cost of Doing Business.
Company mad about having to pay for domain name. Files a lawsuit instead. NameMedia — the company behind BuyDomains and Afternic — has been sued by a small business that’s upset it needs to pay to get the domain name it wants. New W...
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NameMedia Sued. It’s a Cost of Doing Business.
Company mad about having to pay for domain name. Files a lawsuit instead. NameMedia — the company behind BuyDomains and Afternic — has been sued by a small business that’s upset it needs to pay to get the domain name it wants. New W...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 2:03 pm
Domain Shane
The O’Hare Test: My Main Hiring Method Over the Last 20 Years
Everyone is looking for talented employees. In simple terms, employees that have the skills necessary to do the tasks that help your company make more money. On paper a person can appear to have all the skills necessary to do the job but ...
Discussion
The O’Hare Test: My Main Hiring Method Over the Last 20 Years
Everyone is looking for talented employees. In simple terms, employees that have the skills necessary to do the tasks that help your company make more money. On paper a person can appear to have all the skills necessary to do the job but ...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 12:59 pm
Elliot's Blog
Report: Kate Middleton .com Domain Name Bought for Under $2,500
I read a report on TheProvince.com (a Canada-based website), this afternoon that said KateMiddleton.com was acquired by a Canadian couple for just $2,350. The domain name was originally registered in 2003, and the new owners have already launched a w...
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Report: Kate Middleton .com Domain Name Bought for Under $2,500
I read a report on TheProvince.com (a Canada-based website), this afternoon that said KateMiddleton.com was acquired by a Canadian couple for just $2,350. The domain name was originally registered in 2003, and the new owners have already launched a w...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Live Current Media Shrinks to 143 Shareholders
Company files statement with SEC. I haven’t seen many SEC filings from Live Current Media in a while, so I went poking around yesterday to figure out what’s going on. That’s when I came across this SEC filing that shows that Live Cu...
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Live Current Media Shrinks to 143 Shareholders
Company files statement with SEC. I haven’t seen many SEC filings from Live Current Media in a while, so I went poking around yesterday to figure out what’s going on. That’s when I came across this SEC filing that shows that Live Cu...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s Time for a Goldilocks Rethink of the Mega Content Hub
Small sites and big sites both have drawbacks for search traffic. It’s been a rough couple months for web publishers with massive content libraries. Google’s “Panda” update put a huge dent in these sites’ traffic metrics...
Discussion
It’s Time for a Goldilocks Rethink of the Mega Content Hub
Small sites and big sites both have drawbacks for search traffic. It’s been a rough couple months for web publishers with massive content libraries. Google’s “Panda” update put a huge dent in these sites’ traffic metrics...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 12:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Congress Preparing to Beat up ICANN Again
ICANN will be called to task over new top level domain names next week. Next week The U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will hold an “ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing”. ...
Discussion
Congress Preparing to Beat up ICANN Again
ICANN will be called to task over new top level domain names next week. Next week The U.S. House Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet will hold an “ICANN Generic Top-Level Domains (gTLD) Oversight Hearing”. ...
Discussion
April 26, 2011, 11:39 am
