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Domain Name Wire
NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
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NameBio Gets a New Look – A Sign of Things to Come?
Domain sales database gets a facelift. Last year domain name investor Adam Strong and a partner purchased domain name sales database NameBio. You probably wouldn’t have noticed, though, as the site stayed the same. Until today. I just went to t...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction
Breaking News: I read the short story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and realize that it is the same thing as most of the breaking news stories. You get my attention the first time but after I realize it’s not really breaking news, ...
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Friday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction
Breaking News: I read the short story “The Boy Who Cried Wolf” and realize that it is the same thing as most of the breaking news stories. You get my attention the first time but after I realize it’s not really breaking news, ...
Discussion
April 15, 2011, 9:12 am
Domain Name News
Firefox Add-on “Undoes” U.S. Government Domain Seizures | TorrentFreak
In light of the recent domain name seizures, a new Add-on for Firefox called “MAFIAA Fire“, bypasses the seizure of domain names by the US government. The plugin contains a list of the seized domains and will redirect the user to an alter...
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Firefox Add-on “Undoes” U.S. Government Domain Seizures | TorrentFreak
In light of the recent domain name seizures, a new Add-on for Firefox called “MAFIAA Fire“, bypasses the seizure of domain names by the US government. The plugin contains a list of the seized domains and will redirect the user to an alter...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:10 pm
The Domains
Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
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Google Releases Earnings: Revenues Up 27%; Paid Clicks Up 18%; Cost Per Click Up 8%: Domainers Income Still Down
After the Market closed today Google announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011: The highlights are that: “Google reported revenues of $8.58 billion for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, an increase of 27% compared to the ...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:09 pm
The Domains
GroceryStores.com Sells On NameJet.com For $22K; Publicize.com Sells for $10,099
The domain name GroceryStores.com sold on NameJet.com today for $22,329. It was another one of those Nielsen Research domains they received when they bought out another company some of which sold on NameJet.com the other day. Another good domain, pub...
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GroceryStores.com Sells On NameJet.com For $22K; Publicize.com Sells for $10,099
The domain name GroceryStores.com sold on NameJet.com today for $22,329. It was another one of those Nielsen Research domains they received when they bought out another company some of which sold on NameJet.com the other day. Another good domain, pub...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 4:02 pm
The Domains
Sears Files Suit Over DieHardSpray.com
Sears Roebuck and Co. and one of its companies have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago against a Georgia online company for selling a sexual enhancement product marketed under the “DieHard” brand name. Sears and KCD IP LLC, an a...
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Sears Files Suit Over DieHardSpray.com
Sears Roebuck and Co. and one of its companies have filed suit in U.S. District Court in Chicago against a Georgia online company for selling a sexual enhancement product marketed under the “DieHard” brand name. Sears and KCD IP LLC, an a...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 2:39 pm
Elliot's Blog
5 With Andrew Rosener… CEO of Media Options
Andrew Rosener, founder of MediaOptions.com, is another classic example of someone who just happened to stumble into the domain industry. He had purchased a few domains of personal interest in the late 90′s, but it wasn’t until 2005...
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5 With Andrew Rosener… CEO of Media Options
Andrew Rosener, founder of MediaOptions.com, is another classic example of someone who just happened to stumble into the domain industry. He had purchased a few domains of personal interest in the late 90′s, but it wasn’t until 2005...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 1:22 pm
The Domains
.ME Becomes 2nd Registry To Waive Renewal Fees For Domain Holders In Japan: Still No Word From Verisign
Today following a similar announcement by the .Org registry last week, the .ME registry also anncouned its was going to help domain holders located in Japan by giving them automatic renewals of their domains. Here is the press release by the .M...
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.ME Becomes 2nd Registry To Waive Renewal Fees For Domain Holders In Japan: Still No Word From Verisign
Today following a similar announcement by the .Org registry last week, the .ME registry also anncouned its was going to help domain holders located in Japan by giving them automatic renewals of their domains. Here is the press release by the .M...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 8:15 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Looks like I screwed up my dates yesterday putting a lot of today’s names on yesterday’s list. There were plenty of great names left over for today’s list so no worries, I got you covered. Enjoy 7388.com The double 8 at the en...
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Thursday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
Looks like I screwed up my dates yesterday putting a lot of today’s names on yesterday’s list. There were plenty of great names left over for today’s list so no worries, I got you covered. Enjoy 7388.com The double 8 at the en...
Discussion
April 14, 2011, 2:59 am
Domain Name Wire
DotAsia Announces IDN Release Details
DotAsia IDN launch plans released. DotAsia today announced more details for its upcoming launch of .asia IDNs. .Asia IDNs will be released in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified matched), Japanese and Korean. A seventy day sunrise period for rights h...
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DotAsia Announces IDN Release Details
DotAsia IDN launch plans released. DotAsia today announced more details for its upcoming launch of .asia IDNs. .Asia IDNs will be released in Chinese (Traditional and Simplified matched), Japanese and Korean. A seventy day sunrise period for rights h...
Discussion
April 13, 2011, 8:42 pm