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Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Poor customer service is one of the most irritating things to have to deal with. Bad customer service reps can be such a drain on a company. They are often times low paid and don’t really care much about the success or failure of th...
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CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 18, 2016
Poor customer service is one of the most irritating things to have to deal with. Bad customer service reps can be such a drain on a company. They are often times low paid and don’t really care much about the success or failure of th...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 6:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
BrandShield takes a different strategy in a world of many TLDs
How should brands manage infringement in a world of many top level domain names? Brandshield suggests taking a common sense approach. Brands face new challenges in a world of many new top level domain name options. Brand protection company BrandShiel...
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BrandShield takes a different strategy in a world of many TLDs
How should brands manage infringement in a world of many top level domain names? Brandshield suggests taking a common sense approach. Brands face new challenges in a world of many new top level domain name options. Brand protection company BrandShiel...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 5:24 pm
The Domains
Radix set to Launch .Store in April
Radix put out a press release today that they will be launching .Store in April. Dot store will start Sunrise on 6th April. The TLD will follow the same rollout as Radix’s last 3 launches. Sunrise will be followed by an Early Access Phase &...
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Radix set to Launch .Store in April
Radix put out a press release today that they will be launching .Store in April. Dot store will start Sunrise on 6th April. The TLD will follow the same rollout as Radix’s last 3 launches. Sunrise will be followed by an Early Access Phase &...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 4:36 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Add Over 1 Million Domain Registrations in Just Last 5 Days
According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD’s domain registrations grew by 1.1 million domains, in just the last 5 days. In terms of percentage of increase, the 1.1 million increase in new gTLD domain names, is close to a 9% increase in ...
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New gTLD Add Over 1 Million Domain Registrations in Just Last 5 Days
According to ntldstats.com, the number of new gTLD’s domain registrations grew by 1.1 million domains, in just the last 5 days. In terms of percentage of increase, the 1.1 million increase in new gTLD domain names, is close to a 9% increase in ...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tesla finally acquires Tesla.com domain name
Tesla.com now forwards to TeslaMotors.com. Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) has finally acquired the Tesla.com domain name. It is now forwarding Tesla.com to TeslaMotors.com. The domain name was registered in 1992, well before the company was formed. The e...
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Tesla finally acquires Tesla.com domain name
Tesla.com now forwards to TeslaMotors.com. Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA) has finally acquired the Tesla.com domain name. It is now forwarding Tesla.com to TeslaMotors.com. The domain name was registered in 1992, well before the company was formed. The e...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 2:24 pm
The Domains
In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 4th Largest Domain Extension
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been around since 2001 in the number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStat...
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In Less Than 2 Years, .XYZ Passes 14 Year Old .BIZ to Become 4th Largest Domain Extension
The new gTLD domain name extension, .XYZ is which won’t be two years old until, June of this year, just surpassed the domain extension .Biz which has been around since 2001 in the number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStat...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 1:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 18th
Another pretty good list today. But lets cut to something more interesting. How much Mr. Michael Berkens got from Godaddy. Frank Schilling (I think it was Frank) shared that the crowd that Godaddy paid more than the Marchex portfol...
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DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 18th
Another pretty good list today. But lets cut to something more interesting. How much Mr. Michael Berkens got from Godaddy. Frank Schilling (I think it was Frank) shared that the crowd that Godaddy paid more than the Marchex portfol...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 9:50 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 17th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 17th of February Auction Quick Recap Yesterday I had to turn my text notification for Godaddy auction off. My phone was blowing up with offer received texts. Someone must have gone through all the L...
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Auction Recap, 17th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 17th of February Auction Quick Recap Yesterday I had to turn my text notification for Godaddy auction off. My phone was blowing up with offer received texts. Someone must have gone through all the L...
Discussion
February 18, 2016, 5:54 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): SHGR.com, Ezzi.com, Tepui.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SHGR.com sold for $7,950 at Sedo, an...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): SHGR.com, Ezzi.com, Tepui.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. SHGR.com sold for $7,950 at Sedo, an...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 11:46 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Finally, it’s been 30 days since I added the new rows and the pesky divide by zero errors are gone. We have 30 day change number for 7N, 8N and 5L. Of course, there had to be zero 8N sales yesterday so it still shows -100%, but...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 17, 2016
Finally, it’s been 30 days since I added the new rows and the pesky divide by zero errors are gone. We have 30 day change number for 7N, 8N and 5L. Of course, there had to be zero 8N sales yesterday so it still shows -100%, but...
Discussion
February 17, 2016, 10:59 pm
