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Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 11th
Quite a few names on Namejet today. It was a little slower with a number of people skipping the last week for Chinese New Year but its now coming back. Too many to list which is a nice change. On a non domain investing but kind of a dom...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, Feb 11th
Quite a few names on Namejet today. It was a little slower with a number of people skipping the last week for Chinese New Year but its now coming back. Too many to list which is a nice change. On a non domain investing but kind of a dom...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 10:04 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): CardX.com, LandSurvey.com, Offset.de, 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. LandSurvey.com sold for $26,471 at N...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): CardX.com, LandSurvey.com, Offset.de, 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. LandSurvey.com sold for $26,471 at N...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 4:15 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 10th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of February Auction Quick Recap We all worry about “leaving money on the table” every time we sell a name. Some people lose sleep over it, others have trouble pulling the trigg...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 10th of February 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of February Auction Quick Recap We all worry about “leaving money on the table” every time we sell a name. Some people lose sleep over it, others have trouble pulling the trigg...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 4:03 am
Domain Name Wire
.Music domain name applicant fails in community bid
A second applicant fails to get community status for .music top level domain name. DotMusic Limited, an applicant for the .music top level domain name, has failed to pass its Community Priority Evaluation. Had it passed, the group would have automati...
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.Music domain name applicant fails in community bid
A second applicant fails to get community status for .music top level domain name. DotMusic Limited, an applicant for the .music top level domain name, has failed to pass its Community Priority Evaluation. Had it passed, the group would have automati...
Discussion
February 11, 2016, 1:47 am
The Domains
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
Discussion
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows up 8.2% – Verisign up 1% ahead of earnings tomorrow
Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 706.85 +5.83 (0.83%) Godadd...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 9:21 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve included a chart showing the last 30 days of 6N.com (No 0/4), because there has been so much activity in that space. On top of the volume spikes, the data shows a nice increase in average prices for this category of names. The pos...
Discussion
CHINESE SALES TRENDS FOR FEBRUARY 10, 2016
I’ve included a chart showing the last 30 days of 6N.com (No 0/4), because there has been so much activity in that space. On top of the volume spikes, the data shows a nice increase in average prices for this category of names. The pos...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 8:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign files opening brief in appeal against .XYZ
David v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge dismis...
Discussion
Verisign files opening brief in appeal against .XYZ
David v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge dismis...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 7:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
FundMe.com and GoFundMe.com in trademark spat
Two similarly-named companies are on a collision course. The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowfunding. Fu...
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FundMe.com and GoFundMe.com in trademark spat
Two similarly-named companies are on a collision course. The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowfunding. Fu...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big companies recently registered these domain names
Here are some interesting domain name registrations undertaken by large companies in recent days. Companies made a bunch of hand registrations and domain acquisitions the past couple days. Although none of them rise to the level of writing a dedicate...
Discussion
Big companies recently registered these domain names
Here are some interesting domain name registrations undertaken by large companies in recent days. Companies made a bunch of hand registrations and domain acquisitions the past couple days. Although none of them rise to the level of writing a dedicate...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 5:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mobile phone service continues to lift Tucows
Domain names are the base, but mobile phone service contributes the most gross margin. Tucows, one of the largest domain name registrars, released fourth quarter and full year financial results yesterday. Fourth quarter revenue hit $45 million, with ...
Discussion
Mobile phone service continues to lift Tucows
Domain names are the base, but mobile phone service contributes the most gross margin. Tucows, one of the largest domain name registrars, released fourth quarter and full year financial results yesterday. Fourth quarter revenue hit $45 million, with ...
Discussion
February 10, 2016, 5:06 pm
