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Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 22, 2016
Take a look at the volume and dollars spent by day since I began tracking this stuff. There was a little bit of a bounce-back after the beginning of the year, but overall activity is a lot lower than the middle of December. Unfortunately,...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 22, 2016
Take a look at the volume and dollars spent by day since I began tracking this stuff. There was a little bit of a bounce-back after the beginning of the year, but overall activity is a lot lower than the middle of December. Unfortunately,...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 8:12 pm
The Domains
All Single Character .Car Domains Are Registered: Here Are the Available .Cars
I did a quite whois check and found that all single letter .Car and single number .Car domain names are now registered. Probably not shocking to anyone but of the 40 single charter .Car domain names that have been registered, 27 were registered at Ch...
Discussion
All Single Character .Car Domains Are Registered: Here Are the Available .Cars
I did a quite whois check and found that all single letter .Car and single number .Car domain names are now registered. Probably not shocking to anyone but of the 40 single charter .Car domain names that have been registered, 27 were registered at Ch...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 7:16 pm
The Domains
CENTR Reports There Are 311.5 Million Domains In The World
According to a new report out today (PDF) by CENTR, which is the European country code TLD organisation, as of December 31, there are 311.5 million domain names in the world. 158.7 million domain names are Legacy TLD’s including .com, .net and ...
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CENTR Reports There Are 311.5 Million Domains In The World
According to a new report out today (PDF) by CENTR, which is the European country code TLD organisation, as of December 31, there are 311.5 million domain names in the world. 158.7 million domain names are Legacy TLD’s including .com, .net and ...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 6:23 pm
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development: Lucra.Cars, STL.Cars, RentCar.Global, MarketPunch.Auto
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. An automotive theme this week, in consideration of the recent roll-out of .Cars, .Car and .Auto, which are now open for registration. A couple early adopters of those extensions are hig...
Discussion
New gTLD Development: Lucra.Cars, STL.Cars, RentCar.Global, MarketPunch.Auto
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. An automotive theme this week, in consideration of the recent roll-out of .Cars, .Car and .Auto, which are now open for registration. A couple early adopters of those extensions are hig...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 6:21 pm
The Domains
Report: Ad Fraud to cost advertisers $7.2 Billion in 2016
Mike O’Brien wrote an article on Clickz that delved into just how much ad fraud is costing companies. The article referenced a study called The 2015 Bot Baseline Report, that report concluded that advertisers will lose $7.2 billion in 2016. The...
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Report: Ad Fraud to cost advertisers $7.2 Billion in 2016
Mike O’Brien wrote an article on Clickz that delved into just how much ad fraud is costing companies. The article referenced a study called The 2015 Bot Baseline Report, that report concluded that advertisers will lose $7.2 billion in 2016. The...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 5:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
Discussion
2015’s Top 5: Google now part of Alphabet, uses abc.xyz
Farewell to 2015. 2015 was a busy year on Domain Name Wire. This is the first of five posts that will examine the top 5 most-trafficked stories of last year. I should start by saying these weren’t the most-visited of 2015, just the most-visited...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 5:11 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 22nd
Are you looking to get out of a few patterned LLLL.com and a few other types of names? I may be your guy. Save yourself some time and commission and give me a shot at them. Remember I am a reseller, not your Rich uncle. I am lookin...
Discussion
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for Friday, January 22nd
Are you looking to get out of a few patterned LLLL.com and a few other types of names? I may be your guy. Save yourself some time and commission and give me a shot at them. Remember I am a reseller, not your Rich uncle. I am lookin...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 10:40 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 21th of January Auction Quick Recap Starting tomorrow afternoon we may be in the grasp of Winter Storm Jonas. I didn’t know they started naming these things. They probably only do it in winter...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 20th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 21th of January Auction Quick Recap Starting tomorrow afternoon we may be in the grasp of Winter Storm Jonas. I didn’t know they started naming these things. They probably only do it in winter...
Discussion
January 22, 2016, 8:07 am
The Domains
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
Live Tweeting During NameJet.com Extended Auction from Namescon
Just a quick note that I will be Tweeting some bidding and auction results in real-time on our Twitter feed which is @thedomains We already pointed out all the domain names that have met reserve and will sell today over the last couple of hours, plea...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 7:51 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 21, 2016
The volume of 5i.com names sold today was amazing — nearly 1,000. The problem is they are trading for around 10 bucks each on average. I modified the chart today and removed the 7-day delta column and replaced it with a 30...
Discussion
January 21, 2016, 6:16 pm
