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Domain Shane
Auction Recap 4th of December
Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, For the 4th of December Yesterdays 4L Chip average was $2,040.64 Recap Quick Reference Table Going through the drop list these days takes a lot longer than it used to. Even if I have no intention of ...
Discussion
Auction Recap 4th of December
Recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, For the 4th of December Yesterdays 4L Chip average was $2,040.64 Recap Quick Reference Table Going through the drop list these days takes a lot longer than it used to. Even if I have no intention of ...
Discussion
December 4, 2015, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
How a creative agency switched from .Com to .Rocks
A New York web design agency took precautions when it decided to switch to a .rocks domain name. Earlier this year, web design and marketing firm Huemor decided it wanted to switch its online presence from HuemorDesigns.com to Huemor.rocks. “SE...
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How a creative agency switched from .Com to .Rocks
A New York web design agency took precautions when it decided to switch to a .rocks domain name. Earlier this year, web design and marketing firm Huemor decided it wanted to switch its online presence from HuemorDesigns.com to Huemor.rocks. “SE...
Discussion
December 4, 2015, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Where did China go?
Where did China go? We’ve grown accustomed to seeing China claim around 40% of the top 20 sales; and Chinese-style domains usually rank very high in these charts – #2 last week, #1 the week before, ...
Discussion
Where did China go?
Where did China go? We’ve grown accustomed to seeing China claim around 40% of the top 20 sales; and Chinese-style domains usually rank very high in these charts – #2 last week, #1 the week before, ...
Discussion
December 4, 2015, 2:47 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 4th
Most of the advertising I do locally is radio. I choose radio because its one of the last markets that I can cover completely during certain times of the day. The only TV anyone watches live anymore is local news and sports. After t...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 4th
Most of the advertising I do locally is radio. I choose radio because its one of the last markets that I can cover completely during certain times of the day. The only TV anyone watches live anymore is local news and sports. After t...
Discussion
December 4, 2015, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names
The government of China is clamping down on registrants of .com domain names. Regulations that have prevented Chinese residents from using many new top level domain names will soon affect .com and .net domain name registrations, too. The rules will a...
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China to enforce Real Name Verification on .Com Domain Names
The government of China is clamping down on registrants of .com domain names. Regulations that have prevented Chinese residents from using many new top level domain names will soon affect .com and .net domain name registrations, too. The rules will a...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 10:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
The Latest .Com Winners and Losers
Uniregistry and China continue to show good transfer results. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from August. As I do every month, I crunched the numbers to see which registrars performed best. Keep in mind that these report...
Discussion
The Latest .Com Winners and Losers
Uniregistry and China continue to show good transfer results. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from August. As I do every month, I crunched the numbers to see which registrars performed best. Keep in mind that these report...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 8:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Smart and timely marketing from .XYZ
Company continues to jump on demand from Chinese investors. The market for short and numeric domain names is hot right now, and smart top level domain name registries are marketing to this opportunity. Consider .XYZ, which posted a page showing avail...
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Smart and timely marketing from .XYZ
Company continues to jump on demand from Chinese investors. The market for short and numeric domain names is hot right now, and smart top level domain name registries are marketing to this opportunity. Consider .XYZ, which posted a page showing avail...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to invest in domain names through an IRA or 401(k)
Investing in domain names through a retirement account might allow you to defer taxes. Earlier this week I introduced UpMoney, my new site about investing, spending and saving. In one of the posts I interviewed Kirk Chisholm, Principal of wealth mana...
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How to invest in domain names through an IRA or 401(k)
Investing in domain names through a retirement account might allow you to defer taxes. Earlier this week I introduced UpMoney, my new site about investing, spending and saving. In one of the posts I interviewed Kirk Chisholm, Principal of wealth mana...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 6:40 pm
The Domains
Namejet.com Reports $1.56 Million In Domain Sales In November
Namejet.com just issued its sales report for November reporting $1,561,991.00 in domain names sold. Namejet.com only report sales of $2,000 or more and for which payment was made by the end of the month. The top 16 sales had 4 characters or les...
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Namejet.com Reports $1.56 Million In Domain Sales In November
Namejet.com just issued its sales report for November reporting $1,561,991.00 in domain names sold. Namejet.com only report sales of $2,000 or more and for which payment was made by the end of the month. The top 16 sales had 4 characters or les...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
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.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
Discussion
December 3, 2015, 4:26 pm
