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Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 5th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 5th of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,091.33 Auction Quick Recap Late edition today. Lots of numbers out there. I ha...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 5th of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 5th of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,091.33 Auction Quick Recap Late edition today. Lots of numbers out there. I ha...
Discussion
January 6, 2016, 6:43 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions for Two Weeks Total Just $2 Million; 56% are BIN
Sedo reported 648 transactions for the past two weeks totaling $2 Million Dollars 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Going forward Sedo is following Namejet.com and only reporting sales of 2K or more in any currency. The hi...
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Sedo Transactions for Two Weeks Total Just $2 Million; 56% are BIN
Sedo reported 648 transactions for the past two weeks totaling $2 Million Dollars 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Going forward Sedo is following Namejet.com and only reporting sales of 2K or more in any currency. The hi...
Discussion
January 6, 2016, 12:55 am
Domain Name Wire
December’s Top 5 Domain Name Stories
Here’s how 2016 concluded in the domain name world. It’s 2016 and NamesCon is just around the corner. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves–what big news stories broke last month? From a poor UDRP decision to the acquisition of...
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December’s Top 5 Domain Name Stories
Here’s how 2016 concluded in the domain name world. It’s 2016 and NamesCon is just around the corner. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves–what big news stories broke last month? From a poor UDRP decision to the acquisition of...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 7:36 pm
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 5, 2016
I still get a Chinese language email offer nearly every day for at least one of my 4L or 4i .com names, but where I have really seen a spike in offers is for my 4i .net names. I get a few of these every day now, but the offer prices have risen ...
Discussion
CHINESE AUCTION TRENDS FOR JANUARY 5, 2016
I still get a Chinese language email offer nearly every day for at least one of my 4L or 4i .com names, but where I have really seen a spike in offers is for my 4i .net names. I get a few of these every day now, but the offer prices have risen ...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 7:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon registrations top 1,100
NamesCon will top its own record for attendance at a domain business conference. Next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas will be the biggest yet, by far. As of last Saturday morning, registrations crossed the 1,100 mark. I bet a lot more p...
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NamesCon registrations top 1,100
NamesCon will top its own record for attendance at a domain business conference. Next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas will be the biggest yet, by far. As of last Saturday morning, registrations crossed the 1,100 mark. I bet a lot more p...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kabei.com, JunGong.com lead expired domain report
[Editor’s note: this Expired Domain Report normally would have been published at the end of last week. It was delayed due to the New Year holiday.] After a pair of 5-figure Chinese Pinyin domains topped the previous chart, my first reactio...
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Kabei.com, JunGong.com lead expired domain report
[Editor’s note: this Expired Domain Report normally would have been published at the end of last week. It was delayed due to the New Year holiday.] After a pair of 5-figure Chinese Pinyin domains topped the previous chart, my first reactio...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 3:35 pm
The Domains
Rightside Adds Short New gTLD’s With Normal Reserve To ROTD/Namescon Auction
Rightside® (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced that it will be participating in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference that will be held next Monday, January 11th at 2PM EST. All domain names carry a normal renewa...
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Rightside Adds Short New gTLD’s With Normal Reserve To ROTD/Namescon Auction
Rightside® (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced that it will be participating in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference that will be held next Monday, January 11th at 2PM EST. All domain names carry a normal renewa...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 3:35 pm
The Domains
The Number of .Com Domains Top 124 Million For The First Time
According to Verisign the number of the .Com domain names has crossed the 124 million mark for the first time today. As of Dec. 31, 2014, the base of registered names in .com equaled 115.6 million names. We are running a poll on the right hand...
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The Number of .Com Domains Top 124 Million For The First Time
According to Verisign the number of the .Com domain names has crossed the 124 million mark for the first time today. As of Dec. 31, 2014, the base of registered names in .com equaled 115.6 million names. We are running a poll on the right hand...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
I’ll pay $500k for your domain name. Psych! Here’s a UDRP.
French company files UDRP after offering to buy a domain name for $500,000. Plug “buy followers” into Google and you’ll get 624,000 results. In a rush to look important online, companies spend lots of money buying low-quality social...
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I’ll pay $500k for your domain name. Psych! Here’s a UDRP.
French company files UDRP after offering to buy a domain name for $500,000. Plug “buy followers” into Google and you’ll get 624,000 results. In a rush to look important online, companies spend lots of money buying low-quality social...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Efty Launches For-Sale Landing Page Theme Gallery
Leading domain name management and investment platform Efty announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind service, offering a For-Sale landing page theme gallery for domain owners using the software. The theme gallery, which launched earli...
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Efty Launches For-Sale Landing Page Theme Gallery
Leading domain name management and investment platform Efty announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind service, offering a For-Sale landing page theme gallery for domain owners using the software. The theme gallery, which launched earli...
Discussion
January 5, 2016, 1:00 pm
