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NewYork.Net At $45K With Over an Hour to Go; Bosnia.com & Gibraltar.com Also Closing Today on Bido.com
A few domain auctions are ending today on Bido.com The domain name NewYork.net is currently at auction on Bido.com and the high bid is already at $45,000. The auction ends at around 3pm EST today. The “Bido.com” price is $90,000 The domai...
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NewYork.Net At $45K With Over an Hour to Go; Bosnia.com & Gibraltar.com Also Closing Today on Bido.com
A few domain auctions are ending today on Bido.com The domain name NewYork.net is currently at auction on Bido.com and the high bid is already at $45,000. The auction ends at around 3pm EST today. The “Bido.com” price is $90,000 The domai...
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June 22, 2011, 1:33 pm

The Domains
Network Solutions Hit With DDoS Attack & Domain Names Become Inaccessible
According to NetworkSolutions.com blog, they have been undergoing an Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for the past two days: “”Network Solutions experienced a distributed denial of service attack Monday afternoon, June 20, 2011...
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Network Solutions Hit With DDoS Attack & Domain Names Become Inaccessible
According to NetworkSolutions.com blog, they have been undergoing an Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack for the past two days: “”Network Solutions experienced a distributed denial of service attack Monday afternoon, June 20, 2011...
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June 22, 2011, 6:21 am

The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $642k In Domains Led By met.net For $22k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday June 19th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $642,155. The top seller of the week met.net at $22,500 followed by xcite.com at $18,000. Here is the full list: .com Sales &...
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Afternic.com Sells $642k In Domains Led By met.net For $22k
Afternic.com just released its sales for the week ending Sunday June 19th. All reportable domain sales $1k and over totalled $642,155. The top seller of the week met.net at $22,500 followed by xcite.com at $18,000. Here is the full list: .com Sales &...
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June 21, 2011, 4:57 pm

The Domains
DomainFest Extended Auction Closes Tommorow: So Far Over $25K In Bids
The extended auction from DomainFest ends on SnapNames.com tomorrow on June 22nd at 3:15pm EST There are about 500 domain names in the auction including all those in the live auction which did not sell As of time of publication, there are several dom...
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DomainFest Extended Auction Closes Tommorow: So Far Over $25K In Bids
The extended auction from DomainFest ends on SnapNames.com tomorrow on June 22nd at 3:15pm EST There are about 500 domain names in the auction including all those in the live auction which did not sell As of time of publication, there are several dom...
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June 21, 2011, 11:36 am

The Domains
NameJet To Hold A No Reserve .Co Auction
Namejet.com is holding a no reserve .Co domain name auction and the deadline to backorder domains is June 26th. Bidding starts at $69 a domain. Here is the list of domain names included in the auction: Backorder by June 26th! anabolic.co antlers.co a...
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NameJet To Hold A No Reserve .Co Auction
Namejet.com is holding a no reserve .Co domain name auction and the deadline to backorder domains is June 26th. Bidding starts at $69 a domain. Here is the list of domain names included in the auction: Backorder by June 26th! anabolic.co antlers.co a...
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June 21, 2011, 8:29 am

The Domains
One Day After The New gTLD Program Is Announced .Jewelers Comes Forward
According to a press release, a company called GJB Partners, LLC announced plans today to “secure, operate and market the top-level domain name “.Jewelers” “We are thrilled the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names an...
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One Day After The New gTLD Program Is Announced .Jewelers Comes Forward
According to a press release, a company called GJB Partners, LLC announced plans today to “secure, operate and market the top-level domain name “.Jewelers” “We are thrilled the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names an...
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June 21, 2011, 6:06 am

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The Auction For Power.com Goes Live: Minimum Bid $2.5 Million
Back in April we posted about the domain name Power.com hitting the auction block and today the auction went live. Power.com was registered back in 1992 and has never before made available for sale. The auction ends on September 22, 2011. The domain ...
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The Auction For Power.com Goes Live: Minimum Bid $2.5 Million
Back in April we posted about the domain name Power.com hitting the auction block and today the auction went live. Power.com was registered back in 1992 and has never before made available for sale. The auction ends on September 22, 2011. The domain ...
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June 20, 2011, 11:58 pm

The Domains
“I Want To Be A Billionaire” Sedo.com Sells Billionaire.com For $215k
What’s better than a million dollars, a billion dollars; so the line from the move goes, or it you prefer line from A song “I want to be a billionaire” Well Sedo just brokered the domain name Billionaire.com for a lot less than that...
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“I Want To Be A Billionaire” Sedo.com Sells Billionaire.com For $215k
What’s better than a million dollars, a billion dollars; so the line from the move goes, or it you prefer line from A song “I want to be a billionaire” Well Sedo just brokered the domain name Billionaire.com for a lot less than that...
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June 20, 2011, 8:25 pm

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At The End ICANN Stayed True To Its Word
Now that ICANN voted to approve the new gTLD program today in Singapore its interesting to note that ICANN fulfilled the promise it made just a few months ago at its meeting held in San Fransisco Meeting in March. Back at the San Fransisco ICANN Meet...
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At The End ICANN Stayed True To Its Word
Now that ICANN voted to approve the new gTLD program today in Singapore its interesting to note that ICANN fulfilled the promise it made just a few months ago at its meeting held in San Fransisco Meeting in March. Back at the San Fransisco ICANN Meet...
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June 20, 2011, 1:58 pm

The Domains
CNN.com: Forget .Com Here Comes .Coke
CNN.com is just one of the hundreds of new outlets that have already written about ICANN’s approval of the new gTLD program while you were sleeping. In a story entitled “Forget .com, here comes .coke”, CNN.com covers what almo...
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CNN.com: Forget .Com Here Comes .Coke
CNN.com is just one of the hundreds of new outlets that have already written about ICANN’s approval of the new gTLD program while you were sleeping. In a story entitled “Forget .com, here comes .coke”, CNN.com covers what almo...
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June 20, 2011, 8:01 am