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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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According to RegistrarStats .Top Gains 422,000 Domain Names In One Day
The .Top registry added a mind blowing 422,133 domain registrations in one day according to RegistrarStats.com. .Top gained 422,133 domain registrations... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
18 Year Old Domain EquipmentTrader.com Lost To TM Holder of “HEAVY EQUIPMENT...
In another horrible decision, The domain name EquipmentTrader.com was just lost in UDRP, United States trademark registration for the words HEAVY EQUIPMENT... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 BUSINESS -
Godaddy Sells A Bunch of Three Letter .Com/.Net Domains
Godaddy has sold a bunch of three letter domain names including two .com’s most to XiaoFeng Lin of China in the past two days. The other buyers appear to be fro... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Win Becomes 4th New gTLD To Break 1 Million Registrations
The new gTLD .Win has become the 4th new gTLD to break the 1 million domain registration mark. According to RegistrarStats.com, which also takes into account... Read more
Posted on 22 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
ClintonKaine.com Seller “I Still Have Control of ClintonKaine.com Through My...
Jeremey Pegg is the gentleman who sold ClintonKaine.com for $15,000 on Flippa. He tweeted out yesterday the following: $13,200 appeared in my bank account today... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Garry Chernoff and Nat Cohen To Be Inducted Into The Domain Industry Hall of Fame
Two legendary domain investors; Garry Chernoff and Nat Cohen, will be inducted as the newest members of the Domain Industry Hall of Fame during The Domain... Read more
Posted on 19 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
11 SEO Myths Debunked
Tereza Litsa took a look at some common SEO myths and provided a rebuttal to each one. In total Tereza covered 11 topics, starting with “Seo is dead” to the... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed On ZL.com By German Law Firm
The domain name ZL.com has been hit with a UDRP The Complainant is Zirngibl Langwieser Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft which seems to be using the domain name... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
A Surprising Number of Users Can’t Recognize Paid Ads in Google Search
Graham Charlton published an article on how many users can’t recognize a PPC ad in Google search. Now I remembered reading another article a few months back... Read more
Posted on 18 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
ClintonKaine.com For Sale For $90K, Sells For $15K But Not To Clinton
The domain name ClintonKaine.com which was for sale for $90,000 a few weeks ago just sold for $15,000. The owner of the domain Jeremy P. Green confirmed the... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bigfoot Ventures of NYC Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking in...
Bigfoot Ventures LLC of New York, New York, represented by Morton Associates LLP has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Afilias Asks ICANN To Disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 Million Winning Bid for .Web
Afilias has written ICANN asking that it disqualify Nu Dot Co’s $135 million winning bid for .Web, which as we now know would give Verisign (VRSN) control of... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Ename is Now a Public Company in China
According to a newsletter from DN.com the popular Chinese registrar/marketplace Ename has gone public. According to the statistic in the Information... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Let’s Do Some Business
Last week over 150 readers told us their top/favorite domain and how much they wanted for it. In most cases these prices were at the retail/enduser level. Read more
Posted on 14 August 2016 BUSINESS -
Sens. Cruz; Lee & Duffy Ask DOJ to Review Whether To Extend Verisign Contract...
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), and Rep. Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) sent a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice (DOJ) Acting Assistant... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Internet Commerce Association’s Comment To ICANN Over Verisign Contract
The Internet Commerce Association (the ICA) has filed a comment with ICANN over the proposed Verisign Contract which would start in 2018. Read more
Posted on 12 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Two Years After Starting Service in Prague, UBER Picks up UBER.CZ
It looks like Uber acquired the domain Uber.cz. The domain is now registered at Mark Monitor. Almost two years to date that the service became available in... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Five Reasons Why an End User May Not Be Buying Your Domain Name
Many domain investors get frustrated when they feel they have the right domain for the right buyer yet cannot close a sale. There can be many reasons why a... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
From PenguinSex.com to Harbor.com – Readers Shared Their Top Domains
So we did something last week that TheDomains had never done in it’s 9 year existence. We let the readers take over and tell everyone what their best name was... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Report Produces 2 Six Figure Sales
Sedo had some big sales this week, Furniture.co.uk led the way, followed by Broker.com. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: broker.com at 375,000 USD Top... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2016 BUSINESS, TECH
