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• Back To The Future: Namesco Rebrands Back To Its URL Names.co.uk

  Namesco, “one of the UK’s top domain name, web hosting and website builder providers” has going back to its registered .co.uk roots and rebranded the company... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• DomainMarket’s SnapNames Auction Ends Today & All That Is Missing Are Bidders

  Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com is holding an auction of some really good domains over at SnapNames.com, including HappyBirthday.com, Bailout.com, Crime.org and... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Oversee Should Have Secured The Domain Webfest.com Before Changing The Name Of...

  When Oversee.net announced a few months ago it was changing its name from Domainfest to Webfest you would have thought they would have at least secured the righ... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• What? Kim Kardashian Is The KeyNote Speaker for Webfest Global

  Kim Kardashian has been named as the KeyNote Speaker for Webfest Global. Yes I have the same look on my face when I got the email from Oversee this evening. “‘A... Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 BUSINESS, CELEB, TECH

• Register.com Is Offering $.50 New Domains Registrations On .Com, .Net .Org +

  Register.com is offering new registrations for just $.50 for any .com, .net., .org, .info .biz or .us domain name. The offer is being advertised on Google.... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Panama.com Hits The Market With A $1.6 Million Asking Price

  TobyClements.com just sent out his daily domain newsletter and topping the list today is the domain name Panama.com The asking price is $1,600,000. Panama. Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• DomainMongrel.com Launches New Domain Appraisal Tool: Here’s Some Comparisons

  If your a frequent reader of TheDomains.com you know we are not great fans on domain name appraisal tools so we might be surprised to see us announce yet anothe... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Yahoo Acquires Snip.it For The “Ten’s of Millions of Dollars”

  According to a post on the company blog, Snip.it has been acquired by Yahoo for what Cnet.com is reporting to be in the “ten’s of millions of dollars” Here is... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Capitol Music Wins UDRP & Gets Back The Domain It Lost in 2010:...

  Complainant Capitol Records, LLC d/b/a Capitol Music Group (“Complainant”),  gained control of the domain name capitolmusicgroup.com in a UDRP that is owned... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Afternic Sells $1 Million In Domain Led By Everclear.com For $18K

  Afternic.com just released it sales for the week  of 1/14/12 – 1/20/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000,... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Reports: Revenues Up 36%; Paid Clicks Up 24%; Cost Per Click Down 6%

  After the stock market closed today Google reported its earnings for the quarter and fiscal year ending December 31, 2012 which we better than expected sending... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.6 Million

  Over the past week, 1076 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling just under $1.6m. Over 42% of total sales were the result of Bu... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• IDNX/Sedo: Number Crunching Shows, Domains Sell Faster With “Charm Prices”

  This is a Guest Post by Thies Lindenthal, Sedo.com’s product manager for domain pricing, and a visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Mega.co Hits the Auction Block At Flippa With A $1,000,000 Buy It Now Price

  Flippa.com just announced on Twitter  that the domain name Mega.co is at auction on its site and can be yours for the Buy It Now price (BIN) of just $1,000,000. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• SelectHealth Loses UDRP On Parked Domain SelectHealth.com

  SelectHealth, Inc. of Murray, Utah just lost a UDRP on a direct match domain of its trademark SelectHealth.com The one member panel noted that the domain name... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• SeekingAlpha: “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2.0′”

  SeekingAlpha.com a publication that goes out to stock investors.  In a post entitled “Get Ready To Profit From The ‘Dot-Com Boom 2. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Fred Mercaldo/CitiesPlanet.com Lauches Osaka.com

  According to a press release Fred Mercaldo/CitiesPlanet.com has Launched the website Osaka.com. “”Osaka.com has been developed by CitiesPlanet.com, the largest... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Register.com/Netsol Must Have A Different Defination Of A “Premium” Domains...

  

  I got this email a few days ago from Register.com/NetworkSolutions Its certainly by no means the first of these type of emails I get from registrars. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Top 50 Most Requested New gTLD’s Domain Names: The One With The Most Apps Is 49th

  

  United Domains announced this week that it has pre-registered over 1,000,000 new gTLD’s domain names. Below are the top 50 new gTLD’s extensions and the number... Read more

  Posted on 19 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Who Are Simonas Balnys & Bill Everett & Why Do They Keep Sending Offers & Never...

  As a large domain portfolio owner I get lots of offers and lots of spam. Most the spam I can get rid of by marking it Junk and all future emails that follow wil... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2013 BUSINESS, TECH