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  • Nominet reconsiders second level .uk domains (and it may be good for domainers)
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    New plan gives rights to existing domain registrants and offers lower pricing. Nominet, the registry behind the .uk namespace for the United Kingdom, has put forth a new plan to offer second level domains to the public. Currently, registrations are only available at the third level. The group’s previous proposal to offer domains such as [...]

  • Customize a Sedo parked page with your own sales channel
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    Sedo lets some clients send sales leads to different channels than Sedo’s marketplace. An alert reader came across a parked page using Sedo that caught his attention. Rather than Sedo’s standard message “The domain example.com may be for sale by its owner!” with a link to the listing on Sedo, the message looked like this: [...]

  • Using Flippa and other Marketplaces to Generate Domain and Development Ideas
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Brian Diener: Many people that email me about development are looking for ideas about what type of names to develop and how to monetize them. One easy way to come up with ideas, or see what has worked for others is to check marketplaces. The biggest website marketplace today is Flippa, with thousands of sites listed,  but

  • Afternic.com Sells $1.2 Million Led By Quif.com At $20K
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     The Domains: Afternic.com just released its weekly report for the week of 6/10/13 – 6/16/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,202,401 All sales were led by Quif.com which sold for $20,000. Non-.com sales were led by Knowledge.info at $12,000   .com Sales Price quif.c...

  • Kayne West & Kim Baby Name Already Registered, Parked & For Sale?
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     The Domains: According to Inquisitr.com, Kayne West and Kim Kardashian have named their new baby Kaidence Donda West. The domain name KaidenceDondaWest.com was registered today under privacy at Godaddy.com and is parked at Bodis.com and for sale for just $100. Another publication mediatakeout.com, speculated the name of the baby was  Klementine S...

  • Deals.com Sold For $4.7 Million – A Closer Look
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     DNSR.com: We take a close rlook at the sale of Deals.com for $4.7MThe post Deals.com Sold For $4.7 Million – A Closer Look appeared first on DNSR.

  • Google and Gmail to begin offering PRISM-free accounts
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     DomainGang.com: Google, already the titan in search engine volume, stores information about trillions of web pages and other private communication, such as email. Gmail was included on the PRISM list, the secret initiative by the NSA that allegedly processes mass amounts of raw data in real time. If you concerned about your privacy online, particula...

  • Y Combinator-backed Startup FilePicker.io Raises $1.8M And Rebrands As InkFilePicker.com
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     MorganLinton.com: It happens all the time, a startup raises funding and decides to put some of their raise towards a stronger domain name. However, in other cases they just change the name because after raising a round they are ready to brand under a different name. That is the case with FilePicker.io who announced today that

  • Verisign Launches Domain Inspiration
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     HybridDomainer.com: By: Raymond Hackney Verisign has launched DomainInspiration.com which is an app that finds domains available in .com/.net/.tv based off your Facebook profile, your location and interests. What is The Domain Inspiration App? It's a free web application that lets you find available domains in .com, .net, .tv and .name based on your p...

  • Gaijin-san Domainer: Pay rent this month… or my cell phone bill?
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     DomainGang.com: Welcome to another edition of the Gaijin-san Domainer. This is David J. Walker’s second story about life, the Internet and domain names in Japan. If you missed the first part, then by all means click here. -*- Overdue Cell Phone Bill: Arm, Leg or Kidney? – by Gaijin-san Domainer. On Commodore Matthew C. Perry’s second

  • Daily Picks for .Travel Auction at SnapNames 6/18/13
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Encirca.com: Don't miss these names at snapnames: PILOTS.TRAVEL TIMEOUT.TRAVEL SAILORS.TRAVEL SPA.TRAVEL

  • Overwhelming Response So I Did Another One For You — Discoveries 1500 Words and Names .CO...
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     DropGRABS.com:  Overwhelming Response So I Did Another One For You — Discoveries 1500 Words and Names .COM .NET .ORG .INFO .BIZ .US .TV .MOBI Portion of the Availables Posted on DropGrabs.com — Enjoy. . . – Available – Grab for Reg Fee - Tuesday - June 18, 2013 * * *

  • Nominet reconsiders second level .uk domains (and it may be good for domainers)
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Domain Name Wire: New plan gives rights to existing domain registrants and offers lower pricing. Nominet, the registry behind the .uk namespace for the United Kingdom, has put forth a new plan to offer second level domains to the public. Currently, registrations are only available at the third level. The group’s previous proposal to offer domain...

  • Video: Tips To Overcoming Digital Addiction
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     The Frager factor: These days, we rely on our devices for everything, so it isn't hard to develop a digital addiction. Addiction Specialist & Lifestyle Interventionist Brad Lamm explained how to unplug when he dropped by Mondays With Marlo. Brad said that you must power down at night, unless you're a doctor or someone who needs to be available in an em...

  • Sedo latest sales: LowCostVitamins.com 17,5k USD, SpiritFlix.com 15k USD, etc.
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     OnlineDomain.com: Here are some of the most notable sales at Sedo during the past week. These are sales that were published after the latest Sedo report was released last Tuesday. Please find below the list of domain names that were sold … Continue reading →

  • .Host Pre-Registrations at HostingCon
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Elliot Silver: Radix Registry will be the operator of the .Host domain registry, as it is one of the uncontested strings for which the company applied. Smartly, the company just announced that it will be accepting pre-registrations for .Host domain names at HostingCon, which is being held in Austin, Texas right now. There are three applicants for T...

  • Radix Registry Announces Launch of Pre-Registration for .host Domains
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     The Domains: According to press release, Radix Registry, operators of the upcoming .host TLD are pleased to announce the launch of pre-registration for .host domain names. .Host is the new TLD created specifically for the hosting industry, and one of three uncontested strings applied by Radix. Radix is the only applicant for the new gTLD .host  b...

  • An Annotated Domain Name Purchase Agreement: Explaining the Key Provisions
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     DNattorney.com: By Zak Muscovitch. The following article will present a fairly standard domain name purchase agreement and will explain some of the main provisions through annotations. The purpose of this article is to provide a basic guide to understanding some of the typical legal provisions that buyers and sellers of domain names will often see ...

  • Customize a Sedo parked page with your own sales channel
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Domain Name Wire: Sedo lets some clients send sales leads to different channels than Sedo’s marketplace. An alert reader came across a parked page using Sedo that caught his attention. Rather than Sedo’s standard message “The domain example.com may be for sale by its owner!” with a link to the listing on Sedo, the message looke...

  • Startup CTO Corner #3: How To Be A Lean CTO
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     MorganLinton.com: I am the CTO of a Lean Startup, before I go any further, let me make sure everyone knows what “Lean” means. Lean is a startup methodology popularized by Eric Ries, it does not mean bootstrapping or running your company financially lean, it’s all about customer development. Of course now I’ve introduced another...

  • Domain Auction Prediction Algorithm
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     Elliot Silver: Every once in a while, I think of a tool I think would be helpful to my business. I don’t have any type of computer programming background, so instead of spinning my wheels and throwing money at something I wouldn’t be able to adequately tackle, I figured I’d write a blog post about it and The post Domain Auction Pr...

  • Blast from Past Forbes.com Article talking about premium domains 13 Years Ago.
    Jun 18, 2013 - From Domaining.com
     RobbiesBlog.com: Blast from Past Forbes.com Story talking about premium domains 13 Years Ago. I came across this article yesterday and this is one I think many should read it covers two of the internet’s early premium domain investors Gerald Gorman and Gary Millin, These two banking executives turned domain entrepreneurs have been investing in ...

  • A free tool to find targeted buyers for your domains
    Jun 17, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    Video explains a little-known tool for finding relevant buyers for domain names. Over the years a number of tools have been developed to help domain owners find buyers for their domain names. These tools typically search for similar domains as well as online advertisers bidding for the terms found in the domain. But the best [...]

  • Bar None: Photos & Highlights from the Ari Goldberger Family's Celebration of Life
    Jun 17, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    As I told you in my last Lowdown post, when I was getting ready to head out for Cherry Hill, New Jersey to attend this past weekend's bar mitzvah for Ari Goldberger's son Josh, I was expecting the kind of BIG production that Ari is known for. Even so, the event wound up far exceeding my already high expectations.

  • True Value exhibits bad values in domain name dispute
    Jun 17, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    Hardware cooperative makes shaky claims in UDRP against webhosting company. I think the best way to start this UDRP analysis is with a couple screenshots. First, here’s a shot of hardware cooperative True Value’s web site: Now, here’s a screenshot for TrueValueWeb.com, which offers webhosting and internet technology services: True Value filed a UDRP against [...]

  • Domainers have personal lives, too…
    Jun 14, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    They don’t sit behind a computer all day. (Just most of it.) I’m going to end this Friday with a post that has nothing to do with domains, except that the people it’s about are in the domain industry. First, domain attorney and domain investor Ari Goldberger is holding a Bar Mitzvah Saturday for his [...]

  • Target, IBM, and other big names buy domain names on the aftermarket
    Jun 14, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    Big companies turn to Sedo to buy domain names. This week’s list of Sedo end user sales includes some big names including Target, IBM, Verifone, and iRobot. There were also a couple three letter .com sales. Here’s the list: As I wrote earlier, Kim Dotcom bought k.im for $20,000. The owner of compusurge.net bought compusurge.com [...]

  • Donuts explains auction results to date
    Jun 13, 2013 - From Domain Name Wire
    Donuts discusses first new TLD auction results. New TLD applicant Donuts participated in six private auctions to resolve contention sets. It won one of the auctions and lost the other five. Here is a statement from the company about the results so far. Donuts won the bidding for .PHOTOGRAPHY. According to the auction agreement terms, [...]

  • Why a Webcast May Be This Weekend's Best Show & What Ari Goldberger Has to Do With It!
    Jun 13, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    Though he has been an entrepreneur since he was a kid, business has always taken a back seat to attorney Ari Goldberger's family. He pulls out all the stops for major life events involving his wife & kids and one of those is coming up this weekend that you can watch on the web!

  • 6-Figure Drought Ends With DomainNameSales Ringing Up One of Year's 10 Biggest Sales
    Jun 12, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    After three consecutive weeks with no six-figure sales reported, DomainNameSales.com ended the aftermarket's high end hiatus by booking one of the 10 biggest sales reported so far this year. Meanwhile the market's mid-range continued to flourish.

  • Frank Schilling Announces Major Improvements at DomainNameSales.com
    Jun 11, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    DomainNameSales.com had an immediate impact on the domain sales business when the site launched last year. Frank Schilling and his team have been continually improving the platform ever since then and Schilling says the latest version has been a major breakthrough.

  • T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Las Vegas 2013: A Pictorial Review of the Big Show at the Bellagio
    Jun 10, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    For a a fresh perspective our customary final T.R.A.F.F.I.C. review article is being presented in a pictorial review format this time around. Our photos, almost all previously unpublished and presented in chronological order, will take you through the big show from start to finish!

  • A European Elected to Chair ICANN's Registrar Stakeholder Group For the First Time
    Jun 07, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    Despite the huge role European countries play in the global domain industry no one from the continent has ever chaired ICANN's Registrar Stakeholder Group until now. Michele Neylon, the CEO of Irish registrar Blacknight, was elected unanimously to the position by his peers this week.

  • Six-Figure Sales Drought Reaches 3 Weeks But Market's Mid-Range Continues to Bustle
    Jun 06, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    After seven straight weeks with one or more six-figure domain sales reported, we've now gone three weeks in a row without one. While mum has been the word on high end sales, we are continuing to see hundreds of solid sales reported at four and five figure levels.

  • nterNetX's DomainShop Wins Top Prize for Their White Label Registration & Hosting Solutions
    Jun 05, 2013 - From Domain Name Journal - The Domain Industry Trade Magazine at DNJournal.com
    Many domain investors operate their own domain registration and/or hosting businesses by using white label solutions from major players in those spaces. InterNetX's DomainShop is one of those that enable you to quickly set up your own shop and they just won a major award for their efforts.