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A Pure Drop Domain Formerly Owned By Verisign, ePhoto.com Sells On SnapNames.com For $16K

 Mark As Read    

The domain name ePhoto.com just sold on SnapNames.com for $16,000. The high bidder's ID was Maxbid. In all there were 174 bidders in the auction with 7 bidding $5K or more. The domain name ePhoto.com was a pure drop domain, meaning it didn't drop to a certain service, and could have been caught by anyone. According to DomainTools appears to have be...

The Domains 52 minutes ago

Blip.Tv Acquires Blip.com and Rebrands as Blip

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According to a post on Paidcontent.org, Blip.tv has dropped the .Tv from its name and now rebranded as just Blip. ""Online video network Blip.tv announced a $12-million round of funding, and a rebranding. Now it’s known simply as “Blip.” I went to DomainTools.com and see that Blip Networks, Inc.  acquired the domain name Blip.com in August of 2011 ...

The Domains 2 hours, 50 min ago

Megaupload scandal: Which TLDs are owned by whom

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The Megaupload scandal is still in its infancy, particularly after CEO Kim "Dotcom" Schmitz was denied bail in New Zealand. Fat boy Kim Dotcom is thus expected to face extradition to the US. While Megaupload.com is held hostage by the FBI and dozens of other domains owned by Kim Dotcom and his employees are in

DomainGang 2 hours, 51 min ago

Sedo Is In The Porn Business?

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Wait a minute, what? When did Sedo become a porn website? ***WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE BELOW – DO NOT LOOK IF OFFENDED BY NUDITY*** Let me start off by saying I don't know how long or if anyone else has noticed this before, but this is a first for me. So this morning I was heading

ChefPatrick 3 hours, 46 min ago

Domain Holder Loses UDRP On TommyBahamaSucks.com: If You Own a “Sucks” Name You Better Have Content

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A one member WIPO panel just awarded the domain name TommyBahamaSucks.com to the Trademark Holder. While we usually post the relevant facts and findings by the panel this case can be summed up citing this finding of the panel: ""This case ultimately turns on the quality of Respondent’s evidence." "In this regard, however, the Panel notes Respondent...

The Domains 4 hours, 10 min ago

K.TO Sells for $40K on Sedo.com

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A rare one letter domain name in an "off" extension just sold on Sedo.com The domain K.To sold for $40,000. It looks like according to Domaintools.com the domain was 1st registered just back in 2008. .To is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) of the island kingdom of Tonga. I have seem many one letter ccTLD's in non-major jurisdictio...

The Domains 4 hours, 57 min ago

More Godaddy Closeout Domains Feb-8

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I'm actually surprised by the amount of good domains in the Godaddy Closeout section. It's also obvious that plenty of people are viewing them because many of the domains I watched started to get picked off when they dropped a few dollars in price. A couple good things about the closeout section, closeout domains

Bill Eisenmann 5 hours, 50 min ago

New UK Domain Forum launches

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A new domain forum that focuses on the British range of TLDs has been launched. Aptly named "UK Domain Forum", it's accessible in the Old Albion and the global Internet community by visiting http://www.ukdomainforum.co.uk The discussion sections include: .UK Domains for sale .UK Expiring domains .UK Web sites for sale .UK Domain and web site...

DomainGang 5 hours, 52 min ago

Go Daddy Quickly Ammends New Arduous Bulk Search Feature

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(Editor's forward to this article: The screenshot taken below and the proceeding details were dated from January 25th.  While writing this article and double-checking some facts today (yes, I actually fact-check each of my posts prior to publishing) … it appears that the feature in question is no longer present, and has been updated to...

DomainAnimal 5 hours, 52 min ago

DealDash buys defunct Swoopo.com domain name (and 22 other end user sales)

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DealDash buys defunct rival's domain name. Remember Swoopo.com, the auction site where you had to pay for each bid? It shut down amidst controversy, and now a competitor has purchased its domain name via Sedo. UK based DealDash Ltd paid 10,000 euros for Swoopo.com and now forwards it to DealDash.com. This was just one of

Domain Name Wire 5 hours, 57 min ago

DealDash Buys Swoopo Domain Name

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A few years ago, I learned about Swoopo, an interesting type of online auction website that had bidders pay for bids. As I recall, there was some controversy surrounding the type of auctions on the site, because a $100 item that sells for $10 could conceivably have hundreds of dollars worth of bids to get

Eilliot's Blog 6 hours, 19 min ago

Godaddy Domain Auction – My Selection Of PageRank Domains 84

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The following 31 domain names are available to bid on at the Godaddy auctions at the time of writing this. All names are linked to the Godaddy auction bid screen for quick access. I have tried to confirm all PRs to make sure they are not fake but you still have to do your own

DNXpert 7 hours, 20 min ago

2012 Domain Name Wire Survey…the results are in

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A look at who took this year's survey. Domain Name Wire's 7th annual domain name industry survey has concluded with over 1,500 participants. I'm busy collating and analyzing the results, which will be posted on Domain Name Wire throughout the month of February. Here are data about the participants in this year's survey: 1,593 survey...

Domain Name Wire 7 hours, 21 min ago

175 Expired Domains

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The following 175 domain names are expired and available to register at the time of writing this. As usual, all names are linked to the Godaddy, Moniker and Network Solutions buy screens for quick access as the names are usually gone quickly. governmentincompetency.com Godaddy Moniker NetSol landmarkings.com Godaddy Moniker NetSol yearlysupply.com ...

DNXpert 7 hours, 24 min ago

(Video) Picking Toby Clement’s Brain – Where Should You Invest In 2012?

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Toby Clements is one those people that just has a natural gut instinct for domain names. He can look at a list of domains and quickly identify which ones could sell, and which may be sitting in their owners portfolio collecting dust. One of the top questions I get from blog readers is, "What kind

Domainvestors.tv 7 hours, 41 min ago

Copenhagen gTLD scuppered by government

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Plans afoot to apply for a city top-level domain for Copenhagen have been killed off after the Danish government saw little public support for the initiative. Peter Larsen, CEO of the would-be applicant and local registrar Larsen Data (GratisDNS), said that the application is effectively over. In order to get a city gTLD, applicants need Related...

DomainIncite.com 8 hours, 41 min ago

So When Is Oversee Going To Let Customers Of Moniker/SnapNames.com Know They Have Been Sold?

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So its now a week since the 1st press release was issued announcing that Moniker.com and SnapNames.com were sold to Key Systems. In addition to being a blogger I'm a domainer that has multiple accounts at Moniker.com and an account at SnapNames.com where I spend six figures a year,  but to date I haven't received a email from either Moniker.com or ...

The Domains 8 hours, 46 min ago

Wednesday’s Big List of Domains At Auction and Dropping on the Net 2-7-12

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Another tough day for names.  Second day in a row I didn't even find one for myself.  We'll give it another try tomorrow.  I'll leave you with a joke at the bottom to make up for it. CareerCloud.com  Not sure these two words go together but hey it has cloud in it so it must

Domain Shane 12 hours, 9 min ago

First ICANN CEO candidate revealed

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Former ICANN director Njeri Rionge has emerged as a possible candidate for the soon-to-be vacated CEO's job. Rionge is a Kenyan national, described last year by Forbes magazine as "one of Kenya’s most successful and revered serial entrepreneurs". She founded Wananchi Online, a successful ISP in East Africa, and the business consultancy Ignite Consu...

DomainIncite.com 16 hours, 51 min ago

Hey NAF, this is a classic example of reverse domain hijacking

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Respondent wins but should have gotten more than that. National Arbitration Forum panelist Beatrice Onica Jarka got the "answer" correct in a recent UDRP case. But she really should have considered reverse domain name hijacking. The case was brought by deals site Shopzooey, Inc. Shopzooey, Inc was founded in 2011. Upon finding the domain name...

Domain Name Wire 17 hours, 40 min ago
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