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DomainNameSales.com Videos Released

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Frank Schilling and the team at DomainNameSales.com released a pair of great videos geared towards end users.  The first one, featured below speaks to the value of quality domain names and the second one is more about the DomainNameSales.com company.  Thanks to Frank and team for producing quality videos about the value of quality domain

NameTalent.com 52 days ago

Morgan Linton’s iGoldrush Domaining Videos Featured on Forbes Investing

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While visiting with family at Easter brunch yesterday my uncle mentioned to me he saw some videos about domain names on Forbes.com over the weekend. My family knows I invest in domain names and being that domains are in the news quite often with all the new TLD happenings I wasn't surprised to hear that

NameTalent.com 78 days ago

Big East To Become America 12 Conference?

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Based on some domain purchases made this week, all signs point to yes. DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's and Villanova are bolting from their current conference structure on June 30th, and are taking the Big East Conference name with them. This leaves a number of current Big East teams conference-less and needing...

NameTalent.com 103 days ago

Domains For Sale, March Specials

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I've listed five domains with special BIN pricing at CAX for a limited time. No offers, these are final prices. Thanks! BlogRules.com $499 Invincible.tv $499 Keshon.com $799 Boones.net $799 Ru.gs $2499

NameTalent.com 103 days ago

IceHockey.com Sells for $25k at Webfest Global

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IceHockey.com sold in the Webfest Global Live Auction today for $25k. Big deal or big steal? Other notable sales include jf.com $250k, XU.com $210k, free.me $19k and bez.com went for $17,650. See all of the auction lots/sales in the DNN post: Webfest Global 2013 Domain Auction Results (unofficial)

NameTalent.com 132 days ago

.TV Spotlight Post #25

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.TV time!  It hasn't been the most active past two months for .TV news but there have been many impressive sales and plenty going on behind the scenes. It was pointed out in a thread at AllThings.tv that SanFrancisco.tv and Hamburg.tv, which were registered on the premium drops in early September have already exchanged hands. 

NameTalent.com 216 days ago

Saturday Tidbits

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It's going to be a snowy Saturday here in Denver! I hope you're enjoying the weekend so far. Lot's to talk about in the domain industry this week including some nice .com sales, launch of new partnerships and conferences, interesting URDP decisions and much more. Diving right in, I noticed a new gTLD conference was

NameTalent.com 220 days ago

153k Domain Names to Hit Auction Block in ‘Court Ordered Domain Sale’

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Could this be the grand finale of the Jeff Baron domain saga? As covered by last year by TheDomains in a post titled "He Once Had Over 1 Million Domains & Made $1.5 Million A Month, Now This Domainer is On The Verge Of Losing It All". It appears the last of the domain portfolio

NameTalent.com 229 days ago

CRMSoftware.com Sells For $40,000

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Coming through the Sedo sales wire this morning you will find a couple nice five figure sales reported including CRMSoftware.com which, according to Sedo, has sold for $40k. CRM stands for customer relationship management, a very common term and type of software in the sales niche.   We are unsure of the buyer as the

NameTalent.com 234 days ago

1,000+ Generic Keyword .XXX Names Up For Sale + 15 Picks Under $7k

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ICM Registry, operators of the .XXX top level domain announced this week they are releasing over one thousand ‘premium generic keyword' .xxx domain names in a public sale.  The names are available on a first come, first serve basis.  This comes shortly after the launch of search.xxx a search engine that only only serves up

NameTalent.com 236 days ago

Domain of the Day: Scared.com

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An appropriate topic for the upcoming Halloween holiday.  I can't remember the last time I went to a haunted house but if I was looking for a good one in my area I would know (and remember) where to look online and it wouldn't be Google.   The folks behind Scared.com have done a huge marketing

NameTalent.com 238 days ago

40 Recent ccTLD Sales From the Sedo Marketplace

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Sedo.com continues to be the top marketplace for ccTLD sales racking up more a quarter million in ccTLD sales so far this month.  Doctor.co.uk lead the pack with a 24,999 GBP sale (approx 40K USD).   The .co.uk extension saw several other very strong sales including content and keno which both attained five figure sales. Italy's

NameTalent.com 239 days ago

#FF A Few to Follow in the #DomainIndustry on Twitter

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Every Friday I get a few fine folks who include me in their #FF (follow friday) tweets. I thought I would post today some of my favorite profiles to follow on Twitter from the domain industry. Happy Friday! Enjoy the list… @thedomains @DNJournal @adamstrong @fusible @morganlinton @DomainingCom @elliotsblog @mwzd @Nameclerk @DomainKing @Andrew...

NameTalent.com 242 days ago

Newsweek Stopping Print Edition, Moving to Digital Only

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Starting in 2013, you will only be able to read a Newsweek publication online.  The U.S. weekly news magazine announced today that it will no longer publish its print version with the last print publication going out on December 31st, 2012.  Not only is it ceasing print publication but will rebrand to Newsweek Global. Two

NameTalent.com 243 days ago

Namepros Forum DDOS Problems Continue

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A recurring problem with NamePros over the last couple years, database error.. database error.. database error.  It looks like more DDOS attacks. This popular domain forum suffers from more DDOS attacks than any other domain industry website it seems. I have a couple open transactions there on names I'm buying so it's a little frustrating....

NameTalent.com 246 days ago

Apple Files Lawsuit Against A.pl

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Apple Inc. has filed a patent lawsuit against a Polish online grocery delivery service accusing them of using a similar name and logo to benefit from its trademark.  A.pl Internet SA runs the popular A.pl website which has attained a worldwide global Alexa traffic rank of approx 72k and 1,032 traffic rank in Poland.  The

NameTalent.com 249 days ago

Congrats to DomainSherpa – Best Domain Blog!

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Michael Cyger, author of the domain industry blog DomainSherpa.com was awarded ‘Best Domain Blog' in 2012 at the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference today.  I wholeheartedly agree that Domain Sherpa has been a great resource for not only domain industry news but for especially for sharing wisdom via extensive interviews with players in the domain/devel...

NameTalent.com 252 days ago

T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Live Auction Unofficial Report: Sales Exceed Six Figures

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There's been a lot of chatter on blogs and forums about the live auction that took place at the  T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Conference yesterday in Fort Lauderdale.  I put together a list of names that did sell (thanks to DomainNameNews.com for live blogging the auction results).  Keep in mind the sales below are unconfirmed and some still

NameTalent.com 252 days ago

Sunday Tidbits

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It's a crisp, cool Sunday morning here in Denver, Colorado. I hope you're having a great weekend. Lots going on in the domain industry over the last week and in the coming days.  Here are a few tidbits to get you caught up! A blockbuster sale of the domain name GiftCard.com + website was announced.

NameTalent.com 254 days ago

Portfolio of 50 Las Vegas .COMS Up For Sale

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I saw a press release yesterday announcing the sale of 50 premium Las Vegas domain names that are for sale as a package deal.  The seller, Fernando Escovar, a domain name investor residing in Los Angeles, California will donate 10% of the proceeds to the Pujols Family Foundation. The problem was that I did not

NameTalent.com 254 days ago

10 Picks From The Upcoming Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Domain Auction

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The Targeted T.R.A.F.F.I.C. auction takes place a week from today at the Ritz Carlton Hotel (seminar ballroom) from 3-5pm EST. This is definitely the most anticipated domain auction of the year as Rick Schwartz (and domain sellers) have put together an inventory comprised of 103 lots of which 60% are going to sell with NO

NameTalent.com 260 days ago

Buy.me Sells For Six Figures + Other ccTLD Sales

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According to Sedo.com the domain Buy.me sold recently for €115,000 (approx $148,500 USD) which will place it at #15 on DNJournal's top year to date reported sales once verified.  As pointed out in a post by MHB today, the name was picked up for $17,500 in the same 2008 Moniker/Snapnames auction where his investment group

NameTalent.com 264 days ago

Six Domain Investing Tips From Mike Mann

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With Mike's permission I am republishing a series of domain investing tips that he's shared on his Facebook page over the last few weeks. Mike and his company DomainMarket.com are selling domains in volume for excellent ROI.  DomainMarket's top 30 reported domain sales this year alone amount to more than half a million dollars as...

NameTalent.com 264 days ago

Infographic: Six and Seven Figure Domain Name Sales 2004 – Present

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I put together this infographic using data from DNJournal.com. Important to note that these are pure domain sales verified by Ron Jackson, not website + domain sales. Keep in mind these are only reported domain sales, there is a lot going on behind the scenes and probably just as many if not more transactions don't

NameTalent.com 270 days ago

.TV Spotlight Post #24

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Time for another .TV update! Well, I keep getting emails from Fabulous.com encouraging me to ‘improve my online presence' with a .TV domain name. Interesting that they have just recently added .TV to the short list of extensions that their registrar supports. The retail pricing at Fabulous is $49.95, with that kind of markup I

NameTalent.com 272 days ago

RMDC Summer Meetup Details Revealed

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The RMDC Summer meetup is only a few weeks away!  I've just released the location and short agenda for the event on RMDC.co (copied below).    This will be an excellent opportunity for any level of domain name investor, web developer or Internet entrepreneur to meetup with fellow domainers and domain companies from the Denver

NameTalent.com 318 days ago

Interesting LosingWeight.com Appraisal Thread

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There's an appraisal thread at NamePros discussing the value of LosingWeight.com.  In case you don't know appraisal threads can only be started by domain registrants and in cases of high value names moderators at NP do due diligence. The member posting the appraisal is a new member and goes by jake238 (I'll just call him

NameTalent.com 326 days ago

MWD Sells Circumcision.com for $45,000

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Most Wanted Domains sold Circumcision.com as reported by DNJournal.com. You must be wondering who would spring $45k for a circumcision? While the name is still registered under privacy protection, the new owner of the name seems to be IntactAmerica a group that is against permanent bodily alteration in the name of culture, religion, profit, or...

NameTalent.com 334 days ago

Brands and Jingles .ME Auction at Sedo Ends Tomorrow

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The company Brands-and-Jingles has teamed with Sedo marketplace to auction 190 .ME domains. The auction has been running for the last week and ends tomorrow. Currently, there are 53 names that have earned $17,549 in bids but only three of those names have met the reserve and will sell. There are quite a few decent

NameTalent.com 342 days ago

Apple Takes Control of iPad3.com

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I read on CNET this morning that Apple's lawyers have taken control of the ipad3.com domain name.  It was reported on DomainNameWire at the end of June that Apple had filed a UDRP case with WIPO to have a panel decide the fate of the domain.  It looks like that may be triggered the former

NameTalent.com 348 days ago

Domainsville Auctions Launches

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I learned this morning that Domainsville has created a new service to help individuals promote their domain auctions.  Domainsville Auctions is not actually hosting any domain auctions, they are using a variety of techniques to promote your auction that may be running on sedo, namejet, godaddy, etc.. Congrats to Abdu Tarabichi, founder of Domainsvi...

NameTalent.com 350 days ago

Strategy: Responding to an End User

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I reached out to an end user today who operates a website on the .net version of one of my geo+realestate .com names. The owner of the real estate firm replied via email: Thanks for your email… but I'm not sure why I would pay you $xxxx for a .com, when I paid $9.99 for

NameTalent.com 355 days ago

.TV Spotlight Post #23

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As news of the new gTLDs, digital archery and ICANN dominate domain industry headlines, .TV continues to grow with more strong sales, developments and support from the domain community. Since my last .TV update, I have seen nearly $200k in reported .TV sales (see list below). Last month, Rick Schwartz wrote a post titled .mobi, .biz,

NameTalent.com 355 days ago

Rick Schwartz Beats Domain Name Hijackers Márcio and Heitor Chaves

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In case you missed it.. earlier this month Rick Schwartz represented by Howard Neu Esq. won the UDRP decision for the domain name SaveMe.com which Márcio Mello Chaves and his brother Heitor Chaves tried to hijack by abusing the UDRP system.  The three person panel ruled in favor of Schwartz and eRealEstate.com  in a case

NameTalent.com 356 days ago

Will Hipsters Care if You Buy Hipsters.com?

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Hipsters.com will be sold tomorrow at the Afternic Summer Auction being held at SnapNames.  The high bid is $16.5k at the time of this post. It's one of only five names in the auction meeting the reserve and of those it's the only name with a bid over $2k. The hipster subculture can be a

NameTalent.com 363 days ago

Auto Industry Gobbles Up New gTLD Opportunity

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Looking at the new gTLD reveal day results one of the first things I noticed was that applications were submitted for most major car brands.  I counted at least 30 automakers (list below) with gTLD applications submitted.  Two major car companies that did not submit a gTLD application were Subaru and Mercedes. Even Nissan submitted

NameTalent.com 368 days ago

Should GoDaddy Change Its Image?

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DomainNameWire broke the news earlier this week that GoDaddy.com, the worlds largest domain registrar, plans to change the company image by hiring the ad agency Deutsch Inc. Apparently Godaddy wants to move away from the sexy and racy advertising that put it on the map to something that better promotes the services it actually offers.

NameTalent.com 369 days ago

Notably Absent gTLDs

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By: Mike Awada At this point we all know who applied for what extensions and who didn't. The one question that remains is what extensions did the "experts" miss out on? There's a lot more than you would expect. .ALL .SHARE .AMERICA .GREAT .SNOW .DOLLAR .TREND .BONUS .STOCKS .SWEET .SUPER .FRESH .DRINK .EYE .WHITE .YELLOW...

NameTalent.com 370 days ago

Are You Ready for gTLD Reveal Day?

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Get your popcorn (or pop tarts) ready, it's Reveal Day and the New gTLD ‘Reveal Day' Conference begins in a few short hours at 12:00 UTC  in London (8am EST). Here's your guide to the New gTLD madness going on today: * ICANN will publish the list of new gTLD applied for strings and applicants

NameTalent.com 370 days ago

Waste Management – Understands Domain Names

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While waiting on hold this morning during a call to Waste Management I was informed by the friendly on hold message of a couple additional domain/sites that Waste Management utilizes.  Waste Management's homepage is the two letter domain WM.com.  Of course they also have WasteManagement.com which re-directs to wm.com. I learned today they also own...

NameTalent.com 377 days ago

Generic .IN Auction Ending Thursday at Sedo

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There are 120 .IN and .CO.IN names up for auction at Sedo in the Generic .IN Auction that has been running since June 1st. Right now there are less than 40 total bids and only one name has a bid meeting the reserve. While there are some solid generics and deals to be had, most

NameTalent.com 378 days ago

New gTLD “Big Reveal” Preview

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Since the end of the application period earlier this week, many companies have publicly announced their TLD applications. Most notably, TLDH revealed they are applying for 68 new TLDs and Directi company Vadix is applying for 31. Google also announced it submitted applications for .google, .youtube, .docs and .lol.  It's rumored that they may have...

NameTalent.com 379 days ago

DNFBlog.com Expired? Update: Back Online

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Today I visited DNFblog.com to re-read one of the articles posted by Puranjay, the main contributing editor. When I arrived to DNFBlog.com I was surprised to see that it has expired and the site resolves to Godaddy's expired name page. A couple weeks ago Morgan wrote a post "What Happened to DNFBlog?"  As Morgan mentioned,

NameTalent.com 380 days ago

.ME Auction Results – Cruise.me Sells for $28,500

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The Premium .ME Auction ended on Sedo.com today and the unofficial results are in thanks to .ME Of Course!  The top sale was Cruise.me, which sold for $28,500.  The only other sale cracking the $10k barrier was Air.me which ended with a high bid of $10,099.  Other notable sales include: Legal.me $8,100 Malta.me $8,100 Restaurant.me

NameTalent.com 383 days ago

TLD Application System (TAS) Closing Tonight, “Big Reveal” Announced: June 13th

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The TLD Application System (TAS) closes today, May 30th at 23:59 GMT/UTC. Yesterday, ICANN announced its ‘target' timeline for the New Generic Top-level Domain Program leading up to the 45th public meeting in Toronto, Canada in mid October. According to the ICANN event calendar batching begins on June 8th. The batching will be done using...

NameTalent.com 384 days ago

Four Letter .COMs Cleaning Up at Sedo in May

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Some nice sales coming from Sedo.com to close out May.  Pronounceable/catchy four letter .coms continue to flex their muscle with several strong sales including the six figure sale of Ahha.com.  The new registrant for ahha.com is Multiview Inc. out of Irving, Texas. Yali, Zuvo and Mopo .coms all attained 5 figures sales while Vulo missed

NameTalent.com 387 days ago

$1.49 Godaddy Code + .ME Premium Auction Kicks Off!

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Reminder:  Premium .ME domain name auction kicked off today on the Sedo platform.  Already, almost half of the names have opening bids, three of them with reserves already met:  Personals.me, Electronics.me and Dates.me all with bids over $499. The auction will run through Thursday, May 31st.  188 previously unreleased .ME domains are up for grabs...

NameTalent.com 390 days ago

Ballot.com For Sale on Flippa, Will it Sell?

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You may be thinking "What better time to sell Ballot.com than during presidential election year in the U.S.?!" Interesting timing, but I don't necessarily think that it will spark a bidding war resulting in a huge sale.  If buying to develop, is there really enough time left to do something with the name in time

NameTalent.com 391 days ago

Sunday Headlines

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It's a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning here in Denver, Colorado.  Hoping you're having a great weekend!  It was a busy week in the domain name industry!  Recapping some of the top stories: Michael Berken's announced last week that Most Wanted Domains will be publishing domain sales in realtime on its @MWD Twitter handle and corresponding...

NameTalent.com 394 days ago
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