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Most Active GoDaddy Auctions ending today

September 13, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

All these auctions have at least 10 bids and end today. They are listed in order of closing. Domain Name Current Price Asking Price Bids Time Left okyoutube.com $130 $12  25 1H 38M doginmypocket.com $105 $12  18 1H 42M jabberpowered.org $70 $10  12 1H 44M fuzzy-logic.com $535 $10  32 1H 44M ppandf.net $174 $12  25 2H 5M passionatedishes.com $56 […]

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OutletCity.de sells for 10,000 Euro

September 12, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

The domain OutletCity.de has just sold on Sedo for 10,000 Euro.  I am always surprised when an English name that is not a top 500 keyword sells for so much in a foreign CCtld. These sales kind of go against the conventional wisdom to stick to the language of the cctld.  The domain is in […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales Tagged With: Outlet City

Is content really king ?

September 10, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

The Wall Street Journal did an article that focused on Yahoo.  The article did touch upon broader topics that might interest web developers and domainers. One of the key points was that content is not king. Excerpt: As Web traffic explodes, Internet companies are struggling to profit off ads shown next to the articles, videos […]

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Filed Under: Web Development Tagged With: Content, Domain Names, web, web development, Yahoo

Amazon cuts deal with California

September 9, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

The LA Times reports of a deal between California and Amazon Amazon.com cut a tentative deal with legislative leaders Wednesday night that would allow it to postpone collecting sales taxes from Californians for another year. The company in turn would drop its battle to overturn the state's new law that required it and many other […]

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Filed Under: Affiliate Programs, Amazon Tagged With: Amazon.com

200 million domain registrations vs 18 Billion app downloads

September 9, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Steve Smith from Online Media Daily wrote a great article on the growing number of app downloads. Excerpt: The taste for mobile apps is not leveling as smartphone penetration maintains its upward trajectory and finds new international markets. According to Ovum, downloads will surpass 18 billion by the end of this year, an increase of […]

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Filed Under: Mobile

Registration specials around the net

September 9, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

There are some good special deals going on right now. Netfirms.com $4.95 for a .com/.net/.org and some cctlds.  Do not go directly to Netfirms but instead Google, domain names. Click the Netfirms ad and you will be able to register for $4.95. Go Daddy is offering $5.99 .com for up to 3 domains. Again Google […]

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Filed Under: Registrars

If Beyonce does not have to pay the .xxx ” block fee” why should your company ?

September 7, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

.XXX is underway and under Sunrise B, any non-adult trademark holders that want to block their trademark from being registered in .xxx can do that by paying a fee. But ICM is blocking or reserving some celebrity names. Go to http://www.icmregistry.com/whois You can check to see if a name is “reserved” by ICM.  It seems […]

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Filed Under: .XXX

Sedo rolls out new Parking look

September 6, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

When you log into Sedo today, you will see the layout changed for parking. The first thing you will notice is the drop down wording under my Sedo. Instead of saying "Domain Parking" it says "Parking Reporting" You start at the overview, and click the tab "Statistics" You can go with option 1 for a […]

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Hopper.com sells for $50,000

September 4, 2011 by Raymond Hackney 3 Comments

Hopper.com has just shown up on the Sedo sales list. $50,000. The buyer is a company called Hopper that has been in stealth mode for a little while. Hopper, a Montreal, Canada-based startup, has raised $8 million in fresh funding from Atlas Venture and previous backer Brightspark Ventures to try and ‘reinvent travel search’. So […]

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Filed Under: Domain Sales Tagged With: Hopper.com, new site, Tech Crucnch

Denver Business Journal warns TM holders about “Domainiacs”

September 2, 2011 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

A new article in the Denver Business Journal is looking to warn TM holders about the new gTLDs. Excerpt: Trademark owners, prepare: The Domainiacs, those creatures that pounce on your valuable trademarks without permission, are returning. For decades, business owners have battled the unauthorized use of their trademarks in domain addresses purchased by third parties. […]

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