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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
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That's
a Lot of Carbs: Pasta.com Sells for $250,000! + 50
Cent Helps Launch .CLUB & DNW Offers Free
Guide to Selling Domain Names
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We
just learned
that WebsiteProperties.com
has sold the domain Pasta.com
for a meaty $250,000. The
deal, that was completed
Wednesday (May 21), ranks among the
15 biggest sales reported so
far this year (we will
be adding it to our weekly and
YTD Sales Charts when our next
update comes out June 4). The new
owner currently is using WhoIs
privacy so at this time we don't
know who the new owner is or what
their plans for the domain may be.
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Pasta
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50
Cent |
Last
week we told
you about .CLUB's
plans for a big launch party in New
York City May 22 hosted by rap
superstar 50 Cent who has
just launched a new website at 50inda.club.
That event was held last night at
the Tao night club in Manhattan. I
fully intended to be there to cover
it for you but just before I left
for the airport yesterday morning,
JetBlue contacted me with the news
that my flight had been canceled
and the next one they could put me
on wouldn't get me to New York until
the party was over. So, there went
my chance to meet a fellow
Jackson (and much better
rapper). 50's real name, as his fans
know, is Curtis Jackson.
Many
well-known industry figures were at
the launch though and from the
photos I've seen on Facebook it
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time.
50 posed for photos with several of
them and also spoke briefly while
appearing alongside .CLUB CEO Colin
Campbell and CMO Jeff Sass.
Bringing 50 Cent on board was the
latest in a long string of bold
marketing moves by .CLUB that is
helping to separate them from the
crowded new gTLD pack. As of
this writing .CLUB has more registrations
that any other new gTLD except .guru
which has been on the market for a
much longer period of time.
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One
other note today - Andrew
Allemann at DomainNameWire.com
has just released a very
useful free 26-page
publication called How
to Sell Domain Names on
Marketplaces
that will be of interest to
anyone who would like some
tips on selling names through
popular aftermarket venues
like Sedo, Afternic,
Go Daddy and
others.
Andrew
said the project started as a
small guide but quickly
expanded once he dove into the
subject. He decided to write
the guide in response to the
many people who individually
had questions about selling on
the industry marketplaces.
Allemann said, "It walks
people through setting up
their domain names and
selecting the best options to
improve the chances of a sale.
The guide isn't just for
people who have never listed
domains for sale before - it
includes a few tricks people
might not be aware of."
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(Posted
May 23, 2014)
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