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Quote:As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is making news this week with the debut of new industry- and country-specific Top Level Domain extensions, the overall market for domain names continues to burgeon dramatically, pointing to continual, solid growth in the global Internet economy. Last year saw significant growth across the domain name market, according to data analysis conducted by Sedo...

More and more premium domains were sold through organized platforms with volume nearly doubling to nearly $18 million, while the volume of private sales reported remained flat at approximately $6 million, according to Sedo.

Research shows that "flipping" domains proved to be a sound investment. In a study of 37 domains that were sold twice during 2004 and 2005, the average domain gained 288 percent in value in just 230 days...

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