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The Domains
DotAsia and Momentum Events Announce Partnership for Major Hong Kong Domains Conference scheduled for May 2014
DotAsia, and Momentum Events have announced that they will be joining forces to create a new domain industry event coinciding with the prominent International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual conference and exhibition, taking place May 13-14 in Ho...
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DotAsia and Momentum Events Announce Partnership for Major Hong Kong Domains Conference scheduled for May 2014
DotAsia, and Momentum Events have announced that they will be joining forces to create a new domain industry event coinciding with the prominent International Trademark Association (INTA) Annual conference and exhibition, taking place May 13-14 in Ho...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 8:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
Amazon gets a win in .Amazon fight & IO found to have conflict of interest in case
Panelist finds Independent Objector Alain Pellet has a conflict of interest and sides with Amazon.com in domain name dispute. Amazon.com has successfully defended community objections brought against its applications for .amazon and the Chinese and J...
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Amazon gets a win in .Amazon fight & IO found to have conflict of interest in case
Panelist finds Independent Objector Alain Pellet has a conflict of interest and sides with Amazon.com in domain name dispute. Amazon.com has successfully defended community objections brought against its applications for .amazon and the Chinese and J...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 7:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
What domain names Pepsi and others bought
Pepsi bought a domain name for one of its sodas and other end user domain purchases. Sedo reported $1.6 million worth of domain names sales for the week end ending January 19. Here are a dozen that involved end users, including Pepsi. You can see pre...
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What domain names Pepsi and others bought
Pepsi bought a domain name for one of its sodas and other end user domain purchases. Sedo reported $1.6 million worth of domain names sales for the week end ending January 19. Here are a dozen that involved end users, including Pepsi. You can see pre...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 5:38 pm

Domain Name Wire
New TLDs disappear from GoDaddy home page, plus 1&1′s hidden sunrise
GoDaddy demotes new TLDs from the home page, 1&1 not offering sunrise registrations through its largest brand. Here are a couple noteworthy items related to new top level domain names. First, over the weekend I noticed that promotions for new top...
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New TLDs disappear from GoDaddy home page, plus 1&1′s hidden sunrise
GoDaddy demotes new TLDs from the home page, 1&1 not offering sunrise registrations through its largest brand. Here are a couple noteworthy items related to new top level domain names. First, over the weekend I noticed that promotions for new top...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 3:35 pm

Domain Name Wire
BuyDomains defends UDRP brought by Academy Sports
BuyDomains said it registered AcademyOnline.net as a generic domain name, not because of the sports retailer. BuyDomains, part of NameMedia, has successfully defended a UDRP brought by Academy Sports + Outdoors against the domain name AcademyOnline.n...
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BuyDomains defends UDRP brought by Academy Sports
BuyDomains said it registered AcademyOnline.net as a generic domain name, not because of the sports retailer. BuyDomains, part of NameMedia, has successfully defended a UDRP brought by Academy Sports + Outdoors against the domain name AcademyOnline.n...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 2:55 pm

The Domains
Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up
In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com, Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD’s than any company on earth, howev...
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Daniel Schindler of Donuts Says gTLDs Better Than .Com But .Com Values Will Go Up
In a blog post appearing in iparkavenue.com, Daniel Schindler of Donuts is quoted as saying gTLDs Better Than .Com. You might expect that from a co-founder of a company which applied for 3x more new gTLD’s than any company on earth, howev...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 2:35 pm

The Domains
TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve New gTLD Auction In Vegas
In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with c...
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TRAFFIC Picks Halloween For Its Florida Show & Promises A Live No Reserve New gTLD Auction In Vegas
In an email sent out this morning by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference, the Florida TRAFFIC conference will be held for the first time on a weekend, at the Fontainebleau Hotel on Miami Beach from October 30th, until, November 2nd, 2014 with c...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 1:48 pm

The Domains
Report Dailymail.com “Sold For As Much As £1m-plus” (1.65 Million)
According to a story in TheGuardian.com, whose parent company operates Mail Online otherwise known as the Daily Mail & General Trust “has paid potentially as much as £1m-plus to secure the valuable domain name. DailyMail.com&rdq...
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Report Dailymail.com “Sold For As Much As £1m-plus” (1.65 Million)
According to a story in TheGuardian.com, whose parent company operates Mail Online otherwise known as the Daily Mail & General Trust “has paid potentially as much as £1m-plus to secure the valuable domain name. DailyMail.com&rdq...
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January 27, 2014, 1:38 pm

The Domains
Web.com Has 50 New gTLD For Pre-Registration
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), which owns two of the top to 10 domain name registrars now has over 50 new gTLD’s domain extensions available for pre-registration and purchase. The following new domain names are now available for pre-registr...
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Web.com Has 50 New gTLD For Pre-Registration
Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW), which owns two of the top to 10 domain name registrars now has over 50 new gTLD’s domain extensions available for pre-registration and purchase. The following new domain names are now available for pre-registr...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 1:28 pm

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 27th, 2014
Someone asked me yesterday day what I thought the key to starting a new blog was. When used to write my old blog I would make sure to write a post about every headline in the news and try and relate it to my website. It was all about numbers, t...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 27th, 2014
Someone asked me yesterday day what I thought the key to starting a new blog was. When used to write my old blog I would make sure to write a post about every headline in the news and try and relate it to my website. It was all about numbers, t...
Discussion
January 27, 2014, 11:17 am