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The Domains
8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name from the Huffington Post
In an article titled “8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name” Bradley Glonka used the words domainer and cybersquatter interchangeably, “In some cases, you may discover that the domain name you want is owned by someone called ...
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8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name from the Huffington Post
In an article titled “8 Facts About Choosing The Right Domain Name” Bradley Glonka used the words domainer and cybersquatter interchangeably, “In some cases, you may discover that the domain name you want is owned by someone called ...
Discussion
April 5, 2015, 11:38 am
Domain Shane
Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Blow.com, NGSN.com, 3ET.com, SAT.cn, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DNJournal. 1. Gab.com for $200,002 You can see their simple placeholder below, and the owner is under privacy protection. Alexa rank near 15 million. 2. YouPay.com for...
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Update on Top 10 Sales from a Year Ago: Blow.com, NGSN.com, 3ET.com, SAT.cn, More
Listed below are updates to the top 10 domain sales from a year ago, as ranked by DNJournal. 1. Gab.com for $200,002 You can see their simple placeholder below, and the owner is under privacy protection. Alexa rank near 15 million. 2. YouPay.com for...
Discussion
April 4, 2015, 10:03 pm
The Domains
NYPost.com: “Gotham’s ‘.nyc’ is fastest growing city domain on Internet”
Josh Kosman wrote a an article on Friday night with regards to .NYC and the rest of the new city gtlds. Kosman used data from Domain Punch that stipulated that 72,000 freebies should not be included in the totals for .Berlin, so with that technicalit...
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NYPost.com: “Gotham’s ‘.nyc’ is fastest growing city domain on Internet”
Josh Kosman wrote a an article on Friday night with regards to .NYC and the rest of the new city gtlds. Kosman used data from Domain Punch that stipulated that 72,000 freebies should not be included in the totals for .Berlin, so with that technicalit...
Discussion
April 4, 2015, 11:32 am
The Domains
Registrar Promo Leads to 10,000 Paid .Link Registrations Per Frank Schilling Tweet
Frank Schilling tweeted out late tonight that there were 10,000 new .link registrations added as the result of a registrar promo. One registrar ran a .LINK promo today and more than 10,000 paid registrations were added to the zone. .LINK will become ...
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Registrar Promo Leads to 10,000 Paid .Link Registrations Per Frank Schilling Tweet
Frank Schilling tweeted out late tonight that there were 10,000 new .link registrations added as the result of a registrar promo. One registrar ran a .LINK promo today and more than 10,000 paid registrations were added to the zone. .LINK will become ...
Discussion
April 4, 2015, 5:40 am
Domain Name Wire
NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. There are days when, thanks to television and image-centric social apps, I mournfully presume that literacy is doomed. Yet NameJet’s top expired auction from last week provid...
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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
A look back at the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. There are days when, thanks to television and image-centric social apps, I mournfully presume that literacy is doomed. Yet NameJet’s top expired auction from last week provid...
Discussion
April 3, 2015, 2:18 pm
The Domains
MyDogBuddy Rebrands To DogBuddy.com A Domain They Bought For $350 On Godaddy
Techcrunch covered, merger of two pet sitting services in Europe. “MyDogBuddy, has merged with its Spanish rival Bibulu, to become what it claims is the largest offering of its kind, citing a combined 10,000 local dog sitters registered w...
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MyDogBuddy Rebrands To DogBuddy.com A Domain They Bought For $350 On Godaddy
Techcrunch covered, merger of two pet sitting services in Europe. “MyDogBuddy, has merged with its Spanish rival Bibulu, to become what it claims is the largest offering of its kind, citing a combined 10,000 local dog sitters registered w...
Discussion
April 3, 2015, 1:50 pm
The Domains
Google To Blacklist All Digital Certificates from CNNIC
ZDNet took a look at Google and their black listing all digital certificates issued by the organization that manages the .cn extension. The article goes on to discuss what steps Firefox may take with regards to CNNIC. From the article: A recent alarm...
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Google To Blacklist All Digital Certificates from CNNIC
ZDNet took a look at Google and their black listing all digital certificates issued by the organization that manages the .cn extension. The article goes on to discuss what steps Firefox may take with regards to CNNIC. From the article: A recent alarm...
Discussion
April 3, 2015, 10:58 am
The Domains
You May Have To go To Auction To Get Your Brand.Sucks Domain
According to a press release we received toady by the registrar 101Domain.com, now that the .Sucks domain extension has launched they are pricing the “reserved” .sucks domains at $2,199 well below the $2,499 suggested retail price, howeve...
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You May Have To go To Auction To Get Your Brand.Sucks Domain
According to a press release we received toady by the registrar 101Domain.com, now that the .Sucks domain extension has launched they are pricing the “reserved” .sucks domains at $2,199 well below the $2,499 suggested retail price, howeve...
Discussion
April 2, 2015, 11:40 pm
The Domains
Another Category Killer Domain, Storage.com is Sold
According to a press release just out, B2 Interactive has purchased Storage.com, including the domain name, intellectual property, and any ongoing business operations from from Self Storage Co., a subsidiary of Extra Space Management, Inc. Financial ...
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Another Category Killer Domain, Storage.com is Sold
According to a press release just out, B2 Interactive has purchased Storage.com, including the domain name, intellectual property, and any ongoing business operations from from Self Storage Co., a subsidiary of Extra Space Management, Inc. Financial ...
Discussion
April 2, 2015, 5:59 pm
The Domains
Sexodrome.xxx Saved in UDRP Despite Trademark: Panel Finds “Drome” is Generic
The Complainant Librairie des Artistes in Paris, France, just lost its bid to gain control over two adult domain names, sexodrome-europe.com and sexodrome.xxx. Disputed domain names and were registered on September 24, 2014. The Respondent is using t...
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Sexodrome.xxx Saved in UDRP Despite Trademark: Panel Finds “Drome” is Generic
The Complainant Librairie des Artistes in Paris, France, just lost its bid to gain control over two adult domain names, sexodrome-europe.com and sexodrome.xxx. Disputed domain names and were registered on September 24, 2014. The Respondent is using t...
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April 2, 2015, 3:33 pm
