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The Domains
Bids.com UDRP Denied As Being Outside The Scope Of UDRP Panel Decision
Insolvency Services Group, Inc., which is the Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of BIDZ.COM, INC. just won the UDRP on the domain name Bids.com which is currently in an bankruptcy auction with several other domains including Bidz.com The sole pan...
Discussion
Bids.com UDRP Denied As Being Outside The Scope Of UDRP Panel Decision
Insolvency Services Group, Inc., which is the Assignee for the Benefit of Creditors of BIDZ.COM, INC. just won the UDRP on the domain name Bids.com which is currently in an bankruptcy auction with several other domains including Bidz.com The sole pan...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 10:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Switching to a .brand is more expensive than you think
Make a wholesale switch from Brand.com to .Brand will be expensive, and won’t give you many benefits. News over the weekend of the Government of Quebec deciding to not change its domains over to .Quebec heightens the discussion on if it makes s...
Discussion
Switching to a .brand is more expensive than you think
Make a wholesale switch from Brand.com to .Brand will be expensive, and won’t give you many benefits. News over the weekend of the Government of Quebec deciding to not change its domains over to .Quebec heightens the discussion on if it makes s...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 9:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
NamesCon 2015 with Jothan Frakes – Domain Name Wire Podcast
NamesCon is just two months away. Learn about the upcoming show on this week’s podcast. NamesCon returns for its second edition this January. Its inaugural show brought together 600 people from the domain name industry, making it the largest no...
Discussion
NamesCon 2015 with Jothan Frakes – Domain Name Wire Podcast
NamesCon is just two months away. Learn about the upcoming show on this week’s podcast. NamesCon returns for its second edition this January. Its inaugural show brought together 600 people from the domain name industry, making it the largest no...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 4:42 pm
The Domains
Robert Downey Jr. Wins Rights to The Domain Name RobertDowneyJr.Actor
Robert Downey Jr. won the rights to the domain name RobertDowneyJr.actor in a one member UDRP panel handed down by the National Arbitration Forum. Although the domain in question was a new gTLD Mr. Downey filed the Complainant as a UDRP The reg...
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Robert Downey Jr. Wins Rights to The Domain Name RobertDowneyJr.Actor
Robert Downey Jr. won the rights to the domain name RobertDowneyJr.actor in a one member UDRP panel handed down by the National Arbitration Forum. Although the domain in question was a new gTLD Mr. Downey filed the Complainant as a UDRP The reg...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann and (more) economics of domain name portfolios
Washington Post article provides more data on about domain name portfolios. The Washington Post wrote about domain name investor Mike Mann yesterday, and the article sheds more light on the economics or large domain name portfolios. Really, it applie...
Discussion
Mike Mann and (more) economics of domain name portfolios
Washington Post article provides more data on about domain name portfolios. The Washington Post wrote about domain name investor Mike Mann yesterday, and the article sheds more light on the economics or large domain name portfolios. Really, it applie...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mobile.co owner pays dearly for Mobile.co.com
Company pays $32,000 for mobil.co.com and movil.co.com. The company that owns Mobile.co has spent $32,000 to acquired the third level domain names Mobile.co.com and Mobil.co.com, the .co.com registry reported this morning. Freelancing site Mobile Inc...
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Mobile.co owner pays dearly for Mobile.co.com
Company pays $32,000 for mobil.co.com and movil.co.com. The company that owns Mobile.co has spent $32,000 to acquired the third level domain names Mobile.co.com and Mobil.co.com, the .co.com registry reported this morning. Freelancing site Mobile Inc...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 3:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Quebec, .Top and .Engineer
A few new TLDs hit registrars’ shelves this week, including a large geo domain. A few top level domain names coming out in a week is the new normal, so I’m going to stop calling these “slow” weeks. Here’s a look at this ...
Discussion
New TLDs this week: .Quebec, .Top and .Engineer
A few new TLDs hit registrars’ shelves this week, including a large geo domain. A few top level domain names coming out in a week is the new normal, so I’m going to stop calling these “slow” weeks. Here’s a look at this ...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 3:36 pm
The Domains
Mike Mann Featured In Washington Post: DomainMarket Grosses $4M A Year
The Washington Post just published a post on legendary domain name investor Mike Mann, entitled “Domain-name mogul Mike Mann will sell you happybirthday.com — for $2 million” While this is far from the first press Mike has received,...
Discussion
Mike Mann Featured In Washington Post: DomainMarket Grosses $4M A Year
The Washington Post just published a post on legendary domain name investor Mike Mann, entitled “Domain-name mogul Mike Mann will sell you happybirthday.com — for $2 million” While this is far from the first press Mike has received,...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 2:03 pm
Sully's Blog
Need Holiday Gift Ideas? This Domain Might Be Your Answer
CustomSong.com is a new service that makes custom music attainable for everyone. Basically, how it works is that you share the details, your feelings and fun memories about a special event or person and they will turn it into an original song. I&rsqu...
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Need Holiday Gift Ideas? This Domain Might Be Your Answer
CustomSong.com is a new service that makes custom music attainable for everyone. Basically, how it works is that you share the details, your feelings and fun memories about a special event or person and they will turn it into an original song. I&rsqu...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 2:00 pm
The Domains
Mobile.co.com & Movil.co.com Sell for $32K
The co.com LLC announced today that the premium domains names mobile.co.com and movil.co.com have been sold to the freelancing and mobile “micro jobbing” company, Mobile Inc. for $32K. Mobile.co.com was sold for $25K and Movil.co.com for ...
Discussion
Mobile.co.com & Movil.co.com Sell for $32K
The co.com LLC announced today that the premium domains names mobile.co.com and movil.co.com have been sold to the freelancing and mobile “micro jobbing” company, Mobile Inc. for $32K. Mobile.co.com was sold for $25K and Movil.co.com for ...
Discussion
November 17, 2014, 1:42 pm
