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Domain Name Wire
Major Chinese travel sites Ctrip.com and eLong.com go down due to domain change
Domains placed in clienthold status. The websites for two major publicly traded Chinese travel sites went down today as a result of their domain names being place in “ClientHold” status at the registrar. Sites for $8 billion (market cap) ...
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Major Chinese travel sites Ctrip.com and eLong.com go down due to domain change
Domains placed in clienthold status. The websites for two major publicly traded Chinese travel sites went down today as a result of their domain names being place in “ClientHold” status at the registrar. Sites for $8 billion (market cap) ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs should emulate the Startup.club model for premium domains
Program promotes .Club while also generating premium domain sales revenue. .Club’s new Startup.club program is ingenious, and something that other new top level domains should consider emulating. Here’s startup.club in a nutshell: get a p...
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New TLDs should emulate the Startup.club model for premium domains
Program promotes .Club while also generating premium domain sales revenue. .Club’s new Startup.club program is ingenious, and something that other new top level domains should consider emulating. Here’s startup.club in a nutshell: get a p...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 3:59 pm
The Domains
1-800Flowers Gets Birthday.gifts, Anniversary.gifts, Flowers.gifts, Mothersday.gifts, Valentines.gifts
Today two new gTLD’s from Donuts go into General Availability today .Gifts and .Restaurant. Both of the strings have around 330 domain name registered in the Sunrise period for “trademark holders” and the Early Access program where ...
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1-800Flowers Gets Birthday.gifts, Anniversary.gifts, Flowers.gifts, Mothersday.gifts, Valentines.gifts
Today two new gTLD’s from Donuts go into General Availability today .Gifts and .Restaurant. Both of the strings have around 330 domain name registered in the Sunrise period for “trademark holders” and the Early Access program where ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Melbourne, .Restaurant and more
A big geo among this week’s new TLD releases. I’ve been a bit remiss about my weekly new TLD posts, perhaps because the past couple Mondays have been busy news days. That, and new TLD rollouts have slowed down to a trickle. But I’m ...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Melbourne, .Restaurant and more
A big geo among this week’s new TLD releases. I’ve been a bit remiss about my weekly new TLD posts, perhaps because the past couple Mondays have been busy news days. That, and new TLD rollouts have slowed down to a trickle. But I’m ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 2:28 pm
Sully's Blog
Wayne Gathright on Tenants.com and Development Strategy
Wayne Gathright is a Real Estate Software developer and Internet Specialist with over 15 years experience. His goal is to provide innovative software and products for real estate professionals. Below is a discussion Wayne and I recently had reg...
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Wayne Gathright on Tenants.com and Development Strategy
Wayne Gathright is a Real Estate Software developer and Internet Specialist with over 15 years experience. His goal is to provide innovative software and products for real estate professionals. Below is a discussion Wayne and I recently had reg...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 2:00 pm
The Domains
Internet.bs Releasing 9.5 Million Available .Com Registered in Other Extensions
The domain name registrar, Internet.bs is “releasing a list of 9.5 million .COM names which are currently registered under other TLD spaces yet remain unregistered under .COM.” According to a press release we received: “There is so ...
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Internet.bs Releasing 9.5 Million Available .Com Registered in Other Extensions
The domain name registrar, Internet.bs is “releasing a list of 9.5 million .COM names which are currently registered under other TLD spaces yet remain unregistered under .COM.” According to a press release we received: “There is so ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 1:37 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 11/12/14
One of the shorter lists I’ve had in a while. Namejet and Godaddy are both in a lull and 4.cn hasn’t anything up of any value in a month. Flippa is holding their own but its through small numbers of outstanding names. I ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 11/12/14
One of the shorter lists I’ve had in a while. Namejet and Godaddy are both in a lull and 4.cn hasn’t anything up of any value in a month. Flippa is holding their own but its through small numbers of outstanding names. I ...
Discussion
November 12, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
Dish Networks Beats Out Minds + Machines For The New gTLD .Latino
Another new gTLD that was schuduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction next week had been settled privately. Minds + Machines has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Latino leaving Dish Network as the sole applicant. Minds + Machines put ...
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Dish Networks Beats Out Minds + Machines For The New gTLD .Latino
Another new gTLD that was schuduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort Auction next week had been settled privately. Minds + Machines has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Latino leaving Dish Network as the sole applicant. Minds + Machines put ...
Discussion
November 11, 2014, 10:02 pm
Domain Shane
And This is Why Brands Should Start With Dot Com
I was listening to the radio today and heard the commercial below. It’s a perfect example of why a brand should always start by trying to find a dot com and then branch out from there. I understand that the world will soon accept th...
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And This is Why Brands Should Start With Dot Com
I was listening to the radio today and heard the commercial below. It’s a perfect example of why a brand should always start by trying to find a dot com and then branch out from there. I understand that the world will soon accept th...
Discussion
November 11, 2014, 9:54 pm
The Domains
.NYC Domain Helps UCONN Basketball Troll Syracuse
The Sporting News reported on a .NYC domain being used to troll one of its best collegiate basketball teams by a rival. It appears defending NCAA national champs UCONN have registered the domain name Syracuse.Nyc. Apparently UCONN is using the domain...
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.NYC Domain Helps UCONN Basketball Troll Syracuse
The Sporting News reported on a .NYC domain being used to troll one of its best collegiate basketball teams by a rival. It appears defending NCAA national champs UCONN have registered the domain name Syracuse.Nyc. Apparently UCONN is using the domain...
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November 11, 2014, 9:39 pm
