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Domain Name Wire
Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
Discussion
Latest domain name scam spoofs ICANN, worse than domain renewal scam
Scammer send fake renewal notices with goal of getting your credit card information. ICANN may have shut down Domain Registry of America for now, but new scams pop up just about every day. Joseph Peterson sent one example to me today that I haven&rsq...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 3:39 pm
The Domains
Registry Of New gTLD .000 Predicts 35,000 Sunrise Domains & 1-2 Million Registrations In 6-12 Months
The Registry for the new gTLD ‘.ooo’ (Dot-Tripple O) by Ahmedabad-based IT firm Infibeam.com which “is aimed at providing alternate domain registration solutions to those who have failed to locate their brand name or business names ...
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Registry Of New gTLD .000 Predicts 35,000 Sunrise Domains & 1-2 Million Registrations In 6-12 Months
The Registry for the new gTLD ‘.ooo’ (Dot-Tripple O) by Ahmedabad-based IT firm Infibeam.com which “is aimed at providing alternate domain registration solutions to those who have failed to locate their brand name or business names ...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
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New TLD rollout to slow down as Donuts runs low on domains
Boxes of uncontested Donuts running low. The number of new top level domain names hitting the market each week is about to slow down. Every week since the beginning of February, Donuts has released at least one top level domain name. Most weeks it ha...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic: Early new TLD demand below industry expectations
Company says its registry operations are showing steady growth despite delays and low demand for new TLDs. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) issued its interim financial report for the first half of 2014 today. The company, which is the backend registry operato...
Discussion
CentralNic: Early new TLD demand below industry expectations
Company says its registry operations are showing steady growth despite delays and low demand for new TLDs. CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) issued its interim financial report for the first half of 2014 today. The company, which is the backend registry operato...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 1:31 pm
The Domains
Donuts Beats Amazon To .Video & Wins .Money, .Sale, & .Legal In Private Auctions
In a set of private new gTLD auctions held last week Donuts has won at least 4 of them, beating out Amazon Uniregistry, Minds + Machines for the new gTLD .Vide0 (Google did not apply for .Video but did apply for .Tube). We should also note thei...
Discussion
Donuts Beats Amazon To .Video & Wins .Money, .Sale, & .Legal In Private Auctions
In a set of private new gTLD auctions held last week Donuts has won at least 4 of them, beating out Amazon Uniregistry, Minds + Machines for the new gTLD .Vide0 (Google did not apply for .Video but did apply for .Tube). We should also note thei...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 12:28 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 9/23
I’m working on an article trying to look at how LLL.coms have risen and fallen over the years in value. Namejet has been getting some good prices lately for LLL.com and it got me to doing a little homework on how much they’ve sold f...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 9/23
I’m working on an article trying to look at how LLL.coms have risen and fallen over the years in value. Namejet has been getting some good prices lately for LLL.com and it got me to doing a little homework on how much they’ve sold f...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
CentralNic Issues Interim Results For 6 Months Ending June 30, 2014
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Key Points: · CentralNic has seen steady growth in its wholesale (“Registry”) business, against a background of delays in new Top-Le...
Discussion
CentralNic Issues Interim Results For 6 Months Ending June 30, 2014
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2014. Key Points: · CentralNic has seen steady growth in its wholesale (“Registry”) business, against a background of delays in new Top-Le...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 7:11 am
The Domains
ICANN: Looks Like 2nd Round Of New gTLD Won’t Open For At Least 4 Years
ICANN released tonight a 27 page report entitled the “New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments Draft Work Plan” (Draft Work Plan) which lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period for the New gTLD Progra...
Discussion
ICANN: Looks Like 2nd Round Of New gTLD Won’t Open For At Least 4 Years
ICANN released tonight a 27 page report entitled the “New gTLD Program Reviews and Assessments Draft Work Plan” (Draft Work Plan) which lays out the work required prior to initiating a subsequent application period for the New gTLD Progra...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 6:34 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Tasks.com for $130,000, PrivateOffers.com, Claim.net, Working.net, Market.info, Use.co.uk
Some domains that sold Tasks.com – $130,000 – Monster sale; in fact the biggest domain sale on the platform this year. Kevin Fink of Flippa was kind enough to share an update today, and confirmed that everything is on track for closing, ...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Tasks.com for $130,000, PrivateOffers.com, Claim.net, Working.net, Market.info, Use.co.uk
Some domains that sold Tasks.com – $130,000 – Monster sale; in fact the biggest domain sale on the platform this year. Kevin Fink of Flippa was kind enough to share an update today, and confirmed that everything is on track for closing, ...
Discussion
September 23, 2014, 12:05 am
The Domains
Technical.ly: “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter”: “I Practically Started the Industry
Technical.ly, just covered ledgency domain investor Mike Mann In a story entitled “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter” “Before him, there was cybersquatting. Now, there is domain speculation.” “When the...
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Technical.ly: “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter”: “I Practically Started the Industry
Technical.ly, just covered ledgency domain investor Mike Mann In a story entitled “Meet Mike Mann DC’s Pioneering Domain Squatter” “Before him, there was cybersquatting. Now, there is domain speculation.” “When the...
Discussion
September 22, 2014, 6:15 pm
