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The Domains
.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension
In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed in our post the other day that looks at the percentage ...
Discussion
.XYZ Claims Its The Most Used New gTLD Extension
In a blog post Daniel Negari the CEO of the .XYZ registry claims that .XYZ its the most used new gTLD extension. The post uses the numbers furnished by ntldstats.com that we disclosed in our post the other day that looks at the percentage ...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 8:58 pm
The Domains
The Results Are in Frank Schilling Tops our Poll “Greatest Domain Investor of All Time”
One month ago we asked you to vote on who you thought was the greatest domain investor of all time. Frank Schilling took 31% of the vote and won the title. Yun Ye who sold his portfolio to Marchex for $164 million came in second with 17% of the vote....
Discussion
The Results Are in Frank Schilling Tops our Poll “Greatest Domain Investor of All Time”
One month ago we asked you to vote on who you thought was the greatest domain investor of all time. Frank Schilling took 31% of the vote and won the title. Yun Ye who sold his portfolio to Marchex for $164 million came in second with 17% of the vote....
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 7:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Registry launches “Chinese Domain Ambassador Program”
Registry engages with customers with ambassador program. Here’s another example of a registry reaching out directly to its registrants to help promote their new top level domain name. TLD Registry, the company behind Dot Chinese Online (.在线...
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Registry launches “Chinese Domain Ambassador Program”
Registry engages with customers with ambassador program. Here’s another example of a registry reaching out directly to its registrants to help promote their new top level domain name. TLD Registry, the company behind Dot Chinese Online (.在线...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 5:38 pm
The Domains
ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group
ICANN has named the first four members of the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN’s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination G...
Discussion
ICANN Names 4 Initial Members of Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group
ICANN has named the first four members of the Accountability & Governance Public Experts Group. ICANN’s President and CEO, Fadi Chehadé, will be responsible for the selection of up to seven Advisers to sit on the Coordination G...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking ruling over SaintLazarusUSA.com
WIPO panelist hands down RDNH ruling. Every once in a while I read a UDRP involving organizations in a world I simply didn’t know existed. Such is the case in The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus, Inc. v. Thierry Villejust over ...
Discussion
Reverse domain name hijacking ruling over SaintLazarusUSA.com
WIPO panelist hands down RDNH ruling. Every once in a while I read a UDRP involving organizations in a world I simply didn’t know existed. Such is the case in The American Association of the Order of St. Lazarus, Inc. v. Thierry Villejust over ...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 4:08 pm
The Domains
Be Warned: WIPO Taking Screenshots When A UDRP Is Filed & Giving It To Panel & Why Its A Problem
WIPO has been taking Screenshots of whatever is on a domain name as soon as a UDRP Is filed and they have been furnishing the screenshot to the UDRP panel who has been taking the screenshot into account as evidence in making their determination. This...
Discussion
Be Warned: WIPO Taking Screenshots When A UDRP Is Filed & Giving It To Panel & Why Its A Problem
WIPO has been taking Screenshots of whatever is on a domain name as soon as a UDRP Is filed and they have been furnishing the screenshot to the UDRP panel who has been taking the screenshot into account as evidence in making their determination. This...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 3:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names NASCAR and others bought at Sedo last week
NASCAR among end users buying domain names last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week, including one to NASCAR. Details of these end user domain name sales are below. You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d l...
Discussion
What domain names NASCAR and others bought at Sedo last week
NASCAR among end users buying domain names last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week, including one to NASCAR. Details of these end user domain name sales are below. You can view previous lists like this here. If you’d l...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 3:05 pm
The Domains
Tech Publications In China Giving Postive Coverage to .XYZ
Techweb.com.cn, gave a pretty good endorsement to the .XYZ registry. We had to use Google Translate to turn this into broken English but you get the general idea, that they are recommending to their readers they try .XYZ as an investment: 2014 has be...
Discussion
Tech Publications In China Giving Postive Coverage to .XYZ
Techweb.com.cn, gave a pretty good endorsement to the .XYZ registry. We had to use Google Translate to turn this into broken English but you get the general idea, that they are recommending to their readers they try .XYZ as an investment: 2014 has be...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 2:32 pm
The Domains
.Cash & .Tax Launch Today Here Are The Registered Domain Names
We have chatted earlier this week about the new domain names registered in two of the 5 new gTLD’s going live today, .Fund and .Investments and thought we would let you know what domain names were not going to be available when General Registra...
Discussion
.Cash & .Tax Launch Today Here Are The Registered Domain Names
We have chatted earlier this week about the new domain names registered in two of the 5 new gTLD’s going live today, .Fund and .Investments and thought we would let you know what domain names were not going to be available when General Registra...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 2:01 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 8/20
Evidently I have been all wrong about who the largest domain registrar is. I was flipping through ads and came across OurDomains.com and right at the top of the page it states “Worlds Largest Registrar” . I always thought...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 8/20
Evidently I have been all wrong about who the largest domain registrar is. I was flipping through ads and came across OurDomains.com and right at the top of the page it states “Worlds Largest Registrar” . I always thought...
Discussion
August 20, 2014, 11:48 am
