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Domain Name Wire
4 reasons domain name registries should think twice before reserving premiums
Holding back premiums for resale might not be in the best interests of domain registries. Last month there was quite an uproar about Uniregistry withholding thousands of premium domain names. Some people believe Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling mi...
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4 reasons domain name registries should think twice before reserving premiums
Holding back premiums for resale might not be in the best interests of domain registries. Last month there was quite an uproar about Uniregistry withholding thousands of premium domain names. Some people believe Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling mi...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
Discussion
Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 12:42 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 7th, 2014
A reader emailed me yesterday and let me know of a glitch in the Godaddy auction system. I’ve never had this problem but he said that Godaddy wouldn’t let him put a decent reserve on his 7 day auctions because Godaddy thought his re...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 7th, 2014
A reader emailed me yesterday and let me know of a glitch in the Godaddy auction system. I’ve never had this problem but he said that Godaddy wouldn’t let him put a decent reserve on his 7 day auctions because Godaddy thought his re...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 11:27 am
The Domains
Alibaba Group Files For Potentially The Biggest IPO in U.S. History
Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba files for IPO The Chinese company is kind of a big deal when it comes to e-Commerce in China, accounting for 80 % of sales. The company has garnered a lot of press over the last two days. Forbes covered it: Chinese ...
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Alibaba Group Files For Potentially The Biggest IPO in U.S. History
Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba files for IPO The Chinese company is kind of a big deal when it comes to e-Commerce in China, accounting for 80 % of sales. The company has garnered a lot of press over the last two days. Forbes covered it: Chinese ...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 9:04 am
The Domains
Orgasms.com Sells Very Quietly On SnapNames.com For $38K: Did It Drop?
The domain name Orgasms.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for $38,166 without much fanfare and without a blog post written about it during or after the auction, which is pretty unusual for a domain that sells for that amount. The domain has an Esti...
Discussion
Orgasms.com Sells Very Quietly On SnapNames.com For $38K: Did It Drop?
The domain name Orgasms.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for $38,166 without much fanfare and without a blog post written about it during or after the auction, which is pretty unusual for a domain that sells for that amount. The domain has an Esti...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 7:44 pm
The Domains
3 Number .Asia Domains On Namejet.com Are Public Auctions: 888.Asia $2,300; 777.Asia $900
Namejet.com has notified us that several three numbered .Asia domain names all except one which are repeating numbers, that are in auction were incorrect labeled as private auctions and are now marked as public auctions meaning that anyone can bid. T...
Discussion
3 Number .Asia Domains On Namejet.com Are Public Auctions: 888.Asia $2,300; 777.Asia $900
Namejet.com has notified us that several three numbered .Asia domain names all except one which are repeating numbers, that are in auction were incorrect labeled as private auctions and are now marked as public auctions meaning that anyone can bid. T...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Survey: domain name sales, marketplaces, and brokers
Will domain values go up? Survey says… This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked a number of questions about how people use domain name marketplaces and brokers. Domain Marketplaces The majority of survey-takers use only one or two domai...
Discussion
Survey: domain name sales, marketplaces, and brokers
Will domain values go up? Survey says… This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked a number of questions about how people use domain name marketplaces and brokers. Domain Marketplaces The majority of survey-takers use only one or two domai...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
Discussion
Is .expert the next “big” top level domain name?
.Expert is in the same category as .guru. How will the two compare? .Guru continues to lead the new top level domain name charts in terms of number of domain names registered. It currently has about 55,000 registrations and gets hundreds of additiona...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 2:10 pm
The Domains
Twitter Registers Tweet.Cool: WalGreens Beauty.Cool; The First .Cool Registrations
.Cool which is goes into general availability tomorrow May 7th. For me its one of those new gTLD’s where the word is really on the wrong side of the dot, as Cool as used in language generally is the start of the phrase rather than the end of th...
Discussion
Twitter Registers Tweet.Cool: WalGreens Beauty.Cool; The First .Cool Registrations
.Cool which is goes into general availability tomorrow May 7th. For me its one of those new gTLD’s where the word is really on the wrong side of the dot, as Cool as used in language generally is the start of the phrase rather than the end of th...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
Discussion
Is Shutterstock worried about a boycott?
Company registers boycott-related domain names. What is stock photo company Shutterstock (NYSE: SSTK) so worried about? The company recently made a number of defensive domain name registrations related to boycotts and three of its brands. All of the ...
Discussion
May 6, 2014, 1:38 pm
