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DomainSherpa
Want 5 Experts to Review Your Domain Name Portfolio?
Want 5 Experts to Review Your Domain Name Portfolio?In each DomainSherpa Review, selected experts review a domain name portfolio and openly share their insights into the value of the portfolio – including which domains are worth holding on to a...
Discussion
Want 5 Experts to Review Your Domain Name Portfolio?
Want 5 Experts to Review Your Domain Name Portfolio?In each DomainSherpa Review, selected experts review a domain name portfolio and openly share their insights into the value of the portfolio – including which domains are worth holding on to a...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 8:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dish DBS and .Hotel applicant file “appeals” to new TLD objection decisions
Two companies appeal to ICANN’s board for reconsideration of new TLD objections. The first of what are likely many “appeals” of new top level domain name objections have been filed with ICANN’s board in the form of Requests fo...
Discussion
Dish DBS and .Hotel applicant file “appeals” to new TLD objection decisions
Two companies appeal to ICANN’s board for reconsideration of new TLD objections. The first of what are likely many “appeals” of new top level domain name objections have been filed with ICANN’s board in the form of Requests fo...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mex.com auction ends tomorrow
Sedo auction for Mex.com ends tomorrow and has just two bidders so far. Here’s an interesting auction for a three letter domain name at Sedo that closes tomorrow: Mex.com. Bidding is currently at 10,100 EUR with just two bidders. It seems that ...
Discussion
Mex.com auction ends tomorrow
Sedo auction for Mex.com ends tomorrow and has just two bidders so far. Here’s an interesting auction for a three letter domain name at Sedo that closes tomorrow: Mex.com. Bidding is currently at 10,100 EUR with just two bidders. It seems that ...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 3:24 pm
The Domains
ICANN Corrects Friday’s New gTLD Initial Evaluation Posting: Taipei Is Eligible for Extended Evaluation
On Friday in releasing its Initial Evaluation results ICANN mistakenly showed that the new gTLD application for the Geographic area of .Taipei failed IE and was not eligble for Extended Evaluation. However today ICANN has correct what was an e...
Discussion
ICANN Corrects Friday’s New gTLD Initial Evaluation Posting: Taipei Is Eligible for Extended Evaluation
On Friday in releasing its Initial Evaluation results ICANN mistakenly showed that the new gTLD application for the Geographic area of .Taipei failed IE and was not eligble for Extended Evaluation. However today ICANN has correct what was an e...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 3:14 pm
Elliot's Blog
Yahoo Begins Redistributing Email Addresses & Usernames
In June, I wrote an article about how domain registrars can deal with Yahoo’s decision to recycle email addresses. This decision could prove to be problematic for domain owners whose email addresses that are connected to their domain names are ...
Discussion
Yahoo Begins Redistributing Email Addresses & Usernames
In June, I wrote an article about how domain registrars can deal with Yahoo’s decision to recycle email addresses. This decision could prove to be problematic for domain owners whose email addresses that are connected to their domain names are ...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
planet.ECO loses objections against TLDH for .eco top level domain name
TLDH gets a victory in fight over .eco. The latest salvo in the fight for the .eco top level domain name has been successfully defended by Top Level Domain Holdings. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel denied planet.ECO, LLC’s Lega...
Discussion
planet.ECO loses objections against TLDH for .eco top level domain name
TLDH gets a victory in fight over .eco. The latest salvo in the fight for the .eco top level domain name has been successfully defended by Top Level Domain Holdings. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel denied planet.ECO, LLC’s Lega...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours objection against Donuts
.Tours and .Tour top level domain strings found too similar, will be placed in contention set. Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new top level domain names. This time Google has won an objection (pdf) against Donuts&rsq...
Discussion
Nau strikes again: Google wins .tours objection against Donuts
.Tours and .Tour top level domain strings found too similar, will be placed in contention set. Another day, another inconsistent string confusion objection for new top level domain names. This time Google has won an objection (pdf) against Donuts&rsq...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 12:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Four domain name sessions pitched for SXSW 2014
Four domain name sessions have been proposed for SXSW Interactive 2014. Voting ends September 6. Voting for which panels will make the cut at next year’s SXSW Interactive conference is underway. I identified four submissions this year that are ...
Discussion
Four domain name sessions pitched for SXSW 2014
Four domain name sessions have been proposed for SXSW Interactive 2014. Voting ends September 6. Voting for which panels will make the cut at next year’s SXSW Interactive conference is underway. I identified four submissions this year that are ...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 11:39 am
The Domains
Pew Research: In US 70% Have A BroadBand Connection At Home; 20% Don’t Have Broadband Nor Smartphone
Pew Research Center’s Internet &American Life Project released its report entitled “Home Broadband 2013″ and found that in the United States 20% of U.S. adults are still without broadband or smartphones for internet access...
Discussion
Pew Research: In US 70% Have A BroadBand Connection At Home; 20% Don’t Have Broadband Nor Smartphone
Pew Research Center’s Internet &American Life Project released its report entitled “Home Broadband 2013″ and found that in the United States 20% of U.S. adults are still without broadband or smartphones for internet access...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 11:14 am
Elliot's Blog
3 Tips to Keep Your Domain Names Private
Several years ago, the day after acquiring a high value domain name in private, I received an email from someone within the industry congratulating me on my acquisition. I couldn’t figure out how he learned about the purchase, but later found o...
Discussion
3 Tips to Keep Your Domain Names Private
Several years ago, the day after acquiring a high value domain name in private, I received an email from someone within the industry congratulating me on my acquisition. I couldn’t figure out how he learned about the purchase, but later found o...
Discussion
August 26, 2013, 10:46 am
