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Domain Name Wire
Top Domain Name Wire stories of May 2013
Ron Paul, GoDaddy, and a video game domain name took top billing last month. May was a busy month at Domain Name Wire thanks in part to a former politician losing a battle to claim his name on the web. Here are the top five stories: 1. Breaking: Ron ...
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Top Domain Name Wire stories of May 2013
Ron Paul, GoDaddy, and a video game domain name took top billing last month. May was a busy month at Domain Name Wire thanks in part to a former politician losing a battle to claim his name on the web. Here are the top five stories: 1. Breaking: Ron ...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 9:43 am
Elliot's Blog
What Are Your Favorite Sports Teams?
It was a late night for me last night, as I watched the Boston Bruins win game 3 of the NHL’s conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins in double OT. In between periods, I was doing some auction research and NameJet backordering, but my...
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What Are Your Favorite Sports Teams?
It was a late night for me last night, as I watched the Boston Bruins win game 3 of the NHL’s conference finals against the Pittsburgh Penguins in double OT. In between periods, I was doing some auction research and NameJet backordering, but my...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 9:12 am
The Domains
Microsoft Files UDRP To Gain Control Of Even More Xbox One Domains
Microsoft has filed a third UDRP attempting to gain control of more Xboxone domain names this time on the following domains: xboxone.co xboxone.me xboxoneforum.net xboxonewiki.com xboxonehelp.com xboxonecheat.com xboxoneblog.com All of the domain na...
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Microsoft Files UDRP To Gain Control Of Even More Xbox One Domains
Microsoft has filed a third UDRP attempting to gain control of more Xboxone domain names this time on the following domains: xboxone.co xboxone.me xboxoneforum.net xboxonewiki.com xboxonehelp.com xboxonecheat.com xboxoneblog.com All of the domain na...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 9:09 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 6th
Yesterday was one of those days. It was bad from 6 am to 9:45 pm. Email, texts, phone calls, in person. You name it, they were all over me. I was putting out fires all day long. Email has made it way too easy for people to com...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 6th
Yesterday was one of those days. It was bad from 6 am to 9:45 pm. Email, texts, phone calls, in person. You name it, they were all over me. I was putting out fires all day long. Email has made it way too easy for people to com...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 6:26 am
The Domains
1st Private Auction May Be Complete As Donuts Withdraws Its 1st New gTLD Application: .Vote
Donuts has withdrawn its 1st new gTLD of the 307 applications it filed with ICANN. This certainly could be the result of a private auction which are underway this week. There is only one other applicant for the new gTLD .Vote and that company applica...
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1st Private Auction May Be Complete As Donuts Withdraws Its 1st New gTLD Application: .Vote
Donuts has withdrawn its 1st new gTLD of the 307 applications it filed with ICANN. This certainly could be the result of a private auction which are underway this week. There is only one other applicant for the new gTLD .Vote and that company applica...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 12:59 am
The Domains
.Co Puts Over 1,000 Two Character Domains Up For Sale At Godaddy
According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale with GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and ...
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.Co Puts Over 1,000 Two Character Domains Up For Sale At Godaddy
According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale with GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and ...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 12:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales
Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that sale and many other end us...
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Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales
Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that sale and many other end us...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:41 pm
The Domains
ICANN: Trademark Clearning House Update
ICANN during its Webinar today gave some updated data on the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) Today 636 trademark holders have filed marks with the TMCH. A total of 3,027 trademark records have been filed of which 1,380 have been verified. There are a...
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ICANN: Trademark Clearning House Update
ICANN during its Webinar today gave some updated data on the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) Today 636 trademark holders have filed marks with the TMCH. A total of 3,027 trademark records have been filed of which 1,380 have been verified. There are a...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:25 pm
The Domains
1st New gTLD’s Could Be Delegated As Soon As Aug 28th w/ Sunrise Ending Oct 27th
As part of its Webinar today ICANN laid out a “best case scenario” for when the first new gTLD’s might roll out. According to a time line laid out by ICANN the first new gTLD could be delegated to the root by as early as Augus...
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1st New gTLD’s Could Be Delegated As Soon As Aug 28th w/ Sunrise Ending Oct 27th
As part of its Webinar today ICANN laid out a “best case scenario” for when the first new gTLD’s might roll out. According to a time line laid out by ICANN the first new gTLD could be delegated to the root by as early as Augus...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:09 pm
Elliot's Blog
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
Discussion
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
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June 5, 2013, 1:04 pm
