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Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
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Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
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January 31, 2017, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
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FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
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January 31, 2017, 1:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Todococheweb SL hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company makes unsubstantiated claim in its dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Todococheweb SL to have filed a UDRP in bad faith against the owner of TodoCoches.com. “Todo coches” is Spanish fo...
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Todococheweb SL hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company makes unsubstantiated claim in its dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Todococheweb SL to have filed a UDRP in bad faith against the owner of TodoCoches.com. “Todo coches” is Spanish fo...
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January 30, 2017, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roland LaPlante and NamesCon recap – DNW Podcast #121
A recap from NamesCon plus Roland LaPlante of Afilias. This week I have a wide-ranging discussion with Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias. We discuss new top level domain names and why Afilias’ past experience with launching TL...
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Roland LaPlante and NamesCon recap – DNW Podcast #121
A recap from NamesCon plus Roland LaPlante of Afilias. This week I have a wide-ranging discussion with Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias. We discuss new top level domain names and why Afilias’ past experience with launching TL...
Discussion
January 30, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why you might not be getting many Uniregistry Market offers
You need to take this added step. I’ve added a lot of domains I won in expired auctions to Uniregistry over the past few months. I added the names and changed the nameservers. Done, right? Wrong. It turns out that adding domains to Uniregistry ...
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Why you might not be getting many Uniregistry Market offers
You need to take this added step. I’ve added a lot of domains I won in expired auctions to Uniregistry over the past few months. I added the names and changed the nameservers. Done, right? Wrong. It turns out that adding domains to Uniregistry ...
Discussion
January 30, 2017, 2:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames scores DomCollect plus .NYC auction
SnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. Al...
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SnapNames scores DomCollect plus .NYC auction
SnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. Al...
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January 28, 2017, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shoes.com shuts down
Canadian shoe seller shutters online stores including Shoes.com. It takes more than a good domain name. Shoes.com, part of a company that also operates OnlineShoes.com and ShoeME.ca, has gone out of business. All three sites shut down today. The Cana...
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Shoes.com shuts down
Canadian shoe seller shutters online stores including Shoes.com. It takes more than a good domain name. Shoes.com, part of a company that also operates OnlineShoes.com and ShoeME.ca, has gone out of business. All three sites shut down today. The Cana...
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January 28, 2017, 1:32 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving defends domain investors
Domain sharks? Not so fast. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving held a chat on Product Hunt Live this morning. A person asked him if domain resellers or “sharks” were a problem and what should be done about it. Here’s the exchange: Q: Bharath ...
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GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving defends domain investors
Domain sharks? Not so fast. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving held a chat on Product Hunt Live this morning. A person asked him if domain resellers or “sharks” were a problem and what should be done about it. Here’s the exchange: Q: Bharath ...
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January 27, 2017, 7:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another domain-registration-date-for-security patent is filed
Company proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain age registration alert”. Application 14/80...
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Another domain-registration-date-for-security patent is filed
Company proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain age registration alert”. Application 14/80...
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January 27, 2017, 6:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
DNForum relaunches under new ownership
Two domainers take over forum for talking about domain names. Domain name forum DNForum has officially relaunched under new ownership. Domain investors George Verdugo and Kevin Faler purchased the forum from Adam Dicker. The once-popular domain name ...
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DNForum relaunches under new ownership
Two domainers take over forum for talking about domain names. Domain name forum DNForum has officially relaunched under new ownership. Domain investors George Verdugo and Kevin Faler purchased the forum from Adam Dicker. The once-popular domain name ...
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January 27, 2017, 3:23 pm
