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Dot brand gTLDs–still yet to hit the mainstream
Angie Graves explores the current state of .brand top level domain names. Dot brands have made great strides in the two years since the first delegations in the most recent round of new gTLDs. According to calzone.org’s gTLD calendar, CITIC Gro...
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Dot brand gTLDs–still yet to hit the mainstream
Angie Graves explores the current state of .brand top level domain names. Dot brands have made great strides in the two years since the first delegations in the most recent round of new gTLDs. According to calzone.org’s gTLD calendar, CITIC Gro...
Discussion
October 19, 2016, 12:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Daniel Negari exits Rightside position
XYZ founder sells his remaining shares in Rightside. Daniel Negari, CEO of top level domain name company XYZ, has sold all of his remaining shares in Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME). Negari made the disclosure in a Facebook post about the Google open source ...
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Daniel Negari exits Rightside position
XYZ founder sells his remaining shares in Rightside. Daniel Negari, CEO of top level domain name company XYZ, has sold all of his remaining shares in Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME). Negari made the disclosure in a Facebook post about the Google open source ...
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October 18, 2016, 9:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Small Businesses and Investors Losing Domains in Flawed UDRP Decisions
[Editor’s note: Nat Cohen takes a look at recent UDRP decisions in this extensive report.] Are you guilty of “cybersquatting” without knowing it? Take a look at these recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (&ldqu...
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Small Businesses and Investors Losing Domains in Flawed UDRP Decisions
[Editor’s note: Nat Cohen takes a look at recent UDRP decisions in this extensive report.] Are you guilty of “cybersquatting” without knowing it? Take a look at these recent Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (&ldqu...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google open sources domain registry, Donuts collaborates as pressure on registry providers mounts
Donuts makes key contributions to open source registry platform, setting up a possible migration in the future. The shakeup in the backend domain name registry services business continues. Today, Google launched an open source cloud-based registry pl...
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Google open sources domain registry, Donuts collaborates as pressure on registry providers mounts
Donuts makes key contributions to open source registry platform, setting up a possible migration in the future. The shakeup in the backend domain name registry services business continues. Today, Google launched an open source cloud-based registry pl...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
All LLL.com domain names worth $2 billion, new report says
A new report sheds light on the health of the domain name aftermarket for short .com domain names. Domain name valuation service Estibot and short domain name brokerage GGRG have released a report on the state of the market for short domain names. Th...
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All LLL.com domain names worth $2 billion, new report says
A new report sheds light on the health of the domain name aftermarket for short .com domain names. Domain name valuation service Estibot and short domain name brokerage GGRG have released a report on the state of the market for short domain names. Th...
Discussion
October 18, 2016, 12:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Operator of Dollar City stores tries to argue “retroactive bad faith.” Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended against a UDRP on his domain name DollarCity.com, and the panel found complainant Centroamerica Comercial guil...
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Mike Mann gets Reverse Domain Name Hijacking win
Operator of Dollar City stores tries to argue “retroactive bad faith.” Domain name investor Mike Mann has successfully defended against a UDRP on his domain name DollarCity.com, and the panel found complainant Centroamerica Comercial guil...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Page Howe is making money with domains – DNW Podcast #106
How this veteran domainer is making money in today’s market. Page Howe is best known for his $1 million+ sales of Seniors.com and Guys.com. But he says those were anomalies; his domain business is a lot like yours and mine. He focuses on sellin...
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How Page Howe is making money with domains – DNW Podcast #106
How this veteran domainer is making money in today’s market. Page Howe is best known for his $1 million+ sales of Seniors.com and Guys.com. But he says those were anomalies; his domain business is a lot like yours and mine. He focuses on sellin...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tile sues rival TrackR for typosquatting
Tile says rival’s CEO registered typo of its domain name, among other alleged infringements. Tile, maker of attachable tags that help you find your stuff, has sued competitor TrackR for allegedly typosquatting its domain name. According to a la...
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Tile sues rival TrackR for typosquatting
Tile says rival’s CEO registered typo of its domain name, among other alleged infringements. Tile, maker of attachable tags that help you find your stuff, has sued competitor TrackR for allegedly typosquatting its domain name. According to a la...
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October 17, 2016, 12:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australian domain name registrar eyes IPO
Dreamscape targets an $86 million value. Australian domain name company Dreamscape, better known as CrazyDomains, is getting ready to go public. The Australian Financial Review reports that the company plans to begin trading on the Australian Securit...
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Australian domain name registrar eyes IPO
Dreamscape targets an $86 million value. Australian domain name company Dreamscape, better known as CrazyDomains, is getting ready to go public. The Australian Financial Review reports that the company plans to begin trading on the Australian Securit...
Discussion
October 17, 2016, 11:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected pattern for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company ha...
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Unsurprisingly, re-renewal rates on new TLDs higher than original renewals
Rightside’s first batch of new TLDs follow the expected pattern for re-renewals. Rightside, which markets 40 top level domain names, this week published data on domain name renewals. The data aren’t particularly surprising. The company ha...
Discussion
October 15, 2016, 12:40 pm
