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.Games and .Shopping hit registrars this week
Rightside and Donuts released new domain names this week. Two new top level domain names launched this week with one entering general availability and the other hitting early access. Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) .Games entered general availability...
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.Games and .Shopping hit registrars this week
Rightside and Donuts released new domain names this week. Two new top level domain names launched this week with one entering general availability and the other hitting early access. Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) .Games entered general availability...
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September 22, 2016, 12:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
.NYC to auction top domains on NameJet
20 .NYC domain names will be auctioned on NameJet starting at $500 with no reserves. .NYC operator Neustar (NYSE:NSR) is holding an auction October 24-27 that includes top .NYC domain names. 20 domain names will be auctioned starting at $500, all wit...
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.NYC to auction top domains on NameJet
20 .NYC domain names will be auctioned on NameJet starting at $500 with no reserves. .NYC operator Neustar (NYSE:NSR) is holding an auction October 24-27 that includes top .NYC domain names. 20 domain names will be auctioned starting at $500, all wit...
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September 22, 2016, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Michael Gleissner loses yet another UDRP
Flushing money down the toilet. Michael Gleissner’s lawyers don’t seem to have a grasp on how UDRP works, and they continue to waste money filing and losing cases. EKR Systems Limited, which lists Gleissner as director, filed a UDRP again...
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Michael Gleissner loses yet another UDRP
Flushing money down the toilet. Michael Gleissner’s lawyers don’t seem to have a grasp on how UDRP works, and they continue to waste money filing and losing cases. EKR Systems Limited, which lists Gleissner as director, filed a UDRP again...
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September 21, 2016, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
OCB.com, Decadent.com to sell in Great Domains auction ending tomorrow
Bidding on multiple three-letter .com domain names ends tomorrow. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow. The most expensive domain name to have already hit its reserve is OCB.com, which has a current bid of $25,000. There are four a...
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OCB.com, Decadent.com to sell in Great Domains auction ending tomorrow
Bidding on multiple three-letter .com domain names ends tomorrow. Sedo’s monthly GreatDomains auction ends tomorrow. The most expensive domain name to have already hit its reserve is OCB.com, which has a current bid of $25,000. There are four a...
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September 21, 2016, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales including BASF
Wheel seller, pipe fittings company and BASF bought domain names last week. Sedo didn’t publicly report any blockbuster domain name sales from last week, but there were some good end user purchases. Among the buyers is BASF, the $65 billion com...
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End user domain name sales including BASF
Wheel seller, pipe fittings company and BASF bought domain names last week. Sedo didn’t publicly report any blockbuster domain name sales from last week, but there were some good end user purchases. Among the buyers is BASF, the $65 billion com...
Discussion
September 21, 2016, 1:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 apps that drive more sales on your Shopify store
These tools help you sell more on your Shopify store. Shopify is an easy way to start an ecommerce store on your domain name. As one of the larger hosted online store systems, it also attracts a lot of third-party developers that create plugins (call...
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4 apps that drive more sales on your Shopify store
These tools help you sell more on your Shopify store. Shopify is an easy way to start an ecommerce store on your domain name. As one of the larger hosted online store systems, it also attracts a lot of third-party developers that create plugins (call...
Discussion
September 20, 2016, 7:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expensify names AI “Concierge” and Gleissner firm is battling it over the trademark
EBB Development Limited happened to file for a Pakistani trademark for concierge on the same day Expensify filed an application in the U.S. Hmm. Business expense report company Expensify has named its artificial intelligence system Concierge. Unfortu...
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Expensify names AI “Concierge” and Gleissner firm is battling it over the trademark
EBB Development Limited happened to file for a Pakistani trademark for concierge on the same day Expensify filed an application in the U.S. Hmm. Business expense report company Expensify has named its artificial intelligence system Concierge. Unfortu...
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September 20, 2016, 12:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX reports earnings, big investment from China
Pureplay strategy for new top level domain name company is working; investor buys more shares. MMX (Minds + Machines) reported first-half earnings today and announced a big investment from a Cayman-based fund backed by a Chinese investment group. Loo...
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MMX reports earnings, big investment from China
Pureplay strategy for new top level domain name company is working; investor buys more shares. MMX (Minds + Machines) reported first-half earnings today and announced a big investment from a Cayman-based fund backed by a Chinese investment group. Loo...
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September 20, 2016, 12:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
T Rowe Price fund bulks up on Rightside shares
Fund has acquired about 700,000 shares this year. We know that Frank Schilling, Daniel Negari and Mike Ambrose have been selling Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) shares lately. So who’s been buying? T Rowe Price filed an amended 13G with the SEC that re...
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T Rowe Price fund bulks up on Rightside shares
Fund has acquired about 700,000 shares this year. We know that Frank Schilling, Daniel Negari and Mike Ambrose have been selling Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) shares lately. So who’s been buying? T Rowe Price filed an amended 13G with the SEC that re...
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September 19, 2016, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hiro Tsukahara – DNW Podcast #102
How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off. GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some maj...
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Hiro Tsukahara – DNW Podcast #102
How GMO plans to make its big investment in .shop pay off. GMO Registry paid $41.5 million for the .shop top level domain name. How will it make its money back? CEO Hiro Tsukahara discusses why he believes the price was justified and reveals some maj...
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September 19, 2016, 3:48 pm




