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Kevin Ham successfully defends UDRP against SNF.com
SNF.com saved in UDRP decision. Kevin Ham’s company Vertical Axis has successfully defended a UDRP filed against its domain name SNF.com. S.P.C.M. SA filed the complaint. It appears to be affiliated with a company that owns SNF.fr. The complain...
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Kevin Ham successfully defends UDRP against SNF.com
SNF.com saved in UDRP decision. Kevin Ham’s company Vertical Axis has successfully defended a UDRP filed against its domain name SNF.com. S.P.C.M. SA filed the complaint. It appears to be affiliated with a company that owns SNF.fr. The complain...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
First ICANN “Auction of Last Resort” to take place next week
First of many planned new top level domain name auctions to take place next week. It’s a last resort, and it kicks of next week. ICANN will hold its first new top level domain name auction next week to settle the contention set for .信息, whi...
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First ICANN “Auction of Last Resort” to take place next week
First of many planned new top level domain name auctions to take place next week. It’s a last resort, and it kicks of next week. ICANN will hold its first new top level domain name auction next week to settle the contention set for .信息, whi...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 2:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Funniest UDRP. Ever.
This respondent is funny, and it has nothing to do with his response. Sometimes you have to go back to dig up gems, like this UDRP case from 2002. It was recently spotted by domain lawyer John Berryhill. The case involved the domain name wwwsportauth...
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Funniest UDRP. Ever.
This respondent is funny, and it has nothing to do with his response. Sometimes you have to go back to dig up gems, like this UDRP case from 2002. It was recently spotted by domain lawyer John Berryhill. The case involved the domain name wwwsportauth...
Discussion
May 30, 2014, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
How many registrations will new TLDs get?
Most people think low five figures. We’re starting to get an idea of how many registrations new top level domain names can expect to get in the short term now that dozens have launched. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked “On ...
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How many registrations will new TLDs get?
Most people think low five figures. We’re starting to get an idea of how many registrations new top level domain names can expect to get in the short term now that dozens have launched. This year’s Domain Name Wire survey asked “On ...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tadpole.com sells for $20k and .us compared to new TLDs
In this week’s Expired Domain Report, Joseph Peterson reports on the sale of Tadpole.com, plus a comparison of .us domain sales to the asking prices on new TLD premium domains. Once upon a time – specifically, once upon 22 April...
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Tadpole.com sells for $20k and .us compared to new TLDs
In this week’s Expired Domain Report, Joseph Peterson reports on the sale of Tadpole.com, plus a comparison of .us domain sales to the asking prices on new TLD premium domains. Once upon a time – specifically, once upon 22 April...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 2:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal
Multi-year deal for forty .xxx domains valued at $5 million. The domain name Sex.xxx has been sold as part of a $5 million deal between ICM Registry and Barron Innovations. The two parties pegged the price of Sex.xxx itself at a whopping $3 million. ...
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Sex.xxx domain name sells as part of $5 million deal
Multi-year deal for forty .xxx domains valued at $5 million. The domain name Sex.xxx has been sold as part of a $5 million deal between ICM Registry and Barron Innovations. The two parties pegged the price of Sex.xxx itself at a whopping $3 million. ...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ninjas win Wednesday’s battle of the new TLDs
Ninjas attack cruiselines and vacationers. Ninjas win. Seven new top level domain names hit the market yesterday, and the .Ninjas sliced their way to the most new registrations of any of them. .Ninja recorded 4,535 new registrations in the zone file,...
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.Ninjas win Wednesday’s battle of the new TLDs
Ninjas attack cruiselines and vacationers. Ninjas win. Seven new top level domain names hit the market yesterday, and the .Ninjas sliced their way to the most new registrations of any of them. .Ninja recorded 4,535 new registrations in the zone file,...
Discussion
May 29, 2014, 12:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Walgreens snaps up generic domain names in new TLDs
$67 billion pharmacy chain going after relevant terms in new TLDs. While I was going through .wiki registrations this morning I noticed that pharmacy chain Walgreens registered a number of generic terms under .wiki. It makes sense: why not own Hairca...
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Walgreens snaps up generic domain names in new TLDs
$67 billion pharmacy chain going after relevant terms in new TLDs. While I was going through .wiki registrations this morning I noticed that pharmacy chain Walgreens registered a number of generic terms under .wiki. It makes sense: why not own Hairca...
Discussion
May 28, 2014, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Let’s collaborate on .wiki: A look at who registered .wiki domains
.Wiki tops 3,000 registrations by first day. Top Level Design released its first new top level domain name yesterday as .wiki hit registrar’s shelves. I count 3,166 domains in the zone file processed last night, which is a solid first day for a...
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Let’s collaborate on .wiki: A look at who registered .wiki domains
.Wiki tops 3,000 registrations by first day. Top Level Design released its first new top level domain name yesterday as .wiki hit registrar’s shelves. I count 3,166 domains in the zone file processed last night, which is a solid first day for a...
Discussion
May 28, 2014, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
26 end user domain name sales from Sedo
Sedo’s facilitated a number of good end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week, including a number of solid sales to end users. Here’s this week’s list of end user domain names sales...
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26 end user domain name sales from Sedo
Sedo’s facilitated a number of good end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.1 million worth of domain names last week, including a number of solid sales to end users. Here’s this week’s list of end user domain names sales...
Discussion
May 28, 2014, 2:48 pm
