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No surprise: Escrow.com is still your favorite escrow service
Escrow.com is most popular domain escrow service for domain investors. There’s one question on the Domain Name Wire survey that always has a predictable result: Escrow.com is selected as the best domain escrow service. This year it once again c...
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No surprise: Escrow.com is still your favorite escrow service
Escrow.com is most popular domain escrow service for domain investors. There’s one question on the Domain Name Wire survey that always has a predictable result: Escrow.com is selected as the best domain escrow service. This year it once again c...
Discussion
February 26, 2013, 10:34 am
Domain Name Wire
TLDH gets up to $15 million for a single top level domain name auction
TLDH and investor are going big on one top level domain. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited announced it has received up to $15 million in backing to be used to chase a single top level domain at auction. The money is strictly for bidding in an auctio...
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TLDH gets up to $15 million for a single top level domain name auction
TLDH and investor are going big on one top level domain. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited announced it has received up to $15 million in backing to be used to chase a single top level domain at auction. The money is strictly for bidding in an auctio...
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February 26, 2013, 9:50 am
Domain Name Wire
DNForum is top domain forum again
No surprise: DNForum is your favorite. DNForum.com has once again been voted the top domain name forum in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. The survey of over 500 domain name investors and professionals selected the long running domain forum as...
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DNForum is top domain forum again
No surprise: DNForum is your favorite. DNForum.com has once again been voted the top domain name forum in Domain Name Wire’s annual survey. The survey of over 500 domain name investors and professionals selected the long running domain forum as...
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February 25, 2013, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ernst & Young finds out that brand protection is easier in .US
Company doesn’t have to pay to protect domains with the S word. I got a chuckle out of a few domain names that had a registrant change last week. The three domains were all previously registered to Ernst & Young: ernstandyoungeatsshit.us er...
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Ernst & Young finds out that brand protection is easier in .US
Company doesn’t have to pay to protect domains with the S word. I got a chuckle out of a few domain names that had a registrant change last week. The three domains were all previously registered to Ernst & Young: ernstandyoungeatsshit.us er...
Discussion
February 25, 2013, 2:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oakley goes after counterfeiters and their domain names
Sunglass brand fights counterfeiters with federal lawsuit. Oakley has filed UDRP cases in the past to take down sites selling fake Oakley sunglasses. Now it’s going for damages against alleged counterfeiters with a federal lawsuit (pdf) filed i...
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Oakley goes after counterfeiters and their domain names
Sunglass brand fights counterfeiters with federal lawsuit. Oakley has filed UDRP cases in the past to take down sites selling fake Oakley sunglasses. Now it’s going for damages against alleged counterfeiters with a federal lawsuit (pdf) filed i...
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February 25, 2013, 10:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Lead Gen company buys AutoInsurance.com domain name
Big insurance domain name changes hands. Lead generation company TZ Insurance Solutions, LLC, also known as Tranzact, appears to have purchased the domain name AutoInsurance.com. Domain investor P.A. Gordon owned the AutoInsurance.com domain. Nameser...
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Lead Gen company buys AutoInsurance.com domain name
Big insurance domain name changes hands. Lead generation company TZ Insurance Solutions, LLC, also known as Tranzact, appears to have purchased the domain name AutoInsurance.com. Domain investor P.A. Gordon owned the AutoInsurance.com domain. Nameser...
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February 25, 2013, 9:26 am
Domain Name Wire
Survey: GoDaddy.com is your favorite domain registrar, and here’s why
The biggest registrar is also a domain investor favorite. There may be a causal relationship there. This year’s survey of over 500 domain professionals shows that GoDaddy.com is the clear favorite registrar. You probably didn’t need a sur...
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Survey: GoDaddy.com is your favorite domain registrar, and here’s why
The biggest registrar is also a domain investor favorite. There may be a causal relationship there. This year’s survey of over 500 domain professionals shows that GoDaddy.com is the clear favorite registrar. You probably didn’t need a sur...
Discussion
February 22, 2013, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Nuestar to raise .biz prices 10%
Cost of renewing or registering a .biz domain name will increase later this year. Nuestar (NYSE: NSR) will hike the wholesale cost of .biz domain name registrations 10% this fall. Michele Neylon of Blacknight reported about the increase announcement ...
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Nuestar to raise .biz prices 10%
Cost of renewing or registering a .biz domain name will increase later this year. Nuestar (NYSE: NSR) will hike the wholesale cost of .biz domain name registrations 10% this fall. Michele Neylon of Blacknight reported about the increase announcement ...
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February 22, 2013, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN terminates registrar with over 75,000 domain names
Registrar blamed for not maintaining accurate registrant data. ICANN has followed up on its threats by terminating Bargin Register’s registrar accreditation. ICANN sent a breach notice to the company in November, stating that the company had fa...
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ICANN terminates registrar with over 75,000 domain names
Registrar blamed for not maintaining accurate registrant data. ICANN has followed up on its threats by terminating Bargin Register’s registrar accreditation. ICANN sent a breach notice to the company in November, stating that the company had fa...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 12:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brand.com goes on the market
This domain name doesn’t need branding. For the first time since it was originally registered in 1995, the domain name Brand.com is up for sale. Chuck Pettis registered the domain name in 1995 and used it for his company BrandSolutions. BrandSo...
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Brand.com goes on the market
This domain name doesn’t need branding. For the first time since it was originally registered in 1995, the domain name Brand.com is up for sale. Chuck Pettis registered the domain name in 1995 and used it for his company BrandSolutions. BrandSo...
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February 21, 2013, 11:46 am
