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Domain Name Wire
Survey: domainers have a new favorite domain parking company
InternetTraffic selected as top domain parking company. Less than two years after opening his own domain parking platform, domain investor Frank Schilling is at the top of the heap. Participants in Domain Name Wire’s 8th annual industry survey ...
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Survey: domainers have a new favorite domain parking company
InternetTraffic selected as top domain parking company. Less than two years after opening his own domain parking platform, domain investor Frank Schilling is at the top of the heap. Participants in Domain Name Wire’s 8th annual industry survey ...
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February 19, 2013, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Get your one-year-old premium domains right here, folks!
A strange pitch for a domain name. I receive a lot of funny emails pitching domain names for sale. From the completely-unrelated-domain pitch: “Because you own HonoluluNannies.com, we thought you might like the domain SuperFastSportsCarsDepot.c...
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Get your one-year-old premium domains right here, folks!
A strange pitch for a domain name. I receive a lot of funny emails pitching domain names for sale. From the completely-unrelated-domain pitch: “Because you own HonoluluNannies.com, we thought you might like the domain SuperFastSportsCarsDepot.c...
Discussion
February 19, 2013, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Nintendo files complaint over WiiU.com
Company says owner is cybersquatting with WiiU.com domain name. Nintendo released WiiU, the successor to its popular Wii video game system Wii, in November. But it was missing a key online marketing ingredient: the domain name WiiU.com. Now it has fi...
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Nintendo files complaint over WiiU.com
Company says owner is cybersquatting with WiiU.com domain name. Nintendo released WiiU, the successor to its popular Wii video game system Wii, in November. But it was missing a key online marketing ingredient: the domain name WiiU.com. Now it has fi...
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February 19, 2013, 9:45 am
Domain Name Wire
City of Soledad “gets it”, registers domains related to new national park
City registers multiple domain names for new branding campaign. I write about municipalities fumbling domain names all the time, so it’s nice to be able to write about the opposite. The city of Soledad, California is seizing on the nearby Pinna...
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City of Soledad “gets it”, registers domains related to new national park
City registers multiple domain names for new branding campaign. I write about municipalities fumbling domain names all the time, so it’s nice to be able to write about the opposite. The city of Soledad, California is seizing on the nearby Pinna...
Discussion
February 18, 2013, 9:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
eHow: “How to Become a Domain Broker”
…in six simple steps. eHow is owned by Demand Media, which owns the world’s second largest domain name registrar, eNom. These guys know a lot about domain names. Unfortunately you can’t say the same thing about eHow’s writers...
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eHow: “How to Become a Domain Broker”
…in six simple steps. eHow is owned by Demand Media, which owns the world’s second largest domain name registrar, eNom. These guys know a lot about domain names. Unfortunately you can’t say the same thing about eHow’s writers...
Discussion
February 18, 2013, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Cargill registers Truvia lawsuit domain names
Cargill gets defensive with domain name registrations. Food giant Cargill registered dozens of domain names on Friday, many of which could be used to protect the company against a backlash over its Truvia sweetener and other company products. The dom...
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Cargill registers Truvia lawsuit domain names
Cargill gets defensive with domain name registrations. Food giant Cargill registered dozens of domain names on Friday, many of which could be used to protect the company against a backlash over its Truvia sweetener and other company products. The dom...
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February 18, 2013, 11:46 am
Domain Name Wire
The Go Daddy kiss that keeps on giving
This year’s Go Daddy commercial may have been its most effective yet. One thing Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons figured out a long time ago, before GoDaddy.com was a household name, was that the 30 seconds you buy during a Super Bowl is only part ...
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The Go Daddy kiss that keeps on giving
This year’s Go Daddy commercial may have been its most effective yet. One thing Go Daddy founder Bob Parsons figured out a long time ago, before GoDaddy.com was a household name, was that the 30 seconds you buy during a Super Bowl is only part ...
Discussion
February 18, 2013, 10:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Dear Miami Beach: save yourself some trouble and don’t buy this domain
City is apparently spending internet resources looking at a domain it shouldn’t bother with. Today’s Miami Herald reports about the domain name CityOfMiamiBeach.net. The article explains that the husband of a Miami Beach Commissioner is b...
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Dear Miami Beach: save yourself some trouble and don’t buy this domain
City is apparently spending internet resources looking at a domain it shouldn’t bother with. Today’s Miami Herald reports about the domain name CityOfMiamiBeach.net. The article explains that the husband of a Miami Beach Commissioner is b...
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February 16, 2013, 12:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
April 23 for a new TLD delegation? Will anyone be able to sell them?
ICANN CEO sets a surprising date for the first new TLD delegation. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has disclosed a target date of April 23 to delegate the first new top level domain. Although he admits the timeline might slip, he suggests it will be a ...
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April 23 for a new TLD delegation? Will anyone be able to sell them?
ICANN CEO sets a surprising date for the first new TLD delegation. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has disclosed a target date of April 23 to delegate the first new top level domain. Although he admits the timeline might slip, he suggests it will be a ...
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February 15, 2013, 9:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Registrars might have to adopt new RAA in order to sell new top level domains
In October I wrote about negotiations for a new registrar accreditation agreement (RAA). The RAA is the contract between domain name registrars and ICANN. It is periodically updated. When it’s updated, ICANN provides some sort of incentive to e...
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Registrars might have to adopt new RAA in order to sell new top level domains
In October I wrote about negotiations for a new registrar accreditation agreement (RAA). The RAA is the contract between domain name registrars and ICANN. It is periodically updated. When it’s updated, ICANN provides some sort of incentive to e...
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February 14, 2013, 9:50 pm
