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Domain Shane
Bart.com Hits the Auction Block. Will the Recent Bart.net UDRP Impact the Value?
Bart.com is currently up for auction at Flippa, with one bid at $10,000 and a buy-it-now price higher in the 5-figures. This auction comes a few weeks after Bart.net was lost in a UDRP to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which controls Bart.org ...
Discussion
Bart.com Hits the Auction Block. Will the Recent Bart.net UDRP Impact the Value?
Bart.com is currently up for auction at Flippa, with one bid at $10,000 and a buy-it-now price higher in the 5-figures. This auction comes a few weeks after Bart.net was lost in a UDRP to the Bay Area Rapid Transit District, which controls Bart.org ...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 5:10 pm
The Domains
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 3:06 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, October 10th, 2015
So what have we learned this week ladies and gentleman? We learned that there is a lot more that goes into being someone to follow, an expert, or someone to give money to than writing a blog or being in the public eye. It takes a who...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Saturday, October 10th, 2015
So what have we learned this week ladies and gentleman? We learned that there is a lot more that goes into being someone to follow, an expert, or someone to give money to than writing a blog or being in the public eye. It takes a who...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 10:31 am
The Domains
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
Discussion
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 9:54 pm
The Domains
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:39 pm
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:30 pm
The Domains
Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
Discussion
Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
Discussion
Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
Discussion
Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 2:18 pm
The Domains
Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
Discussion
Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 1:50 pm
