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Elliot's Blog
Want To Give Away Your Company Gear?
Whenever I go to a conference, there are companies that are giving away all kinds of company branded gear. There are coffee mugs, shirts, mouse pads, pens, pads of paper, flash drives…etc. Companies want to put their brand gear on clients and ...
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Want To Give Away Your Company Gear?
Whenever I go to a conference, there are companies that are giving away all kinds of company branded gear. There are coffee mugs, shirts, mouse pads, pens, pads of paper, flash drives…etc. Companies want to put their brand gear on clients and ...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 2:09 pm

The Domains
Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best sugges...
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Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best sugges...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 11:42 am

The Domains
Aida.me Saved In UDRP By Domain Holders Children
Aida Cruises whose website is Aida.de just lost a UDRP on the domain name Aida.me. Although the complainant had a registered trademark on the term Aida the domain holder registered the domain name for his daughter which won him the UDRP: “The R...
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Aida.me Saved In UDRP By Domain Holders Children
Aida Cruises whose website is Aida.de just lost a UDRP on the domain name Aida.me. Although the complainant had a registered trademark on the term Aida the domain holder registered the domain name for his daughter which won him the UDRP: “The R...
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September 20, 2013, 11:36 am

Domain Name Wire
AIDA Cruises loses domain name dispute to 2 year old girl
Owner of Aida.me registered domain name for his daughter. Cruiseline AIDA Cruises has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Aida.me. It turns out the owner of the domain name registered it for his two year old daughter, Aida. The owner provide...
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AIDA Cruises loses domain name dispute to 2 year old girl
Owner of Aida.me registered domain name for his daughter. Cruiseline AIDA Cruises has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain name Aida.me. It turns out the owner of the domain name registered it for his two year old daughter, Aida. The owner provide...
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September 20, 2013, 11:29 am

The Domains
Hunting Moon GFY Adult Domain Auction Is Live & P*ssy.com Gets $1.5 Million Dollar Bid
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of primarily adult domain names in conjunction with GFY (Gof*ckyourself.com) also in conjunction with the Webmaster Access Amsterdam 2013 conference. There are 710 domain names in the auction with a total ...
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Hunting Moon GFY Adult Domain Auction Is Live & P*ssy.com Gets $1.5 Million Dollar Bid
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of primarily adult domain names in conjunction with GFY (Gof*ckyourself.com) also in conjunction with the Webmaster Access Amsterdam 2013 conference. There are 710 domain names in the auction with a total ...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 10:47 am

Domain Name Wire
Over 10,000 records now in Trademark Clearinghouse
Number of records in Trademark Clearinghouse doubles since the middle of July. As of the end of August, the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domain names has 10,398 trademark records. That’s double the amount as of the middle of July. ...
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Over 10,000 records now in Trademark Clearinghouse
Number of records in Trademark Clearinghouse doubles since the middle of July. As of the end of August, the Trademark Clearinghouse for new top level domain names has 10,398 trademark records. That’s double the amount as of the middle of July. ...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 10:06 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN admits new TLD auctions are delayed
The first ICANN auctions to settle new top level domain contention sets could take place in the middle of November. In a new top level domain applicant update webinar yesterday, ICANN VP of gTLD Operations Christine Willett admitted that new TLD auct...
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ICANN admits new TLD auctions are delayed
The first ICANN auctions to settle new top level domain contention sets could take place in the middle of November. In a new top level domain applicant update webinar yesterday, ICANN VP of gTLD Operations Christine Willett admitted that new TLD auct...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 9:49 am

Elliot's Blog
Hilco Streambank Hiring Director of Digital Assets Sales and Marketing
I want to pass along a domain industry job posting I saw on my LinkedIn stream yesterday. Hilco Streambank, currently preparing for the auction of domain assets including DL.com, Row.com, and Tweeter.com, is looking to hire a Director of Digital Asse...
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Hilco Streambank Hiring Director of Digital Assets Sales and Marketing
I want to pass along a domain industry job posting I saw on my LinkedIn stream yesterday. Hilco Streambank, currently preparing for the auction of domain assets including DL.com, Row.com, and Tweeter.com, is looking to hire a Director of Digital Asse...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 9:39 am

DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: September 20 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: September 20, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Marchex Shelves Plans to Spin..., Donuts Loses Another Objection to..., GoDaddy Acquires Afternic From NameMedia, Neustar Analysis Shows ICANN Mitiga...
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Domain Name News: September 20 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: September 20, 2013.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Marchex Shelves Plans to Spin..., Donuts Loses Another Objection to..., GoDaddy Acquires Afternic From NameMedia, Neustar Analysis Shows ICANN Mitiga...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 5:00 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 20th, 2013
A lot was talked about the purchase of Afternic by Godaddy yesterday and I just kind of took it in yesterday to absorb all the information. To me it basically came to this. Godaddy bought a company that helps their customers monetize thei...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on Sept 20th, 2013
A lot was talked about the purchase of Afternic by Godaddy yesterday and I just kind of took it in yesterday to absorb all the information. To me it basically came to this. Godaddy bought a company that helps their customers monetize thei...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 12:14 am