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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 20th, 2013
Sorry for the late list. I am working on it as we speak. Today’s my birthday (yes I changed my birthday on Facebook to March 1911 to see who really knew my birthday, results =Mom and some family) and I went to dinner with my b...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 20th, 2013
Sorry for the late list. I am working on it as we speak. Today’s my birthday (yes I changed my birthday on Facebook to March 1911 to see who really knew my birthday, results =Mom and some family) and I went to dinner with my b...
Discussion
July 20, 2013, 10:30 am
The Domains
The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting...
Discussion
The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting...
Discussion
July 20, 2013, 9:53 am
The Domains
Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com
In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by Premier Models International Inc of New Y...
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Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com
In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by Premier Models International Inc of New Y...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 5:27 pm
The Domains
.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity; .Faith; .Brother; .Dupont; .WTF
Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application b...
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.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity; .Faith; .Brother; .Dupont; .WTF
Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application b...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
USPS loses to Amazon.com on .Mail top level domain objection
U.S. mail service tried to argue .mail infringed on its rights for “U.S. Mail”. The United States Postal Services’ Legal Rights Objection to Amazon.com’s bid to run the .mail top level domain name has been denied by a World In...
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USPS loses to Amazon.com on .Mail top level domain objection
U.S. mail service tried to argue .mail infringed on its rights for “U.S. Mail”. The United States Postal Services’ Legal Rights Objection to Amazon.com’s bid to run the .mail top level domain name has been denied by a World In...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 2:39 pm
The Domains
RSS.COM Sold For $135,000
Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal priva...
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RSS.COM Sold For $135,000
Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal priva...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 12:56 pm
Elliot's Blog
Representative Todd Rokita Gives Tribute to Chris Hartnett’s Father on House Floor
Sadly, Dr. Chris Hartnett’s father passed away this week. I want to share the C-SPAN video of a special tribute that was given to him on the House floor by Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita. You can read the Chicago Tribune obituary to learn more...
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Representative Todd Rokita Gives Tribute to Chris Hartnett’s Father on House Floor
Sadly, Dr. Chris Hartnett’s father passed away this week. I want to share the C-SPAN video of a special tribute that was given to him on the House floor by Indiana Congressman Todd Rokita. You can read the Chicago Tribune obituary to learn more...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 12:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Network Solutions recovering from DDoS
Company faced multiple outtages this week. Network Solutions customers experienced outtages this week due to a DDoS attack. The problems appeared to start on Monday. On Tuesday, Network Solutions reported that “On [Monday], some Network Solutio...
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Network Solutions recovering from DDoS
Company faced multiple outtages this week. Network Solutions customers experienced outtages this week due to a DDoS attack. The problems appeared to start on Monday. On Tuesday, Network Solutions reported that “On [Monday], some Network Solutio...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 11:45 am
Elliot's Blog
My Domain Acquisition Process
I want to share some personal insight into my domain name acquisition process because I thought it would be interesting for you to see how I evaluate domain names and decide what to do with them. It might still be a bit opaque, but it is an off the c...
Discussion
My Domain Acquisition Process
I want to share some personal insight into my domain name acquisition process because I thought it would be interesting for you to see how I evaluate domain names and decide what to do with them. It might still be a bit opaque, but it is an off the c...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 11:43 am
The Domains
2 Weeks After Seizing 46 Domains, Feds Allow Domains To Expire & Can They Can Go Back To The Previous Owner
On July 5th we told you that some agency of the federal government seized 46 domain names. We noted at the time all 46 were very close to expiration. Today the servers on all 46 domain names that were seized on July 4th have been switched back to Dom...
Discussion
2 Weeks After Seizing 46 Domains, Feds Allow Domains To Expire & Can They Can Go Back To The Previous Owner
On July 5th we told you that some agency of the federal government seized 46 domain names. We noted at the time all 46 were very close to expiration. Today the servers on all 46 domain names that were seized on July 4th have been switched back to Dom...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 11:21 am
