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Elliot's Blog
Afternic Domain Auction Results
Afternic held a domain auction on Snapnames that ended a couple of weeks ago in March. The results of the auction are listed below. The highest value domain name that sold was GFA.com, which closed at $15,100. In addition to the listed results, I was...
Discussion
Afternic Domain Auction Results
Afternic held a domain auction on Snapnames that ended a couple of weeks ago in March. The results of the auction are listed below. The highest value domain name that sold was GFA.com, which closed at $15,100. In addition to the listed results, I was...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 10:12 am

Domain Name Wire
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:39 am

Domain Name Wire
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
Discussion
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:22 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 4th
A lot of great names up today. From the short dot orgs at Godaddy to the CVCVs at Namejet there are going to be some big numbers hit today. Here are some that I like and the daily quote. “Whenever you find you are on the side of th...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 4th
A lot of great names up today. From the short dot orgs at Godaddy to the CVCVs at Namejet there are going to be some big numbers hit today. Here are some that I like and the daily quote. “Whenever you find you are on the side of th...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 7:00 am

The Domains
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 12:06 am

The Domains
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 8:31 pm

Domain Shane
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 7:44 pm

The Domains
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 6:18 pm

Elliot's Blog
Domain Brokerage Listings – 4/3
Here are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers and brokerages. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or have any questions about one of the domain names that is for sale, please contact the broker directly....
Discussion
Domain Brokerage Listings – 4/3
Here are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers and brokerages. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or have any questions about one of the domain names that is for sale, please contact the broker directly....
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 5:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
Discussion
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 1:38 pm