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The Domains
.Porn Ends Its 1st Day Of With 10,038 Domain Registrations; .Adult 8,277
According to the ICM Registry as of midnight EST, the first day of general availability (GA) the number of registered .porn domain names totaled 10,038. This number includes all domain name registered in Sunrise by trademark holders which numbered ar...
Discussion
.Porn Ends Its 1st Day Of With 10,038 Domain Registrations; .Adult 8,277
According to the ICM Registry as of midnight EST, the first day of general availability (GA) the number of registered .porn domain names totaled 10,038. This number includes all domain name registered in Sunrise by trademark holders which numbered ar...
Discussion
June 5, 2015, 6:07 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. I added a section to the recap of the top 5 Estibot values. My Comments are in Bold. GoDaddy BISN.com 17 years old. Doing well as all Bison related names usually do BISN.com: 47 bids for 1575. Gets 475 searches a month and estib...
Discussion
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. I added a section to the recap of the top 5 Estibot values. My Comments are in Bold. GoDaddy BISN.com 17 years old. Doing well as all Bison related names usually do BISN.com: 47 bids for 1575. Gets 475 searches a month and estib...
Discussion
June 5, 2015, 6:00 am
The Domains
Airline Uses a .WS To Make a URL Strictly out of Emojis
Adweek published an article about an airline that was trying to reach millenials, They decided to use a .WS in the campaign and make the url entirely out of Emojis. From the article: Norwegian Airlines decided its target millennial audience was proba...
Discussion
Airline Uses a .WS To Make a URL Strictly out of Emojis
Adweek published an article about an airline that was trying to reach millenials, They decided to use a .WS in the campaign and make the url entirely out of Emojis. From the article: Norwegian Airlines decided its target millennial audience was proba...
Discussion
June 5, 2015, 12:36 am
Domain Name Wire
Watch Stuart Lawley defend .Porn and .Adult
The man behind .porn, .adult and .xxx is asked to defend his business model. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley was on Bloomberg yesterday. Bloomberg’s Emily Chang asked him to defend the business model of selling .porn and .adult domain names. Doe...
Discussion
Watch Stuart Lawley defend .Porn and .Adult
The man behind .porn, .adult and .xxx is asked to defend his business model. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley was on Bloomberg yesterday. Bloomberg’s Emily Chang asked him to defend the business model of selling .porn and .adult domain names. Doe...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 5:54 pm
The Domains
.Porn & .Adult Rack Up Around 4K Registrations In 1st Hour
According to Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry the operator of .XXX, .porn and .adult registry about 4,000 domain names were registered in the 1st hour of general availability today of the new gTLD’s .porn and .adult that went live at noon ...
Discussion
.Porn & .Adult Rack Up Around 4K Registrations In 1st Hour
According to Stuart Lawley the CEO of ICM Registry the operator of .XXX, .porn and .adult registry about 4,000 domain names were registered in the 1st hour of general availability today of the new gTLD’s .porn and .adult that went live at noon ...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
St. Louis bank sues to take over gripe domains
Bank and board member file cybersquatting claim over two domain names they call defamatory. Midwest BankCentre, a bank in St. Louis, has filed a lawsuit to get control of the domain names MidwestBankCheated.com and JerryScheideggerCheatedMe.com. Jerr...
Discussion
St. Louis bank sues to take over gripe domains
Bank and board member file cybersquatting claim over two domain names they call defamatory. Midwest BankCentre, a bank in St. Louis, has filed a lawsuit to get control of the domain names MidwestBankCheated.com and JerryScheideggerCheatedMe.com. Jerr...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
An interesting Google domain name parking patent application
Idea sounds a lot like zero click monetization. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published a Google patent application related to domain name parking. Named Systems and Methods of Providing Parked Domain Content, application 13/631472 (embed...
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An interesting Google domain name parking patent application
Idea sounds a lot like zero click monetization. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published a Google patent application related to domain name parking. Named Systems and Methods of Providing Parked Domain Content, application 13/631472 (embed...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interview: Why Shaun Smith bought JiuJitsu.com
An interview with Shaun Smith, who just acquired JiuJitsu.com on a creative payment plan. Shaun Smith locked down the premium domain JiuJitsu.com for $75,000 about month ago…for much less than $75k. Here’s his story. First things first, ...
Discussion
Interview: Why Shaun Smith bought JiuJitsu.com
An interview with Shaun Smith, who just acquired JiuJitsu.com on a creative payment plan. Shaun Smith locked down the premium domain JiuJitsu.com for $75,000 about month ago…for much less than $75k. Here’s his story. First things first, ...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows’ stock in on fire
Shares up over 50% since May 1. If you bought shares of Tucows at the opening price on May 1, just a month ago, you’ve already realized a return of a whopping 57%. Shares in Tucows are on fire on the NASDAQ, where it trades under the ticker TCX...
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Tucows’ stock in on fire
Shares up over 50% since May 1. If you bought shares of Tucows at the opening price on May 1, just a month ago, you’ve already realized a return of a whopping 57%. Shares in Tucows are on fire on the NASDAQ, where it trades under the ticker TCX...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 2:02 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .School 1,933; .Football 1,730; .Casino 1,447
Three new gTLD domain name extensions launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday, where domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark h...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .School 1,933; .Football 1,730; .Casino 1,447
Three new gTLD domain name extensions launched into General Availability (GA) yesterday, where domains can be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including the domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark h...
Discussion
June 4, 2015, 1:43 pm
