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The Domains
UDRP Panel Finds Not Responding To C & D Letter Is Bad Faith: 14 Year Old Mascot.nl Lost
“Mascot International A/S of Silkeborg, Denmark, just won the rights to the domain name mascot.nl which was registered on October 31, 2001. Complainant, a Danish company has a Benelux trademark for the term MASCOT which is really a figurative m...
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UDRP Panel Finds Not Responding To C & D Letter Is Bad Faith: 14 Year Old Mascot.nl Lost
“Mascot International A/S of Silkeborg, Denmark, just won the rights to the domain name mascot.nl which was registered on October 31, 2001. Complainant, a Danish company has a Benelux trademark for the term MASCOT which is really a figurative m...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 5:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainNameSales increases sales commissions
Rate increased to 15%, in line with competitors. DomainNameSales.com is increasing the fee it charges for brokering a sale from 12.5% to 15.0%. The commission applies to existing negotiations for which a deal hasn’t been reached. In justifying ...
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DomainNameSales increases sales commissions
Rate increased to 15%, in line with competitors. DomainNameSales.com is increasing the fee it charges for brokering a sale from 12.5% to 15.0%. The commission applies to existing negotiations for which a deal hasn’t been reached. In justifying ...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lady Gaga charity switches from .org to .foundation
It’s a longer TLD but shorter address overall. The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), a non-profit founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, has switched its web address from a .org to .foundation. The charity was using bornthiswayfoundation.org, whic...
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Lady Gaga charity switches from .org to .foundation
It’s a longer TLD but shorter address overall. The Born This Way Foundation (BTWF), a non-profit founded by Lady Gaga and her mother, has switched its web address from a .org to .foundation. The charity was using bornthiswayfoundation.org, whic...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 3:21 pm
The Domains
Ford.com, eStore.com and Many More Domain Movers
Welcome to Domain Movers, an exclusive series where we track company domain name acquisitions, domain name registrations and simply domain name movers by many companies and more. Checkout our latest findings today.
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Ford.com, eStore.com and Many More Domain Movers
Welcome to Domain Movers, an exclusive series where we track company domain name acquisitions, domain name registrations and simply domain name movers by many companies and more. Checkout our latest findings today.
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 3:06 pm
The Domains
.US Domains Are Subject To Being Suspended Under The URS
I’m not sure when .US domain names became subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy but it seems they are. Actually ICANN site on the URS specifically says that .US domain names are not subject to the URS Technically the decisi...
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.US Domains Are Subject To Being Suspended Under The URS
I’m not sure when .US domain names became subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy but it seems they are. Actually ICANN site on the URS specifically says that .US domain names are not subject to the URS Technically the decisi...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 2:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet expired domain name review
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in NameJet expired domain name sales. 5-digit numeric domains don’t typically sell for $9,120, but one expired NNNNN.com did just that at NameJet last week. 51513.com = 3 x 7 x 11 x 223, in case you care ab...
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NameJet expired domain name review
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in NameJet expired domain name sales. 5-digit numeric domains don’t typically sell for $9,120, but one expired NNNNN.com did just that at NameJet last week. 51513.com = 3 x 7 x 11 x 223, in case you care ab...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 1:46 pm
The Domains
.Wedding Winds Up With 1,254 Domain Registrations After It’s First Day Of General Availability
Minds + Machines launched .Wedding into general availability yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period, .Wedding ended its first ...
Discussion
.Wedding Winds Up With 1,254 Domain Registrations After It’s First Day Of General Availability
Minds + Machines launched .Wedding into general availability yesterday where domain names could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including domain names registered by trademark holders in the Sunrise period, .Wedding ended its first ...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 1:26 pm
The Domains
Facebook Acquires Single Letter i.org Domain Name
Facebook Inc. has acquired the single letter domain name i.org for an undisclosed amount. It is unknown at this time if this domain name will be used with the Internet.org domain also owned by Facebook.
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Facebook Acquires Single Letter i.org Domain Name
Facebook Inc. has acquired the single letter domain name i.org for an undisclosed amount. It is unknown at this time if this domain name will be used with the Internet.org domain also owned by Facebook.
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 1:12 pm
The Domains
Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site Using A New gTLD
Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs. 49% of respondents said they...
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Study of 10K People: 49% of Consumers Are Uncomfortable With Vising A Site Using A New gTLD
Global information assurance firm, NCC Group released the results of The New Internet Study, today of 10,000 people. NCC Group questioned 10,000 consumers across the US and UK regarding their attitudes to these new gTLDs. 49% of respondents said they...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 1:00 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Today is a pretty strong day for Flippa.com A handful of LLL.coms and a few other solid domains. I’ve said it before, Flippa has really brought some meat to the table in the domain name auction game (Namejet has had meat for years) ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, April 9th, 2015
Today is a pretty strong day for Flippa.com A handful of LLL.coms and a few other solid domains. I’ve said it before, Flippa has really brought some meat to the table in the domain name auction game (Namejet has had meat for years) ...
Discussion
April 9, 2015, 11:05 am
