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Domain Name Wire
17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
Discussion
17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 2:02 pm
The Domains
Efzed Pty Ltd. & Simulate Pty Ltd. Of Australia Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Efzed Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Efzed”), Simulate Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Simulate”), and Mr. Frank Zimmermann of Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia (“Zimmerman”)...
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Efzed Pty Ltd. & Simulate Pty Ltd. Of Australia Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Efzed Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Efzed”), Simulate Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Simulate”), and Mr. Frank Zimmermann of Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia (“Zimmerman”)...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 1:41 pm
The Domains
.Green Windups with 771 Registrations After 1st Day Of General Availability
.Green went though a long and winding road leading up to the launch of .Green and yesterday was the first day a .Green could be registered on a first come, first served basis otherwise known general availability. After the first day of GA inclu...
Discussion
.Green Windups with 771 Registrations After 1st Day Of General Availability
.Green went though a long and winding road leading up to the launch of .Green and yesterday was the first day a .Green could be registered on a first come, first served basis otherwise known general availability. After the first day of GA inclu...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions accepting submissions for summer domain name auction
Auction house will hold another exclusive auction this summer. Heritage Auctions is planning another live domain name auction for early this summer. The format will be similar to one it held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in February. It wi...
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Heritage Auctions accepting submissions for summer domain name auction
Auction house will hold another exclusive auction this summer. Heritage Auctions is planning another live domain name auction for early this summer. The format will be similar to one it held at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York in February. It wi...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 1:14 pm
DomainSherpa
GoDaddy Was Scammed; New gTLD Renewal Rates; ICANN Slashes Revenue Budget…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• GoDaddy gets scammed by a social engineer and hands over domain• Page Howe goes to Washington to promote .LA domains for Los Angeles• The first new gTLD renewal rates are starting to come in from Donut...
Discussion
GoDaddy Was Scammed; New gTLD Renewal Rates; ICANN Slashes Revenue Budget…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• GoDaddy gets scammed by a social engineer and hands over domain• Page Howe goes to Washington to promote .LA domains for Los Angeles• The first new gTLD renewal rates are starting to come in from Donut...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 7:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Survey says .Com performs better than new TLDs
Survey says that people more likely to click and recall .com domain names. Interbrand, ostensibly on behalf of Verisign, has released an infographic showing results from a 1,000 person survey about the power of .com. The survey shows that people clic...
Discussion
Survey says .Com performs better than new TLDs
Survey says that people more likely to click and recall .com domain names. Interbrand, ostensibly on behalf of Verisign, has released an infographic showing results from a 1,000 person survey about the power of .com. The survey shows that people clic...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 10:21 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million: Record 56% of Sales Were Buy It Now
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 674 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I think is the all time high Highlights of public ...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million: Record 56% of Sales Were Buy It Now
Sedo just reported that over the past week, 674 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I think is the all time high Highlights of public ...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 8:18 pm
The Domains
Roger Kay Would Like To See ICANN Slow Things Down When it comes to new gtlds
Roger Kay would like to see ICANN slow down, Kay has written about the new gtld program on Forbes a few times. Today he is out with an article that basically says ICANN should hit the brakes. The greatest expansion so far is confusion. He discusses c...
Discussion
Roger Kay Would Like To See ICANN Slow Things Down When it comes to new gtlds
Roger Kay would like to see ICANN slow down, Kay has written about the new gtld program on Forbes a few times. Today he is out with an article that basically says ICANN should hit the brakes. The greatest expansion so far is confusion. He discusses c...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 7:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
The state of local domain names…based on a coupon book
Almost all local businesses advertising in a coupon book included a website on their ad. How many local companies promote their websites in ads, and what kind of domain names do they use? A coupon book I received in the mail recently gives insight, e...
Discussion
The state of local domain names…based on a coupon book
Almost all local businesses advertising in a coupon book included a website on their ad. How many local companies promote their websites in ads, and what kind of domain names do they use? A coupon book I received in the mail recently gives insight, e...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 7:32 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Grants 36,950,000 Shares in New Options; Closing in on a Billion Shares
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), has today agreed to award in aggregate 36,950,000 new options over ordinary shares to directors and officers of the Company. The option grants are issued under the Company’s Amended 2012 Stock Plan. The...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Grants 36,950,000 Shares in New Options; Closing in on a Billion Shares
Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), has today agreed to award in aggregate 36,950,000 new options over ordinary shares to directors and officers of the Company. The option grants are issued under the Company’s Amended 2012 Stock Plan. The...
Discussion
March 24, 2015, 2:51 pm
