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The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Money 327; .Legal 297: .Coach 123; ,Memorial 23
4 new gTLD’s went into their first day of general availability yesterday and between the 4 they have just over 750 domain name registrations. Including domain name registered by trademark holders in Sunrise and those that paid an extra fee to r...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Money 327; .Legal 297: .Coach 123; ,Memorial 23
4 new gTLD’s went into their first day of general availability yesterday and between the 4 they have just over 750 domain name registrations. Including domain name registered by trademark holders in Sunrise and those that paid an extra fee to r...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 2:08 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panel Awards The Domain Name AnnLanders.com To The Trademark Holder
The domain name AnnLanders.com was ordered transfer to the Margo Howard Primary Trust and Margo Howard from the domain owner Ann Landers Fans International, LTD For those not old enough to remember her, Ann Landers was person who wrote a syndicated n...
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UDRP Panel Awards The Domain Name AnnLanders.com To The Trademark Holder
The domain name AnnLanders.com was ordered transfer to the Margo Howard Primary Trust and Margo Howard from the domain owner Ann Landers Fans International, LTD For those not old enough to remember her, Ann Landers was person who wrote a syndicated n...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wall Street Journal covers domain name theft
Article shines light on growing problem for businesses. Domain name theft is getting mainstream exposure today thanks to a Wall Street Journal article. The article focuses on the recent theft of ShadesDaddy.com, but also discusses other companies tha...
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Wall Street Journal covers domain name theft
Article shines light on growing problem for businesses. Domain name theft is getting mainstream exposure today thanks to a Wall Street Journal article. The article focuses on the recent theft of ShadesDaddy.com, but also discusses other companies tha...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 1:18 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Picked up a big boy domain today. It’s not always I get a name of this quality. A name that will change my financial future and becomes the cornerstone of my portfolio. And what is this domain? BigPickle.com OK maybe it&r...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, March 12th, 2015
Picked up a big boy domain today. It’s not always I get a name of this quality. A name that will change my financial future and becomes the cornerstone of my portfolio. And what is this domain? BigPickle.com OK maybe it&r...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 10:55 am
DomainSherpa
Industry Sentiment; How to Stop Domain Theft; .Sucks Sucks; UDRP Issues…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• The domain industry sentiment summarized in DomainNameWire.com's annual survey• Domain name theft is on the rise - here's what you can do to stop it today• .Sucks releases premium pricing of ...
Discussion
Industry Sentiment; How to Stop Domain Theft; .Sucks Sucks; UDRP Issues…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• The domain industry sentiment summarized in DomainNameWire.com's annual survey• Domain name theft is on the rise - here's what you can do to stop it today• .Sucks releases premium pricing of ...
Discussion
March 12, 2015, 7:02 am
The Domains
March Madness? vvv.com Hits Reserve: High Bid Is Almost $89K
The domain name vvv.com, one of only 26 triple letter repeater .com is at auction at Namejet.com. The auction closes tomorrow and the high bid is now over $88K. At the time of publication the high bid is $88,998 There are 356 bidders but the auc...
Discussion
March Madness? vvv.com Hits Reserve: High Bid Is Almost $89K
The domain name vvv.com, one of only 26 triple letter repeater .com is at auction at Namejet.com. The auction closes tomorrow and the high bid is now over $88K. At the time of publication the high bid is $88,998 There are 356 bidders but the auc...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 6:47 pm
The Domains
Sedo Publishes Infographic To Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com
Sedo published an infographic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com registered. The first registered .com domain was Symbolics.com, and it was registered 30th years ago on Sunday. Verisign the .Com registry is holding a contest to celeb...
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Sedo Publishes Infographic To Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com
Sedo published an infographic to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the first .com registered. The first registered .com domain was Symbolics.com, and it was registered 30th years ago on Sunday. Verisign the .Com registry is holding a contest to celeb...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 3:06 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins .Taxi, Beating Famous Four, To Go With .Cab & .Limo
Donuts has won the new gTLD .Taxi beating Famous Four Media and Taxi Pay GmbH who had filed and lost a community application. The new domain extension was scheduled to go to A ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Donuts already owns .Cab and ....
Discussion
Donuts Wins .Taxi, Beating Famous Four, To Go With .Cab & .Limo
Donuts has won the new gTLD .Taxi beating Famous Four Media and Taxi Pay GmbH who had filed and lost a community application. The new domain extension was scheduled to go to A ICANN Last Resort Auction later this month. Donuts already owns .Cab and ....
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
Discussion
The one thing that matters for a domain name escrow service
Reputation, reputation, reputation. This year’s Domain Name Wire Survey asked respondents why they use the domain name escrow service they do. The question offered a number of options, from pricing to licensing to customer service. It turns out...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 2:09 pm
The Domains
Rightside to Release 20K+ Two Character New gTLD Domain Names On March 18th
Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18 These two-character domain n...
Discussion
Rightside to Release 20K+ Two Character New gTLD Domain Names On March 18th
Rightside (Nasdaq:NAME), announced that it will release certain two-character domains for each of the Top Level Domains (TLDs) in its portfolio, which includes such popular extensions as .SOCIAL and .ATTORNEY. on March 18 These two-character domain n...
Discussion
March 11, 2015, 1:46 pm
