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DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
Discussion
Domain Name News: January 23 Week in Review
Hand-curated, no-B.S., important domain name industry news that is hand-picked for you.• Verisign Q3 2014 Report: 284 Million Domain Names With 6.8% Growth, 130 Million .com & .net • .Gay is Gay Enough After All? ICANN Overturns Communi...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 10:30 am
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): Weedy.com, iHampers.com, CoffeePass.com, More
The screenshots below are examples of buyers of domains from the last few months that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. Podiatrist.net sold for $9,900 at S...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 12:09 am
The Domains
Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
Discussion
Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 9:37 pm
Domain Shane
The Bidder “First” Is Single Handidly Driving Up the NNNN.com Market 4994.com sells for $16,100 Today
It’s not often we get three 4N.coms up for sale on the same day anymore but today Namejet had some great numbers come up for auction and they did not disappoint. Four numbers are in high demand but there is a more interesting story than j...
Discussion
The Bidder “First” Is Single Handidly Driving Up the NNNN.com Market 4994.com sells for $16,100 Today
It’s not often we get three 4N.coms up for sale on the same day anymore but today Namejet had some great numbers come up for auction and they did not disappoint. Four numbers are in high demand but there is a more interesting story than j...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:58 pm
The Domains
Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
Discussion
Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trademark Clearinghouse bundles Porn domains with service at discount
Deal with ICM Registry cuts pricing if you sign up for TMCH and protect a brand in adult domain names. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will cut you a deal on its services, if you take a little T&A with it. On a webinar about the new ICM Regist...
Discussion
Trademark Clearinghouse bundles Porn domains with service at discount
Deal with ICM Registry cuts pricing if you sign up for TMCH and protect a brand in adult domain names. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will cut you a deal on its services, if you take a little T&A with it. On a webinar about the new ICM Regist...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX registry releases Domain Check for brand owners
Tool checks brand across more than just ICM Registry’s top level domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the forthcoming .porn and .adult domain names, has released an online tool for companies to check their brands across hundr...
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.XXX registry releases Domain Check for brand owners
Tool checks brand across more than just ICM Registry’s top level domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the forthcoming .porn and .adult domain names, has released an online tool for companies to check their brands across hundr...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 7:25 pm
The Domains
Braintree now lets all U.S. merchants accept Bitcoin
Braintree will now make it possible for all merchants in the U.S. to accept Bitcoin. Venture Beat is out with an article that Braintree after making partnerships earlies in the year with Coinbase and Pay Pal will make it possible for all merchants in...
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Braintree now lets all U.S. merchants accept Bitcoin
Braintree will now make it possible for all merchants in the U.S. to accept Bitcoin. Venture Beat is out with an article that Braintree after making partnerships earlies in the year with Coinbase and Pay Pal will make it possible for all merchants in...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 6:51 pm
The Domains
Forbes Asks “Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains”
Forbes just published an article on the new gTLD”s and its less than glowing. Here are some of the highlights of the piece written by Roger Kay: “It’s been nearly a year since a whole set of spanking new Internet domain names first ...
Discussion
Forbes Asks “Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains”
Forbes just published an article on the new gTLD”s and its less than glowing. Here are some of the highlights of the piece written by Roger Kay: “It’s been nearly a year since a whole set of spanking new Internet domain names first ...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 6:10 pm
Domain Shane
Forbes: Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains
Representatives at Forbes were nice enough to send me over an opinion piece that was just published this morning. I don’t necessarily agree with the piece, but I do agree it hasn’t played out exactly as the new TLD owners had expect...
Discussion
Forbes: Why, Even After A Year, There’s Still No Land Grab For New Internet Domains
Representatives at Forbes were nice enough to send me over an opinion piece that was just published this morning. I don’t necessarily agree with the piece, but I do agree it hasn’t played out exactly as the new TLD owners had expect...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 5:35 pm
