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Domain Name Wire
Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domains to transfers in June
Customer losses stemming from botched transition was rather limited in first month. ICANN has just published the monthly registry reports for June, the month that Moniker switched to an entirely new platform. The switch caused numerous problems for M...
Discussion
Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domains to transfers in June
Customer losses stemming from botched transition was rather limited in first month. ICANN has just published the monthly registry reports for June, the month that Moniker switched to an entirely new platform. The switch caused numerous problems for M...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 4:51 pm

The Domains
1st Official New gTLD Registry Purchase As Radix Acquires .Tech
Radix a new gTLD registry announce today that is has acquire the new gTLD .Tech The ICANN auction for .Tech was held last month with the winning bid of $6,760,000 being placed by dot Tech LLC, which is owned by the same principals of the compan...
Discussion
1st Official New gTLD Registry Purchase As Radix Acquires .Tech
Radix a new gTLD registry announce today that is has acquire the new gTLD .Tech The ICANN auction for .Tech was held last month with the winning bid of $6,760,000 being placed by dot Tech LLC, which is owned by the same principals of the compan...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 4:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Name Report: iWealth.com $12k and more
In a world of iPods and iPads, why iWealth.com is worth money requires little explanation. Bidding for that expired domain came in just shy of $12k last week at NameJet — with retirement planning and personal investing ...
Discussion
Expired Domain Name Report: iWealth.com $12k and more
In a world of iPods and iPads, why iWealth.com is worth money requires little explanation. Bidding for that expired domain came in just shy of $12k last week at NameJet — with retirement planning and personal investing ...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 4:00 pm

The Domains
.Lawyer: Lots Of End Users Including National Law Firms: Here’s Our Picks For The Best
We looked into the zone file for the .Lawyer new gTLD and saw a good number of end users registering domain names including a lot of national law firms. Of course for the domainer community we are looking for Generic that were registered and a good n...
Discussion
.Lawyer: Lots Of End Users Including National Law Firms: Here’s Our Picks For The Best
We looked into the zone file for the .Lawyer new gTLD and saw a good number of end users registering domain names including a lot of national law firms. Of course for the domainer community we are looking for Generic that were registered and a good n...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 3:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
Last week’s end user domain name sales
Athlon.com leads Sedo’s end user domain name sales. Sedo sold about $1.2 million worth of domain names last week, highlighted by the six figure sale of Athlon.com. Athlon.com is still in escrow, but I have a pretty good idea who the buyer is. O...
Discussion
Last week’s end user domain name sales
Athlon.com leads Sedo’s end user domain name sales. Sedo sold about $1.2 million worth of domain names last week, highlighted by the six figure sale of Athlon.com. Athlon.com is still in escrow, but I have a pretty good idea who the buyer is. O...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 2:34 pm

The Domains
CentralNic Joins SedoMLS “to Distribute New and Premium Internet Domain Names”
In a press release out this morning, described as a “First-of-its-Kind Partnership Enables Premium Registry Reserve Domain Names to be Quickly Listed and Sold through Hundreds of Partners, Including Top Registrars, Sedo announced that , a leadi...
Discussion
CentralNic Joins SedoMLS “to Distribute New and Premium Internet Domain Names”
In a press release out this morning, described as a “First-of-its-Kind Partnership Enables Premium Registry Reserve Domain Names to be Quickly Listed and Sold through Hundreds of Partners, Including Top Registrars, Sedo announced that , a leadi...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 1:41 pm

Domain Name Wire
Big Apple’s new .NYC domain adds 16k registrations at launch to hit 27k
.NYC off to a solid start, especially given registration restrictions. .NYC had a strong first day yesterday thanks, in part, to lots of press and advertising. It would have been even stronger if people outside NYC could register domains. The overnig...
Discussion
Big Apple’s new .NYC domain adds 16k registrations at launch to hit 27k
.NYC off to a solid start, especially given registration restrictions. .NYC had a strong first day yesterday thanks, in part, to lots of press and advertising. It would have been even stronger if people outside NYC could register domains. The overnig...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 1:28 pm

The Domains
1st New gTLD Totals .NYC 26,858; .Lawyer 3,240; .Attorney 2,156
Yesterday we saw the launch of three new gTLD’s Once of the most anticipated new gTLD, .NYC for New York City finished its first day of general availability (GA) with .NYC domain registrations with a total of 28,858 registrations. .NYC had some...
Discussion
1st New gTLD Totals .NYC 26,858; .Lawyer 3,240; .Attorney 2,156
Yesterday we saw the launch of three new gTLD’s Once of the most anticipated new gTLD, .NYC for New York City finished its first day of general availability (GA) with .NYC domain registrations with a total of 28,858 registrations. .NYC had some...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 1:03 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 10/9
Don’t know if you saw the sale yesterday but LOV.com sold for $94K on Namejet. Heck of a price. I’ve made it known. I am looking to buy a premium LLL.com I have made a few offers but names like LOV are screwing it ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 10/9
Don’t know if you saw the sale yesterday but LOV.com sold for $94K on Namejet. Heck of a price. I’ve made it known. I am looking to buy a premium LLL.com I have made a few offers but names like LOV are screwing it ...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 11:45 am

DomainSherpa
Domain Seizures; Moniker’s Security Failures; Toby Clement’s Restitution; Audience Questions…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• 9,000+ domains were transferred by Verisign under a sealed court order. What were they and what can you do about it if you're affected?• Multiple allegations claim Moniker.com has severe security flaws...
Discussion
Domain Seizures; Moniker’s Security Failures; Toby Clement’s Restitution; Audience Questions…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• 9,000+ domains were transferred by Verisign under a sealed court order. What were they and what can you do about it if you're affected?• Multiple allegations claim Moniker.com has severe security flaws...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 7:02 am