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The Domains
Dot Club Surpasses .XXX in Registrations
.Club today reached 104,573 registered domains according to ntldstats.com, that puts the new gtld ahead of the .xxx extension which had an almost 3 year head start. The .xxx registration numbers stand at just under 104,000 according to Registrar Stat...
Discussion
Dot Club Surpasses .XXX in Registrations
.Club today reached 104,573 registered domains according to ntldstats.com, that puts the new gtld ahead of the .xxx extension which had an almost 3 year head start. The .xxx registration numbers stand at just under 104,000 according to Registrar Stat...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 5:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
Discussion
Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
Discussion
Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:12 pm
The Domains
5 million Google email addresses, usernames and passwords leaked
Carla Marshall wrote on ReelSeo.com about a data breach involving 5 million Google email addresses. She also included a link to a website that supposedly will let you know if your Google account is open to being comprised. So you might want to change...
Discussion
5 million Google email addresses, usernames and passwords leaked
Carla Marshall wrote on ReelSeo.com about a data breach involving 5 million Google email addresses. She also included a link to a website that supposedly will let you know if your Google account is open to being comprised. So you might want to change...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:06 pm
The Domains
Record? Owner of Braindumps.com Loses 4 Separate UDRP’s In One Day
Earlier today we wrote about the owner of the domain name braindumps.com losing a UDRP to grab the 13 year old domain braindumps.biz. The owner of Braindumps.com, Certplex, Ltd also lost three more UDRP’s yesterday. It maybe some sort of record...
Discussion
Record? Owner of Braindumps.com Loses 4 Separate UDRP’s In One Day
Earlier today we wrote about the owner of the domain name braindumps.com losing a UDRP to grab the 13 year old domain braindumps.biz. The owner of Braindumps.com, Certplex, Ltd also lost three more UDRP’s yesterday. It maybe some sort of record...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:49 pm
The Domains
Owner Of Braindumps.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab 13 Year Old Braindumps.biz
Certplex, Ltd. (“Complainant”), who owns the domain name Braindumps.com just lost its attempt to grab the domain name Braindumps.biz after waiting 13 years to bring the UDRP. The one member panel of R. Glen Ayers while explicated not deci...
Discussion
Owner Of Braindumps.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab 13 Year Old Braindumps.biz
Certplex, Ltd. (“Complainant”), who owns the domain name Braindumps.com just lost its attempt to grab the domain name Braindumps.biz after waiting 13 years to bring the UDRP. The one member panel of R. Glen Ayers while explicated not deci...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:05 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/11
I’ve been a little hard on Sedo the last few years and I’m going to continue the trend today. It really is tough love. They are (or maybe were) one of the premier domain auction houses in the world. But every month that goes b...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/11
I’ve been a little hard on Sedo the last few years and I’m going to continue the trend today. It really is tough love. They are (or maybe were) one of the premier domain auction houses in the world. But every month that goes b...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371
4 New gTLD’s went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark ...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371
4 New gTLD’s went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark ...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 11:35 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: i+Domain Death Knell?; 0 & o Domains; .London Confusion…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Happy birthday, Adam Dicker!• Is Apple calling it quits on i+domains and what does it mean for investors?• Reader question: 0 and o domain typos - is there value?• Carlos Rojas from Registration.U...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: i+Domain Death Knell?; 0 & o Domains; .London Confusion…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Happy birthday, Adam Dicker!• Is Apple calling it quits on i+domains and what does it mean for investors?• Reader question: 0 and o domain typos - is there value?• Carlos Rojas from Registration.U...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Does Your Psychology Shift When A Privacy Protection Firm Reaches Out To Buy Your Domain?
I admit I don’t have the most valuable portfolio on the planet, so I don’t frequently get contacted by the big privacy protection firms like Mark Monitor, CSC, and NetNames on behalf of their confidential (and sometimes big $$) buyers. H...
Discussion
Does Your Psychology Shift When A Privacy Protection Firm Reaches Out To Buy Your Domain?
I admit I don’t have the most valuable portfolio on the planet, so I don’t frequently get contacted by the big privacy protection firms like Mark Monitor, CSC, and NetNames on behalf of their confidential (and sometimes big $$) buyers. H...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:12 am
