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The Domains
How Long Is It Going To Take For Apple To File a UDRP On AppleWatch.com
Another new product announced today by Apple Computer today, what many people have been referring to as the iWatch, isn’t going to be called the iWatch at all, but the Apple Watch. Like in the case of the Appl...
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How Long Is It Going To Take For Apple To File a UDRP On AppleWatch.com
Another new product announced today by Apple Computer today, what many people have been referring to as the iWatch, isn’t going to be called the iWatch at all, but the Apple Watch. Like in the case of the Appl...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 7:06 pm

The Domains
Apple Goes With “Apple Pay” Domain ApplePay.com Registered Back in 2002; Not By Apple
At the BIG Apple event today, the company just named its long rumored payment system and is calling it Apple Pay. As usual the company does not own the matching .com domain name ApplePay.com. The domain name ApplePay.com was firs...
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Apple Goes With “Apple Pay” Domain ApplePay.com Registered Back in 2002; Not By Apple
At the BIG Apple event today, the company just named its long rumored payment system and is calling it Apple Pay. As usual the company does not own the matching .com domain name ApplePay.com. The domain name ApplePay.com was firs...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 6:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
Reverse domain name hijacking of Verb.com in a “Foolish waste of time”
“Baseless” complaint was a “foolish waste of time”. Three related hair care products companies have been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to steal the domain name Verb.com through a UDRP. Verb Product...
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Reverse domain name hijacking of Verb.com in a “Foolish waste of time”
“Baseless” complaint was a “foolish waste of time”. Three related hair care products companies have been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after trying to steal the domain name Verb.com through a UDRP. Verb Product...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 4:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
UDRP filed against $19k expired domain Bespoke.com. Is it the former owner?
Valuable domain name expired earlier this year and now faces UDRP. The domain name Bespoke.com expired in May. It went through the entire expiration cycle, making it one of the best domain names to fully expire this year. A bidder at DropCatch.com pa...
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UDRP filed against $19k expired domain Bespoke.com. Is it the former owner?
Valuable domain name expired earlier this year and now faces UDRP. The domain name Bespoke.com expired in May. It went through the entire expiration cycle, making it one of the best domain names to fully expire this year. A bidder at DropCatch.com pa...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 2:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
iPhone6.com through iPhone28.com are registered, and Apple doesn’t own them.
People have registered every iPhone#.com possible up to iPhone28.com. Apple owned the domain name iPhone5.com when it announced the new device two years ago. It wasn’t the original registrant, but Apple filed a UDRP to get the domain name ahead...
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iPhone6.com through iPhone28.com are registered, and Apple doesn’t own them.
People have registered every iPhone#.com possible up to iPhone28.com. Apple owned the domain name iPhone5.com when it announced the new device two years ago. It wasn’t the original registrant, but Apple filed a UDRP to get the domain name ahead...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 1:46 pm

The Domains
After One Of The Most Successful Sunrise & Landrush Periods .Global Goes Live Today
.Global which got almost 650 domain name registrations between its in Sunrise and Landrush period, goes live today for general availability at Noon EST. .Global which already ranked in the top 5 of all new gTLD’s incl...
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After One Of The Most Successful Sunrise & Landrush Periods .Global Goes Live Today
.Global which got almost 650 domain name registrations between its in Sunrise and Landrush period, goes live today for general availability at Noon EST. .Global which already ranked in the top 5 of all new gTLD’s incl...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 1:17 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 9/9
Good news. Sold another name I hand registered a year ago for $800. Bad news, my 2 year old Beta fish Steve is not doing well. He is starting to float when he stops swimming. Not looking good. I know, I know, I can buy ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 9/9
Good news. Sold another name I hand registered a year ago for $800. Bad news, my 2 year old Beta fish Steve is not doing well. He is starting to float when he stops swimming. Not looking good. I know, I know, I can buy ...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 11:45 am

The Domains
With 1 Day Left In Sedo Numeric Auction – 10 Names Have Met Reserve
The Sedo numeric auction closes on Wednesday and with one day to go 10 names have met reserve out of the 264 names up for auction. The highest priced name to meet reserve is 1029.com currently at 5,100 Euros. Names that have met reserve: 1029.com&nbs...
Discussion
With 1 Day Left In Sedo Numeric Auction – 10 Names Have Met Reserve
The Sedo numeric auction closes on Wednesday and with one day to go 10 names have met reserve out of the 264 names up for auction. The highest priced name to meet reserve is 1029.com currently at 5,100 Euros. Names that have met reserve: 1029.com&nbs...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 9:42 am

Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: VisitRome.com, OrlandoTravel.com, DroppedNames.com, ScubaTank,.com, PriveSchools.org, More
Some domains that sold VisitRome.com – $16,000 – I’m guessing the seller (Eric Borgos) and buyer had a few discussions…..I received a notification that the seller added a BIN, and then less than an hour later, the domain was...
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Flippa Recap: VisitRome.com, OrlandoTravel.com, DroppedNames.com, ScubaTank,.com, PriveSchools.org, More
Some domains that sold VisitRome.com – $16,000 – I’m guessing the seller (Eric Borgos) and buyer had a few discussions…..I received a notification that the seller added a BIN, and then less than an hour later, the domain was...
Discussion
September 9, 2014, 12:08 am

Domain Name Wire
Tennessee guitar company moves its website to Guitars.com
Company has owned the domain name since the 90s. Tennessee guitar company Gruhn Guitars has moved its website from Gruhn.com to the valuable domain name Guitars.com. This isn’t a case of a company paying big bucks for a great domain — it&...
Discussion
Tennessee guitar company moves its website to Guitars.com
Company has owned the domain name since the 90s. Tennessee guitar company Gruhn Guitars has moved its website from Gruhn.com to the valuable domain name Guitars.com. This isn’t a case of a company paying big bucks for a great domain — it&...
Discussion
September 8, 2014, 9:34 pm