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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 7th, 2014
DomainShane was closed yesterday and here are a few pictures why. You know I’m a guy that likes to make money so I’m always looking for things that fit in with what we already do at our businesses. One of the key requirements ...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 7th, 2014
DomainShane was closed yesterday and here are a few pictures why. You know I’m a guy that likes to make money so I’m always looking for things that fit in with what we already do at our businesses. One of the key requirements ...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 11:05 am

Domain Name Wire
Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
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Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 9:09 pm

The Domains
Not Shocking: More People Sign Up For Online Gambling That Healthcare
New jersey just released some stats for those signing up for Internet gambling accounts and they seem to be pound for pound doing a lot better than those signing up for Obama Care. I know its shocking. Not. According to Chron.com, around 150,000 peop...
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Not Shocking: More People Sign Up For Online Gambling That Healthcare
New jersey just released some stats for those signing up for Internet gambling accounts and they seem to be pound for pound doing a lot better than those signing up for Obama Care. I know its shocking. Not. According to Chron.com, around 150,000 peop...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 8:43 pm

Domain Name Wire
Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
Discussion
Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 5:50 pm

The Domains
ICANN Is Hiring For Positions In The United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey
Looking for a Job? ICANN Is hiring From the United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey, if your in need of a Job ICANN is hiring. Current Listings Accounting and Finance Staff Accountant-Receivables (213706-025) Los Angeles, California, United S...
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ICANN Is Hiring For Positions In The United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey
Looking for a Job? ICANN Is hiring From the United States to Belgium to Singapore to Turkey, if your in need of a Job ICANN is hiring. Current Listings Accounting and Finance Staff Accountant-Receivables (213706-025) Los Angeles, California, United S...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 5:43 pm

The Domains
Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets For Domains Seminar Set For In London On Jan 29
The Multilingual Internet Group and Burson-Marsteller are holding a “high level seminar investigating the opportunities and challenges presented by the ‘New Internet’.” Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets Due to S...
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Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets For Domains Seminar Set For In London On Jan 29
The Multilingual Internet Group and Burson-Marsteller are holding a “high level seminar investigating the opportunities and challenges presented by the ‘New Internet’.” Leveraging New Opportunities in Emerging Markets Due to S...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 4:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
13 more end user domain sales, including Folia.com for $37,500
App maker buys Folia.com for new app. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell $1.1 million worth of domain names over the holiday week ending December 29. Here are some of the sales that were to end users, including Folia.com. You can see more end user...
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13 more end user domain sales, including Folia.com for $37,500
App maker buys Folia.com for new app. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell $1.1 million worth of domain names over the holiday week ending December 29. Here are some of the sales that were to end users, including Folia.com. You can see more end user...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 4:07 pm

The Domains
Gucci Wins 184 .Org Domains In a UDRP & Not One Is Worth The Registration Fee
Brand holders god love them. Gucci just won the rights to 184 .Org domain names in a single UDRP. I can safety say there is not one of these .org domain names that is even worth the registration fee. Later today I will publish a list of 50 domain nam...
Discussion
Gucci Wins 184 .Org Domains In a UDRP & Not One Is Worth The Registration Fee
Brand holders god love them. Gucci just won the rights to 184 .Org domain names in a single UDRP. I can safety say there is not one of these .org domain names that is even worth the registration fee. Later today I will publish a list of 50 domain nam...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 3:59 pm

Domain Name Wire
Gucci wins 182 domain names in a UDRP
Gucci wins a lot of domain names in a UDRP decision. Italian design firm Guccio Gucci S.p.A. has won 182 domain names in a UDRP. It’s one of the highest number of domain names I’ve seen transferred in a single UDRP, although there have ce...
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Gucci wins 182 domain names in a UDRP
Gucci wins a lot of domain names in a UDRP decision. Italian design firm Guccio Gucci S.p.A. has won 182 domain names in a UDRP. It’s one of the highest number of domain names I’ve seen transferred in a single UDRP, although there have ce...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 3:47 pm

The Domains
CNN Covers The Selfie Olympics On Twitter While ICANN Bans Registrations In New gTLD’s
In the domain space The Olympics have been given the strongest protections including a ICANN prohibiting the registration any new gTLD containing the word Olympics in it. However in the rest of cyberspace the Olympics enjoys no such protection CNN j...
Discussion
CNN Covers The Selfie Olympics On Twitter While ICANN Bans Registrations In New gTLD’s
In the domain space The Olympics have been given the strongest protections including a ICANN prohibiting the registration any new gTLD containing the word Olympics in it. However in the rest of cyberspace the Olympics enjoys no such protection CNN j...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 3:29 pm