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The Domains
Verisign: The Number of .Com Domain Registration Pass 129 Million For 1st Time
According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base passed 128 Million for the 1...
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Verisign: The Number of .Com Domain Registration Pass 129 Million For 1st Time
According to Verisign (VRSN) which operates the .Com registry, the number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base has passed 129 Million for the 1st time. The number of .Com domain names in the Domain Name Base passed 128 Million for the 1...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 7:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain registrars hate registry exceptions
Registrars consider the cost of changes and number of customers impacted before implementing registry pricing exceptions. The new top level domain name program has ushered in a new era of complexity for domain pricing. The biggest change has been mul...
Discussion
Domain registrars hate registry exceptions
Registrars consider the cost of changes and number of customers impacted before implementing registry pricing exceptions. The new top level domain name program has ushered in a new era of complexity for domain pricing. The biggest change has been mul...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 5:35 pm
The Domains
Three time Tour De France champ now going after cybersquatters
Over the years you run into people who don’t care much about trademark infringement. They register names that infringe on someone else’s intellectual property. The thought was that if they got a UDRP they would just let the complainant ta...
Discussion
Three time Tour De France champ now going after cybersquatters
Over the years you run into people who don’t care much about trademark infringement. They register names that infringe on someone else’s intellectual property. The thought was that if they got a UDRP they would just let the complainant ta...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
State of the Domain Business – DNW Podcast #142
What the Rightside-Donuts tie up says about the state of new top level domain names. This week I delve into Donuts’ acquisition of Rightside and discuss what it says about the current state of new top level domains. I also run through a bunch o...
Discussion
State of the Domain Business – DNW Podcast #142
What the Rightside-Donuts tie up says about the state of new top level domain names. This week I delve into Donuts’ acquisition of Rightside and discuss what it says about the current state of new top level domains. I also run through a bunch o...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen $100,000 domain name
Man says he paid $100,000 for three-letter domain name before it was stolen. A California man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the valuable domain name BSH.com. Qiang Du bought the domain name for $100,000 in April 2016. He transferred the domain...
Discussion
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen $100,000 domain name
Man says he paid $100,000 for three-letter domain name before it was stolen. A California man has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to recover the valuable domain name BSH.com. Qiang Du bought the domain name for $100,000 in April 2016. He transferred the domain...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 3:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Robocalls could get a lot worse…just “ringless”
FCC considering a petition to allow “ringless voicemail”. I’ve written about robocalls a few times on Domain Name Wire. If your phone number is in Whois, you are probably bombarded by these annoying calls. It could get a lot worse v...
Discussion
Robocalls could get a lot worse…just “ringless”
FCC considering a petition to allow “ringless voicemail”. I’ve written about robocalls a few times on Domain Name Wire. If your phone number is in Whois, you are probably bombarded by these annoying calls. It could get a lot worse v...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 1:44 pm
The Domains
Domainers don’t agree on much
Sometimes comments uncover more than just the initial topic. A perfect example is the weekend banter with regards to Kevin Murphy’s comment about the sale of Hatred.com. Give this domainer a big hand for ripping off Milo Yiannopoulos to the tun...
Discussion
Domainers don’t agree on much
Sometimes comments uncover more than just the initial topic. A perfect example is the weekend banter with regards to Kevin Murphy’s comment about the sale of Hatred.com. Give this domainer a big hand for ripping off Milo Yiannopoulos to the tun...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 10:01 am
DomainSherpa
On-Again, Off-Again $3K-to-$30K Flip Takes 6 Months to Close – With Joshua Reason
Some deals just take time to get done. That was the case in this Profitable Flip episode.Today's Sherpa experienced (and partially caused) an on-again, off-again negotiation that culminated six months after the initial inquiry – but also n...
Discussion
On-Again, Off-Again $3K-to-$30K Flip Takes 6 Months to Close – With Joshua Reason
Some deals just take time to get done. That was the case in this Profitable Flip episode.Today's Sherpa experienced (and partially caused) an on-again, off-again negotiation that culminated six months after the initial inquiry – but also n...
Discussion
June 26, 2017, 7:01 am
Domain Name Wire
Advertising firm thinks BabyBoom.com is cybersquatting
Company files UDRP against common term. You can’t make this stuff up. A marketing firm that helps people target new parents under the name Babyboom has filed a UDRP against the domain name BabyBoom.com. European firm N2COM offers services under...
Discussion
Advertising firm thinks BabyBoom.com is cybersquatting
Company files UDRP against common term. You can’t make this stuff up. A marketing firm that helps people target new parents under the name Babyboom has filed a UDRP against the domain name BabyBoom.com. European firm N2COM offers services under...
Discussion
June 24, 2017, 4:33 pm
The Domains
Do you do any affiliate marketing?
I had a reader ask me a question that I don’t think I know the answer to anymore. They asked me if a lot of domain investors also partake in affiliate marketing? Years ago I knew quite a few people that were using affiliate programs with some o...
Discussion
Do you do any affiliate marketing?
I had a reader ask me a question that I don’t think I know the answer to anymore. They asked me if a lot of domain investors also partake in affiliate marketing? Years ago I knew quite a few people that were using affiliate programs with some o...
Discussion
June 23, 2017, 9:46 pm
