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Domain Name Wire
Kobe and Montreal added to ICANN calendar
Dust off your Japanese and French. ICANN has selected the location for two of its meetings taking place in 2019. ICANN 64 will take place in Kobe, Japan in March 2019 and ICANN 66 will be in Montreal in November 2019. The non-profit has not announced...
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Kobe and Montreal added to ICANN calendar
Dust off your Japanese and French. ICANN has selected the location for two of its meetings taking place in 2019. ICANN 64 will take place in Kobe, Japan in March 2019 and ICANN 66 will be in Montreal in November 2019. The non-profit has not announced...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 2:16 pm
The Domains
Politico takes a look at the Trump domain portfolio
Politico used three writers and put together an interactive article on the domain names registered by the Trump Organization. The writers are hoping to show a road map to where the Trump Organization has been and where it is going. From the article: ...
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Politico takes a look at the Trump domain portfolio
Politico used three writers and put together an interactive article on the domain names registered by the Trump Organization. The writers are hoping to show a road map to where the Trump Organization has been and where it is going. From the article: ...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 1:49 pm
The Domains
PayPal Is Getting Some Competition As Zelle Launches Through Major Banks
Paypal is about to get some competition as a new service called Zelle has teamed up with several national banks including Bank of America, Capital One, BB&T, Chase, Citi, TD Bank, Sun Trust and US Bank to name a few. According to its site which i...
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PayPal Is Getting Some Competition As Zelle Launches Through Major Banks
Paypal is about to get some competition as a new service called Zelle has teamed up with several national banks including Bank of America, Capital One, BB&T, Chase, Citi, TD Bank, Sun Trust and US Bank to name a few. According to its site which i...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 12:37 pm
The Domains
Karma’s a bitch (.com)
Almost exactly 5 years ago, a UDRP decision was made that had most domain investors saying WTF! The domain name Vanity.com was lost in a UDRP. Mike wrote about it on Jun 20, 2012. And now today Mike uncovered this from Hilco Streambank that the compl...
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Karma’s a bitch (.com)
Almost exactly 5 years ago, a UDRP decision was made that had most domain investors saying WTF! The domain name Vanity.com was lost in a UDRP. Mike wrote about it on Jun 20, 2012. And now today Mike uncovered this from Hilco Streambank that the compl...
Discussion
June 28, 2017, 1:36 am
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by YMB.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and YMB.com led the way at $35,000. okChina.com was number two at $32,500. Casino.co.jp sold for $20,000. I did contact Sedo and told them they put this in the wrong category. .Co.JP is the country code for Japan. I l...
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Sedo weekly sales led by YMB.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and YMB.com led the way at $35,000. okChina.com was number two at $32,500. Casino.co.jp sold for $20,000. I did contact Sedo and told them they put this in the wrong category. .Co.JP is the country code for Japan. I l...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 8:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Alo Yogo is a reverse domain name hijacker
Maker of yoga apparel filed baseless cybersquatting dispute in effort to snag domain ALO.com. Yoga apparel company Alo Yoga (Color Image Apparel, Inc.) has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ALO.com. The company, ...
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Alo Yogo is a reverse domain name hijacker
Maker of yoga apparel filed baseless cybersquatting dispute in effort to snag domain ALO.com. Yoga apparel company Alo Yoga (Color Image Apparel, Inc.) has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name ALO.com. The company, ...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s Top 10 MLS sales this year
Company reveals top (public) sales this year through its distribution network. Domain name marketplace Sedo offers a system called SedoMLS that syndicates domain name listings to partners including domain name registrars. This puts your domain names ...
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Sedo’s Top 10 MLS sales this year
Company reveals top (public) sales this year through its distribution network. Domain name marketplace Sedo offers a system called SedoMLS that syndicates domain name listings to partners including domain name registrars. This puts your domain names ...
Discussion
June 27, 2017, 2:15 pm
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...
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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
