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The Domains
Shares of Web.com Up Over 13% After Hours On Takeover Rumors
Shares of Web.com (WWWW) rose over 13% after hours as Reuters.com reported the company “is in talks with private equity firms after receiving takeover approaches.” The story went on to say “The buyout interest in Web.com comes as it...
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Shares of Web.com Up Over 13% After Hours On Takeover Rumors
Shares of Web.com (WWWW) rose over 13% after hours as Reuters.com reported the company “is in talks with private equity firms after receiving takeover approaches.” The story went on to say “The buyout interest in Web.com comes as it...
Discussion
May 26, 2017, 1:56 am
Domain Name Wire
A great resource for new top level domain name data
Don’t overlook this new top level domain stats site. This blog and many others in the domain name industry often cite nTLDstats.com for new TLD metrics. It’s a great service, but you should also be aware of NameStat.org. I particularly li...
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A great resource for new top level domain name data
Don’t overlook this new top level domain stats site. This blog and many others in the domain name industry often cite nTLDstats.com for new TLD metrics. It’s a great service, but you should also be aware of NameStat.org. I particularly li...
Discussion
May 25, 2017, 4:58 pm
The Domains
Microsoft is buyer of Mixer.com
Back in February, Jamie from DotWeekly.com reported that Tucow’s YummyNames.com had sold Mixer.com to an unknown MarkMonitor client. That client is confirmed today to be Microsoft. Microsoft is rebranding Beam, Microsoft’s answer to Twitc...
Discussion
Microsoft is buyer of Mixer.com
Back in February, Jamie from DotWeekly.com reported that Tucow’s YummyNames.com had sold Mixer.com to an unknown MarkMonitor client. That client is confirmed today to be Microsoft. Microsoft is rebranding Beam, Microsoft’s answer to Twitc...
Discussion
May 25, 2017, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Accepting PayPal for domains makes sense but there are risks
There’s no seller protection for domains but it makes the buyer more comfortable. I saw that Efty has added the option to accept PayPal payments for domain names listed on its platform. I can see how this could boost sales; PayPal is trusted an...
Discussion
Accepting PayPal for domains makes sense but there are risks
There’s no seller protection for domains but it makes the buyer more comfortable. I saw that Efty has added the option to accept PayPal payments for domain names listed on its platform. I can see how this could boost sales; PayPal is trusted an...
Discussion
May 25, 2017, 3:29 pm
The Domains
Emojis can be used to show intent ?
There has been a lot of talk about emojis when it comes to domain names. A landlord in Israel has successfully sued a couple who mislead him with emoji, with the judge ruling that the tiny pictures constituted a statem...
Discussion
Emojis can be used to show intent ?
There has been a lot of talk about emojis when it comes to domain names. A landlord in Israel has successfully sued a couple who mislead him with emoji, with the judge ruling that the tiny pictures constituted a statem...
Discussion
May 25, 2017, 3:59 am
Domain Name Wire
SOG.com domain name saved in UDRP
Domain owner acquired it as an investment ten years ago. A three-member National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled in favor of the domain name owner in a dispute over the domain SOG.com. SOG Specialty Knives and Tools, LLC, which uses the domain name...
Discussion
SOG.com domain name saved in UDRP
Domain owner acquired it as an investment ten years ago. A three-member National Arbitration Forum panel has ruled in favor of the domain name owner in a dispute over the domain SOG.com. SOG Specialty Knives and Tools, LLC, which uses the domain name...
Discussion
May 24, 2017, 10:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
An international week of end user domain name sales
Lots of ccTLD sales to end users over the past week. More than half of the end user domain names sales I uncovered at Sedo over the past week were country code domain names. These include two companies buying three-letter .co.uk domain names, a Germa...
Discussion
An international week of end user domain name sales
Lots of ccTLD sales to end users over the past week. More than half of the end user domain names sales I uncovered at Sedo over the past week were country code domain names. These include two companies buying three-letter .co.uk domain names, a Germa...
Discussion
May 24, 2017, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Comcast provides a lesson on firing off C&D letters over domain names
Companies should think hard before firing off cease & desist letters. Comcast is getting dragged through the mud for sending a cease & desist letter to the owner of a domain name that has “comcast” in it, and there’s a lesso...
Discussion
Comcast provides a lesson on firing off C&D letters over domain names
Companies should think hard before firing off cease & desist letters. Comcast is getting dragged through the mud for sending a cease & desist letter to the owner of a domain name that has “comcast” in it, and there’s a lesso...
Discussion
May 24, 2017, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRPSearch owner wins UDRP, court case still pending
Panel rules against company that claimed FastTrak.com was cybersquatting against it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled in favor of Virtual Point in a UDRP over the domain name FastTrak.com. Virtual Point has common ownersh...
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UDRPSearch owner wins UDRP, court case still pending
Panel rules against company that claimed FastTrak.com was cybersquatting against it. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ruled in favor of Virtual Point in a UDRP over the domain name FastTrak.com. Virtual Point has common ownersh...
Discussion
May 24, 2017, 1:27 pm
Sully's Blog
This shop gets about 50,000 uniques per month
Max Robinson, marketing manager of ScotlandShop.com. The company was founded in 2002 selling Scottish crafts, gifts and goods. Max’s talked to me about this global business and the decision behind the name and TLD that was chosen. ...
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This shop gets about 50,000 uniques per month
Max Robinson, marketing manager of ScotlandShop.com. The company was founded in 2002 selling Scottish crafts, gifts and goods. Max’s talked to me about this global business and the decision behind the name and TLD that was chosen. ...
Discussion
May 24, 2017, 11:57 am
