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Domain Name Wire
The Chinese trademark domain name scam in its entirety
An email-by-email look at this common scam. By now you are probably familiar with the trademark domain name scam. A company sends an email informing you that someone is trying to register domain names containing your trademark (or matching your exist...
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The Chinese trademark domain name scam in its entirety
An email-by-email look at this common scam. By now you are probably familiar with the trademark domain name scam. A company sends an email informing you that someone is trying to register domain names containing your trademark (or matching your exist...
Discussion
May 4, 2017, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Countries with Weird TLD Habits
Every country registers nTLDs according to its own taste – whether that’s .PARIS in France, .TIENDA in Spain, or .CLUB in Canada. Many nations take part in global trends; so their TLD habits might be similar. Yet some countries are v...
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Countries with Weird TLD Habits
Every country registers nTLDs according to its own taste – whether that’s .PARIS in France, .TIENDA in Spain, or .CLUB in Canada. Many nations take part in global trends; so their TLD habits might be similar. Yet some countries are v...
Discussion
May 4, 2017, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Goldman Sachs and others bought this week
Goldman Sachs among companies that bought domain names through Sedo over the past week. The top public sale at domain name marketplace Sedo over the past week was for Piech.com. The buyer is using whois privacy but has already uploaded a logo for its...
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What domain names Goldman Sachs and others bought this week
Goldman Sachs among companies that bought domain names through Sedo over the past week. The top public sale at domain name marketplace Sedo over the past week was for Piech.com. The buyer is using whois privacy but has already uploaded a logo for its...
Discussion
May 4, 2017, 2:19 pm
The Domains
Here are the names tweeted at Rick for million dollar Wednesday
As we mentioned earlier in the week, it was million dollar Wednesday, yesterday. Here are the names that were tweeted at Rick yesterday: Paradise.com $1MM Homework.com $800k Hearing.com $990k RoadsideAssistance.com OSWZ (.com) $120,...
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Here are the names tweeted at Rick for million dollar Wednesday
As we mentioned earlier in the week, it was million dollar Wednesday, yesterday. Here are the names that were tweeted at Rick yesterday: Paradise.com $1MM Homework.com $800k Hearing.com $990k RoadsideAssistance.com OSWZ (.com) $120,...
Discussion
May 4, 2017, 2:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ buys .Storage top level domain name
XYZ gets its tenth top level domain name XYZ, the company that runs the .xyz domain name, has added a tenth top level domain name to its stable. The company announced this morning that it has acquired the .storage top level domain name. Self Storage ...
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XYZ buys .Storage top level domain name
XYZ gets its tenth top level domain name XYZ, the company that runs the .xyz domain name, has added a tenth top level domain name to its stable. The company announced this morning that it has acquired the .storage top level domain name. Self Storage ...
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May 3, 2017, 5:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stolen LDW.com domain name returned in UDRP
Original registrant discovered theft late last year. Game developer LDW Software, LLC has successfully recovered the stolen domain name LDW.com through a UDRP. The alleged theft appears to have happened in 2015, but the company didn’t become aw...
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Stolen LDW.com domain name returned in UDRP
Original registrant discovered theft late last year. Game developer LDW Software, LLC has successfully recovered the stolen domain name LDW.com through a UDRP. The alleged theft appears to have happened in 2015, but the company didn’t become aw...
Discussion
May 3, 2017, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ domains can’t be registered in China, Negari says it’s temporary
XYZ CEO Daniel Negari says the company is working to resolve issues selling domains in China. China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed domain name registrars in China to stop selling .xyz domain names as of May 4, D...
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.XYZ domains can’t be registered in China, Negari says it’s temporary
XYZ CEO Daniel Negari says the company is working to resolve issues selling domains in China. China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed domain name registrars in China to stop selling .xyz domain names as of May 4, D...
Discussion
May 3, 2017, 3:24 pm
The Domains
.PRESS supports Press Freedom Day for 3rd Consecutive Year
Radix owned .press is showing their support for Press Freedom Day They will be donating part of their May revenue to Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). Release: 3rd May, Mumbai: .PRESS, a domain extension for journalists and media, has partnered with R...
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.PRESS supports Press Freedom Day for 3rd Consecutive Year
Radix owned .press is showing their support for Press Freedom Day They will be donating part of their May revenue to Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF). Release: 3rd May, Mumbai: .PRESS, a domain extension for journalists and media, has partnered with R...
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May 3, 2017, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Richard Tindal leaves Donuts
Exit follows Stahura’s role change. Half of new top level domain name company Donuts’ founding team is no longer in their original day-to-day roles. The company announced that Richard Tindal, COO and one of four co-founders of the company...
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Richard Tindal leaves Donuts
Exit follows Stahura’s role change. Half of new top level domain name company Donuts’ founding team is no longer in their original day-to-day roles. The company announced that Richard Tindal, COO and one of four co-founders of the company...
Discussion
May 3, 2017, 1:56 pm
The Domains
Daniel Negari .XYZ acquires it’s 10th New gTLD .Storage
Daniel Negari CEO of XYZ, announced that it has acquired it’s 10th new gTLD .Storage. The new gTLD .Storage was applied for by Self Storage Company, LLC to be operated as a restricted domain extension. Self Storage Company, ...
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Daniel Negari .XYZ acquires it’s 10th New gTLD .Storage
Daniel Negari CEO of XYZ, announced that it has acquired it’s 10th new gTLD .Storage. The new gTLD .Storage was applied for by Self Storage Company, LLC to be operated as a restricted domain extension. Self Storage Company, ...
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May 3, 2017, 1:36 pm
