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Domain Name Wire
Two Tucows execs are leaving
CFO and CIO announced their resignations this month. Two Tucows executives have recently notified the company that they are leaving. Last week, Chief Financial Officer Michael Cooperman announced that he was retiring after 18 years with the company. ...
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Two Tucows execs are leaving
CFO and CIO announced their resignations this month. Two Tucows executives have recently notified the company that they are leaving. Last week, Chief Financial Officer Michael Cooperman announced that he was retiring after 18 years with the company. ...
Discussion
March 24, 2017, 1:15 pm
Sully's Blog
15 billion views every month
Wikipedia depends on donations for it’s existence. It’s well run and has been very useful to many people over the years. I was recently in contact with Samantha Lien, Communications Manager at the Wikimedia Foun...
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15 billion views every month
Wikipedia depends on donations for it’s existence. It’s well run and has been very useful to many people over the years. I was recently in contact with Samantha Lien, Communications Manager at the Wikimedia Foun...
Discussion
March 24, 2017, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs aren’t dead, but some business models won’t work
New TLDs are here to stay. That doesn’t mean they’ll make money the way they’re being operated right now. “New top level domain names are dead! New top level domain names are dead!” That’s been the common chorus fr...
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New TLDs aren’t dead, but some business models won’t work
New TLDs are here to stay. That doesn’t mean they’ll make money the way they’re being operated right now. “New top level domain names are dead! New top level domain names are dead!” That’s been the common chorus fr...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 5:19 pm
The Domains
Germany is not messing around when it comes to fake news
Germany is not screwing around when it comes to fake news. Digiday.com goes into the details about the new law. Basically fake news is considered criminal content. From the article: Last week, Germany formally proposed a law to fine social networks u...
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Germany is not messing around when it comes to fake news
Germany is not screwing around when it comes to fake news. Digiday.com goes into the details about the new law. Basically fake news is considered criminal content. From the article: Last week, Germany formally proposed a law to fine social networks u...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name industry people make moves
Epik and MMX make key hires. Two familiar faces in the domain name industry have new homes. Joseph Peterson, who also writes for Domain Name Wire, was hired as Director of Operations at Epik. Joseph is one of the most analytical people I know. If the...
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Two domain name industry people make moves
Epik and MMX make key hires. Two familiar faces in the domain name industry have new homes. Joseph Peterson, who also writes for Domain Name Wire, was hired as Director of Operations at Epik. Joseph is one of the most analytical people I know. If the...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 2:39 pm
The Domains
Radix scores with Casino.online selling for $201,250
Radix knocked one out of the park with the sale of Casino.online for $201,250. The domain was reserved by the registry and did not result in a big windfall for a domain investor. Currently the domain resolves to a holding page at Safenames. CasinoOnl...
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Radix scores with Casino.online selling for $201,250
Radix knocked one out of the park with the sale of Casino.online for $201,250. The domain was reserved by the registry and did not result in a big windfall for a domain investor. Currently the domain resolves to a holding page at Safenames. CasinoOnl...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Casino.online sells for $201,250
Domain under the new top level domain name .online sells for big bucks. Here’s a new top level domain name sale that jumps out at you: Casino.online has sold at Sedo for $201,250! The domain name crossed Sedo’s RSS feed yesterday. As of r...
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Casino.online sells for $201,250
Domain under the new top level domain name .online sells for big bucks. Here’s a new top level domain name sale that jumps out at you: Casino.online has sold at Sedo for $201,250! The domain name crossed Sedo’s RSS feed yesterday. As of r...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 1:23 pm
The Domains
Closing on DropCatch tomorrow a UDRP in waiting
Tomorrow the domain Facebbok.com is closing on DropCatch. The domain is currently at $3,750. The domain was originally registered way back in 2006. The other factor when these types of domains drop is the current auction participants have no idea if ...
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Closing on DropCatch tomorrow a UDRP in waiting
Tomorrow the domain Facebbok.com is closing on DropCatch. The domain is currently at $3,750. The domain was originally registered way back in 2006. The other factor when these types of domains drop is the current auction participants have no idea if ...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 3:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
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Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
Discussion
March 22, 2017, 6:34 pm
The Domains
Do you believe domaining will still be a viable business in 2027 ?
I did a little poll last week about this and wanted to also get a snapshot here on the blog. Plus people have more than 140 characters to explain their position. In that limited sample size of 41 votes, 76% voted yes. Do you believe domaining will st...
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Do you believe domaining will still be a viable business in 2027 ?
I did a little poll last week about this and wanted to also get a snapshot here on the blog. Plus people have more than 140 characters to explain their position. In that limited sample size of 41 votes, 76% voted yes. Do you believe domaining will st...
Discussion
March 22, 2017, 5:58 pm
