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The Domains
Bar.com Auction Group of Domains Draw $1 Million Dollar Bid At Namejet/ROTD Namescon Auction
A group of premium domain names are being auctioned off in one lot by RightoftheDot.com/Namejet.com auction at Namescon next month and yesterday drew a $1 million dollar bod The group of domain names is highlighted by Bar.com. In addition to Bar.com ...
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Bar.com Auction Group of Domains Draw $1 Million Dollar Bid At Namejet/ROTD Namescon Auction
A group of premium domain names are being auctioned off in one lot by RightoftheDot.com/Namejet.com auction at Namescon next month and yesterday drew a $1 million dollar bod The group of domain names is highlighted by Bar.com. In addition to Bar.com ...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 6:44 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 14, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 14, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 6:01 pm
The Domains
White Castle Loses URS on WhiteCastle.space
White Castle just lost case under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for the domain name WhiteCastle.Space and the domain holder didn’t even respond. The Examier although recognized that WHITE CASTLE has trademark rights in the United St...
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White Castle Loses URS on WhiteCastle.space
White Castle just lost case under the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) policy for the domain name WhiteCastle.Space and the domain holder didn’t even respond. The Examier although recognized that WHITE CASTLE has trademark rights in the United St...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 4:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
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Q&A with Rich Merdinger, new chairman of The Domain Name Association
Merdinger named interium chairman of the DNA. Rich Merdinger, a longtime GoDaddy employee who is currently VP of Domains for the company, has been named the interim chairman of The Domain Name Association. I reached out to Merdinger to learn more abo...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
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Rex Tillerson goes on defensive domain buying spree…a couple days too late
He buys some typos, but someone else snags his name in .com. This week, Donald Trump announced that Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson will be his nominee for Secretary of State. Yesterday, someone acting on behalf of Tillerson registered a number of typos and ...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
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After one year hiatus, GoDaddy is back in the Super Bowl
GoDaddy will advertise in next year’s Super Bowl game to promote a new product. GoDaddy sat out the Super Bowl last NFL season for the first time since 2005. It will be back as an advertiser this season, the company announced today. Instead of ...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 1:01 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 15th
You should pay 2.5% if you pay with credit card at an auction. It cost the person that takes your credit card that much. If you are selling a product then I think the seller can add the cost of accepting credit into the price. Bu...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, December 15th
You should pay 2.5% if you pay with credit card at an auction. It cost the person that takes your credit card that much. If you are selling a product then I think the seller can add the cost of accepting credit into the price. Bu...
Discussion
December 15, 2016, 10:18 am
The Domains
New gTLD .Cam Launched Today; Has Only 207 Registrations Through Sunrise & EAP
The New gTLD .Cam launched today into general availability. According to ntldstats.com there were about 80 Sunrise Applications by trademark holders for .cam and pulling the zone file over 80 domain names of the 207 are registered by the registry. Th...
Discussion
New gTLD .Cam Launched Today; Has Only 207 Registrations Through Sunrise & EAP
The New gTLD .Cam launched today into general availability. According to ntldstats.com there were about 80 Sunrise Applications by trademark holders for .cam and pulling the zone file over 80 domain names of the 207 are registered by the registry. Th...
Discussion
December 14, 2016, 6:17 pm
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 13, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF DECEMBER 13, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on December 13, 2016. If there is an asterisk (*) next to a price, it means that the name was at auction from a private seller (rather than a...
Discussion
December 14, 2016, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
Discussion
Neustar (NSR) to go private in $2.9 billion deal
Deal comes ahead of revenue plunge due to losing lucrative contract. Domain name and marketing analytics company Neustar (NYSE: NSR) has entered into a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Golden Gate Capital in a transaction valued at approxim...
Discussion
December 14, 2016, 2:19 pm
