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Domain Name Wire
Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
Discussion
Trans-Pacific Partnership Treaty addresses cybersquatting, Whois
Countries would need a UDRP-like system for ccTLDs and online access to an accurate Whois. The text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty has been released, and it has a couple requirements related to the countries’ country code domain names....
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 6:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
Discussion
Another day, another “Google Listing” call
This time from Utah company Local Verifications. Last week I wrote about another company using robocalls to sell people on search engine services such as updating their Google business listing. Yesterday I received another one of these calls on my ce...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 5:32 pm
The Domains
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
Discussion
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 4:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
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GoDaddy sold $1.4 million of domain names from Marchex portfolio last quarter
Company getting early results from domain name portfolio. GoDaddy released its Q3 earnings yesterday, and its 10-Q filing with the SEC gives some insight into how it is doing with the Marchex domain name portfolio. The company paid $28.1 million to a...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 3:09 pm
The Domains
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
Discussion
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:42 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, November 5th, 2015
I sold a CHIP yesterday at auction I had no plan on selling. I have been buying LLLL.coms for a decade but I usually try and make a profit and flip them. Like many people I bought some “shitty” letters every once in a while an...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, November 5th, 2015
I sold a CHIP yesterday at auction I had no plan on selling. I have been buying LLLL.coms for a decade but I usually try and make a profit and flip them. Like many people I bought some “shitty” letters every once in a while an...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 10:03 am
The Domains
AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
Discussion
AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 8:23 am
The Domains
Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
Discussion
Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 3:33 am
The Domains
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:46 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:58 pm
