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Domain Name Wire
Jason Calacanis talks about the importance of great domains
Great domains inspire people. Investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis has given lots of great soundbites about domain names over the year. Earlier this month, he elaborated on the power of a great domain during his This Week in Startups episode 105...
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Jason Calacanis talks about the importance of great domains
Great domains inspire people. Investor and entrepreneur Jason Calacanis has given lots of great soundbites about domain names over the year. Earlier this month, he elaborated on the power of a great domain during his This Week in Startups episode 105...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 9:44 pm
The Domains
Sedo weekly sales led by ElectricCar.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and ElectricCar.com led the way at $180,000. 1269.com was secind at $40,500 and Pop.shop was third at 28,650 Euro, ($31,301). 51 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs electr...
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Sedo weekly sales led by ElectricCar.com
Sedo released their weekly sales and ElectricCar.com led the way at $180,000. 1269.com was secind at $40,500 and Pop.shop was third at 28,650 Euro, ($31,301). 51 .com sales 25 cctld sales 6 other tld sales Domain name Date Price Currency .COMs electr...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 8:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets two more patents
Patents cover domain availability lookups and DNS templates. GoDaddy has added two new patents to its collection. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents to the company today. Patent #10,659,424 (pdf) – Determining status of do...
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GoDaddy gets two more patents
Patents cover domain availability lookups and DNS templates. GoDaddy has added two new patents to its collection. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents to the company today. Patent #10,659,424 (pdf) – Determining status of do...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign patent suggests a new model for expired domains
Patent contemplates selling pools of access to each registrar. Someone looking in from the outside would consider the current model for drop catching expired domain names to be inefficient. Each registrar has a connection to the registry, which it us...
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Verisign patent suggests a new model for expired domains
Patent contemplates selling pools of access to each registrar. Someone looking in from the outside would consider the current model for drop catching expired domain names to be inefficient. Each registrar has a connection to the registry, which it us...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 4:44 pm
The Domains
Domaining.com May Broker Newsletter
Francois and Domaining.com are out with the May Broker newsletter. SPONSOR – Dofo.com The Story of Dofo Discover how Macit Tuna sparked the great idea of dofo.com and turned it into a service that is quickly becoming popular. If you want to buy...
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Domaining.com May Broker Newsletter
Francois and Domaining.com are out with the May Broker newsletter. SPONSOR – Dofo.com The Story of Dofo Discover how Macit Tuna sparked the great idea of dofo.com and turned it into a service that is quickly becoming popular. If you want to buy...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 4:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This domain dispute might be better in the courts
The Complainant has a right to be upset but will have difficulty showing trademark rights. UMass Memorial HealthAlliance has lost a UDRP for UrgentCareLeominster .com at World Intellectual Property Organization. The hospital chain has a right to be u...
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This domain dispute might be better in the courts
The Complainant has a right to be upset but will have difficulty showing trademark rights. UMass Memorial HealthAlliance has lost a UDRP for UrgentCareLeominster .com at World Intellectual Property Organization. The hospital chain has a right to be u...
Discussion
May 19, 2020, 3:03 pm
The Domains
Round 2 for Tema.com buyer did not pay $128,938
May 13 I wrote about Tema.com closing at $128,938 on DropCatch. The name is back on DropCatch so no one paid the first time. There just have to be better systems when you let people bid that high. Want to bid $50,000 send us a deposit, something thes...
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Round 2 for Tema.com buyer did not pay $128,938
May 13 I wrote about Tema.com closing at $128,938 on DropCatch. The name is back on DropCatch so no one paid the first time. There just have to be better systems when you let people bid that high. Want to bid $50,000 send us a deposit, something thes...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 8:37 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – May 18: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com• Get your bids in soon for AdventureGear.com, Galaxy.o...
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DomainSherpa Review – May 18: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: RaceFans.com, Collectors.club, SnowCrab.com• Get your bids in soon for AdventureGear.com, Galaxy.o...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 8:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
Pennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery and B...
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Wine spat: Brewery and vineyard tries reverse hijacking SpringGate.com
Pennslyvania brewery files bad case with WIPO. A Pennslyvania brewery and winery has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over SpringGate.com. Schoffstall Farm, LLC, which does business as Spring Gate Vineyard, Winery and B...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Adrian Kinderis – DNW Podcast #286
From running a registrar to .au to .film. My guest this week is Adrian Kinderis. Adrian has been in the domain business for a couple of decades and started by founding a domain registrar. This snowballed into operating the .au domain. On today’...
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Adrian Kinderis – DNW Podcast #286
From running a registrar to .au to .film. My guest this week is Adrian Kinderis. Adrian has been in the domain business for a couple of decades and started by founding a domain registrar. This snowballed into operating the .au domain. On today’...
Discussion
May 18, 2020, 3:30 pm
