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Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines’ new domain names off to slow start
Demand appears to have been low at launch. Minds + Machines launched its first six owned and operated top level domain names yesterday. The results can only be described as weak, at least based on overnight zone file numbers. Here’s the activit...
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Minds + Machines’ new domain names off to slow start
Demand appears to have been low at launch. Minds + Machines launched its first six owned and operated top level domain names yesterday. The results can only be described as weak, at least based on overnight zone file numbers. Here’s the activit...
Discussion
September 16, 2014, 11:19 am
The Domains
FCC Receives Over 3 Million Comments on Net Neutrality
Yesterday was the last day to get comments into the FCC with regards to Net Neutrality. Tech Crunch noted that there were over 3 million comments with a few hours left, this was double the number reported last week. There were several websites that a...
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FCC Receives Over 3 Million Comments on Net Neutrality
Yesterday was the last day to get comments into the FCC with regards to Net Neutrality. Tech Crunch noted that there were over 3 million comments with a few hours left, this was double the number reported last week. There were several websites that a...
Discussion
September 16, 2014, 9:12 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Babes.net and Yabai.com for 5 figures, ClickThis.com, Flipped.net, ReggaeSongs.com
Some nice sales again at Flippa last week. Two 5-figure sales, and over ten 4-figure sales by my count. One notable sale was FreeInstrumentals.com. As a domain listing two weeks ago, it got a high bid of $1,000. As a website listing last week, it so...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Babes.net and Yabai.com for 5 figures, ClickThis.com, Flipped.net, ReggaeSongs.com
Some nice sales again at Flippa last week. Two 5-figure sales, and over ten 4-figure sales by my count. One notable sale was FreeInstrumentals.com. As a domain listing two weeks ago, it got a high bid of $1,000. As a website listing last week, it so...
Discussion
September 16, 2014, 1:23 am
The Domains
LINDT Loses UDRP Bid To Grab ExcellenceChocolate.com Based On Its EXCELLENCE TM
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (“Complainant”), just lost its attempt to grab the domain name excellencechocolate.com based on a trademark on the term EXCELLENCE. Although the panelist James A. Carmody, Esq. found that &ld...
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LINDT Loses UDRP Bid To Grab ExcellenceChocolate.com Based On Its EXCELLENCE TM
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG (“Complainant”), just lost its attempt to grab the domain name excellencechocolate.com based on a trademark on the term EXCELLENCE. Although the panelist James A. Carmody, Esq. found that &ld...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 10:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of CountryGirlStore.com guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company abused policy to try to deprive rightful owner of CountryGirl.com domain name. LML Investments, owner of Country Girl branded clothing sold at CountryGirlStore.com, has been admonished by a panel for abusing the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Re...
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Owner of CountryGirlStore.com guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company abused policy to try to deprive rightful owner of CountryGirl.com domain name. LML Investments, owner of Country Girl branded clothing sold at CountryGirlStore.com, has been admonished by a panel for abusing the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Re...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 9:55 pm
The Domains
Esqwire.com Gets Another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling: CountryGirl.com
LML Investments LLC (LML) represented by Jeremiah A. Pastrick of Continental Enterprises, Indiana was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name CountryGirl.com The domain holder P.A. Gordon represented by Ari Goldbe...
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Esqwire.com Gets Another Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling: CountryGirl.com
LML Investments LLC (LML) represented by Jeremiah A. Pastrick of Continental Enterprises, Indiana was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name CountryGirl.com The domain holder P.A. Gordon represented by Ari Goldbe...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 9:17 pm
The Domains
Cabs.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name Cabs.com just sold on Sedo for $50,000 The domain name was owned by Enterprise Solutions Holdings Inc, of Alpharetta Georgia The new owner is William Berry of London, England which he acquired in 2013 from Softbrands who seemed to acq...
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Cabs.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name Cabs.com just sold on Sedo for $50,000 The domain name was owned by Enterprise Solutions Holdings Inc, of Alpharetta Georgia The new owner is William Berry of London, England which he acquired in 2013 from Softbrands who seemed to acq...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 8:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is the biggest week yet for new TLDs (16 domains!)
16 domains hit the market this week. At the end of last month, I wrote about how the next 50 days would be important for new TLDs. Within that 50 days, this week is perhaps the biggest: 16 domain names will enter general availability. Call it Launch ...
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This is the biggest week yet for new TLDs (16 domains!)
16 domains hit the market this week. At the end of last month, I wrote about how the next 50 days would be important for new TLDs. Within that 50 days, this week is perhaps the biggest: 16 domain names will enter general availability. Call it Launch ...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 2:27 pm
The Domains
At Least One Registrar is Offering A Free .Webcam Domain Registration
Courtesy of our new gTLD blogging friend Jean Guillion comes word that at least one domain name registrar is offering a free .Webcam registration through the end of the year though one registrar. According to Jean you can register a free ...
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At Least One Registrar is Offering A Free .Webcam Domain Registration
Courtesy of our new gTLD blogging friend Jean Guillion comes word that at least one domain name registrar is offering a free .Webcam registration through the end of the year though one registrar. According to Jean you can register a free ...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 2:15 pm
The Domains
No End User’s Registering New gTLD’s? Check Out The First .Church Domain Names
.Church is landing into General Availability on Wednesday September 17th and has almost 400 domain names registered in its Sunrise Period open to trademark holders and through the Early Access Program (EAP) for which registrants paid an extra fee. Lo...
Discussion
No End User’s Registering New gTLD’s? Check Out The First .Church Domain Names
.Church is landing into General Availability on Wednesday September 17th and has almost 400 domain names registered in its Sunrise Period open to trademark holders and through the Early Access Program (EAP) for which registrants paid an extra fee. Lo...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 1:59 pm
