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The Domains
.Host Announces 15 Pioneer Partners Including Godaddy’s MediaTemple
Radix, announced 15 top players of the global hosting community as Pioneers of the .host namespace, which rolled in to Landrush on August 26th. The Pioneer lineup includes big international names like MediaTemple, Bluehost, OVH, Arvixe, and the...
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.Host Announces 15 Pioneer Partners Including Godaddy’s MediaTemple
Radix, announced 15 top players of the global hosting community as Pioneers of the .host namespace, which rolled in to Landrush on August 26th. The Pioneer lineup includes big international names like MediaTemple, Bluehost, OVH, Arvixe, and the...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 4:12 pm
The Domains
Nominet Handles 674 Domain Complaints Down 17%; 55% Result in Domain Transfer
Nominet the company that operates the .co.uk and now the .uk domain name extension (ccTLD) just released its report for its Dispute Resolution Service in 2013 (DRS). In 2013 Nominet handled 674 complaints down 17% from 2012 although the number ...
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Nominet Handles 674 Domain Complaints Down 17%; 55% Result in Domain Transfer
Nominet the company that operates the .co.uk and now the .uk domain name extension (ccTLD) just released its report for its Dispute Resolution Service in 2013 (DRS). In 2013 Nominet handled 674 complaints down 17% from 2012 although the number ...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 3:56 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Launching 1st Of Its String in September; Expects 25% Of All Landrush Domain To Go To Auction
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), is going to launch its first new gTLD’s strings into General Availability in September, actually 9 in all. The following new generic top level domains (gTLDs) in which Minds + Machines has an interest will go on gene...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Launching 1st Of Its String in September; Expects 25% Of All Landrush Domain To Go To Auction
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), is going to launch its first new gTLD’s strings into General Availability in September, actually 9 in all. The following new generic top level domains (gTLDs) in which Minds + Machines has an interest will go on gene...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 2:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs add between 50 and 10,000 domains on first day
One domain is off to a quick start, the others not so much. Seven new top level domain names launched this week. By far, .Hamburg for the city of Hamburg was the most registered domain name. (Ironically, this is the one new TLD launch this week that ...
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This week’s new TLDs add between 50 and 10,000 domains on first day
One domain is off to a quick start, the others not so much. Seven new top level domain names launched this week. By far, .Hamburg for the city of Hamburg was the most registered domain name. (Ironically, this is the one new TLD launch this week that ...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 2:03 pm
The Domains
.London Tops 15,000 Domain Registrations; General Availability Starts September 8th
One of the most anticipated new gTLD domain extensions .London, now has 15,038 domain names registered, counting Sunrise registrations and now registrations granted to companies with a .London presence who had priorty to register .London domain...
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.London Tops 15,000 Domain Registrations; General Availability Starts September 8th
One of the most anticipated new gTLD domain extensions .London, now has 15,038 domain names registered, counting Sunrise registrations and now registrations granted to companies with a .London presence who had priorty to register .London domain...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 12:53 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Hamburg 13.7K,763; Discount 1,819; .Fitness 1,271; .Furniture 605; .Schule 373
Several new gTLD went into general availability yesterday and here are the total number of domain registrations including those domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and in any landrush or Early Access Program (EAP) which allows registra...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Hamburg 13.7K,763; Discount 1,819; .Fitness 1,271; .Furniture 605; .Schule 373
Several new gTLD went into general availability yesterday and here are the total number of domain registrations including those domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders and in any landrush or Early Access Program (EAP) which allows registra...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 12:32 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 8/28
I didn’t get my list out yesterday for a reason that hasn’t happened in years. Our host server went down (no we don’t share a server with Namejet). I’ve been with MediaTemple for about 7 years and they have always ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 8/28
I didn’t get my list out yesterday for a reason that hasn’t happened in years. Our host server went down (no we don’t share a server with Namejet). I’ve been with MediaTemple for about 7 years and they have always ...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 11:41 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: What Makes TLDs Successful?; .NET Value; Best TLDs for Speculation…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What makes a TLD successful to the general population?• Update on Adam Dicker's TLD+SEO Showdown• New dots this week include .HIV, .Black, .Furniture, .Schule, .Fitness, .Discount, .Hamburg - Whic...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: What Makes TLDs Successful?; .NET Value; Best TLDs for Speculation…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What makes a TLD successful to the general population?• Update on Adam Dicker's TLD+SEO Showdown• New dots this week include .HIV, .Black, .Furniture, .Schule, .Fitness, .Discount, .Hamburg - Whic...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 8:00 am
The Domains
Kevin Fink of Flippa Confirms Fire.Glass sale at $5,000 is legitimate
I want to thank Kevin Fink of Flippa for confirming that the auction for Fire.Glass that concluded on 8/26 is a legitimate sale. With all the hoopla and hype around the new gtlds, domain investors want to see sales being verified especially when its ...
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Kevin Fink of Flippa Confirms Fire.Glass sale at $5,000 is legitimate
I want to thank Kevin Fink of Flippa for confirming that the auction for Fire.Glass that concluded on 8/26 is a legitimate sale. With all the hoopla and hype around the new gtlds, domain investors want to see sales being verified especially when its ...
Discussion
August 28, 2014, 3:55 am
The Domains
Largest .org sale of 2014 Dolphin.org sells for $45,000
Dolphin.org just crossed the Sedo sales tape as sold at $45,000. This is the highest .org sale of 2014, year to date. The domain was registered in 1994 and had been owned by a Miles Fawcett of SAI Comm. The domain is currently parked and the whois is...
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Largest .org sale of 2014 Dolphin.org sells for $45,000
Dolphin.org just crossed the Sedo sales tape as sold at $45,000. This is the highest .org sale of 2014, year to date. The domain was registered in 1994 and had been owned by a Miles Fawcett of SAI Comm. The domain is currently parked and the whois is...
Discussion
August 27, 2014, 8:00 pm
