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Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 20th, 2014
It’s funny to think that just 8 months ago you could pick up essentially any 5 number dot com you wanted on a drop with little to no bidding and now they are going for $500 to $1000 each. People that picked up hundreds of them are raking ...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 20th, 2014
It’s funny to think that just 8 months ago you could pick up essentially any 5 number dot com you wanted on a drop with little to no bidding and now they are going for $500 to $1000 each. People that picked up hundreds of them are raking ...
Discussion
May 20, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
What Do Zuckerberg, Autism, Breast Cancer & Ronald Regan Have in Common ? .Foundation Domain
The new gTLD .Foundation seems to be a big hit with some big charitable organizations. From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation to Autism to Breast Cancer to Ronald Regan, to Glaucoma and even Rockefeller, a lot of charities hopped on...
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What Do Zuckerberg, Autism, Breast Cancer & Ronald Regan Have in Common ? .Foundation Domain
The new gTLD .Foundation seems to be a big hit with some big charitable organizations. From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation to Autism to Breast Cancer to Ronald Regan, to Glaucoma and even Rockefeller, a lot of charities hopped on...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 9:07 pm
The Domains
Estibot Launches Free App In Apple Store/iTunes
Esitbot has launched a free App (now in the Apple/iTunes store) “”The EstiBot mobile app for the iPhone lets you appraise and research domain names quickly and efficiently using the industry’s most trusted appraisal engine. Access t...
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Estibot Launches Free App In Apple Store/iTunes
Esitbot has launched a free App (now in the Apple/iTunes store) “”The EstiBot mobile app for the iPhone lets you appraise and research domain names quickly and efficiently using the industry’s most trusted appraisal engine. Access t...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 7:55 pm
The Domains
Oh Great, The US Proposes To Reduce The Cost & Renewing Most Trademarks
The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to reduce fees for many new trademark applications and most renewals of registration. Under the NPRM,...
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Oh Great, The US Proposes To Reduce The Cost & Renewing Most Trademarks
The U.S. Commerce Department’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) today issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) proposing to reduce fees for many new trademark applications and most renewals of registration. Under the NPRM,...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 6:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
FlyPrivate.com owner sues FlyPrvt.com over missing vowels
Company alleges competitor is infringing its trademarks by using vowel-less version of its own name. One of strangest ways companies have tried to cope with the lack of cheap available domain names in the past decade is to drop vowels. A prime exampl...
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FlyPrivate.com owner sues FlyPrvt.com over missing vowels
Company alleges competitor is infringing its trademarks by using vowel-less version of its own name. One of strangest ways companies have tried to cope with the lack of cheap available domain names in the past decade is to drop vowels. A prime exampl...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 5:15 pm
The Domains
ICANN To Open Up Comment Period On Donuts Request To Allow 2 Letter New gTLD’s
ICANN just posted a letter it send to Jon Nevett of Donuts regarding its request to release all 2 letter new gTLD domain in all the strings that Donuts has signed contracts with. It appears ICANN is not against the concept saying; “ICANN has co...
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ICANN To Open Up Comment Period On Donuts Request To Allow 2 Letter New gTLD’s
ICANN just posted a letter it send to Jon Nevett of Donuts regarding its request to release all 2 letter new gTLD domain in all the strings that Donuts has signed contracts with. It appears ICANN is not against the concept saying; “ICANN has co...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 4:41 pm
The Domains
More Stats For Domain Lovers: Namestat.org, Includes Fastest Growing New gTLD (.Club)
We just came across another site offering new gTLD stats at Namestat.org The site offers a section entitled “Fastest Growing gTLD’s and not surprisingly .Club is leading the way. Here are the top 10 Fastest Growing new gTLD&...
Discussion
More Stats For Domain Lovers: Namestat.org, Includes Fastest Growing New gTLD (.Club)
We just came across another site offering new gTLD stats at Namestat.org The site offers a section entitled “Fastest Growing gTLD’s and not surprisingly .Club is leading the way. Here are the top 10 Fastest Growing new gTLD&...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 4:24 pm
The Domains
After Spending $5 Million For its Brand, JD.com $1.9 Billion IPO Hits Wall Street This Week
JD.com is going public this week as it IPO hits Wall Street. It was just a year ago in March 2013 that we told you, China’s” leading direct B2C e-commerce company”, Jingdong , who was operating as 360buy.com, purchased re-bra...
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After Spending $5 Million For its Brand, JD.com $1.9 Billion IPO Hits Wall Street This Week
JD.com is going public this week as it IPO hits Wall Street. It was just a year ago in March 2013 that we told you, China’s” leading direct B2C e-commerce company”, Jingdong , who was operating as 360buy.com, purchased re-bra...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 3:22 pm
The Domains
Which Will Have More Registrations After One Year; .GOP; .Republican; .Democrat or .Vote
The new gTLD political race is about to start to being The first political extension to roll out will be .Democrat which is launching into general availability on Wednesday May 21st. The extension is owned by Rightside part of Demand Media...
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Which Will Have More Registrations After One Year; .GOP; .Republican; .Democrat or .Vote
The new gTLD political race is about to start to being The first political extension to roll out will be .Democrat which is launching into general availability on Wednesday May 21st. The extension is owned by Rightside part of Demand Media...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will DNA’s new TLD auction proposal kickstart contention set resolution?
New top level domain name applicants in contention sets have two remaining options for resolving who gets to “own” each string: Settle it amongst themselves or participate in an ICANN “auction of last resort”. So far a trickle...
Discussion
Will DNA’s new TLD auction proposal kickstart contention set resolution?
New top level domain name applicants in contention sets have two remaining options for resolving who gets to “own” each string: Settle it amongst themselves or participate in an ICANN “auction of last resort”. So far a trickle...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:36 pm
