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The Domains
Quick Poll: Which New gTLD Will Be The 1st To Hit 100K Registrations?
As of today there are over 414,000 new gTLD domain names registered. .Guru is still leading the pack with over 47,000 registrations and is growing at the rate of 75-100 domains a day. .Berlin is safely in second place for now, with 43K registra...
Discussion
Quick Poll: Which New gTLD Will Be The 1st To Hit 100K Registrations?
As of today there are over 414,000 new gTLD domain names registered. .Guru is still leading the pack with over 47,000 registrations and is growing at the rate of 75-100 domains a day. .Berlin is safely in second place for now, with 43K registra...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 1:32 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 1st, 2014
Good morning everyone and to the DomainFest attendees, time to go to bed. My least favorite day of the year today. April Fools Day. The day when everybody and every company tries do do some stupid ass April Fools prank. The day when you can&rsq...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 1st, 2014
Good morning everyone and to the DomainFest attendees, time to go to bed. My least favorite day of the year today. April Fools Day. The day when everybody and every company tries do do some stupid ass April Fools prank. The day when you can&rsq...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 11:03 am
Domain Name News
The Week in Domains (March 31st – April 6th, 2014)
April Fool’s Day Domain Industry Roundup: Rob Ford Web Address Coming with Launch of .RobFord Domain (NameNinja) Google To Make Not Provided Keywords Exclusively Available to .Google Domain Names (Bill Hartzer) Verisign probes name collisions l...
Discussion
The Week in Domains (March 31st – April 6th, 2014)
April Fool’s Day Domain Industry Roundup: Rob Ford Web Address Coming with Launch of .RobFord Domain (NameNinja) Google To Make Not Provided Keywords Exclusively Available to .Google Domain Names (Bill Hartzer) Verisign probes name collisions l...
Discussion
April 1, 2014, 3:53 am
Domain Name Wire
DomainNameSales.com syndication with GoDaddy is over
Today is the last day domains listed on DomainNameSales.com will show up for searches on GoDaddy. Today is the last day that Sedo listings will be syndicated to GoDaddy. It turns out it’s also the last day for DomainNameSales.com listings on th...
Discussion
DomainNameSales.com syndication with GoDaddy is over
Today is the last day domains listed on DomainNameSales.com will show up for searches on GoDaddy. Today is the last day that Sedo listings will be syndicated to GoDaddy. It turns out it’s also the last day for DomainNameSales.com listings on th...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 9:14 pm
The Domains
More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 “warnings” to go out to people trying to register...
Discussion
More Trademark Clearing House Abuse: Texas & Venture Triggers Notice
A couple of weeks ago we wrote about Trademark holders of generic terms applying to the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) where trademarks on many of which were causing some of those 500,000 “warnings” to go out to people trying to register...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 6:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 questions to be answered at this week’s DomainFest
Attendance, new TLDs, and other questions to be answered this week. I’m writing this while airborne on my way to Los Angeles for this week’s DomainFest conference. Here are five questions that will be answered by the end of the week. 1. H...
Discussion
5 questions to be answered at this week’s DomainFest
Attendance, new TLDs, and other questions to be answered this week. I’m writing this while airborne on my way to Los Angeles for this week’s DomainFest conference. Here are five questions that will be answered by the end of the week. 1. H...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 4:30 pm
The Domains
So Far Only Three Major 4 Year Colleges Have Registered a .Education Domain
The new gTLD .Education opens up for live registrations on April 2nd but of course had a Sunrise period early for trademark holders and its in the final day of the Early Access Program. Going through the zone file I only found only three what y...
Discussion
So Far Only Three Major 4 Year Colleges Have Registered a .Education Domain
The new gTLD .Education opens up for live registrations on April 2nd but of course had a Sunrise period early for trademark holders and its in the final day of the Early Access Program. Going through the zone file I only found only three what y...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: is this the most expensive new TLD sale yet?
English.club sells for $17,500. The .Club domain name enters landrush tomorrow, and already the domain name is showing solid early results. Point in fact: English.club sold for $17,500. Given the huge supply of new TLDs hitting the market, solid keyw...
Discussion
Wow: is this the most expensive new TLD sale yet?
English.club sells for $17,500. The .Club domain name enters landrush tomorrow, and already the domain name is showing solid early results. Point in fact: English.club sold for $17,500. Given the huge supply of new TLDs hitting the market, solid keyw...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Could NamesCon hit 1,000 attendees next year?
Conference sets ambitious attendance goal…and it might hit it. The inaugural NamesCon domain name conference happened just two months ago, but organizers are already planning a repeat in 2015. The event will take place Jan 11-14, 2015 at the T...
Discussion
Could NamesCon hit 1,000 attendees next year?
Conference sets ambitious attendance goal…and it might hit it. The inaugural NamesCon domain name conference happened just two months ago, but organizers are already planning a repeat in 2015. The event will take place Jan 11-14, 2015 at the T...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 1:45 pm
The Domains
.Berlin Dirk Krischenowski Blasts ICANN Over TMCH Which Has “Largely Failed”
Internetworld.de, interviewed Dirk Krischenowski of .Berlin who blasted ICANN and the performance of the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) The article was published in German and we used Google translate. Dirk chatted with the German publication about...
Discussion
.Berlin Dirk Krischenowski Blasts ICANN Over TMCH Which Has “Largely Failed”
Internetworld.de, interviewed Dirk Krischenowski of .Berlin who blasted ICANN and the performance of the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) The article was published in German and we used Google translate. Dirk chatted with the German publication about...
Discussion
March 31, 2014, 12:45 pm
