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Domain Name Wire
Google Ventures invests $50 million in Auction.com
Company that invested $1.7 million in great domain name in 2009 gets $50 million infusion from Google Ventures. Google Ventures has invested $50 million in real estate auction company Auction.com. I don’t usually write about fundraising by comp...
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Google Ventures invests $50 million in Auction.com
Company that invested $1.7 million in great domain name in 2009 gets $50 million infusion from Google Ventures. Google Ventures has invested $50 million in real estate auction company Auction.com. I don’t usually write about fundraising by comp...
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March 5, 2014, 2:37 pm
The Domains
UDRP Against Vertical Axis On SNF.com By The SNF-Group.com
The domain name SNF.com has become the lastest generic domain to be hit with a UDRP. The UDRP was filed by S.P.C.M. SA, which according to BusinessWeek.com, the private holding company was founded in France in 1978, “which through its subsidiar...
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UDRP Against Vertical Axis On SNF.com By The SNF-Group.com
The domain name SNF.com has become the lastest generic domain to be hit with a UDRP. The UDRP was filed by S.P.C.M. SA, which according to BusinessWeek.com, the private holding company was founded in France in 1978, “which through its subsidiar...
Discussion
March 5, 2014, 2:32 pm
The Domains
US Gives NeuStar New Contract To Run .US Domain Extention For Up To 5 Years
The Department of Commerce has re-awarded the contract to operate the .US domain extensions for three years with two additional one-year extension options to Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR). The .US Top Level Domain (TLD), is the official country code domain...
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US Gives NeuStar New Contract To Run .US Domain Extention For Up To 5 Years
The Department of Commerce has re-awarded the contract to operate the .US domain extensions for three years with two additional one-year extension options to Neustar Inc. (NYSE:NSR). The .US Top Level Domain (TLD), is the official country code domain...
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March 5, 2014, 2:25 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 5th, 2014
I’ve been beta testing a few items for a few larger domain companies and I’m reminded of how many bad things have to be tested before something good can be created. Almost everything I’ve tried has either been based on a bad i...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 5th, 2014
I’ve been beta testing a few items for a few larger domain companies and I’m reminded of how many bad things have to be tested before something good can be created. Almost everything I’ve tried has either been based on a bad i...
Discussion
March 5, 2014, 10:55 am
The Domains
KennendyUniversity.com is Saved in UDRP
The registrant of KennedyUniversity.com successfully won a UDRP in which they did not respond, the true name was never given of the registrant and the complainant seemed completely inept. The complainant basically did not even have a trademark, they ...
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KennendyUniversity.com is Saved in UDRP
The registrant of KennedyUniversity.com successfully won a UDRP in which they did not respond, the true name was never given of the registrant and the complainant seemed completely inept. The complainant basically did not even have a trademark, they ...
Discussion
March 5, 2014, 10:44 am
The Domains
Go Daddy/Afternic Sales Total Just Over $2million for the week, led by LaughOutLoud.com
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/24/14 – 3/2/14 Total domain sales for the week summed to $2,046,716. The top sale was laughoutloud.com at $20,800 W3.co led the non .com sales at $9,000 .COM S...
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Go Daddy/Afternic Sales Total Just Over $2million for the week, led by LaughOutLoud.com
GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 2/24/14 – 3/2/14 Total domain sales for the week summed to $2,046,716. The top sale was laughoutloud.com at $20,800 W3.co led the non .com sales at $9,000 .COM S...
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March 5, 2014, 5:57 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million
582 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million for the week of March 2, 2014. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: footmarseille.co...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.3 Million
582 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million for the week of March 2, 2014. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: footmarseille.co...
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March 4, 2014, 8:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
See how John Berryhill schools a UDRP complainant
Berryhill brings it home in ican.com case. John Berryhill has successfully defended Digimedia’s domain name ican.com in a UDRP brought by Galaxy Rainbow Limited in Hong Kong. Berryhill pokes a number of holes in Galaxy Rainbow’s case, but...
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See how John Berryhill schools a UDRP complainant
Berryhill brings it home in ican.com case. John Berryhill has successfully defended Digimedia’s domain name ican.com in a UDRP brought by Galaxy Rainbow Limited in Hong Kong. Berryhill pokes a number of holes in Galaxy Rainbow’s case, but...
Discussion
March 4, 2014, 8:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
New domain .domains comes out tomorrow
New TLD .domains launches tomorrow. Starting tomorrow you’ll be able to register .domain domains. Seriously: anything.domains will be up for grabs. The Early Access Program phase for Donuts’ top level domain .domains starts on March 5. A ...
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New domain .domains comes out tomorrow
New TLD .domains launches tomorrow. Starting tomorrow you’ll be able to register .domain domains. Seriously: anything.domains will be up for grabs. The Early Access Program phase for Donuts’ top level domain .domains starts on March 5. A ...
Discussion
March 4, 2014, 7:52 pm
The Domains
UDRP Madeness: ABB.com Files UDRP On 123.com & 222.com
The owners of the domain names 123.com and 222.com have been hit with a UDRP. The UDRP was filed by Abb Asea Brown Boverti LTD which seems to be part of the ABB Group which own the domain name ABB.com and ABB.us According to Wikipedia.org, ABB ...
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UDRP Madeness: ABB.com Files UDRP On 123.com & 222.com
The owners of the domain names 123.com and 222.com have been hit with a UDRP. The UDRP was filed by Abb Asea Brown Boverti LTD which seems to be part of the ABB Group which own the domain name ABB.com and ABB.us According to Wikipedia.org, ABB ...
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March 4, 2014, 7:35 pm
