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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 9th, 2014
Typical Saturday yesterday. Or at least what has become a typical Saturday. Get up. See that it snowed a little. Salt all the properties. Meet the guys at 6 am and go for a little 13 mile jaunt. Take a nap. Watch cross country biath...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 9th, 2014
Typical Saturday yesterday. Or at least what has become a typical Saturday. Get up. See that it snowed a little. Salt all the properties. Meet the guys at 6 am and go for a little 13 mile jaunt. Take a nap. Watch cross country biath...
Discussion
February 9, 2014, 11:40 am
The Domains
New gTLD’s Aftermarket: Sedo Is Ready & Has New gTLD’s For Sale; Afternic Does Not
I did a check to see if the two major aftermarket houses were ready and listing new gTLD’s for sale. The short and simply answer: Sedo.com is. Afternic.com is not. Sedo has a drop down search feautre to search for domains name by extension. Sed...
Discussion
New gTLD’s Aftermarket: Sedo Is Ready & Has New gTLD’s For Sale; Afternic Does Not
I did a check to see if the two major aftermarket houses were ready and listing new gTLD’s for sale. The short and simply answer: Sedo.com is. Afternic.com is not. Sedo has a drop down search feautre to search for domains name by extension. Sed...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 6:07 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion Cases
The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Con...
Discussion
New gTLD Committe Tells ICANN To Consider Appeal Mechanism In String Confusion Cases
The New gTLD Program Committee of ICANN (NGPC) pased a resolution, directing the ICANN President and CEO, to initiate a public comment period on the framework principles of a potential review mechanism to address the perceived inconsistent String Con...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 5:43 pm
The Domains
Guru Passes 20,000 Registrations: Now Has More Than .Travel & .Aero
The new gTLD .Guru added over 6,000 registration yesterday giving the extension almost 21,000 registered domain names. .Guru yesterday also passed .Travel and .Aero two Top Level Domains (TLD’s) that have been around for many years. .Travel lau...
Discussion
Guru Passes 20,000 Registrations: Now Has More Than .Travel & .Aero
The new gTLD .Guru added over 6,000 registration yesterday giving the extension almost 21,000 registered domain names. .Guru yesterday also passed .Travel and .Aero two Top Level Domains (TLD’s) that have been around for many years. .Travel lau...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 3:00 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 8th, 2014
In a bit of a hurry today so not much time to chit chat. Been a rough week. Godaddy and Namejet lists have been light. Weather has been shitty, and I’m completely off my schedule. Good news is that things are looking bet...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on February 8th, 2014
In a bit of a hurry today so not much time to chit chat. Been a rough week. Godaddy and Namejet lists have been light. Weather has been shitty, and I’m completely off my schedule. Good news is that things are looking bet...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 11:38 am
The Domains
Verisign Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains li...
Discussion
Verisign Not Being Transparent on Their Policy With Regards to Short .TV Domains
Back in December Mike wrote about how GM.tv and 13.tv were being held back and reserved by Verisign. At the time Verisign said they were holding these back for promotional purposes. In the past Verisign did this with a few other short .tv domains li...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 10:19 am
The Domains
German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering the case of Universal Music vs Key Sytems. A domain name registrar can be hel...
Discussion
German Court Says Registrars Are Responsible for Content on a Website
A ruling came out of Germany that could make registrars have to do a lot more work to earn their pay. Loek Essers wrote an article today on PC Advisor covering the case of Universal Music vs Key Sytems. A domain name registrar can be hel...
Discussion
February 8, 2014, 4:52 am
Domain Name Wire
BidPal cybersquatting lawsuit is either misleading or poorly researched. You decide.
Lawsuit falsely presumes domain owner is offering to sell the domains. And that’s just part of the problem. In December I wrote about a UDRP for BidPal.com filed by BidPal, Inc. I noted that the UDRP decision against the complainant was probabl...
Discussion
BidPal cybersquatting lawsuit is either misleading or poorly researched. You decide.
Lawsuit falsely presumes domain owner is offering to sell the domains. And that’s just part of the problem. In December I wrote about a UDRP for BidPal.com filed by BidPal, Inc. I noted that the UDRP decision against the complainant was probabl...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 4:17 pm
The Domains
Did Someone Let Cm.com Drop and Who Owns it?
The rare two letter domain name Cm.com appears to have dropped back 2013. The last record for the domain according to DomainTools.com is from May 2013: Record Date: 2013-05-01 Registrar: DOMAIN.COM, LLC Server: whois.domain.com Created: 1997-05-20 Up...
Discussion
Did Someone Let Cm.com Drop and Who Owns it?
The rare two letter domain name Cm.com appears to have dropped back 2013. The last record for the domain according to DomainTools.com is from May 2013: Record Date: 2013-05-01 Registrar: DOMAIN.COM, LLC Server: whois.domain.com Created: 1997-05-20 Up...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
A defense of .com’s staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn’t afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com i...
Discussion
Verisign: we’re not afraid of new TLDs, and IDN transliterations will be delayed
A defense of .com’s staying power and bad news for IDN.com investors. On its investor conference call yesterday afternoon, Verisign CEO James Bidzos explained why he isn’t afraid of new top level domain names. Also, in a blow to IDN.com i...
Discussion
February 7, 2014, 3:11 pm
