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DomainSherpa
UsedCardboardBoxes.com: From Storefront Failure to Dot Com Success – With Marty Metro
Big companies like Amazon, Citigroup and Dell know the value of an exact match domain (EMD) – they own Diapers.com, Mortgage.com and CloudComputing.com, respectively. But smaller companies and upstarts can also benefit tremendously from EMDs.Th...
Discussion
UsedCardboardBoxes.com: From Storefront Failure to Dot Com Success – With Marty Metro
Big companies like Amazon, Citigroup and Dell know the value of an exact match domain (EMD) – they own Diapers.com, Mortgage.com and CloudComputing.com, respectively. But smaller companies and upstarts can also benefit tremendously from EMDs.Th...
Discussion
July 15, 2013, 5:30 am
The Domains
DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By Fortune 500 Co.
Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between January 1, 1985 and November 30, 1987: 58 are now owned by a different entity from the...
Discussion
DomainIndex.com Checks Up On 100 Oldest Domains: 12 Don’t Resolve; 35 Owned By Fortune 500 Co.
Domainindex.com published some research about the oldest 100 domain names and came up with some pretty interesting stats. From the 100 names registered between January 1, 1985 and November 30, 1987: 58 are now owned by a different entity from the...
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides more details
Verisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned....
Discussion
Verisign reconfirms IDN transliteration plans, provides more details
Verisign provides some details on how it will allocate top level domain transliterations. Have you ever invested a lot of money in something without a written contract? It can be a bit nerve racking, and occasionally you can feel like you got burned....
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
First new TLD contract signed
Arabic language top level domain is first to sign contract with ICANN. In a major milestone for ICANN’s new top level domain program, the first agreement between ICANN and an applicant to run a new TLD has been signed. dotShabaka Registry inked...
Discussion
First new TLD contract signed
Arabic language top level domain is first to sign contract with ICANN. In a major milestone for ICANN’s new top level domain program, the first agreement between ICANN and an applicant to run a new TLD has been signed. dotShabaka Registry inked...
Discussion
July 14, 2013, 8:17 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 13th, 2013
Oops. Scheduled for 5 pm instead of 5 am. Skip over the Godaddy names today. Probably won’t have a list for tomorrow until later either because I am working today and have a social gathering and a 50 mile ride in the morning: Flippa...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 13th, 2013
Oops. Scheduled for 5 pm instead of 5 am. Skip over the Godaddy names today. Probably won’t have a list for tomorrow until later either because I am working today and have a social gathering and a 50 mile ride in the morning: Flippa...
Discussion
July 13, 2013, 3:02 pm
Elliot's Blog
Watch the Repositioning of .LA
You’ve probably read about the repositioning of Laos’ .LA ccTLD extension by Go Daddy. If not, check out the Wall St. Journal press release for more details. In short, Godaddy will be marketing .LA domain names to a Los Angeles ...
Discussion
Watch the Repositioning of .LA
You’ve probably read about the repositioning of Laos’ .LA ccTLD extension by Go Daddy. If not, check out the Wall St. Journal press release for more details. In short, Godaddy will be marketing .LA domain names to a Los Angeles ...
Discussion
July 13, 2013, 11:09 am
The Domains
ICANN’s Update Of New gTLD Program Status By The Numbers + 1st 50 Start Contracting Proceess
ICANN’s Christine Willett just gave an update on the New gTLD program from the first session at the ICANN meeting in Durban: “As Yesterday my team has published results for through priority number 1,200 of the application. so ...
Discussion
ICANN’s Update Of New gTLD Program Status By The Numbers + 1st 50 Start Contracting Proceess
ICANN’s Christine Willett just gave an update on the New gTLD program from the first session at the ICANN meeting in Durban: “As Yesterday my team has published results for through priority number 1,200 of the application. so ...
Discussion
July 13, 2013, 10:07 am
The Domains
Six Figure, One Word Domain Name, Action.com Being Forwarded To A Facebook Page
Poking around the net this week I found that the one word .com domain name action.com is being simply forwarded to a Facebook page. The domain which I would estimate as a low six figure domain name doesn’t resolve to a site but is going to a Fa...
Discussion
Six Figure, One Word Domain Name, Action.com Being Forwarded To A Facebook Page
Poking around the net this week I found that the one word .com domain name action.com is being simply forwarded to a Facebook page. The domain which I would estimate as a low six figure domain name doesn’t resolve to a site but is going to a Fa...
Discussion
July 13, 2013, 8:52 am
The Domains
95 New gTLD Pass IE: .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam; .Bible; .Adult; .Landrover; .Amazon; .Dodge; .Jaguar; .Bestbuy
95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE, today are the Geographical applications for .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam. Beyond that a c...
Discussion
95 New gTLD Pass IE: .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam; .Bible; .Adult; .Landrover; .Amazon; .Dodge; .Jaguar; .Bestbuy
95 new gTLD application passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE) today and 2 applications are headed for the dreaded Extended Evaluation. Leading the way passing IE, today are the Geographical applications for .Africa; .Miami; .Amsterdam. Beyond that a c...
Discussion
July 12, 2013, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 ways Express can resolve its .Express concerns
Despite losing objection, Express still has plenty of ways to tackle the .express top level domain. American clothing retailer Express (NYSE: EXPR), which has a market cap of close to $2 billion, has lost its Legal Rights Objection against Donuts ove...
Discussion
5 ways Express can resolve its .Express concerns
Despite losing objection, Express still has plenty of ways to tackle the .express top level domain. American clothing retailer Express (NYSE: EXPR), which has a market cap of close to $2 billion, has lost its Legal Rights Objection against Donuts ove...
Discussion
July 12, 2013, 3:16 pm
