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The Domains
Registrars Come Out Against Additional Rights Protections Policy Changes For New gTLD’s
In a letter sent by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to ICANN, today, the group has come out against making any additional changes to the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) for trademark holders in the new gTLD’s. The letter was sent by the Chai...
Discussion
Registrars Come Out Against Additional Rights Protections Policy Changes For New gTLD’s
In a letter sent by the Registrar Stakeholder Group to ICANN, today, the group has come out against making any additional changes to the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) for trademark holders in the new gTLD’s. The letter was sent by the Chai...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 8:55 pm
Elliot's Blog
October Great Domains Auction Results
The Great Domains auction for October ended yesterday afternoon, and the sales results are listed below. Many of the buyers have not paid yet, so these are reported sales rather than final sales. Once buyers pay, Sedo will report the sales below in i...
Discussion
October Great Domains Auction Results
The Great Domains auction for October ended yesterday afternoon, and the sales results are listed below. Many of the buyers have not paid yet, so these are reported sales rather than final sales. Once buyers pay, Sedo will report the sales below in i...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 2:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Commerce to Verisign: are you making too much money?
U.S. government reviewing .com agreement price hikes. Verisign has a wonderful business model. Running the .com registry has huge efficiencies of scale. As the .com base gets bigger, it throws off more cash. For years the company and its investors ha...
Discussion
Commerce to Verisign: are you making too much money?
U.S. government reviewing .com agreement price hikes. Verisign has a wonderful business model. Running the .com registry has huge efficiencies of scale. As the .com base gets bigger, it throws off more cash. For years the company and its investors ha...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 12:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
For VeriSign, it’s 2009 all over again
Growth in .Com/.net base slows down thanks in part to search engine changes. Immediately after Verisign released its earnings yesterday that showed slowing growth, fellow blogger Michael Berkens sent me this tweet: Michael was referring to my earlier...
Discussion
For VeriSign, it’s 2009 all over again
Growth in .Com/.net base slows down thanks in part to search engine changes. Immediately after Verisign released its earnings yesterday that showed slowing growth, fellow blogger Michael Berkens sent me this tweet: Michael was referring to my earlier...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 11:56 am
Elliot's Blog
My Recent Acquisitions
We’re heading into the weekend, so I thought it would be fun to do another recent acquisition post, highlighting some of the domain names my company bought in the last few weeks. As always, you are welcome to share your acquisiti...
Discussion
My Recent Acquisitions
We’re heading into the weekend, so I thought it would be fun to do another recent acquisition post, highlighting some of the domain names my company bought in the last few weeks. As always, you are welcome to share your acquisiti...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Man claims he and friends were duped for $123,000 in new top level domain scheme
Man says he and friends invested $123,000 for new top level domain project that never got off the ground. A Florida man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was duped by a new top level domain name scheme. David Ways planned to apply for the .bim top leve...
Discussion
Man claims he and friends were duped for $123,000 in new top level domain scheme
Man says he and friends invested $123,000 for new top level domain project that never got off the ground. A Florida man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was duped by a new top level domain name scheme. David Ways planned to apply for the .bim top leve...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 9:58 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 26th
You’ll notice a little more humor in my list. You know why? Because I started feeling strong again a few days ago. I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I got rest and got this disease out of me. It took about 10 days. I run the NY marath...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Friday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 26th
You’ll notice a little more humor in my list. You know why? Because I started feeling strong again a few days ago. I didn’t realize how bad I felt until I got rest and got this disease out of me. It took about 10 days. I run the NY marath...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 6:18 am
DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: October 26 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: October 26, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.40 End-User Domain Sales, Cognac.com Sells for $140,000, Locksmiths “Pick” Fight with Frank..., .XXX Operator Releases Main Wave..., Russia...
Discussion
Domain Name News: October 26 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: October 26, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.40 End-User Domain Sales, Cognac.com Sells for $140,000, Locksmiths “Pick” Fight with Frank..., .XXX Operator Releases Main Wave..., Russia...
Discussion
October 26, 2012, 3:05 am
Elliot's Blog
Kevin Ohashi: How to Get a Logo for $30
Kevin Ohashi is a domain investor and founder of the startup, Review Signal. If you didn’t read the TechCrunch article about Kevin’s company, the brief description is that it has collected over 100,000 “social media testimonials&rdq...
Discussion
Kevin Ohashi: How to Get a Logo for $30
Kevin Ohashi is a domain investor and founder of the startup, Review Signal. If you didn’t read the TechCrunch article about Kevin’s company, the brief description is that it has collected over 100,000 “social media testimonials&rdq...
Discussion
October 25, 2012, 7:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign shares drop 14% after hours on pricing concerns, slower growth
Shares off sharply as .com price hikes in doubt. VeriSign shares are down 14% in after hours trading to about $40.00 at the time of writing. This is likely do mostly to concerns over VeriSign being able to hike prices 7% per year in its .com contract...
Discussion
Verisign shares drop 14% after hours on pricing concerns, slower growth
Shares off sharply as .com price hikes in doubt. VeriSign shares are down 14% in after hours trading to about $40.00 at the time of writing. This is likely do mostly to concerns over VeriSign being able to hike prices 7% per year in its .com contract...
Discussion
October 25, 2012, 5:08 pm
