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Domain Name News
DomainMarket Sells CoreGamining.com for $20,000 USD, MobileWorkforce.com for $30,000
As reported by Mike Mann on Facebook, here are some reported sales of this week at DomainMarket.com. According to Mann his company held CoreGaming.com for less than a year. CoreGaming.com already redirects to core.perfectworld.com, a community site f...
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DomainMarket Sells CoreGamining.com for $20,000 USD, MobileWorkforce.com for $30,000
As reported by Mike Mann on Facebook, here are some reported sales of this week at DomainMarket.com. According to Mann his company held CoreGaming.com for less than a year. CoreGaming.com already redirects to core.perfectworld.com, a community site f...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 4:24 pm
Elliot's Blog
Juan Diego Calle’s STRAAT Investments Reveals gTLD Applications
Earlier this morning, Paul Sloan published an article on CNET about the new gTLDs, and he mentioned that Juan Diego Calle, founder of the .CO Registry, “is going after 13 new TLDs through the investment company that backed .co Internet.” ...
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Juan Diego Calle’s STRAAT Investments Reveals gTLD Applications
Earlier this morning, Paul Sloan published an article on CNET about the new gTLDs, and he mentioned that Juan Diego Calle, founder of the .CO Registry, “is going after 13 new TLDs through the investment company that backed .co Internet.” ...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains (here’s the list)
Company releases names of 13 applications. This morning Paul Sloan broke the news that STRAAT investments, parent company of .Co Internet, applied for 13 top level domain names. The company just released the list: .APP .BOOK .CORP .DESIGN .GMBH .GROU...
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Parent company of .Co Internet applies for 13 top level domains (here’s the list)
Company releases names of 13 applications. This morning Paul Sloan broke the news that STRAAT investments, parent company of .Co Internet, applied for 13 top level domain names. The company just released the list: .APP .BOOK .CORP .DESIGN .GMBH .GROU...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 3:56 pm
Domain Name News
Afilias to support over 300 applications in .city, .brand and .niche new gTLDs
Ireland based Afilias Limited has officially announced that the company will be bringing over 300 new top level domains to the internet. Currently Afilias is best known as the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) and a leadin...
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Afilias to support over 300 applications in .city, .brand and .niche new gTLDs
Ireland based Afilias Limited has officially announced that the company will be bringing over 300 new top level domains to the internet. Currently Afilias is best known as the operator of the .INFO, .MOBI and .PRO top level domains (TLD) and a leadin...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 3:11 pm
Domain Shane
Man Cannot Discover New Oceans Unless He Has the Courage to Lose Sight of the Shore -Andre Gide
Schilling is right, the entire name space is exhausted…..for him. I won’t put words in to Frank Schilling’s mouth but quoting Frank (at least according to Paul Sloan who wrote this article on Schilling and UniRegistry) concer...
Discussion
Man Cannot Discover New Oceans Unless He Has the Courage to Lose Sight of the Shore -Andre Gide
Schilling is right, the entire name space is exhausted…..for him. I won’t put words in to Frank Schilling’s mouth but quoting Frank (at least according to Paul Sloan who wrote this article on Schilling and UniRegistry) concer...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 3:05 pm
Elliot's Blog
Register.com Expiry Channel Moves to NameJet From SnapNames
For a number of years, Register.com partnered with SnapNames to auction and sell its expired domain names. Register.com was acquired by publicly-traded Web.com in 2010, and the company’s expired domain names will now be available via NameJet be...
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Register.com Expiry Channel Moves to NameJet From SnapNames
For a number of years, Register.com partnered with SnapNames to auction and sell its expired domain names. Register.com was acquired by publicly-traded Web.com in 2010, and the company’s expired domain names will now be available via NameJet be...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 1:30 pm
The Domains
.XXX Adds 7,360 Registrations In February & Takes In Over $450K
The monthly ICANN reports are out for February and ICM operator of the .XXX TLD reported 6,352 one year registrations, 652 two year registrations, 196 three year registrations and 160 five year registrations. So that is a total of 7,360 new reg...
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.XXX Adds 7,360 Registrations In February & Takes In Over $450K
The monthly ICANN reports are out for February and ICM operator of the .XXX TLD reported 6,352 one year registrations, 652 two year registrations, 196 three year registrations and 160 five year registrations. So that is a total of 7,360 new reg...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 12:31 pm
Elliot's Blog
Sedo Seeking Feedback on Improved Search Functionality
This morning, Sedo�announced “the launch of an improved domain search tool,” which should make it easier and faster for people to find relevant domain names on Sedo. The company enhanced its search functionality after receiving customer...
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Sedo Seeking Feedback on Improved Search Functionality
This morning, Sedo�announced “the launch of an improved domain search tool,” which should make it easier and faster for people to find relevant domain names on Sedo. The company enhanced its search functionality after receiving customer...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 11:50 am
Domain Name News
CIRA plans to implement French Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Byron Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, has posted an update on CIRA’s plans to introduce IDN domain names into the .CA space. The registry operator of the Canadian ccTLD plans...
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CIRA plans to implement French Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs)
Byron Holland, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Internet Registration Authority, has posted an update on CIRA’s plans to introduce IDN domain names into the .CA space. The registry operator of the Canadian ccTLD plans...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook gets FacebookOfSex.pro domain name
Social network registers two Facebook sex domains. Last year Facebook sued FriendFinder Networks over its FacebookOfSex.com web site, ultimately resulting in a transfer of the domain name to Facebook. Now the company has registered two similar domain...
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Facebook gets FacebookOfSex.pro domain name
Social network registers two Facebook sex domains. Last year Facebook sued FriendFinder Networks over its FacebookOfSex.com web site, ultimately resulting in a transfer of the domain name to Facebook. Now the company has registered two similar domain...
Discussion
June 12, 2012, 10:32 am
