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Domain Name Wire
3 top domain registrars offering .com domains for under $3
Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special...
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3 top domain registrars offering .com domains for under $3
Major registrars offering special discounts right now. I’ve written before about how Go Daddy, Network Solutions, and Register.com offer discounted registrations in Google ads for the term “domain name”. Both are pushing out special...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 6:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself
VeriSign releases numbers related to its new TLD plans. VeriSign released earnings today along with numbers related to its new top level domain aspirations. The company said it applied for 14 new top level domain names including 12 transliterations o...
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VeriSign is backend for 220 new TLD applicants and applies for 14 itself
VeriSign releases numbers related to its new TLD plans. VeriSign released earnings today along with numbers related to its new top level domain aspirations. The company said it applied for 14 new top level domain names including 12 transliterations o...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 5:00 pm
The Domains
Verisign Reports 1st Q: Revenues Up 13%, 116.7 Million .com/.net Domains & 1.39 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 after the market closed today. “VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $206 million for the first qua...
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Verisign Reports 1st Q: Revenues Up 13%, 116.7 Million .com/.net Domains & 1.39 Billion In The Bank
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), reported its financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012 after the market closed today. “VeriSign, Inc. and subsidiaries (“Verisign”) reported revenue of $206 million for the first qua...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 4:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Aremi Group applies for .art (and claims trademarks)
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is...
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Aremi Group applies for .art (and claims trademarks)
Company announces plans for .art and says it has trademarks for it as well. Aremi Group is the latest to announce a formal application for a top level domain, announcing that it has applied for .art. The Luxembourg company says the mission of .art is...
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April 26, 2012, 4:32 pm
The Domains
Domain Dropped In Feburary, Sold By Mike Mann For $25K 2 Weeks Ago, Now Covered By TechCrunch.com
TechCrunch.com just covered the story of the company behind the domain name GetFunded.com “which will be a “crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs who are seeking new investments in their businesses and ideas,” What TechCrunch didn...
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Domain Dropped In Feburary, Sold By Mike Mann For $25K 2 Weeks Ago, Now Covered By TechCrunch.com
TechCrunch.com just covered the story of the company behind the domain name GetFunded.com “which will be a “crowdfunding platform for entrepreneurs who are seeking new investments in their businesses and ideas,” What TechCrunch didn...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 1:10 pm
The Domains
Buydomains.com Loses Faci.com In a UDRP
A three member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name FACI.com, owned by BuyDomains.com to FACI Industries of Bolingbrook, Illinois Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: “Complainant markets its wares under the trademark FACI,...
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Buydomains.com Loses Faci.com In a UDRP
A three member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name FACI.com, owned by BuyDomains.com to FACI Industries of Bolingbrook, Illinois Here are the relevant facts and findings by the panel: “Complainant markets its wares under the trademark FACI,...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 12:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel steals four letter domain from BuyDomains
Panel hands down the wrong decision in FACI.com case. A three member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that BuyDomains (NameMedia) registered FACI.com in bad faith. The case makes no sense. It seems that the panel’s judge...
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WIPO panel steals four letter domain from BuyDomains
Panel hands down the wrong decision in FACI.com case. A three member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found that BuyDomains (NameMedia) registered FACI.com in bad faith. The case makes no sense. It seems that the panel’s judge...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 11:54 am
The Domains
Sedo Announces Next .Me Registry Auction; We Have All 200 Domains To Be Auctioned
Sedo just announced the next .Me branded auction of registry owned premium .ME domain names. The auction begins on May 26, 2012 and runs until May 31, 2012. In all there are 200 .Me domain names included in the auction As in the previousl...
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Sedo Announces Next .Me Registry Auction; We Have All 200 Domains To Be Auctioned
Sedo just announced the next .Me branded auction of registry owned premium .ME domain names. The auction begins on May 26, 2012 and runs until May 31, 2012. In all there are 200 .Me domain names included in the auction As in the previousl...
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April 26, 2012, 10:51 am
Elliot's Blog
Adrian Peterson (Asks For and) Gets AdrianPetersonOnline.com Cancelled
Asking for a domain name to be cancelled is one of the options a complainant has when filing a UDRP. Kevin S. Wiley of Gant & Hicks, PLLC, represented NFL superstar Adrian Peterson in a UDRP filing for AdrianPetersonOnline.com, and he requested a...
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Adrian Peterson (Asks For and) Gets AdrianPetersonOnline.com Cancelled
Asking for a domain name to be cancelled is one of the options a complainant has when filing a UDRP. Kevin S. Wiley of Gant & Hicks, PLLC, represented NFL superstar Adrian Peterson in a UDRP filing for AdrianPetersonOnline.com, and he requested a...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Mimicking a company’s whois record to hide a cybersquatting domain
An odd whois record gets me thinking. I was going through my daily check of notable domain name transfers when I came across something curious. The whois record for vwvwwfacebook.com changed from someone in Turkey to this whois: I’ve followed a...
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Mimicking a company’s whois record to hide a cybersquatting domain
An odd whois record gets me thinking. I was going through my daily check of notable domain name transfers when I came across something curious. The whois record for vwvwwfacebook.com changed from someone in Turkey to this whois: I’ve followed a...
Discussion
April 26, 2012, 9:52 am
