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Domain Name Wire
Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens get trademarks for “Right of the Dot”
Two trademarks issued yesterday. Right of the Dot, the new top level domain advisory company founded by Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens, has been granted two trademarks related to its brand. Both trademarks, registrations number 4,104,592 and 4,104,59...
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Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens get trademarks for “Right of the Dot”
Two trademarks issued yesterday. Right of the Dot, the new top level domain advisory company founded by Monte Cahn and Michael Berkens, has been granted two trademarks related to its brand. Both trademarks, registrations number 4,104,592 and 4,104,59...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 4:28 pm
The Domains
Grandparents.com Last Sold In 2010, Becomes A Public Company & Raises $3 Million
Grandparents.com, Inc., has become a public company. The domain was acquired by the owners in 2010. According to a Press Release today, “the company formerly known as NorWesTech, Inc. (OTCBB: NWTH), a Delaware corporation (the “Company&rd...
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Grandparents.com Last Sold In 2010, Becomes A Public Company & Raises $3 Million
Grandparents.com, Inc., has become a public company. The domain was acquired by the owners in 2010. According to a Press Release today, “the company formerly known as NorWesTech, Inc. (OTCBB: NWTH), a Delaware corporation (the “Company&rd...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fantasy Island returns home to Columbia Pictures
Colombia Pictures wins dispute over domain name. “The domain! The domain!” Fantasy Island has been returned to Columbia Pictures — in cyberspace, that is. The company just won a domain name dispute for FantasyIsland.com. You can&rsq...
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Fantasy Island returns home to Columbia Pictures
Colombia Pictures wins dispute over domain name. “The domain! The domain!” Fantasy Island has been returned to Columbia Pictures — in cyberspace, that is. The company just won a domain name dispute for FantasyIsland.com. You can&rsq...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 1:32 pm
Domain Shane
Too Many Companies Concentrate on New Customers Rather Than Hold The Ones The Already Have
I’m going to explain it in terms that I deal with every day. In my lawn and garden industry the resale value of a landscape company is only the value of the equipment and hard assets that they’ve built up over the years. On th...
Discussion
Too Many Companies Concentrate on New Customers Rather Than Hold The Ones The Already Have
I’m going to explain it in terms that I deal with every day. In my lawn and garden industry the resale value of a landscape company is only the value of the equipment and hard assets that they’ve built up over the years. On th...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX “most important” domain news story of 2011
New domain selected as most important news story of 2011. .XXX was the “most important” domain news story/topic of 2011, according to over 1,000 people who answered the question on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. Why did 25% selec...
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.XXX “most important” domain news story of 2011
New domain selected as most important news story of 2011. .XXX was the “most important” domain news story/topic of 2011, according to over 1,000 people who answered the question on the 7th annual Domain Name Wire survey. Why did 25% selec...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 11:49 am
Elliot's Blog
Where Is Moniker Support?
Over the weekend, I received an email from Moniker that said four domain renewals could not be processed for me. I later figured out that these are names that are currently pending transfer to another registrar, but at the time of the email message, ...
Discussion
Where Is Moniker Support?
Over the weekend, I received an email from Moniker that said four domain renewals could not be processed for me. I later figured out that these are names that are currently pending transfer to another registrar, but at the time of the email message, ...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
.Net still second best to .com, say domain investors
When forced to choose an alternative, most go with .net. If a domain investor can’t get the .com for a domain name but has to choose a secondary gTLD, they choose .net 62% of the time. That’s based on 1,137 survey responses in Domain Name...
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.Net still second best to .com, say domain investors
When forced to choose an alternative, most go with .net. If a domain investor can’t get the .com for a domain name but has to choose a secondary gTLD, they choose .net 62% of the time. That’s based on 1,137 survey responses in Domain Name...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 10:30 am
Domain Name Wire
HP buys CloudFolders.com for $3,790 (and 18 other domain sales)
HP buys domain for cloud offering and a look at 18 other end user domain purchases this past week. HP is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company purchased CloudFolders.com for what amounts to pennies (or a frac...
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HP buys CloudFolders.com for $3,790 (and 18 other domain sales)
HP buys domain for cloud offering and a look at 18 other end user domain purchases this past week. HP is the biggest name on this week’s end user domain sales report. The company purchased CloudFolders.com for what amounts to pennies (or a frac...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 9:44 am
Elliot's Blog
Leap Year Domain Registrations
It’s February 29, 2012, and there won’t be another February 29 until 2016. I am sure more than one person is wondering what the expiration date would be for domain names registered on “Leap Day.” For that question, CentralNic ...
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Leap Year Domain Registrations
It’s February 29, 2012, and there won’t be another February 29 until 2016. I am sure more than one person is wondering what the expiration date would be for domain names registered on “Leap Day.” For that question, CentralNic ...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 8:50 am
Domain Shane
Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 2-29-12
I want to start off this morning by stating the obvious. We have a new sponsor of the Big List here on DomainShane, Escrow.com. As I stated the other day, if a domain seller won’t take Escrow.com then you should be wary. With ...
Discussion
Wednesday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 2-29-12
I want to start off this morning by stating the obvious. We have a new sponsor of the Big List here on DomainShane, Escrow.com. As I stated the other day, if a domain seller won’t take Escrow.com then you should be wary. With ...
Discussion
February 29, 2012, 4:43 am
