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Domain Name Wire
2011 Domain Dunce: ICANN complains about hotel (and then takes it back)
It’s the end of year, and that means it’s time for Domain Name Wire’s annual Domain Dunce awards. Let’s kick things off with a smelly situation. By all accounts the Hotel des Almadies, which housed attendees of ICANN’s m...
Discussion
2011 Domain Dunce: ICANN complains about hotel (and then takes it back)
It’s the end of year, and that means it’s time for Domain Name Wire’s annual Domain Dunce awards. Let’s kick things off with a smelly situation. By all accounts the Hotel des Almadies, which housed attendees of ICANN’s m...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Accepting nominations for 2012 Domain Name Wire Survey
Please help with this year’s domain name survey. I’m pulling together then seventh annual Domain Name Wire survey and need your help. Each year new domain businesses come on the scene, and I want to make sure they’re included in the...
Discussion
Accepting nominations for 2012 Domain Name Wire Survey
Please help with this year’s domain name survey. I’m pulling together then seventh annual Domain Name Wire survey and need your help. Each year new domain businesses come on the scene, and I want to make sure they’re included in the...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Customers use GoDaddy to register anti-SOPA domains
At least some of them were registered after GoDaddy changed its mind. Oh, the irony. A Houston, Texas man registered the domain name SopaBoycott.com on December 20 and promptly started creating a web site about the ills of the Stop Online Piracy Act....
Discussion
Customers use GoDaddy to register anti-SOPA domains
At least some of them were registered after GoDaddy changed its mind. Oh, the irony. A Houston, Texas man registered the domain name SopaBoycott.com on December 20 and promptly started creating a web site about the ills of the Stop Online Piracy Act....
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 2:40 pm
Domain Shane
A Couple of Tools I Like: ViewDNS.com, BustAName and ReverseInternet
There are a ton of tools and websites I use every day and today I wanted to discuss a few I use daily. I could talk about the number one tool, DomainTools all day, but there are others that are useful as well. I’ll start out by sayi...
Discussion
A Couple of Tools I Like: ViewDNS.com, BustAName and ReverseInternet
There are a ton of tools and websites I use every day and today I wanted to discuss a few I use daily. I could talk about the number one tool, DomainTools all day, but there are others that are useful as well. I’ll start out by sayi...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 2:40 pm
The Domains
Mike Mann: “I Am Buying 100,000 Domains Per Year”
Mike Mann posted on his Facebook wall today that he is planning on buying another 100,000 domain names a year; “I am buying 100,000 .com domains per year one at a time for less than they are worth.” “Same as at BuyDomains.com but no...
Discussion
Mike Mann: “I Am Buying 100,000 Domains Per Year”
Mike Mann posted on his Facebook wall today that he is planning on buying another 100,000 domain names a year; “I am buying 100,000 .com domains per year one at a time for less than they are worth.” “Same as at BuyDomains.com but no...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 1:37 pm
Domain Shane
Plane Tickets to DomainFest Are Cheap Right Now
Since I no longer have my private jet due to the economy, I am now forced to ride with the common folk on a regular old airline. To make it even worse, I have to price shop to try and save a little money. Now that I think of it, I may not have ...
Discussion
Plane Tickets to DomainFest Are Cheap Right Now
Since I no longer have my private jet due to the economy, I am now forced to ride with the common folk on a regular old airline. To make it even worse, I have to price shop to try and save a little money. Now that I think of it, I may not have ...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 12:39 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Auctions Should Hold Domain Names in Escrow
Earlier this year, I won an auction at Sedo’s Great Domains. Immediately after I received the email confirming my auction win, I sent payment to Sedo. Unfortunately, the domain name was never transferred, the transaction was cancelled, and my p...
Discussion
Domain Auctions Should Hold Domain Names in Escrow
Earlier this year, I won an auction at Sedo’s Great Domains. Immediately after I received the email confirming my auction win, I sent payment to Sedo. Unfortunately, the domain name was never transferred, the transaction was cancelled, and my p...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 11:47 am
Elliot's Blog
Namecheap to Donate $1 to EFF for Every Domain Transfer on December 29
In an effort “to stand up against SOPA,” Namecheap has pledged to donate $1.00 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for every inbound domain name transfer initiated on December 29, 2011. The EFF is a San Francisco based non-profit, digit...
Discussion
Namecheap to Donate $1 to EFF for Every Domain Transfer on December 29
In an effort “to stand up against SOPA,” Namecheap has pledged to donate $1.00 to the Electronic Frontier Foundation for every inbound domain name transfer initiated on December 29, 2011. The EFF is a San Francisco based non-profit, digit...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 10:49 am
Domain Name Wire
How Lamar Smith will respond to your SOPA complaint
The form response Lamar Smith sends to opponents of SOPA. As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in Lamar Smith’s district in Texas. His office is literally a couple miles from mine. Smith is the sponsor of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I w...
Discussion
How Lamar Smith will respond to your SOPA complaint
The form response Lamar Smith sends to opponents of SOPA. As I mentioned in a previous post, I live in Lamar Smith’s district in Texas. His office is literally a couple miles from mine. Smith is the sponsor of Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). I w...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Do people know what SOPA really is?
You can hate SOPA, but at least take a few minutes to educate yourself about it. Let me start off by saying I’m opposed to Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). My House representative, Lamar Smith, is the sponsor of the bill and he offices just down ...
Discussion
Do people know what SOPA really is?
You can hate SOPA, but at least take a few minutes to educate yourself about it. Let me start off by saying I’m opposed to Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). My House representative, Lamar Smith, is the sponsor of the bill and he offices just down ...
Discussion
December 27, 2011, 9:46 am
