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The Domains
An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delvers into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .sh...
Discussion
An illustrated look at the .Shop launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delvers into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people registered one or more .shop domains within the first 24 hours. $1,561,240 have been spent on .sh...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
U.S. States sue to block IANA transition
Four conservative states take up Cruz’s failed crusade to block IANA contract expiration. Attorneys General of four conservative states have filed a lawsuit (pdf) in an effort to block the U.S. government’s contract with ICANN for IANA fu...
Discussion
U.S. States sue to block IANA transition
Four conservative states take up Cruz’s failed crusade to block IANA contract expiration. Attorneys General of four conservative states have filed a lawsuit (pdf) in an effort to block the U.S. government’s contract with ICANN for IANA fu...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who is Clarivate?
Company registers a couple dozen domain names for a company called Clarivate. It appears that a company might be rebranding as Clarivate. An unknown company registered a bunch of domain names including the term clarivate and typos of it yesterday at ...
Discussion
Who is Clarivate?
Company registers a couple dozen domain names for a company called Clarivate. It appears that a company might be rebranding as Clarivate. An unknown company registered a bunch of domain names including the term clarivate and typos of it yesterday at ...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 1:33 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 29th
Today I received an amazing $2 offer on one of my LLLL.coms. Sure it wasn’t a great group of letters but I really thought it deserved at least a $12 bid. I mean, after tax, that still leaves me short of a Red Bull, a gallon...
Discussion
DSAD.com: Domain Shane’s Daily List of Domains at Auction for Thursday, September 29th
Today I received an amazing $2 offer on one of my LLLL.coms. Sure it wasn’t a great group of letters but I really thought it deserved at least a $12 bid. I mean, after tax, that still leaves me short of a Red Bull, a gallon...
Discussion
September 29, 2016, 10:17 am
Domain Shane
AUCTION RECAP OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on September 27, 2016. If you would like to submit names to be considered for inclusion in the upcoming October DSAD Namejet auction you can list ...
Discussion
AUCTION RECAP OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2016
A comprehensive look at the final auction prices, closeouts and more from the auction list posted on September 27, 2016. If you would like to submit names to be considered for inclusion in the upcoming October DSAD Namejet auction you can list ...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 6:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
These end users just bought domain names
A flooring company, insurance provider and payments business bought domain names. I don’t have many end user sales to report at Sedo from the past week. This isn’t due to a lack of sales; a higher-than-usual number are still in escrow. Ne...
Discussion
These end users just bought domain names
A flooring company, insurance provider and payments business bought domain names. I don’t have many end user sales to report at Sedo from the past week. This isn’t due to a lack of sales; a higher-than-usual number are still in escrow. Ne...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
CIRA board elections end tomorrow
Domain investor Frank Michlick is on the ballot. Board elections for CIRA (.ca) end tomorrow, and there’s a fellow domain name investor on the ballot. Frank Michlick is running for the member candidate slate. He’s competing against five o...
Discussion
CIRA board elections end tomorrow
Domain investor Frank Michlick is on the ballot. Board elections for CIRA (.ca) end tomorrow, and there’s a fellow domain name investor on the ballot. Frank Michlick is running for the member candidate slate. He’s competing against five o...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 4:05 pm
The Domains
Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. “In a recent essay, Paul Graham, venture capitalist and co-founder of the ...
Discussion
Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. “In a recent essay, Paul Graham, venture capitalist and co-founder of the ...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 2:39 pm
The Domains
Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs
The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains Protected Marks List product that it developed in partnership with the IP community. Donuts alrea...
Discussion
Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs
The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains Protected Marks List product that it developed in partnership with the IP community. Donuts alrea...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to offer $10,000 brand protection service
Donuts launches DPML on steroids. Top level domain name company Donuts will offer a new DPML Plus service for the last three months of this year. The service, which has a suggested retail price of $9,999, is an enhancement to the company’s exis...
Discussion
Donuts to offer $10,000 brand protection service
Donuts launches DPML on steroids. Top level domain name company Donuts will offer a new DPML Plus service for the last three months of this year. The service, which has a suggested retail price of $9,999, is an enhancement to the company’s exis...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 2:08 pm
