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Donuts tops $5 million in “orders and commitments”
New TLD company reports metrics as it gets ready for general availability later this week. New top level domain name “mega registry” Donuts says it has topped $5 million in “orders and commitments” for its services so far. Sev...
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Donuts tops $5 million in “orders and commitments”
New TLD company reports metrics as it gets ready for general availability later this week. New top level domain name “mega registry” Donuts says it has topped $5 million in “orders and commitments” for its services so far. Sev...
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January 26, 2014, 5:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Did you know Apple let iPad.com expire? That’s what one internet company claims.
Company uses iPad.com domain as an example of a cybersquatter snagging an expiring domain. But that’s not true. From the “right idea, wrong example” department… Newcastle, England company Zebra Internet Services is now pitchi...
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Did you know Apple let iPad.com expire? That’s what one internet company claims.
Company uses iPad.com domain as an example of a cybersquatter snagging an expiring domain. But that’s not true. From the “right idea, wrong example” department… Newcastle, England company Zebra Internet Services is now pitchi...
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January 24, 2014, 9:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry’s new TLD launch plans are different from the others
Uniregistry plans a more expansive sunrise, no landrush, and simpler pricing. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is taking a very different approach to launching its domain names than most other registries. Rather than squeeze out every last drop of...
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Uniregistry’s new TLD launch plans are different from the others
Uniregistry plans a more expansive sunrise, no landrush, and simpler pricing. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is taking a very different approach to launching its domain names than most other registries. Rather than squeeze out every last drop of...
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January 24, 2014, 3:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Man who sold Teamwork.com for $675k tells his story
Seller acquired the domain name from Great Domains over a decade ago. Earlier this week Silicon Republic reported that Irish tech company Teamwork PM acquired the domain name Teamwork.com for $675,000. I reached out to the seller, Alex Lerman, to con...
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Man who sold Teamwork.com for $675k tells his story
Seller acquired the domain name from Great Domains over a decade ago. Earlier this week Silicon Republic reported that Irish tech company Teamwork PM acquired the domain name Teamwork.com for $675,000. I reached out to the seller, Alex Lerman, to con...
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January 24, 2014, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Capital One and 28 other end users bought last week
Capital One was among the end user buyers making domain name purchases last week. GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell $1.9 million worth of domain names last week, which is higher than normal. Below are sales that appear to be to end users. You can...
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What domain names Capital One and 28 other end users bought last week
Capital One was among the end user buyers making domain name purchases last week. GoDaddy and Afternic combined to sell $1.9 million worth of domain names last week, which is higher than normal. Below are sales that appear to be to end users. You can...
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January 23, 2014, 6:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainFest returns to Hollywood, plans conference for end of March
Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor announces plans for 2014 conference. DomainSponsor’s annual DomainFest conference is changing its branding back to DomainFest and has set its dates for 2014. The nine year old conference changed its name last y...
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DomainFest returns to Hollywood, plans conference for end of March
Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor announces plans for 2014 conference. DomainSponsor’s annual DomainFest conference is changing its branding back to DomainFest and has set its dates for 2014. The nine year old conference changed its name last y...
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January 23, 2014, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two .xxx domain names sell for $750,000
ICM Registry sells two more domain names to previous premium domain customer. Premium .xxx domain names continue to sell for top dollar. .XXX domain registry ICM Registry announced today that Really Useful has acquired Tube.xxx for $500,000 and Tubes...
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Two .xxx domain names sell for $750,000
ICM Registry sells two more domain names to previous premium domain customer. Premium .xxx domain names continue to sell for top dollar. .XXX domain registry ICM Registry announced today that Really Useful has acquired Tube.xxx for $500,000 and Tubes...
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January 23, 2014, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name conference planned in Hong Kong to coincide with INTA meeting
New TLDs come to Hong Kong. DotAsia and Momentum Events are planning a domain name conference in Hong Kong May 13-14, coinciding with the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting taking place in the same city. The event is a combinat...
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Domain name conference planned in Hong Kong to coincide with INTA meeting
New TLDs come to Hong Kong. DotAsia and Momentum Events are planning a domain name conference in Hong Kong May 13-14, coinciding with the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting taking place in the same city. The event is a combinat...
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January 23, 2014, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Porn won’t be allowed on the home page of .Sexy websites
Nudity is too sexy for .sexy home pages. Anyone who wants to register a .sexy domain name to build their porn empire, take note: you can’t have nudity on the “home page” of your domain name. .Sexy registry Uniregistry spells out the...
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Porn won’t be allowed on the home page of .Sexy websites
Nudity is too sexy for .sexy home pages. Anyone who wants to register a .sexy domain name to build their porn empire, take note: you can’t have nudity on the “home page” of your domain name. .Sexy registry Uniregistry spells out the...
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January 23, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nat Cohen sells LGG.com for $175k to company that filed UDRP against the domain name
Company pays up after playing dirty in domain name negotiation. This week’s DNJournal sales report includes a $175,000 sale of LGG.com. When reviewing the report, I instantly knew this domain name was familiar. Sure enough, I’ve written a...
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Nat Cohen sells LGG.com for $175k to company that filed UDRP against the domain name
Company pays up after playing dirty in domain name negotiation. This week’s DNJournal sales report includes a $175,000 sale of LGG.com. When reviewing the report, I instantly knew this domain name was familiar. Sure enough, I’ve written a...
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January 23, 2014, 3:05 pm
