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Donuts assigns rights to .futbol and .reviews top level domains to Demand Media’s Rightside
Rightside has two more top level domain names in its new TLD portfolio. Demand Media filed documents with the SEC today related to its spinoff of Rightside, and also published an investor presentation. The disclosures show that Donuts has assigned ri...
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Donuts assigns rights to .futbol and .reviews top level domains to Demand Media’s Rightside
Rightside has two more top level domain names in its new TLD portfolio. Demand Media filed documents with the SEC today related to its spinoff of Rightside, and also published an investor presentation. The disclosures show that Donuts has assigned ri...
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January 13, 2014, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs come out with a whimper
Those hoping for a “big bang” of new TLDs are surely disappointed in how the rollout is taking place. I’ve talked to a number of new top level domain name applicants who believe new TLDs need to come out with a “big bang.&rdqu...
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New TLDs come out with a whimper
Those hoping for a “big bang” of new TLDs are surely disappointed in how the rollout is taking place. I’ve talked to a number of new top level domain name applicants who believe new TLDs need to come out with a “big bang.&rdqu...
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January 10, 2014, 4:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Panelist awards .charity to Famous Four based on PIC
Panelist approves of Famous Four application for .charity while killing Donuts’ rival application. A Public Interest Commitment for the .charity top level domain has resulted in Famous Four “winning” the contention set for the domai...
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Panelist awards .charity to Famous Four based on PIC
Panelist approves of Famous Four application for .charity while killing Donuts’ rival application. A Public Interest Commitment for the .charity top level domain has resulted in Famous Four “winning” the contention set for the domai...
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January 10, 2014, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uh oh: .Basketball community objection fails while .sport prevailed.
Panelist in .basketball decision uses different interpretation of guidelines to come up with a different conclusion than panelist in .sport. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has determined that community objections filed against two appl...
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Uh oh: .Basketball community objection fails while .sport prevailed.
Panelist in .basketball decision uses different interpretation of guidelines to come up with a different conclusion than panelist in .sport. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has determined that community objections filed against two appl...
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January 9, 2014, 8:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
39 end user domain name buyers including Lowe’s and Experian
Home improvement company and credit data provider are among big names who bought domains through Sedo over the holidays. Sedo didn’t publish sales reports over the holiday, so this week we have a doozy. This report includes sales from December ...
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39 end user domain name buyers including Lowe’s and Experian
Home improvement company and credit data provider are among big names who bought domains through Sedo over the holidays. Sedo didn’t publish sales reports over the holiday, so this week we have a doozy. This report includes sales from December ...
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January 9, 2014, 6:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Women in Domaining comes to NamesCon
Event for women in the domain name business will be held Monday afternoon. Women in Domaining, one of the mainstays of the annual Domainfest/Webfest conference in Santa Monica, will be making an appearance at next week’s NamesCon conference. Al...
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Women in Domaining comes to NamesCon
Event for women in the domain name business will be held Monday afternoon. Women in Domaining, one of the mainstays of the annual Domainfest/Webfest conference in Santa Monica, will be making an appearance at next week’s NamesCon conference. Al...
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January 9, 2014, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Direct nav company files patent application for bidding on domain parking traffic
Santa Monica company wants to patent optimized bidding on zero click domain parking traffic. Adrenalads, a direct navigation company based in Santa Monica, has filed a patent application for analyzing and bidding on zero click traffic. U.S. Patent ap...
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Direct nav company files patent application for bidding on domain parking traffic
Santa Monica company wants to patent optimized bidding on zero click domain parking traffic. Adrenalads, a direct navigation company based in Santa Monica, has filed a patent application for analyzing and bidding on zero click traffic. U.S. Patent ap...
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January 9, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another day, another domain name escrow service launches: EscrowHill.com
EscrowHill launches ahead of NamesCon conference. Earlier this week I wrote about Agreed, a new domain name escrow service. Fast forward a couple days, and another domain name escrow service is officially opening its doors. But there’s a small ...
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Another day, another domain name escrow service launches: EscrowHill.com
EscrowHill launches ahead of NamesCon conference. Earlier this week I wrote about Agreed, a new domain name escrow service. Fast forward a couple days, and another domain name escrow service is officially opening its doors. But there’s a small ...
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January 9, 2014, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names De Beers and 20 other end users bought last week
De Beers was among the famous brands that bought domain names last week. GoDaddy and Afternic sold $1.36 million worth of aftermarket domain names during the New Years week of 12/30/13-1/5/14. Below are some of the domain names that were purchased by...
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What domain names De Beers and 20 other end users bought last week
De Beers was among the famous brands that bought domain names last week. GoDaddy and Afternic sold $1.36 million worth of aftermarket domain names during the New Years week of 12/30/13-1/5/14. Below are some of the domain names that were purchased by...
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January 8, 2014, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gold is not a clearly delineated community, panel rules
Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection f...
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Gold is not a clearly delineated community, panel rules
Rival applicants fails to eliminate Donuts’ .gold top level domain application. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled that “gold” is not a clearly delineated community, and has thus rejected a community objection f...
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January 8, 2014, 3:50 pm
