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TLDH raises $10 million for new TLDs
New TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today...
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TLDH raises $10 million for new TLDs
New TLD applicant issues new shares to raise money, also confirms possibility of participating in private new TLD auctions. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited, parent company of Minds + Machines, has conditionally raised $10 million. The company today...
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June 3, 2013, 10:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: Nokta Domains’ 18 leased domains from May
Nokta’s typical lease is about $100 a month. When you think of domain leasing, you probably think of big ticket domains that companies couldn’t buy outright so they opted for a lease instead. But it’s not just expensive domains that...
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Interesting: Nokta Domains’ 18 leased domains from May
Nokta’s typical lease is about $100 a month. When you think of domain leasing, you probably think of big ticket domains that companies couldn’t buy outright so they opted for a lease instead. But it’s not just expensive domains that...
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June 3, 2013, 9:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign whois falsely returning “no match” results
Have to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For example,...
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Verisign whois falsely returning “no match” results
Have to submit query twice to get correct result on Verisign’s whois. Verisign’s whois service for .com and .net is sometimes falsely returning a result of “no match” the initial time you search for a domain name. For example,...
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June 2, 2013, 12:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Financial firm and new TLD applicant buys IG.com domain name
Company that applied for seven new TLDs buys a coveted two letter domain name. UK Financial firm IG Group has acquired the domain name IG.com, which was previously used by a Brazilian search portal. According to IP Pro The Internet, the company annou...
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Financial firm and new TLD applicant buys IG.com domain name
Company that applied for seven new TLDs buys a coveted two letter domain name. UK Financial firm IG Group has acquired the domain name IG.com, which was previously used by a Brazilian search portal. According to IP Pro The Internet, the company annou...
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May 31, 2013, 12:12 am
Domain Name Wire
3 reasons TRAFFIC Vegas matters
The domain investor community is in Las Vegas right now. Here’s why this TRAFFIC conference matters. I’m writing this post from the Bellagio in Las Vegas, where the latest TRAFFIC conference is taking place. I think this conference &ldquo...
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3 reasons TRAFFIC Vegas matters
The domain investor community is in Las Vegas right now. Here’s why this TRAFFIC conference matters. I’m writing this post from the Bellagio in Las Vegas, where the latest TRAFFIC conference is taking place. I think this conference &ldquo...
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May 30, 2013, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fling.com discovers the challenges of branding with a generic domain name
Descriptive nature of domain means registrant not necessarily lacking rights or legitimate interests in domain. Fling.com, an adult social network that facilitates hookups, has lost a domain name dispute over best-fling-sites.com. According to Fling....
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Fling.com discovers the challenges of branding with a generic domain name
Descriptive nature of domain means registrant not necessarily lacking rights or legitimate interests in domain. Fling.com, an adult social network that facilitates hookups, has lost a domain name dispute over best-fling-sites.com. According to Fling....
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May 30, 2013, 11:57 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN warns AsiaRegister over late payments
Hong Kong based domain name registrar at risk of losing ICANN accreditation. ICANN has sent a breach notice to AsiaRegister, Inc. for its failure to pay past due accreditation fees. According to the breach notice sent yesterday, the Hong Kong registr...
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ICANN warns AsiaRegister over late payments
Hong Kong based domain name registrar at risk of losing ICANN accreditation. ICANN has sent a breach notice to AsiaRegister, Inc. for its failure to pay past due accreditation fees. According to the breach notice sent yesterday, the Hong Kong registr...
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May 30, 2013, 11:43 am
Domain Name Wire
Luxembourg’s .lu domains can now be locked for a year in disputes
.Lu provides new lock in case of domain dispute. Country code operators are not required to offer a cybersquatting resolution service, although many adopt some form of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Luxembourg takes a more ...
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Luxembourg’s .lu domains can now be locked for a year in disputes
.Lu provides new lock in case of domain dispute. Country code operators are not required to offer a cybersquatting resolution service, although many adopt some form of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). Luxembourg takes a more ...
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May 29, 2013, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company sues NamingRights.com for cybersquatting, and it’s kind of interesting
I haven’t heard the name Backslap Domains in a while. Greek Island Labs, a company that sells cosmetic products, has sued NamingRights.com and Backslap Domains for cybersquatting over the domain name Adonia.com (pdf). Greek Island Labs sells pr...
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Company sues NamingRights.com for cybersquatting, and it’s kind of interesting
I haven’t heard the name Backslap Domains in a while. Greek Island Labs, a company that sells cosmetic products, has sued NamingRights.com and Backslap Domains for cybersquatting over the domain name Adonia.com (pdf). Greek Island Labs sells pr...
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May 29, 2013, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club applicant seeks to raise up to $7 million
.Club Domains, LLC files Form D with SEC. .Club Domains, LLC, an applicant for the .club top level domain name, has filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks to raise up to $7 million. The filing states that none of ...
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.Club applicant seeks to raise up to $7 million
.Club Domains, LLC files Form D with SEC. .Club Domains, LLC, an applicant for the .club top level domain name, has filed a Form D with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it seeks to raise up to $7 million. The filing states that none of ...
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May 29, 2013, 10:19 am
