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CNN too “distracted” to protect its brands’ domain names
Company doesn’t register domains for popular segment. Remember how CNN started iReport, and then only when it became very popular paid dearly for the domain name? To the tune of $750,000? It may have done it again, as one DNW reader pointed out...
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CNN too “distracted” to protect its brands’ domain names
Company doesn’t register domains for popular segment. Remember how CNN started iReport, and then only when it became very popular paid dearly for the domain name? To the tune of $750,000? It may have done it again, as one DNW reader pointed out...
Discussion
December 10, 2012, 9:42 am
Domain Name Wire
What kind of domains are selling for under $1,000?
Some are obvious — but the delineation between under $1,000 and $3,000 is quite small. When Afternic sends its weekly sales reports it omits domains that sold for under $1,000. Yet understanding which types of domains are selling for three figu...
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What kind of domains are selling for under $1,000?
Some are obvious — but the delineation between under $1,000 and $3,000 is quite small. When Afternic sends its weekly sales reports it omits domains that sold for under $1,000. Yet understanding which types of domains are selling for three figu...
Discussion
December 7, 2012, 11:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Support a charity by renewing its domain name
A unique gift this holiday season: renewing a domain name. Domain name registrar Hover has come up with a creative promotion to help charities. The registrar is asking people to support charities by renewing the charities’ domain names for them...
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Support a charity by renewing its domain name
A unique gift this holiday season: renewing a domain name. Domain name registrar Hover has come up with a creative promotion to help charities. The registrar is asking people to support charities by renewing the charities’ domain names for them...
Discussion
December 6, 2012, 5:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain upgraders: 2 types of ridiculously qualified buyers for your domain names
“Upgraders” are prime targets to buy your domain names — and relatively easy to find. Since I create a list of end user domain names sales each week, I notice some pretty strong patterns amongst end user buyers. One of the biggest c...
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Domain upgraders: 2 types of ridiculously qualified buyers for your domain names
“Upgraders” are prime targets to buy your domain names — and relatively easy to find. Since I create a list of end user domain names sales each week, I notice some pretty strong patterns amongst end user buyers. One of the biggest c...
Discussion
December 6, 2012, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Citigroup sues to get CityCard.com, a domain it won in UDRP
South Korean court blocked transfer of domain after UDRP; Citi files suit in the United States. Last September a National Arbitration Forum panel ruled that Citigroup should get the domain name CityCard.com. But the owner of the domain name sued in S...
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Citigroup sues to get CityCard.com, a domain it won in UDRP
South Korean court blocked transfer of domain after UDRP; Citi files suit in the United States. Last September a National Arbitration Forum panel ruled that Citigroup should get the domain name CityCard.com. But the owner of the domain name sued in S...
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December 6, 2012, 11:03 am
Domain Name Wire
Not a win-win: FranklinCovey sued for bidding on Franklin.com on Google Adwords
Seven Habits company faces lawsuit over Adwords bidding. Perhaps the eighth habit of highly effective people should be “not bidding on competitors domain names in Adwords”. Franklin Electronic Publishers has filed a federal lawsuit agains...
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Not a win-win: FranklinCovey sued for bidding on Franklin.com on Google Adwords
Seven Habits company faces lawsuit over Adwords bidding. Perhaps the eighth habit of highly effective people should be “not bidding on competitors domain names in Adwords”. Franklin Electronic Publishers has filed a federal lawsuit agains...
Discussion
December 6, 2012, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Confirmed: IDNs will be prioritized in new TLD queue
IDN backers get their wish. Applicants for internationalized domain names will get prioritized to the front of the new top level domain name queue, ICANN confirmed today. ICANN confirmed this information in a webinar about the gTLD prioritization dra...
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Confirmed: IDNs will be prioritized in new TLD queue
IDN backers get their wish. Applicants for internationalized domain names will get prioritized to the front of the new top level domain name queue, ICANN confirmed today. ICANN confirmed this information in a webinar about the gTLD prioritization dra...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
28 end user domain sales
28 end user sales from Afternic and Sedo this past week. Below is a selection of end user domain name sales from Afternic and Sedo last week. Afternic I’m curious who paid $50,000 for Snipes.com. The domain is still in escrow, but I imagine it&...
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28 end user domain sales
28 end user sales from Afternic and Sedo this past week. Below is a selection of end user domain name sales from Afternic and Sedo last week. Afternic I’m curious who paid $50,000 for Snipes.com. The domain is still in escrow, but I imagine it&...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 11:18 am
Domain Name Wire
A shady domain broker practice
Telling a domain owner you have a buyer for their domain when you don’t is unethical. I want to highlight a domain broker practice that gives the industry a bad name. I’ll call it the “phantom buyer”. Here’s how it works...
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A shady domain broker practice
Telling a domain owner you have a buyer for their domain when you don’t is unethical. I want to highlight a domain broker practice that gives the industry a bad name. I’ll call it the “phantom buyer”. Here’s how it works...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Good domain strategy: eBay DealMint
Service runs on eBayDealMint.com, but eBay bought DealMint.com too. I’m a bit confused about eBay’s new DealMint service, but I give the comapny props for locking in the necessary domain names. eBay switched the DNS on DealMint.com and eB...
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Good domain strategy: eBay DealMint
Service runs on eBayDealMint.com, but eBay bought DealMint.com too. I’m a bit confused about eBay’s new DealMint service, but I give the comapny props for locking in the necessary domain names. eBay switched the DNS on DealMint.com and eB...
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December 5, 2012, 9:29 am
