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Circle ID: A New Quality gTLD Can Compete with .COM
Read an interesting take on the new gTLD’s in an article entitled A New Quality gTLD Can Compete With .Com on CircleID.com “If you choose a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), will it be able to compete with .com? A recent academic paper...
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Circle ID: A New Quality gTLD Can Compete with .COM
Read an interesting take on the new gTLD’s in an article entitled A New Quality gTLD Can Compete With .Com on CircleID.com “If you choose a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), will it be able to compete with .com? A recent academic paper...
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August 20, 2011, 8:52 am
The Domains
PhonePlans.com Dial Up A $27K Sale On NameJet.com & MoneyMarketAccount.com Gets A $35K Bid
The auction for the domain name PhonePlans.com just ended on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $26,600 There were 3 bidders at $25K or over so pretty surprised it only went that high. Another domain name MoneyMarketAccount.com got as high as a $35,10...
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PhonePlans.com Dial Up A $27K Sale On NameJet.com & MoneyMarketAccount.com Gets A $35K Bid
The auction for the domain name PhonePlans.com just ended on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $26,600 There were 3 bidders at $25K or over so pretty surprised it only went that high. Another domain name MoneyMarketAccount.com got as high as a $35,10...
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August 19, 2011, 5:30 pm
The Domains
ICANN Chairman Stephen Crocker To Be Featured Speaker At The INTA Trademark Group Meeting Next Month
The International Trademark Association (INTA) is meeting next month on September 21 & 22nd in Washington and the new Chairman of ICANN Stephen Crocker. Here are some of the topics up for discussion at this conference: At this advanced–leve...
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ICANN Chairman Stephen Crocker To Be Featured Speaker At The INTA Trademark Group Meeting Next Month
The International Trademark Association (INTA) is meeting next month on September 21 & 22nd in Washington and the new Chairman of ICANN Stephen Crocker. Here are some of the topics up for discussion at this conference: At this advanced–leve...
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August 19, 2011, 12:37 pm
The Domains
Bnet.com: Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit
A blog post published on BNet.com, entitled “Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit”, caught my attention. Basically the author says that “Demand amortizes its editorial budget rather than expensin...
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Bnet.com: Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit
A blog post published on BNet.com, entitled “Demand Media’s Dodgy Accounting Decoded: It May Never Make a Profit”, caught my attention. Basically the author says that “Demand amortizes its editorial budget rather than expensin...
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August 19, 2011, 10:49 am
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National A-1 Takes Down Escort.com & Escorts.com
We haven’t heard much since Federal and State law enforcement raided the offices of National A-1 in October 2010. At the time we noted that one of National A-1 sites, escorts.com might have been the subject of the probe and it now appears that ...
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National A-1 Takes Down Escort.com & Escorts.com
We haven’t heard much since Federal and State law enforcement raided the offices of National A-1 in October 2010. At the time we noted that one of National A-1 sites, escorts.com might have been the subject of the probe and it now appears that ...
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August 18, 2011, 8:29 pm
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Afternic DLS Services Adds Registrars Key-Systems and DomainMonster.com
According to a Press Release today: Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) signed up two new registrars: German-based Key-Systems and UK-based MeshDigital which owns DomainMonster.com Key-Systems is Europe’s second largest ICANN-ac...
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Afternic DLS Services Adds Registrars Key-Systems and DomainMonster.com
According to a Press Release today: Afternic’s Domain Listing Service (DLS) signed up two new registrars: German-based Key-Systems and UK-based MeshDigital which owns DomainMonster.com Key-Systems is Europe’s second largest ICANN-ac...
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August 18, 2011, 11:28 am
The Domains
What Is The Domain Market Worth? Ex-ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush Says Its “Worth $12 Billion”
Peter Dengate Thrush former Chairman of the Board of ICANN told reporters today that the “current domain name market is worth about $12 Billion Dollars”. “We think it will expand by some $3-4bn with the new gTLDs.” Mr. T...
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What Is The Domain Market Worth? Ex-ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush Says Its “Worth $12 Billion”
Peter Dengate Thrush former Chairman of the Board of ICANN told reporters today that the “current domain name market is worth about $12 Billion Dollars”. “We think it will expand by some $3-4bn with the new gTLDs.” Mr. T...
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August 17, 2011, 11:57 pm
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Tasers.com Sells For $12K On NameJet and WoodFloor.com Sells For $11K
The domain name Tasers.com sold on NameJet.com for $12,900 Its a interesting domain as Taser is trademarked many times over including by the manufacturer of the device. WoodFloor.com sold for $11,300. It’s certainly a nice product name well wor...
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Tasers.com Sells For $12K On NameJet and WoodFloor.com Sells For $11K
The domain name Tasers.com sold on NameJet.com for $12,900 Its a interesting domain as Taser is trademarked many times over including by the manufacturer of the device. WoodFloor.com sold for $11,300. It’s certainly a nice product name well wor...
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August 17, 2011, 9:34 pm
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VC Fund Buys 5.3% Of Verisign or More Than $250 Million Worth
According to Theflyonthewall.com, a Venture Capital firm has taken a 5.3% equity interest in Verisign. The company is ValueAct and at the closing price of VeriSign of around $30 a share Verisign has a $5 Billion dollar market cap the investment is wo...
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VC Fund Buys 5.3% Of Verisign or More Than $250 Million Worth
According to Theflyonthewall.com, a Venture Capital firm has taken a 5.3% equity interest in Verisign. The company is ValueAct and at the closing price of VeriSign of around $30 a share Verisign has a $5 Billion dollar market cap the investment is wo...
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August 17, 2011, 6:10 pm
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Trafficz: Yahoo Limits Daily Revenue on .Tv, .Co, .Biz., Info and .US
According to an email we received tonight from TrafficZ, Yahoo started to impose a revenue cap on certain extensions, .Tv, .Co. .Biz, .Info and .Us We have reached out to TrafficZ for further explanation. Dear Valued TrafficZ Client, In an eff...
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Trafficz: Yahoo Limits Daily Revenue on .Tv, .Co, .Biz., Info and .US
According to an email we received tonight from TrafficZ, Yahoo started to impose a revenue cap on certain extensions, .Tv, .Co. .Biz, .Info and .Us We have reached out to TrafficZ for further explanation. Dear Valued TrafficZ Client, In an eff...
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August 16, 2011, 10:23 pm
