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The Domains
Godaddy Loses 5% Market Share of New gTLD’s As .Berlin Changes The Game
Godaddy.com share of the new gTLD market dropped 5% overnight after the domain extension for .Berlin launched getting almost 32,000 registrations German based registrar, InterNetX said they were able to secure 81% of all preregistrations for its clie...
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Godaddy Loses 5% Market Share of New gTLD’s As .Berlin Changes The Game
Godaddy.com share of the new gTLD market dropped 5% overnight after the domain extension for .Berlin launched getting almost 32,000 registrations German based registrar, InterNetX said they were able to secure 81% of all preregistrations for its clie...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
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Chinese government buys 20,000 new IDN domain names
TLD Registry inks deal with Chinese government for over 10,000 domains in each of its new TLDs. TLD Registry Ltd, which is launching the new top level domain names Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has inked a deal wi...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 1:39 pm
The Domains
UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old Domain HoldOn.com By Owners Of Holdon.Info
A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name HoldOn.com The domain name has an original registration according DomainTools.com of March 18th 1997 making the domain 14 years old. However Screenshots has results for HoldOn.com going back to 1994....
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UDRP Filed On 17 Year Old Domain HoldOn.com By Owners Of Holdon.Info
A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name HoldOn.com The domain name has an original registration according DomainTools.com of March 18th 1997 making the domain 14 years old. However Screenshots has results for HoldOn.com going back to 1994....
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 1:30 pm
The Domains
.Berlin Does over 31,000 Registration In 1st Day
The first city new gTLD launched yesterday and .Berlin did over 31,000 registrations. .Berlin first day total was 31,956 making it immediately the 2nd most popular new gTLD only to .Guru which has around 44,500 registrations. .Berlin, a...
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.Berlin Does over 31,000 Registration In 1st Day
The first city new gTLD launched yesterday and .Berlin did over 31,000 registrations. .Berlin first day total was 31,956 making it immediately the 2nd most popular new gTLD only to .Guru which has around 44,500 registrations. .Berlin, a...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 12:45 pm
The Domains
Why A Chinese IDN Maybe One Of The Top 5 Most Registered New gTLD’s & How You Can Play It
Yesterday we told you about Sedo.com having online bidding for the live auction of the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) which will be held in Macau starting at 11 a.m. Friday local Macau Time (03:00 UTC) March 21, 2014 (Thursday March 20th at ...
Discussion
Why A Chinese IDN Maybe One Of The Top 5 Most Registered New gTLD’s & How You Can Play It
Yesterday we told you about Sedo.com having online bidding for the live auction of the Chinese IDN for Online (.在线) which will be held in Macau starting at 11 a.m. Friday local Macau Time (03:00 UTC) March 21, 2014 (Thursday March 20th at ...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 12:40 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 19th, 2014
I was not given a password to check out the Uniregistry preview but I am going to review it anyway without ever seeing it. Uniregistry has a nice, easy to use, navigation layout. They will be supporting all their own gTLDs as well as many...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on March 19th, 2014
I was not given a password to check out the Uniregistry preview but I am going to review it anyway without ever seeing it. Uniregistry has a nice, easy to use, navigation layout. They will be supporting all their own gTLDs as well as many...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 11:38 am
The Domains
Ladas Domains Selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®)
HEXONET today announced that Ladas Domains LLC (Ladas) has selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®) as the domain name service platform for its renowned trademark protection and corporate domain management divisio...
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Ladas Domains Selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®)
HEXONET today announced that Ladas Domains LLC (Ladas) has selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®) as the domain name service platform for its renowned trademark protection and corporate domain management divisio...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 3:01 am
Domain Name Wire
First 4 Community Priority Evaluations Fail: .Taxi, Tennis, .MLS, .Immo
Four “community” applicants fail in bids to quash competition. ICANN has published the results of the first four decided Community Priority Evaluations (CPE) for new top level domain names. All four failed to pass. Applicants that self-se...
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First 4 Community Priority Evaluations Fail: .Taxi, Tennis, .MLS, .Immo
Four “community” applicants fail in bids to quash competition. ICANN has published the results of the first four decided Community Priority Evaluations (CPE) for new top level domain names. All four failed to pass. Applicants that self-se...
Discussion
March 19, 2014, 2:44 am
Domain Name Wire
55 new TLDs request exemption from Registry Code of Conduct
55 .brand application owners request exemptions. Today ICANN posted 55 requests made by new TLD applicants for an exemption from the Registry Code of Conduct. The Registry Code of Conduct for new TLDs includes provisions related to showing preference...
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55 new TLDs request exemption from Registry Code of Conduct
55 .brand application owners request exemptions. Today ICANN posted 55 requests made by new TLD applicants for an exemption from the Registry Code of Conduct. The Registry Code of Conduct for new TLDs includes provisions related to showing preference...
Discussion
March 18, 2014, 9:37 pm
The Domains
Sedo Two Weeks Of Transactions Total $2.8 Million
Sedo, just published its sales for two weeks For the week of March 3rd – 9th 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of pu...
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Sedo Two Weeks Of Transactions Total $2.8 Million
Sedo, just published its sales for two weeks For the week of March 3rd – 9th 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3 Million 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of pu...
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March 18, 2014, 9:36 pm
