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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
The Domains
Above.com Becomes 1st Registrar To Share Profits Of Sold Expired Domains
Above.com just announced this morning a new program where it will become the first domain name registrar to share the revenue generated from the sales of expired domain names. The Expiring Domain Sales Program is an opt-in program offered to clients ...
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Above.com Becomes 1st Registrar To Share Profits Of Sold Expired Domains
Above.com just announced this morning a new program where it will become the first domain name registrar to share the revenue generated from the sales of expired domain names. The Expiring Domain Sales Program is an opt-in program offered to clients ...
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May 30, 2013, 10:26 am
Elliot's Blog
Above.com to Offer 60% Profit Share on Expired Domain Auctions
I want to share some news I received this morning from Victor Pitts of Above.com. The company is set to announce that participants in the soon to launch Expiring Domain Sales Program will “retain 60% of the profit from the sale of any doma...
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Above.com to Offer 60% Profit Share on Expired Domain Auctions
I want to share some news I received this morning from Victor Pitts of Above.com. The company is set to announce that participants in the soon to launch Expiring Domain Sales Program will “retain 60% of the profit from the sale of any doma...
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May 30, 2013, 10:22 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 30th
Finance Report: Vegas 1, Shane 0. Sports betting went very well but the craps table was……well, crap. Michael Cyger and I went home a little lighter than we came in but we’ll get it back tonight I’m pretty ...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 30th
Finance Report: Vegas 1, Shane 0. Sports betting went very well but the craps table was……well, crap. Michael Cyger and I went home a little lighter than we came in but we’ll get it back tonight I’m pretty ...
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May 30, 2013, 7:20 am
The Domains
Co-founder of PayPal Names His New Company Glow But Buys Glowing.com From Scott Day
Branding decisions are one of the most important a company can make so I was pretty surprised to read on Cnet.com, that one of the founders of PayPal.com Max Levchin, who also “sold a slide-sharing service to Google, helped start Yelp, and sits...
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Co-founder of PayPal Names His New Company Glow But Buys Glowing.com From Scott Day
Branding decisions are one of the most important a company can make so I was pretty surprised to read on Cnet.com, that one of the founders of PayPal.com Max Levchin, who also “sold a slide-sharing service to Google, helped start Yelp, and sits...
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May 29, 2013, 6:56 pm
The Domains
.XXX Sells Over 12,000 Domain Names During May Promotion
xBiz.com is reporting the ICM registry the company that operates the .XXX extension has sold over 12,000 domain names during its May promotion where domain registrations went for a low as $8.99. The promotion will end Friday at 4 p.m. PDT (midnight U...
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.XXX Sells Over 12,000 Domain Names During May Promotion
xBiz.com is reporting the ICM registry the company that operates the .XXX extension has sold over 12,000 domain names during its May promotion where domain registrations went for a low as $8.99. The promotion will end Friday at 4 p.m. PDT (midnight U...
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May 29, 2013, 5:16 pm
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
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.19 Million Led By HumanPro.com & 30Seconds.com
Sedo.com just reported that 623 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 Million Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &nbs...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.19 Million Led By HumanPro.com & 30Seconds.com
Sedo.com just reported that 623 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 Million Over 42% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · &nbs...
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May 29, 2013, 4:13 pm
The Domains
.Club Domains LLC Raises $3.5 Million & Is Headed To Private Auction
.Club Domains, LLC an applicant for the new top level domain, .CLUB, has signed the applicant auction agreement with Innovative Auctions Limited from Hong Kong to participate in an auction in early June. .Club Domains, LLC, is currently in contention...
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.Club Domains LLC Raises $3.5 Million & Is Headed To Private Auction
.Club Domains, LLC an applicant for the new top level domain, .CLUB, has signed the applicant auction agreement with Innovative Auctions Limited from Hong Kong to participate in an auction in early June. .Club Domains, LLC, is currently in contention...
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May 29, 2013, 3:25 pm
