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Elliot's Blog
FreshDrop Announces New Backordering Service
FreshDrop is one of my favorite tools when it comes to researching domain names. I spend a fair amount of time using FreshDrop daily to scout names that are coming up for auction on NameJet. I want to share some news that I received from FreshDrop Fo...
Discussion
FreshDrop Announces New Backordering Service
FreshDrop is one of my favorite tools when it comes to researching domain names. I spend a fair amount of time using FreshDrop daily to scout names that are coming up for auction on NameJet. I want to share some news that I received from FreshDrop Fo...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 11:43 am
The Domains
Tencent Owner Of QQ.com Loses UDRP Grab For TencentGames.com
Tencent Holdings Limited just lost its attempt to grab the domain name tencentgames.com in a UDRP and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Bottom line the panel found the complainant trademark was effective in 2010 and the domain name registe...
Discussion
Tencent Owner Of QQ.com Loses UDRP Grab For TencentGames.com
Tencent Holdings Limited just lost its attempt to grab the domain name tencentgames.com in a UDRP and the domain holder didn’t even respond. Bottom line the panel found the complainant trademark was effective in 2010 and the domain name registe...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 11:34 am
The Domains
.PW Gets Over 50,000 Registration In Just 3 Weeks
According to a press release we just received the .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as “the Professional Web&...
Discussion
.PW Gets Over 50,000 Registration In Just 3 Weeks
According to a press release we just received the .PW Registry today announced that more than 50,000 .PW domain names were registered in just 3 weeks since the beginning of its General Availability phase. .PW, launched as “the Professional Web&...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain arbitration cases edge up slightly in 2012
…but trail the growth in domain name registrations. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has released its official numbers for 2012 UDRP cases. Combined with World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) results, the number of UDRP cases...
Discussion
Domain arbitration cases edge up slightly in 2012
…but trail the growth in domain name registrations. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has released its official numbers for 2012 UDRP cases. Combined with World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) results, the number of UDRP cases...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Coming this year: the biggest domain registrar phishing attack ever
New RAA satisfies boneheaded law enforcement request that will lead to more domain theft. The proposed new registration accreditation agreement satisfies a law enforcement requirement of verifying whois information when someone registers a domain nam...
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Coming this year: the biggest domain registrar phishing attack ever
New RAA satisfies boneheaded law enforcement request that will lead to more domain theft. The proposed new registration accreditation agreement satisfies a law enforcement requirement of verifying whois information when someone registers a domain nam...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
What the new RAA means for YOU, the domain registrant
Your responsibilities when registering a domain name will soon change. Late yesterday ICANN published the proposed “final” new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment. The update RAA will have an impact on how you regis...
Discussion
What the new RAA means for YOU, the domain registrant
Your responsibilities when registering a domain name will soon change. Late yesterday ICANN published the proposed “final” new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment. The update RAA will have an impact on how you regis...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 10:14 am
The Domains
After 8 Years TickerNetwork.com Lost In UDRP
Ticket Software, LLC of South Windsor, Connecticut, just got the domain name TickerNetwork.com in a UDRP based off a trademark for the term Ticket Network. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel: “The Complainant hosts...
Discussion
After 8 Years TickerNetwork.com Lost In UDRP
Ticket Software, LLC of South Windsor, Connecticut, just got the domain name TickerNetwork.com in a UDRP based off a trademark for the term Ticket Network. Here are the relevant facts and findings of the one member panel: “The Complainant hosts...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 9:53 am
The Domains
FreshDrop Rolls Out Drop Catching/Backorder Program With Prices @ $18.95
FreshDrop Inc., today announces their new domain backordering service which has been opened in beta, is now open to the public and goes by the name Pheenix.com Pheenix customers are allowed to backorder .com and .net domain names for a low pri...
Discussion
FreshDrop Rolls Out Drop Catching/Backorder Program With Prices @ $18.95
FreshDrop Inc., today announces their new domain backordering service which has been opened in beta, is now open to the public and goes by the name Pheenix.com Pheenix customers are allowed to backorder .com and .net domain names for a low pri...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 9:28 am
Elliot's Blog
Domain Holdings Selected to Broker Tax.com Domain Name
I saw a news release this morning that I want to share with you. The Tax.com domain name has been listed for sale, and Domain Holdings was selected as the exclusive broker for this domain name. The press release doesn’t have the price listed, b...
Discussion
Domain Holdings Selected to Broker Tax.com Domain Name
I saw a news release this morning that I want to share with you. The Tax.com domain name has been listed for sale, and Domain Holdings was selected as the exclusive broker for this domain name. The press release doesn’t have the price listed, b...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 8:44 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 23rd
In case you missed it, Michael Cyger was nice enough to interview me on DomainSherpa yesterday. We couldn’t get everything covered in the interview in just an hour but I really had a great time doing it. If there are any other quest...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 23rd
In case you missed it, Michael Cyger was nice enough to interview me on DomainSherpa yesterday. We couldn’t get everything covered in the interview in just an hour but I really had a great time doing it. If there are any other quest...
Discussion
April 23, 2013, 6:22 am
