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Elliot's Blog
Vanity Plate Advertising Auction to Support The Internet Commerce Association
Abdu Tarabichi, founder of Domainsville, created a unique auction on Ebay to raise funds for the non-profit Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Abdu is auctioning one year of advertising space as a vanity license plate on his silver 2012 Honda Civic...
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Vanity Plate Advertising Auction to Support The Internet Commerce Association
Abdu Tarabichi, founder of Domainsville, created a unique auction on Ebay to raise funds for the non-profit Internet Commerce Association (ICA). Abdu is auctioning one year of advertising space as a vanity license plate on his silver 2012 Honda Civic...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 2:27 pm
The Domains
Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
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Former State Rep Sells UnderTheDome.com Unknowingly For Spielberg/Stephen King Show
Arkansasbusiness.com, just wrote a story about a former state representative Steve Harrelson, who sold the domain name of his blog UnderTheDome.com, for just $7,800 in January, to what he thought was a New York company that was planning some ...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 2:12 pm
The Domains
WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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WeddingInsurance.com Sells On Sedo For $50K
The domain name WeddingInsurance.com just sold on Sedo.com for $50,000 The domain was owned by Intellectual Leasing Company Ltd of Henderson Nevada. The domain has an original registration date of 2000 according to Domaintools.com…
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March 4, 2013, 1:56 pm
Elliot's Blog
Weather Underground Awarded $3.5 Million in Cybersquatting Lawsuit
In my opinion, there’s a common misconception that if domain investors own trademark domain names, the worst that can happen is they lose them in a UDRP. Some people think their only potential loss would be the loss of revenue from the domain n...
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Weather Underground Awarded $3.5 Million in Cybersquatting Lawsuit
In my opinion, there’s a common misconception that if domain investors own trademark domain names, the worst that can happen is they lose them in a UDRP. Some people think their only potential loss would be the loss of revenue from the domain n...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 1:11 pm
The Domains
UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012
In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012. It registered the domain is operates its site at, sho...
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UrbanHome.com Registered in 1999, Lost In UDRP To TM Registered in 2012
In what maybe the worst decisions of 2013, Urban Home of Oxnard, California was just awarded the domain name UrbanHome.com in a UDRP decision. The complainant just got its trademark in 2012. It registered the domain is operates its site at, sho...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
New expired domain rules go into effect in August
Rules mandate practices to protect domain name registrants. The new “Expired Registration Recovery Policy” (ERRP) goes into effect August 31. This policy sets guidelines for how registrars treat expired domain names and how they must noti...
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New expired domain rules go into effect in August
Rules mandate practices to protect domain name registrants. The new “Expired Registration Recovery Policy” (ERRP) goes into effect August 31. This policy sets guidelines for how registrars treat expired domain names and how they must noti...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 10:25 am
Domain Name Wire
Domains suggest Chase readying “So You Can”
Company registering domains that include “SoYouCan” and protecting it as well. JP Morgan Chase is getting ready to unveil “So You Can”. It’s not entirely clear if “So You Can” is a new slogan or an actual too...
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Domains suggest Chase readying “So You Can”
Company registering domains that include “SoYouCan” and protecting it as well. JP Morgan Chase is getting ready to unveil “So You Can”. It’s not entirely clear if “So You Can” is a new slogan or an actual too...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 10:11 am
Elliot's Blog
Domain Boardroom Offering Limited Advertising Opportunities
Domain Boardroom, the popular private domain forum with a membership of about 250 active domain investors, has been advertising-free since its inception. That is changing, and the forum is now offering limited advertising opportunities in&...
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Domain Boardroom Offering Limited Advertising Opportunities
Domain Boardroom, the popular private domain forum with a membership of about 250 active domain investors, has been advertising-free since its inception. That is changing, and the forum is now offering limited advertising opportunities in&...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 10:04 am
The Domains
.Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic
WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premium name distribution for the .MENU top level domain (TLD). According to a press release we ...
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.Menu One Of The First New gTLD That Should Launch Goes With Namejet/Afternic
WhatBox? LLC, the applicant for the new top level domain .MENU, has selected NameJet and Afternic to operate the sunrise and landrush auctions, and offer premium name distribution for the .MENU top level domain (TLD). According to a press release we ...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 8:59 am
DomainSherpa
Institutional Investment Opportunities in Domain Names – With Frank Michlick
The new top level domains that will launch beginning in 2013 create a unique investment opportunity. Indeed, private equity and venture capital firms are evaluating investment in new top level domains and domain name registrars.Today’s intervie...
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Institutional Investment Opportunities in Domain Names – With Frank Michlick
The new top level domains that will launch beginning in 2013 create a unique investment opportunity. Indeed, private equity and venture capital firms are evaluating investment in new top level domains and domain name registrars.Today’s intervie...
Discussion
March 4, 2013, 8:30 am
