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.Org update: Two more opportunities to comment on proposed takeover
PIR and ICANN offering more opportunities to provide feedback. People with opinions on Ethos Capital’s planned takeover of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, have two upcoming opportunities t...
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.Org update: Two more opportunities to comment on proposed takeover
PIR and ICANN offering more opportunities to provide feedback. People with opinions on Ethos Capital’s planned takeover of Public Interest Registry (PIR), the group that operates the .org top level domain name, have two upcoming opportunities t...
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March 4, 2020, 9:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buy a domain and get a free mask—and a gun
This domain name registrar has an interesting promotion to combat the novel coronavirus. When you watch news about China these days, you may often see a masked nurse pointing a gun at a patient’s forehead. It’s not a real gun but actually...
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Buy a domain and get a free mask—and a gun
This domain name registrar has an interesting promotion to combat the novel coronavirus. When you watch news about China these days, you may often see a masked nurse pointing a gun at a patient’s forehead. It’s not a real gun but actually...
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March 4, 2020, 6:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name company Radix posts $21 million revenue in 2019
Profits surge 54% in the latest year. New top level domain name company Radix generated over $21 million in revenue in 2019, growing 26% compared to 2018. Net profit grew 54% year-over-year, and the company says that Q4 was its strongest quarter so f...
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Domain name company Radix posts $21 million revenue in 2019
Profits surge 54% in the latest year. New top level domain name company Radix generated over $21 million in revenue in 2019, growing 26% compared to 2018. Net profit grew 54% year-over-year, and the company says that Q4 was its strongest quarter so f...
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March 4, 2020, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
These Chinese companies use English brands and domains only
No Pinyin here. There is a misconception that corporate China only buys Pinyin domains. That is not true. Chinese companies do use English domains, and, in some cases, they use only English brands and domains. Here are some examples. Fiture sells sma...
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These Chinese companies use English brands and domains only
No Pinyin here. There is a misconception that corporate China only buys Pinyin domains. That is not true. Chinese companies do use English domains, and, in some cases, they use only English brands and domains. Here are some examples. Fiture sells sma...
Discussion
March 4, 2020, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Virus domain name registrations surge with novel coronavirus fears
Another crisis, another surge in domain registrations. If Verisign still published its monthly lists of top trending keywords (it stopped with August’s list), ‘virus’ would certainly be on the list. According to Verisign DomainScope...
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Virus domain name registrations surge with novel coronavirus fears
Another crisis, another surge in domain registrations. If Verisign still published its monthly lists of top trending keywords (it stopped with August’s list), ‘virus’ would certainly be on the list. According to Verisign DomainScope...
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March 3, 2020, 10:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts hires CMO, signifying upshift in marketing strategy
New CMO brought in as part of a marketing shift. Top level domain name company Donuts has named Mina Neuberg its Chief Marketing Officer. Neuberg comes from Revolution Math, where she was CMO of the online math education service. Before that, she was...
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Donuts hires CMO, signifying upshift in marketing strategy
New CMO brought in as part of a marketing shift. Top level domain name company Donuts has named Mina Neuberg its Chief Marketing Officer. Neuberg comes from Revolution Math, where she was CMO of the online math education service. Before that, she was...
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March 3, 2020, 7:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets patent for AuthCode-less domain name transfers
Process would eliminate pesky AuthCodes in favor of registrant data verification. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 10,581,799 (pdf) to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today for “Method for a losing registrar to transfer a domain ...
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GoDaddy gets patent for AuthCode-less domain name transfers
Process would eliminate pesky AuthCodes in favor of registrant data verification. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office granted patent number 10,581,799 (pdf) to GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY) today for “Method for a losing registrar to transfer a domain ...
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March 3, 2020, 4:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Creating meanings for five numeric domains
Kassey Lee examines five recent numeric domain sales and figures out how they could be used. Short numeric domains are commonly used in corporate China but many of them do not carry any meaning. For example, 4399.com (games) and 2345.com (info portal...
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Creating meanings for five numeric domains
Kassey Lee examines five recent numeric domain sales and figures out how they could be used. Short numeric domains are commonly used in corporate China but many of them do not carry any meaning. For example, 4399.com (games) and 2345.com (info portal...
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March 3, 2020, 2:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Deep insight into recent aftermarket domain sales
Joseph Peterson looks into what domains sold on Web.com’s aftermarket platforms in January, and why. In January, 88 domains sold above $2000 apiece between the two auction platforms, NameJet and SnapNames. 75% of these occurred in a narro...
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Deep insight into recent aftermarket domain sales
Joseph Peterson looks into what domains sold on Web.com’s aftermarket platforms in January, and why. In January, 88 domains sold above $2000 apiece between the two auction platforms, NameJet and SnapNames. 75% of these occurred in a narro...
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March 2, 2020, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Reflex Marketing files lawsuit after losing UDRP
Musical instrument marketing company wants to get a shorter domain name. A regional musical instrument marketing company has turned to the courts after losing a UDRP for the domain name ReflexMarketing.com Reflex Marketing, LLC operates in the New Yo...
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Reflex Marketing files lawsuit after losing UDRP
Musical instrument marketing company wants to get a shorter domain name. A regional musical instrument marketing company has turned to the courts after losing a UDRP for the domain name ReflexMarketing.com Reflex Marketing, LLC operates in the New Yo...
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March 2, 2020, 6:24 pm
