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Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
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Verisign issues statement on .cc/.tv situation in China
Company has submitted applications but domains are not licensed for sale in China. Last week some registrars in China dropped support for .cc and .tv domain names, both of which are managed by registry company Verisign. This was part of a directive f...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.VIP gets 75% renewal rate for early registrations
Company tops expectation it set last month. Last month MMX (Minds + Machines) forecasted that about 70% or more of .VIP domains registered within the first 31 days of general availability last year would be renewed. A commenter on that post claimed &...
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.VIP gets 75% renewal rate for early registrations
Company tops expectation it set last month. Last month MMX (Minds + Machines) forecasted that about 70% or more of .VIP domains registered within the first 31 days of general availability last year would be renewed. A commenter on that post claimed &...
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July 26, 2017, 4:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 domain names end users just bought
From BrokenBrain.com to OutofPlace.com, here are 17 domain names that were acquired by end users over the past week. Crypto currency domain names remain hot, and one qualifies for our end user list this week. Other end users buying domains include a ...
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17 domain names end users just bought
From BrokenBrain.com to OutofPlace.com, here are 17 domain names that were acquired by end users over the past week. Crypto currency domain names remain hot, and one qualifies for our end user list this week. Other end users buying domains include a ...
Discussion
July 26, 2017, 12:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Shills, Insiders, & Front Runners – 5 Bidding Scandals
Joseph Peterson reviews domain industry auction bidding scandals to bring context to the NameJet issue that blew up last week. Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself embroiled in a controversy involving “shill” bids. T...
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Shills, Insiders, & Front Runners – 5 Bidding Scandals
Joseph Peterson reviews domain industry auction bidding scandals to bring context to the NameJet issue that blew up last week. Recently, the domain auction platform NameJet found itself embroiled in a controversy involving “shill” bids. T...
Discussion
July 25, 2017, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Net Donuts purchase price for Rightside and details of their registry agreement
SEC filings show valuation of Rightside business and disclose deal value of registry services. There are a couple interesting tidbits in SEC filings for Donuts acquisition of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) that are worth sharing as they could be important t...
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Net Donuts purchase price for Rightside and details of their registry agreement
SEC filings show valuation of Rightside business and disclose deal value of registry services. There are a couple interesting tidbits in SEC filings for Donuts acquisition of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) that are worth sharing as they could be important t...
Discussion
July 25, 2017, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain investor Steve Kaziyev – DNW Podcast #145
Learn what this domain investor is doing to buy and sell domain names. Like many domain investors, Steven Kaziyev was introduced to domain names while researching names for his non-domain business. Now he owns a strong portfolio of thousands of domai...
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Domain investor Steve Kaziyev – DNW Podcast #145
Learn what this domain investor is doing to buy and sell domain names. Like many domain investors, Steven Kaziyev was introduced to domain names while researching names for his non-domain business. Now he owns a strong portfolio of thousands of domai...
Discussion
July 24, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Name Ninja creates price guide to help end user domain buyers
Guidelines help startup entrepreneurs understand how much a domain name costs on the aftermarket. Educating end users about the value of domain names is a regular challenge for domain name investors. So it’s helpful to have domain buyer broker ...
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Name Ninja creates price guide to help end user domain buyers
Guidelines help startup entrepreneurs understand how much a domain name costs on the aftermarket. Educating end users about the value of domain names is a regular challenge for domain name investors. So it’s helpful to have domain buyer broker ...
Discussion
July 24, 2017, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what NameJet is doing about shill bidding
Company releases statement including changes it is making. Domain name auction site NameJet has posted an update about allegations of shill bidding and what it’s doing about it. You can read the full statement here, and here’s a summary: ...
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Here’s what NameJet is doing about shill bidding
Company releases statement including changes it is making. Domain name auction site NameJet has posted an update about allegations of shill bidding and what it’s doing about it. You can read the full statement here, and here’s a summary: ...
Discussion
July 22, 2017, 12:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Is a big TV network about to troll Donald Trump with a new cartoon?
Get ready for The Bigly Adventures of Donald Trump. A client of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor registered a lot of domain name yesterday that suggest a new Donald Trump cartoon is in the works. The full list is below. MarkMonitor has a l...
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Is a big TV network about to troll Donald Trump with a new cartoon?
Get ready for The Bigly Adventures of Donald Trump. A client of corporate domain name registrar MarkMonitor registered a lot of domain name yesterday that suggest a new Donald Trump cartoon is in the works. The full list is below. MarkMonitor has a l...
Discussion
July 21, 2017, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
See, now here’s a good non-response UDRP decision
Panelist correctly denies complaint despite no response from domain name owner. Yesterday I wrote about a a no good, very bad UDRP decision in which the domain owner didn’t respond but the panelist still shouldn’t have awarded the domain ...
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See, now here’s a good non-response UDRP decision
Panelist correctly denies complaint despite no response from domain name owner. Yesterday I wrote about a a no good, very bad UDRP decision in which the domain owner didn’t respond but the panelist still shouldn’t have awarded the domain ...
Discussion
July 21, 2017, 1:40 pm
