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Domain Name Wire
New TLDs aren’t dead, but some business models won’t work
New TLDs are here to stay. That doesn’t mean they’ll make money the way they’re being operated right now. “New top level domain names are dead! New top level domain names are dead!” That’s been the common chorus fr...
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New TLDs aren’t dead, but some business models won’t work
New TLDs are here to stay. That doesn’t mean they’ll make money the way they’re being operated right now. “New top level domain names are dead! New top level domain names are dead!” That’s been the common chorus fr...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 5:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name industry people make moves
Epik and MMX make key hires. Two familiar faces in the domain name industry have new homes. Joseph Peterson, who also writes for Domain Name Wire, was hired as Director of Operations at Epik. Joseph is one of the most analytical people I know. If the...
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Two domain name industry people make moves
Epik and MMX make key hires. Two familiar faces in the domain name industry have new homes. Joseph Peterson, who also writes for Domain Name Wire, was hired as Director of Operations at Epik. Joseph is one of the most analytical people I know. If the...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Casino.online sells for $201,250
Domain under the new top level domain name .online sells for big bucks. Here’s a new top level domain name sale that jumps out at you: Casino.online has sold at Sedo for $201,250! The domain name crossed Sedo’s RSS feed yesterday. As of r...
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Casino.online sells for $201,250
Domain under the new top level domain name .online sells for big bucks. Here’s a new top level domain name sale that jumps out at you: Casino.online has sold at Sedo for $201,250! The domain name crossed Sedo’s RSS feed yesterday. As of r...
Discussion
March 23, 2017, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
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Lawsuit filed to overturn OpenTime.com UDRP
Domain owner shot himself in the foot in UDRP response, so he’s asking a court to let him keep the domain name. The owner of OpenTime.com, who lost the domain name in a UDRP decision last month, has filed a lawsuit (pdf) to try to retain owners...
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March 22, 2017, 6:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
This .yachts domain shouldn’t have been lost in a UDRP, but…
The domain name owner had a great defense but didn’t reply to the filing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name virgin.yachts be transferred to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises. I did a do...
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This .yachts domain shouldn’t have been lost in a UDRP, but…
The domain name owner had a great defense but didn’t reply to the filing. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has ordered the domain name virgin.yachts be transferred to Sir Richard Branson’s Virgin Enterprises. I did a do...
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March 22, 2017, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 end user domain name sales including Enterprise
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users over the past week. This week’s top reported sale at Sedo was Caps.co.uk, a domain name that rental car company Enterprise bought. Why? It’s an acronym, so read on to learn more. Other end u...
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14 end user domain name sales including Enterprise
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users over the past week. This week’s top reported sale at Sedo was Caps.co.uk, a domain name that rental car company Enterprise bought. Why? It’s an acronym, so read on to learn more. Other end u...
Discussion
March 22, 2017, 2:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 letter .com saved in UDRP but no reverse domain name hijacking
Complaint was dead-on-arrival because domain was registered before business started. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name QWIC.com in a UDRP brought by an electronic bike maker. The case was filed by the maker...
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4 letter .com saved in UDRP but no reverse domain name hijacking
Complaint was dead-on-arrival because domain was registered before business started. Domain name attorney John Berryhill has successfully defended the domain name QWIC.com in a UDRP brought by an electronic bike maker. The case was filed by the maker...
Discussion
March 21, 2017, 8:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two domain name auctions to watch this week
Both GoDaddy and Sedo have auctions ending this week. There are two online domain name auctions ending this week that are worth watching. Both end Thursday. GoDaddy is auctioning some of the company’s owned & operated domains. I think this ...
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Two domain name auctions to watch this week
Both GoDaddy and Sedo have auctions ending this week. There are two online domain name auctions ending this week that are worth watching. Both end Thursday. GoDaddy is auctioning some of the company’s owned & operated domains. I think this ...
Discussion
March 21, 2017, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX targets one million .VIP registrations
Company anticipates rapid growth in .VIP namespace; targets fall for .Boston launch. MMX (a.k.a. Minds + Machines) released a business update today and said it is targeting one million .vip registrations by the end of 2017. The .vip namespace current...
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MMX targets one million .VIP registrations
Company anticipates rapid growth in .VIP namespace; targets fall for .Boston launch. MMX (a.k.a. Minds + Machines) released a business update today and said it is targeting one million .vip registrations by the end of 2017. The .vip namespace current...
Discussion
March 21, 2017, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD registries ask for 75% cost reduction
Citing struggling registries, group requests temporary fee rollback and marketing effort. The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) has asked (pdf) ICANN to cut its fees for a year and to undertake a $3 million marketing effort to promote new top ...
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New TLD registries ask for 75% cost reduction
Citing struggling registries, group requests temporary fee rollback and marketing effort. The gTLD Registries Stakeholder Group (RySG) has asked (pdf) ICANN to cut its fees for a year and to undertake a $3 million marketing effort to promote new top ...
Discussion
March 21, 2017, 12:31 am
