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A first hand account of being forced to change your domain name
An example of why you shouldn’t register “psuedo” domain names. Last year CentralNic announced it was closing down certain third level domain names that it allowed people to register. It sold these domains similar to how you can buy...
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A first hand account of being forced to change your domain name
An example of why you shouldn’t register “psuedo” domain names. Last year CentralNic announced it was closing down certain third level domain names that it allowed people to register. It sold these domains similar to how you can buy...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 10:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales up to $179,000
Here are 23 domain names that were purchased by end users over the past two weeks. I was so busy during NamesCon last week that I didn’t run my usual end user sales column, so this week you get two weeks worth of Sedo end user sales to peruse. ...
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23 end user domain name sales up to $179,000
Here are 23 domain names that were purchased by end users over the past two weeks. I was so busy during NamesCon last week that I didn’t run my usual end user sales column, so this week you get two weeks worth of Sedo end user sales to peruse. ...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy 2017 Super Bowl Commercial
Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad. GoDaddy debuted its 2017 Super Bowl ad last night on CBS’s Greatest Super Bowl Commercials Ever. Here it is: The Super Bowl commercial promotes GoDaddy’s new site builder called GoCentral. Accor...
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Video: GoDaddy 2017 Super Bowl Commercial
Here’s GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad. GoDaddy debuted its 2017 Super Bowl ad last night on CBS’s Greatest Super Bowl Commercials Ever. Here it is: The Super Bowl commercial promotes GoDaddy’s new site builder called GoCentral. Accor...
Discussion
February 1, 2017, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 3: the Geos)
This is the third part of Joseph Peterson’s analysis of new TLD registrations by geography. In 2 previous articles (here and here), we scrutinized nTLD registration volume by country, asking which nations are most / least engaged overall w...
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Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 3: the Geos)
This is the third part of Joseph Peterson’s analysis of new TLD registrations by geography. In 2 previous articles (here and here), we scrutinized nTLD registration volume by country, asking which nations are most / least engaged overall w...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 6:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
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Don’t ignore that “Buyers identified” email from Sedo
Sedo’s partners will promote your domain names to targeted prospects. Earlier this week some domain name investors received an email from Sedo with “Buyers identified” in the subject line. Here’s what it looked like: The email...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
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FIFA wins FIFA.net cybersquatting claim
Soccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération In...
Discussion
January 31, 2017, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Todococheweb SL hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company makes unsubstantiated claim in its dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Todococheweb SL to have filed a UDRP in bad faith against the owner of TodoCoches.com. “Todo coches” is Spanish fo...
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Todococheweb SL hit for reverse domain name hijacking
Company makes unsubstantiated claim in its dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Todococheweb SL to have filed a UDRP in bad faith against the owner of TodoCoches.com. “Todo coches” is Spanish fo...
Discussion
January 30, 2017, 5:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roland LaPlante and NamesCon recap – DNW Podcast #121
A recap from NamesCon plus Roland LaPlante of Afilias. This week I have a wide-ranging discussion with Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias. We discuss new top level domain names and why Afilias’ past experience with launching TL...
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Roland LaPlante and NamesCon recap – DNW Podcast #121
A recap from NamesCon plus Roland LaPlante of Afilias. This week I have a wide-ranging discussion with Roland LaPlante, Chief Marketing Officer of Afilias. We discuss new top level domain names and why Afilias’ past experience with launching TL...
Discussion
January 30, 2017, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why you might not be getting many Uniregistry Market offers
You need to take this added step. I’ve added a lot of domains I won in expired auctions to Uniregistry over the past few months. I added the names and changed the nameservers. Done, right? Wrong. It turns out that adding domains to Uniregistry ...
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Why you might not be getting many Uniregistry Market offers
You need to take this added step. I’ve added a lot of domains I won in expired auctions to Uniregistry over the past few months. I added the names and changed the nameservers. Done, right? Wrong. It turns out that adding domains to Uniregistry ...
Discussion
January 30, 2017, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames scores DomCollect plus .NYC auction
SnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. Al...
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SnapNames scores DomCollect plus .NYC auction
SnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. Al...
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January 28, 2017, 5:48 pm
