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Frank Schilling files patent application for domain marketplace
Application covers aspects of Uniregistry Market. Frank Schilling has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cover certain aspects of his company’s domain name marketplace, now called Uniregistry Market. T...
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Frank Schilling files patent application for domain marketplace
Application covers aspects of Uniregistry Market. Frank Schilling has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to cover certain aspects of his company’s domain name marketplace, now called Uniregistry Market. T...
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January 12, 2017, 4:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sony creates new sites on .Sony top level domain name
Three. brand websites promote various projects. Back in 2015, Sony created a site to promote some of the technology in the James Bond Film Spectre. It chose to create the site at AssistMoneyPenny.SONY, using its .brand top level domain name. That sit...
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Sony creates new sites on .Sony top level domain name
Three. brand websites promote various projects. Back in 2015, Sony created a site to promote some of the technology in the James Bond Film Spectre. It chose to create the site at AssistMoneyPenny.SONY, using its .brand top level domain name. That sit...
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January 12, 2017, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit filed to recover stolen GMF.com domain, and here are two warnings
A stolen domain name can reveal sensitive business information to the thief. Lots of three letter domain names have been stolen over the past few years. A stolen domain lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on Tuesday should provide ...
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Lawsuit filed to recover stolen GMF.com domain, and here are two warnings
A stolen domain name can reveal sensitive business information to the thief. Lots of three letter domain names have been stolen over the past few years. A stolen domain lawsuit (pdf) filed in U.S. District Court in Virginia on Tuesday should provide ...
Discussion
January 12, 2017, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Secure your accounts better with a U2F security key
This might be the best form of two-factor authentication. It’s possible that last year’s presidential election in the U.S. would have been different if John Podesta used better email security. I don’t know for sure, but it should se...
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Secure your accounts better with a U2F security key
This might be the best form of two-factor authentication. It’s possible that last year’s presidential election in the U.S. would have been different if John Podesta used better email security. I don’t know for sure, but it should se...
Discussion
January 11, 2017, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
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More end user domain name sales
These domain names sold to end users through Sedo over the past week. The slow holiday season showed up in this week’s Sedo sales report, so I have relatively few end user sales to report. Sedo’s top reported sale was AIFX.com, which Fran...
Discussion
January 11, 2017, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
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Analyzing new top level domain registrations by country (Part 1)
The first in a multi-part story about the geography of new TLD registrants. Who registers domains? It’s a question we might answer in a thousand various ways. One approach is to examine geography. Where do most registratio...
Discussion
January 10, 2017, 9:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon and fake news were trending in domain names last month
Here are the keywords that were trending in .com last month. The term “Amazon” had the biggest percentage spike in registrations between November and December in .com domain names, Verisign revealed today. People cybersquatting on Amazon&...
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Amazon and fake news were trending in domain names last month
Here are the keywords that were trending in .com last month. The term “Amazon” had the biggest percentage spike in registrations between November and December in .com domain names, Verisign revealed today. People cybersquatting on Amazon&...
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January 10, 2017, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside opens Platinum domains to brokers and registrars
Brokers and registrars can now more easily access Rightside’s Platinum domain inventory. Rightside is changing up its Platinum Domains program for new top level domain names and inviting domain brokers and sellers to get a cut of the action. Pl...
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Rightside opens Platinum domains to brokers and registrars
Brokers and registrars can now more easily access Rightside’s Platinum domain inventory. Rightside is changing up its Platinum Domains program for new top level domain names and inviting domain brokers and sellers to get a cut of the action. Pl...
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January 10, 2017, 2:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Observations about domain names at CES 2017
No .tech and a big difference between startups and established players. Last week I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The mammoth event features 3,500 exhibitors and well over 150,000 attendees. One of the things I paid atten...
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Observations about domain names at CES 2017
No .tech and a big difference between startups and established players. Last week I attended the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. The mammoth event features 3,500 exhibitors and well over 150,000 attendees. One of the things I paid atten...
Discussion
January 9, 2017, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
2016 in Review – DNW Podcast #118
A look back at the stories and podcasts that caught fire last year. I spent last week at CES in Las Vegas, so the podcast this week will be brief and in a different format than usual. On this week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast I reveal the top 5 m...
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2016 in Review – DNW Podcast #118
A look back at the stories and podcasts that caught fire last year. I spent last week at CES in Las Vegas, so the podcast this week will be brief and in a different format than usual. On this week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast I reveal the top 5 m...
Discussion
January 9, 2017, 3:30 pm
