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#7 in 2016: Agario-related domain name expires
Popularity of Agario domain made this expired domain name article sizzle. Joseph Peterson discontinued his expired domain name reports on Domain Name Wire this year, but they were always an important read for domain buyers. One of his articles in 201...
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#7 in 2016: Agario-related domain name expires
Popularity of Agario domain made this expired domain name article sizzle. Joseph Peterson discontinued his expired domain name reports on Domain Name Wire this year, but they were always an important read for domain buyers. One of his articles in 201...
Discussion
December 27, 2016, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
2017 Predictions – DNW Podcast #116
Hear predictions for 2017 from 15 people in the domain business. It’s the annual Domain Name Wire Podcast Predictions episode! Hear predictions from 15 people in the domain name industry about what they think is in store for 2017. This year&rsq...
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2017 Predictions – DNW Podcast #116
Hear predictions for 2017 from 15 people in the domain business. It’s the annual Domain Name Wire Podcast Predictions episode! Hear predictions from 15 people in the domain name industry about what they think is in store for 2017. This year&rsq...
Discussion
December 27, 2016, 3:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts extends brand protection offering
DPML Plus will be available until the end of March, and regular DPML price will remain unchanged through the end of January. New top level domain name company Donuts is extending its Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) Plus service, making it availab...
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Donuts extends brand protection offering
DPML Plus will be available until the end of March, and regular DPML price will remain unchanged through the end of January. New top level domain name company Donuts is extending its Domains Protected Marks List (DPML) Plus service, making it availab...
Discussion
December 27, 2016, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chinese buyer of TS.com also buys GH.com
Chinese investor picks up two two-letter domain names this month. The Chinese domain investor who bought TS.com earlier this month has also purchased GH.com. The buyer was represented by 190.com, which informed Domain Name Wire that the purchase pric...
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Chinese buyer of TS.com also buys GH.com
Chinese investor picks up two two-letter domain names this month. The Chinese domain investor who bought TS.com earlier this month has also purchased GH.com. The buyer was represented by 190.com, which informed Domain Name Wire that the purchase pric...
Discussion
December 26, 2016, 6:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Second bite at the cherry” fails for SoccerMall.com
Second UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store’s second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a ...
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“Second bite at the cherry” fails for SoccerMall.com
Second UDRP for domain name is rejected. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has denied a Phoenix soccer store’s second attempt to get SoccerMall.com through a UDRP. Hassan Shams owns a store called Soccer Mall, and managed to recently get a ...
Discussion
December 23, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Business Insider and others bought last week
Business Insider buys domain name for new section of its site. I’ve found that December is one of the best domain sales months of the year. People want to buy domains for projects before the year is up, and other people make New Year’s Re...
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What domain names Business Insider and others bought last week
Business Insider buys domain name for new section of its site. I’ve found that December is one of the best domain sales months of the year. People want to buy domains for projects before the year is up, and other people make New Year’s Re...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
The unhappy decline of Oversee.net
Lawsuit reveals details on the company’s deal with Oak Hill and its subsequent fall from prominence. Oversee.net was once a high-flying darling of the domain name industry. It was rolling in dough–over $200 million a year in revenue at on...
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The unhappy decline of Oversee.net
Lawsuit reveals details on the company’s deal with Oak Hill and its subsequent fall from prominence. Oversee.net was once a high-flying darling of the domain name industry. It was rolling in dough–over $200 million a year in revenue at on...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN gives Whois privacy services breathing room on new transfer policy
Board chairman instructs ICANN to defer compliance on part of new transfer policy. On December 1, a new domain name transfer policy went into effect that requires both the previous and new registrant of a domain name to approve changes to certain reg...
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ICANN gives Whois privacy services breathing room on new transfer policy
Board chairman instructs ICANN to defer compliance on part of new transfer policy. On December 1, a new domain name transfer policy went into effect that requires both the previous and new registrant of a domain name to approve changes to certain reg...
Discussion
December 22, 2016, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
#8 in 2016: A New Trademark King?
Trying to trademark domain names you don’t even own? That’s enough to land on the top 10 stories for 2016. In 2014, I wrote about a hapless trademark applicant who spent about $50,000 in fees trying to trademark everything from Apple.com ...
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#8 in 2016: A New Trademark King?
Trying to trademark domain names you don’t even own? That’s enough to land on the top 10 stories for 2016. In 2014, I wrote about a hapless trademark applicant who spent about $50,000 in fees trying to trademark everything from Apple.com ...
Discussion
December 21, 2016, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Someone registered FourthHarmony.com yesterday
Group is down one performer. Should it be called Fourth Harmony? OMG! Like, Camila Cabello totally ditched Fifth Harmony this week. That means the music group is down to just four members, at least for now. OK, I couldn’t give a damn about this...
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Someone registered FourthHarmony.com yesterday
Group is down one performer. Should it be called Fourth Harmony? OMG! Like, Camila Cabello totally ditched Fifth Harmony this week. That means the music group is down to just four members, at least for now. OK, I couldn’t give a damn about this...
Discussion
December 20, 2016, 5:57 pm
