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Stolen LDW.com domain name returned in UDRP
Original registrant discovered theft late last year. Game developer LDW Software, LLC has successfully recovered the stolen domain name LDW.com through a UDRP. The alleged theft appears to have happened in 2015, but the company didn’t become aw...
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Stolen LDW.com domain name returned in UDRP
Original registrant discovered theft late last year. Game developer LDW Software, LLC has successfully recovered the stolen domain name LDW.com through a UDRP. The alleged theft appears to have happened in 2015, but the company didn’t become aw...
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May 3, 2017, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XYZ domains can’t be registered in China, Negari says it’s temporary
XYZ CEO Daniel Negari says the company is working to resolve issues selling domains in China. China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed domain name registrars in China to stop selling .xyz domain names as of May 4, D...
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.XYZ domains can’t be registered in China, Negari says it’s temporary
XYZ CEO Daniel Negari says the company is working to resolve issues selling domains in China. China Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has instructed domain name registrars in China to stop selling .xyz domain names as of May 4, D...
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May 3, 2017, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Richard Tindal leaves Donuts
Exit follows Stahura’s role change. Half of new top level domain name company Donuts’ founding team is no longer in their original day-to-day roles. The company announced that Richard Tindal, COO and one of four co-founders of the company...
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Richard Tindal leaves Donuts
Exit follows Stahura’s role change. Half of new top level domain name company Donuts’ founding team is no longer in their original day-to-day roles. The company announced that Richard Tindal, COO and one of four co-founders of the company...
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May 3, 2017, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy reports earnings, Domain revenue dips from Q4 but up YoY
Domain revenue slips compared to Q4. GoDaddy (NASDAQ:GDDY) reported Q1 2017 earnings after the bell today. Topline revenue was $489.7 million, up 12.9% year over year. Bookings hit $624.8 million, up 12.0% year over year. The domain name business pul...
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GoDaddy reports earnings, Domain revenue dips from Q4 but up YoY
Domain revenue slips compared to Q4. GoDaddy (NASDAQ:GDDY) reported Q1 2017 earnings after the bell today. Topline revenue was $489.7 million, up 12.9% year over year. Bookings hit $624.8 million, up 12.0% year over year. The domain name business pul...
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May 2, 2017, 8:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
.NYC tech domain name auction kicks off at SnapNames
Latest themed auction features tech and entrepreneur domain names. Today marks the official start of the tech-themed auction of .NYC domain names at SnapNames. The auction follows on the heels of a successful .NYC auction at SnapNames for fashion dom...
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.NYC tech domain name auction kicks off at SnapNames
Latest themed auction features tech and entrepreneur domain names. Today marks the official start of the tech-themed auction of .NYC domain names at SnapNames. The auction follows on the heels of a successful .NYC auction at SnapNames for fashion dom...
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May 2, 2017, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
January data show why Rightside sold eNom: Namecheap
Namecheap made a wholesale switch to its own accreditation in January. ICANN has published data from Verisign about .com activity in January, and it reveals a good reason why Rightside sold eNom to Tucows. Namecheap. Namecheap has always been a big p...
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January data show why Rightside sold eNom: Namecheap
Namecheap made a wholesale switch to its own accreditation in January. ICANN has published data from Verisign about .com activity in January, and it reveals a good reason why Rightside sold eNom to Tucows. Namecheap. Namecheap has always been a big p...
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May 2, 2017, 1:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
How End User Domain Buyers Think – DNW Podcast #134
Listen to an entrepreneur explain why he paid $40,000 to upgrade his domain name. Domain name sellers need to understand how companies looking for domain names think. Today we talk with Christopher Gimmer, founder of Snappa, a company that just paid ...
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How End User Domain Buyers Think – DNW Podcast #134
Listen to an entrepreneur explain why he paid $40,000 to upgrade his domain name. Domain name sellers need to understand how companies looking for domain names think. Today we talk with Christopher Gimmer, founder of Snappa, a company that just paid ...
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May 1, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
What if Donald Trump tweeted about domain names?
It would probably look a lot like this. Twitter has given Donald Trump an easy and direct way to reach his fans at any time of day, even (especially) at 3 am. Wonder what it would look like if Trump tweeted about domain names? Probably something like...
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What if Donald Trump tweeted about domain names?
It would probably look a lot like this. Twitter has given Donald Trump an easy and direct way to reach his fans at any time of day, even (especially) at 3 am. Wonder what it would look like if Trump tweeted about domain names? Probably something like...
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May 1, 2017, 1:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign credits Super Bowl for strong quarter
Super Bowl ads propel new domain registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) released earnings and business results for Q1 2016 yesterday after the closing bell. 9.5 million new .com and .net registrations occurred in the quarter, beating expectations. Whi...
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Verisign credits Super Bowl for strong quarter
Super Bowl ads propel new domain registrations. Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) released earnings and business results for Q1 2016 yesterday after the closing bell. 9.5 million new .com and .net registrations occurred in the quarter, beating expectations. Whi...
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April 28, 2017, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
The EPA let NoAttacks.org expire. Then it blamed the new owner for cybersquatting.
Your tax dollars at work. Here’s a good example if you want to get a feel for how the federal government can work. For about 15 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used the domain name NoAttacks.com for an anti-asthma campaign. In l...
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The EPA let NoAttacks.org expire. Then it blamed the new owner for cybersquatting.
Your tax dollars at work. Here’s a good example if you want to get a feel for how the federal government can work. For about 15 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency used the domain name NoAttacks.com for an anti-asthma campaign. In l...
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April 28, 2017, 1:14 pm
