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These end users just bought domain names
A flooring company, insurance provider and payments business bought domain names. I don’t have many end user sales to report at Sedo from the past week. This isn’t due to a lack of sales; a higher-than-usual number are still in escrow. Ne...
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These end users just bought domain names
A flooring company, insurance provider and payments business bought domain names. I don’t have many end user sales to report at Sedo from the past week. This isn’t due to a lack of sales; a higher-than-usual number are still in escrow. Ne...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 6:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
CIRA board elections end tomorrow
Domain investor Frank Michlick is on the ballot. Board elections for CIRA (.ca) end tomorrow, and there’s a fellow domain name investor on the ballot. Frank Michlick is running for the member candidate slate. He’s competing against five o...
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CIRA board elections end tomorrow
Domain investor Frank Michlick is on the ballot. Board elections for CIRA (.ca) end tomorrow, and there’s a fellow domain name investor on the ballot. Frank Michlick is running for the member candidate slate. He’s competing against five o...
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September 28, 2016, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to offer $10,000 brand protection service
Donuts launches DPML on steroids. Top level domain name company Donuts will offer a new DPML Plus service for the last three months of this year. The service, which has a suggested retail price of $9,999, is an enhancement to the company’s exis...
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Donuts to offer $10,000 brand protection service
Donuts launches DPML on steroids. Top level domain name company Donuts will offer a new DPML Plus service for the last three months of this year. The service, which has a suggested retail price of $9,999, is an enhancement to the company’s exis...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Huh? UDRP against 21-year-old domain based on 2-year-old trademark is not RDNH
Panelist wimps out on finding that complaint was RDNH. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has failed to make a ruling of reverse domain name hijacking in an egregious UDRP filing. Arthur Yarlett / Graphic-FX filed a UDRP against Michael McGloin / ...
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Huh? UDRP against 21-year-old domain based on 2-year-old trademark is not RDNH
Panelist wimps out on finding that complaint was RDNH. A National Arbitration Forum panelist has failed to make a ruling of reverse domain name hijacking in an egregious UDRP filing. Arthur Yarlett / Graphic-FX filed a UDRP against Michael McGloin / ...
Discussion
September 28, 2016, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hot.com…or not? This late-night snack destination has an odd name.
It’s Hot.com, but they don’t own the domain name. Bill Sweetman just returned from DomainFest in Hong Kong. While there, he stopped in a french fry and froyo establishment and was surprised by what he saw. His surprise wasn’t just t...
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Hot.com…or not? This late-night snack destination has an odd name.
It’s Hot.com, but they don’t own the domain name. Bill Sweetman just returned from DomainFest in Hong Kong. While there, he stopped in a french fry and froyo establishment and was surprised by what he saw. His surprise wasn’t just t...
Discussion
September 27, 2016, 5:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
That time ICANN almost came up in a presidential debate
Russia, China, inventing the internet, losing control…but Trump leaves it there. Last night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton certainly was spirited. And there was a brief moment where it looked like the ICAN...
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That time ICANN almost came up in a presidential debate
Russia, China, inventing the internet, losing control…but Trump leaves it there. Last night’s presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton certainly was spirited. And there was a brief moment where it looked like the ICAN...
Discussion
September 27, 2016, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Shop soars with 40,000 registrations in first 30 minutes
High demand for new .shop top level domain name. GMO Registry launched the .shop top level domain name yesterday and the early results are impressive. 39,801 .shop domain names were registered within the first 30 minutes and 45,427 within the first t...
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.Shop soars with 40,000 registrations in first 30 minutes
High demand for new .shop top level domain name. GMO Registry launched the .shop top level domain name yesterday and the early results are impressive. 39,801 .shop domain names were registered within the first 30 minutes and 45,427 within the first t...
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September 27, 2016, 1:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
I did a double take when I saw this domain name yesterday
I think you will, too. I did a double take when I was driving home yesterday. I saw an interesting domain name as I passed by a truck. It took a few moments for it to hit me. Was that really what I just saw? I had to turn the car around to get a [&he...
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I did a double take when I saw this domain name yesterday
I think you will, too. I did a double take when I was driving home yesterday. I saw an interesting domain name as I passed by a truck. It took a few moments for it to hit me. Was that really what I just saw? I had to turn the car around to get a [&he...
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September 26, 2016, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kieren McCarthy explains the “internet handover” – DNW Podcast #103
Why Russia and China aren’t about to take over the internet. The U.S. is “giving away the internet”? Hardly. On today’s show, journalist Kieren McCarthy explains what the U.S. government plans to do with its role in the intern...
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Kieren McCarthy explains the “internet handover” – DNW Podcast #103
Why Russia and China aren’t about to take over the internet. The U.S. is “giving away the internet”? Hardly. On today’s show, journalist Kieren McCarthy explains what the U.S. government plans to do with its role in the intern...
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September 26, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Cloud has a TV commercial on CNN, too
Company behind .cloud starts running TV ads today. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy will be running commercials in pre- and post-debate coverage on major networks. .Cloud is also getting ready to run ads on CNN, which will air in the U.S. and Asia...
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.Cloud has a TV commercial on CNN, too
Company behind .cloud starts running TV ads today. Last week I wrote about how GoDaddy will be running commercials in pre- and post-debate coverage on major networks. .Cloud is also getting ready to run ads on CNN, which will air in the U.S. and Asia...
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September 26, 2016, 1:28 pm
