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Pirate Bay founder starts Whois Proxy service
For those times you really, really need to be private. Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has launched a new Whois Proxy service at Njal.la. The Njalla site explains that the founders believe other whois privacy services are lacking, so they created this...
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Pirate Bay founder starts Whois Proxy service
For those times you really, really need to be private. Pirate Bay founder Peter Sunde has launched a new Whois Proxy service at Njal.la. The Njalla site explains that the founders believe other whois privacy services are lacking, so they created this...
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April 19, 2017, 4:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX scores $500,000 domain name deal
Details are limited but deal will give MMX’s portfolio a nice bump. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines) has scored a $500,000 deal to register 90,000 second level domain names under its top level domain names within the nex...
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MMX scores $500,000 domain name deal
Details are limited but deal will give MMX’s portfolio a nice bump. New top level domain name company MMX (Minds + Machines) has scored a $500,000 deal to register 90,000 second level domain names under its top level domain names within the nex...
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April 19, 2017, 3:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Court determines Oversee.net co-founder’s case can move forward
Opinion retains most of Frederick Hsu’s claims against Oversee.net investors, officers and board members. Last year, I wrote about a lawsuit that Oversee.net co-founder Frederick Hsu (through the Frederick Hsu Living Trust) filed against Overse...
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Court determines Oversee.net co-founder’s case can move forward
Opinion retains most of Frederick Hsu’s claims against Oversee.net investors, officers and board members. Last year, I wrote about a lawsuit that Oversee.net co-founder Frederick Hsu (through the Frederick Hsu Living Trust) filed against Overse...
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April 18, 2017, 7:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Egregious DCAC.com UDRP denied
Company was formed after domain was registered and complaint omitted key information. A dead-on-arrival “Plan B” UDRP complaint for DCAC.com has been denied, but the panelist didn’t bother to consider if it was reverse domain name h...
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Egregious DCAC.com UDRP denied
Company was formed after domain was registered and complaint omitted key information. A dead-on-arrival “Plan B” UDRP complaint for DCAC.com has been denied, but the panelist didn’t bother to consider if it was reverse domain name h...
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April 18, 2017, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
NBC registers funny Donald Trump domain names for Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Is Trump live tweeting Fox and Friends? Is he looking at a map and trying to figure out which one is North Korea? The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon has registered some domain names for what is likely an upcoming* joke about Donald Trump. The dom...
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NBC registers funny Donald Trump domain names for Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
Is Trump live tweeting Fox and Friends? Is he looking at a map and trying to figure out which one is North Korea? The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon has registered some domain names for what is likely an upcoming* joke about Donald Trump. The dom...
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April 18, 2017, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Boston Ivy to drop premium renewals
Company that operates four financial domains abandons premium renewal model. Boston Ivy, the top level domain name that operates .broker, .forex, .markets and .trading, will drop premium renewals on premium domain names registered starting May 1. The...
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Boston Ivy to drop premium renewals
Company that operates four financial domains abandons premium renewal model. Boston Ivy, the top level domain name that operates .broker, .forex, .markets and .trading, will drop premium renewals on premium domain names registered starting May 1. The...
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April 17, 2017, 7:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Making money with brandable domains – DNW Podcast #132
Is the brandable domain name market and opportunity for you? Michael Krell, managing director of BrandBucket, discusses how to make money with brandable domain names. Understand the market for these domains, the prices, sell-through rates and more. A...
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Making money with brandable domains – DNW Podcast #132
Is the brandable domain name market and opportunity for you? Michael Krell, managing director of BrandBucket, discusses how to make money with brandable domain names. Understand the market for these domains, the prices, sell-through rates and more. A...
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April 17, 2017, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
J. Carlo Cannell may push for Rightside board shakeup (again)
Activist investor toys with proposing his own board candidates. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose investment firms own 8.7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME)stock, might push for his own slate of three directors for the company’s ...
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J. Carlo Cannell may push for Rightside board shakeup (again)
Activist investor toys with proposing his own board candidates. Investor J. Carlo Cannell, whose investment firms own 8.7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME)stock, might push for his own slate of three directors for the company’s ...
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April 17, 2017, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Jason Calacanis sells 20.com for $1.75 million to Chinese domain buyer
Two digit domain name sells for seven digits. Entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis has sold the domain name 20.com for $1.75 million to a Chinese buyer. Last week, Calacanis tweeted: Got a cash offer of 1.75m for https://t.co/xfklAPjOV1;feels li...
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Jason Calacanis sells 20.com for $1.75 million to Chinese domain buyer
Two digit domain name sells for seven digits. Entrepreneur and investor Jason Calacanis has sold the domain name 20.com for $1.75 million to a Chinese buyer. Last week, Calacanis tweeted: Got a cash offer of 1.75m for https://t.co/xfklAPjOV1;feels li...
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April 17, 2017, 1:19 pm
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How selling cheap domains ruins your TLD for all users
Selling cheap domains leads to a bunch of abuse. If you’re going to essentially give away domain names in your top level domain name in order to create an impression of great demand, then you’re killing the extension for legitimate users....
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How selling cheap domains ruins your TLD for all users
Selling cheap domains leads to a bunch of abuse. If you’re going to essentially give away domain names in your top level domain name in order to create an impression of great demand, then you’re killing the extension for legitimate users....
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April 14, 2017, 3:15 pm
