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This week’s new TLDs: .Promo, .Game
Afilias and Uniregistry launch new domain name options this week. Two new top level domain names become available in general availability this week. Afilias launched .promo today. The most obvious use for this domain name is for coupon codes and sale...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Promo, .Game
Afilias and Uniregistry launch new domain name options this week. Two new top level domain names become available in general availability this week. Afilias launched .promo today. The most obvious use for this domain name is for coupon codes and sale...
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May 23, 2016, 7:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Update with Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu – DNW Podcast #85 (NASDAQ:NAME)
Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu talks about the domain business. It’s been almost a year since I sat down with Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu for a podcast. I got the chance to reconnect with Naidu when I was in Seattle a couple weeks ago for DNSeattle. O...
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Update with Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu – DNW Podcast #85 (NASDAQ:NAME)
Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu talks about the domain business. It’s been almost a year since I sat down with Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu for a podcast. I got the chance to reconnect with Naidu when I was in Seattle a couple weeks ago for DNSeattle. O...
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May 23, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Materia.com domain name handed back after lawsuit
Materia.com was transferred after UDRP but respondent got the domain back. Michele Dinoia lost the domain name Materia.com as the respondent in a UDRP in August. Now he has the domain name back. He filed suit in September against California company M...
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Materia.com domain name handed back after lawsuit
Materia.com was transferred after UDRP but respondent got the domain back. Michele Dinoia lost the domain name Materia.com as the respondent in a UDRP in August. Now he has the domain name back. He filed suit in September against California company M...
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May 23, 2016, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.VIP hits 200k registrations, $3.2 million within 5 days
.VIP proves to be a VIP for MMX. MMX (Minds + Machines, LSX:MMX) had a Very Important launch last week. The company announced today that .VIP generated over 200,000 registrations after just five days of general availability. The company has $3.2 mill...
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.VIP hits 200k registrations, $3.2 million within 5 days
.VIP proves to be a VIP for MMX. MMX (Minds + Machines, LSX:MMX) had a Very Important launch last week. The company announced today that .VIP generated over 200,000 registrations after just five days of general availability. The company has $3.2 mill...
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May 23, 2016, 1:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
UDRP panelist files reverse domain name hijacking case
Panelist was attorney for complainant found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. What do you call it when a World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist files a UDRP on behalf of a client and it results in a reverse domain name...
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UDRP panelist files reverse domain name hijacking case
Panelist was attorney for complainant found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. What do you call it when a World Intellectual Property Organization UDRP panelist files a UDRP on behalf of a client and it results in a reverse domain name...
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May 20, 2016, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australian company fails to get Pepperjam domain name in UDRP
Remember affiliate network Pepperjam? An Australian company wants one of its domain names. An Australian lender that uses the brand name “Pepper Money” has failed to get the domain name PepperMoney.com from an old division of eBay. Pepper...
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Australian company fails to get Pepperjam domain name in UDRP
Remember affiliate network Pepperjam? An Australian company wants one of its domain names. An Australian lender that uses the brand name “Pepper Money” has failed to get the domain name PepperMoney.com from an old division of eBay. Pepper...
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May 19, 2016, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Acorn Domains gets new owner, refreshed site
Popular UK domain forum changed hands last year, now upgraded. If you don’t invest in .uk domain names, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Acorn Domains. I don’t own any .uk names, but I know that Acorn Domains is a p...
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Acorn Domains gets new owner, refreshed site
Popular UK domain forum changed hands last year, now upgraded. If you don’t invest in .uk domain names, there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of Acorn Domains. I don’t own any .uk names, but I know that Acorn Domains is a p...
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May 19, 2016, 3:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fred Krueger drops lawsuit against MMX
Co-founder claimed he was owed five million shares. Fred Krueger has dismissed his lawsuit against MMX (Minds + Machines). Krueger sued MMX earlier this year, claiming he was owed five million shares in the new top level domain name company he co-fou...
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Fred Krueger drops lawsuit against MMX
Co-founder claimed he was owed five million shares. Fred Krueger has dismissed his lawsuit against MMX (Minds + Machines). Krueger sued MMX earlier this year, claiming he was owed five million shares in the new top level domain name company he co-fou...
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May 19, 2016, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside investor tells shareholders to vote “no”
Investor continues to push for change at Rightside. J. Carlo Cannell, whose clients at Cannell Capital LLC own about 7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME), is asking other shareholders to vote against the board at its annual meeting Jun...
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Rightside investor tells shareholders to vote “no”
Investor continues to push for change at Rightside. J. Carlo Cannell, whose clients at Cannell Capital LLC own about 7% of outstanding shares of Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME), is asking other shareholders to vote against the board at its annual meeting Jun...
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May 18, 2016, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
LVN.com sells for $50,000, and does Michael Berkens’ $75,000 purchase of Boardroom.com count? Michael Berkens just can’t stop buying domain names. He bought Boardroom.com on Sedo this past week; the top reported sale at the venue. Should ...
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18 end user domain name sales up to $50,000
LVN.com sells for $50,000, and does Michael Berkens’ $75,000 purchase of Boardroom.com count? Michael Berkens just can’t stop buying domain names. He bought Boardroom.com on Sedo this past week; the top reported sale at the venue. Should ...
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May 18, 2016, 2:10 pm
