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.Telnic changes will nuke existing .Tel sites
Owners of .tel domains will need to recreate their “sites” when new service is launched. As I reported back in October, .Tel registry Telnic is removing restrictions on how the domains are used and hosted. Currently, .Tel domain names mus...
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.Telnic changes will nuke existing .Tel sites
Owners of .tel domains will need to recreate their “sites” when new service is launched. As I reported back in October, .Tel registry Telnic is removing restrictions on how the domains are used and hosted. Currently, .Tel domain names mus...
Discussion
December 12, 2016, 8:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Sucks domain to drop its price 99% in January
Brand owners, beware. The .sucks top level domain name has been slow to take off, rendering its alleged “extortion” strategy wounded. But this might change next month. .Sucks registry Vox Populi will begin a rebate program in January that...
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.Sucks domain to drop its price 99% in January
Brand owners, beware. The .sucks top level domain name has been slow to take off, rendering its alleged “extortion” strategy wounded. But this might change next month. .Sucks registry Vox Populi will begin a rebate program in January that...
Discussion
December 12, 2016, 8:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon updates its new top level domain website to prepare for launch
Amazon shows progress on new TLD rollout. Amazon.com has updated its AmazonRegistry.com web site to promote its upcoming top level domain name launches. The page currently focuses on the French-language .moi domain name. It is due to hit general avai...
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Amazon updates its new top level domain website to prepare for launch
Amazon shows progress on new TLD rollout. Amazon.com has updated its AmazonRegistry.com web site to promote its upcoming top level domain name launches. The page currently focuses on the French-language .moi domain name. It is due to hit general avai...
Discussion
December 12, 2016, 7:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nicole Henderson on Hosting – DNW Podcast #114
Understanding the webhosting business and GoDaddy’s $1.8 billion acquisition. The domain name and webhosting businesses are tightly intertwined. This week, TheWHIR editor-in-chief Nicole Henderson comes on the show to talk about GoDaddy’s...
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Nicole Henderson on Hosting – DNW Podcast #114
Understanding the webhosting business and GoDaddy’s $1.8 billion acquisition. The domain name and webhosting businesses are tightly intertwined. This week, TheWHIR editor-in-chief Nicole Henderson comes on the show to talk about GoDaddy’s...
Discussion
December 12, 2016, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
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Fighting a battle against Referral Spam
It’s a real pain without a good solution. I’ve been fighting a battle with referral spam over the past few weeks. Referral spam is when a website sends lots of bogus traffic to your site in order to show up in your site analytics. They ho...
Discussion
December 9, 2016, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
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10 notable NameJet sales from last month
From Peb.com to Fidel.com, here are some notable domain name sales on NameJet last month. NameJet sold 164 domain names over $2,000 last month for a total of $725,000. Here are ten sales that stuck out to me. Peb.com $45,000 – I think the buyer...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
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Donuts to hold off on Chinese IDNs until it gets MIIT approval
Final dates not set for for Chinese internationalized domain names. Top level domain name company Donuts is currently running sunrise for four Chinese IDN domain names, but it has yet to set general availability dates for the four domains. Some regis...
Discussion
December 8, 2016, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org non-profit is looking for new members of Board of Directors
Want to be on the board of a non-profit domain name registry? Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit that runs the .org top level domain name and a few related new TLDs, is looking for new members for its Board of Directors. Nominations, incl...
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.Org non-profit is looking for new members of Board of Directors
Want to be on the board of a non-profit domain name registry? Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit that runs the .org top level domain name and a few related new TLDs, is looking for new members for its Board of Directors. Nominations, incl...
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December 7, 2016, 10:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain buyers, including AIG
AIG among domain name buyers last week. It was a very international week for Sedo, which disclosed 47 country code domain sales over $2,000. That’s more than twice the number of .coms! It was helped a lot by the .AT auction, but that only expla...
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16 end user domain buyers, including AIG
AIG among domain name buyers last week. It was a very international week for Sedo, which disclosed 47 country code domain sales over $2,000. That’s more than twice the number of .coms! It was helped a lot by the .AT auction, but that only expla...
Discussion
December 7, 2016, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Meet the brokers behind TS.com domain name purchase
190.com brokers TS.com domain name acquisition. GoDaddy’s NameFind sold the two letter domain name TS.com recently. While the buyer behind the deal is private, the broker is not. 190.com brokered the deal for TS.com. While the company declined ...
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Meet the brokers behind TS.com domain name purchase
190.com brokers TS.com domain name acquisition. GoDaddy’s NameFind sold the two letter domain name TS.com recently. While the buyer behind the deal is private, the broker is not. 190.com brokered the deal for TS.com. While the company declined ...
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December 7, 2016, 3:36 pm
