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Premium domains are confusing, but can be profitable for domain name registries
I don’t blame registries for holding back premiums. Here’s some data. Premium domain names in new TLDS–those priced higher than the regular price for registration–can be frustrating for domain investors. But there’s no d...
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Premium domains are confusing, but can be profitable for domain name registries
I don’t blame registries for holding back premiums. Here’s some data. Premium domain names in new TLDS–those priced higher than the regular price for registration–can be frustrating for domain investors. But there’s no d...
Discussion
May 10, 2016, 7:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
ETH Zurich might need an intellectual property degree program
Company loses two disputes over ETH domains but picks up ETHZ.com. I’m sure that Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) is a fine institution. Albert Einstein once taught there. But the technology university apparently doe...
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ETH Zurich might need an intellectual property degree program
Company loses two disputes over ETH domains but picks up ETHZ.com. I’m sure that Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich) is a fine institution. Albert Einstein once taught there. But the technology university apparently doe...
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May 10, 2016, 7:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Cars cybersquatter is about to learn an expensive lesson
Audi files cybersquatting complaint against owner of expensive .cars and .auto domain names. With an annual price tag of over $2,000, you’d think that all cybersquatters would be deterred from registering famous brands in the .car, .cars and .a...
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.Cars cybersquatter is about to learn an expensive lesson
Audi files cybersquatting complaint against owner of expensive .cars and .auto domain names. With an annual price tag of over $2,000, you’d think that all cybersquatters would be deterred from registering famous brands in the .car, .cars and .a...
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May 10, 2016, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows expects $2 million gross margin per year from Melbourne IT acquisition
Company acquired international accounts for $6.0 million on April 1. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) expects its acquisition of reseller accounts from Melbourne IT to generate $2 million in gross margin per year, the company revealed yesterday. The company paid...
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Tucows expects $2 million gross margin per year from Melbourne IT acquisition
Company acquired international accounts for $6.0 million on April 1. Tucows (NASDAQ: TCX) expects its acquisition of reseller accounts from Melbourne IT to generate $2 million in gross margin per year, the company revealed yesterday. The company paid...
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May 10, 2016, 1:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Want to get booked on podcasts? Sign up for PodcastGuests.com
PodcastGuests.com facilitates matching podcasters with great guests. I’ve been publishing the Domain Name Wire Podcast for 83 weeks now. It’s a lot of fun. It allows me to go in-depth with domain company leaders, domain investors and othe...
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Want to get booked on podcasts? Sign up for PodcastGuests.com
PodcastGuests.com facilitates matching podcasters with great guests. I’ve been publishing the Domain Name Wire Podcast for 83 weeks now. It’s a lot of fun. It allows me to go in-depth with domain company leaders, domain investors and othe...
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May 9, 2016, 7:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club and Radix domains get top billing at TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon
Hundreds of projects built on new domain names. .Club and several domains from Radix got great exposure at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon this past weekend. As the two top level domain companies have done previously, they offered domain names to...
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.Club and Radix domains get top billing at TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon
Hundreds of projects built on new domain names. .Club and several domains from Radix got great exposure at the TechCrunch Disrupt NY Hackathon this past weekend. As the two top level domain companies have done previously, they offered domain names to...
Discussion
May 9, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trademarks and Copyrights with Daliah Saper – DNW Podcast #83
A crash course in trademarks and copyright for domain name investors. What do domain name investors and domain developers need to know about trademarks and copyrights? Daliah Saper of Saper Law gives a quick crash course on today’s podcast, inc...
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Trademarks and Copyrights with Daliah Saper – DNW Podcast #83
A crash course in trademarks and copyright for domain name investors. What do domain name investors and domain developers need to know about trademarks and copyrights? Daliah Saper of Saper Law gives a quick crash course on today’s podcast, inc...
Discussion
May 9, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
LA.com domain name sold for $1.2 million
Publisher of the L.A. Times paid a lot of cash for LA.com. In March, I wrote about how Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. At the time, I wrote “I imagine this was a sol...
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LA.com domain name sold for $1.2 million
Publisher of the L.A. Times paid a lot of cash for LA.com. In March, I wrote about how Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. At the time, I wrote “I imagine this was a sol...
Discussion
May 9, 2016, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN sends termination notices to 10 new TLD owners
ICANN plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. ICANN has sent termination notices to ten contracted new top level domain name applicants, informing them that it plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. The ten applicants applied f...
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ICANN sends termination notices to 10 new TLD owners
ICANN plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. ICANN has sent termination notices to ten contracted new top level domain name applicants, informing them that it plans to cancel their top level domain agreements. The ten applicants applied f...
Discussion
May 8, 2016, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
How serious domain investors can help new TLDs succeed (and make money in the process)
[Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Francesco Cetraro, Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud.] Last week I had the honour of being invited to speak at the first edition of DomainersMeet in Dubai. The main focus of the event was to drive aw...
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How serious domain investors can help new TLDs succeed (and make money in the process)
[Editor’s note: this is a guest post by Francesco Cetraro, Head of Registry Operations for .Cloud.] Last week I had the honour of being invited to speak at the first edition of DomainersMeet in Dubai. The main focus of the event was to drive aw...
Discussion
May 6, 2016, 2:46 pm
