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Two-letter AT.properties domain name saved in UDRP
Company that uses atproperties.com wanted the “domain hack”. Illinois real estate company @Properties has failed to get the domain name AT.properties in a UDRP. @Properties uses the domain name atproperties.com, and also registered atprop...
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Two-letter AT.properties domain name saved in UDRP
Company that uses atproperties.com wanted the “domain hack”. Illinois real estate company @Properties has failed to get the domain name AT.properties in a UDRP. @Properties uses the domain name atproperties.com, and also registered atprop...
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May 3, 2016, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic hits 4 million new top level domain names
XYZ and Radix propel CentralNic’s registry growth. CentralNic now has over 4 million domain names on its new top level domain registry services platform, the company announced today. It provides registry services to .xyz, which accounts for abo...
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CentralNic hits 4 million new top level domain names
XYZ and Radix propel CentralNic’s registry growth. CentralNic now has over 4 million domain names on its new top level domain registry services platform, the company announced today. It provides registry services to .xyz, which accounts for abo...
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May 3, 2016, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts makes first investment through Donuts Labs
Donuts’ first investment is in a geofencing company. Top level domain name company Donuts has made the first of what promises to be many investments through its new Donuts Labs program. Through Donuts Labs, the company is putting its capital an...
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Donuts makes first investment through Donuts Labs
Donuts’ first investment is in a geofencing company. Top level domain name company Donuts has made the first of what promises to be many investments through its new Donuts Labs program. Through Donuts Labs, the company is putting its capital an...
Discussion
May 3, 2016, 1:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
SportAccord council member on U.S. Sanctions List is replaced
Ilyumzhinov removed from council list. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been removed from a list of SportAccord Council members published on the .sport domain applicant’s website. It appears he was replaced by another member. Domain Name Wire published a...
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SportAccord council member on U.S. Sanctions List is replaced
Ilyumzhinov removed from council list. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has been removed from a list of SportAccord Council members published on the .sport domain applicant’s website. It appears he was replaced by another member. Domain Name Wire published a...
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May 2, 2016, 8:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainTools CEO Tim Chen – DNW Podcast #82
CEO sits in the hot seat to explain DomainTools’ big account changes. The domain name investing community was up in arms last week after DomainTools announced big changes to its subscription plans by raising prices and limiting searches. On thi...
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DomainTools CEO Tim Chen – DNW Podcast #82
CEO sits in the hot seat to explain DomainTools’ big account changes. The domain name investing community was up in arms last week after DomainTools announced big changes to its subscription plans by raising prices and limiting searches. On thi...
Discussion
May 2, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names are in demand? A buyer broker speaks.
Bill Sweetman analyzes his 500 most recent buy requests. If you want to understand what type of domain names are in demand, a good person to talk with is someone who buys domains on behalf of clients. One of these people is Bill Sweetman of Name Ninj...
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What domain names are in demand? A buyer broker speaks.
Bill Sweetman analyzes his 500 most recent buy requests. If you want to understand what type of domain names are in demand, a good person to talk with is someone who buys domains on behalf of clients. One of these people is Bill Sweetman of Name Ninj...
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May 2, 2016, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign on 2016 expectations and IDNs
Company warns Q4 might see a drop, says more IDNs on the way. Verisign held its quarterly investor call yesterday after announcing another quarter of better-than-usual results. The company added 2.65 million net additions in .com and .net, above its ...
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Verisign on 2016 expectations and IDNs
Company warns Q4 might see a drop, says more IDNs on the way. Verisign held its quarterly investor call yesterday after announcing another quarter of better-than-usual results. The company added 2.65 million net additions in .com and .net, above its ...
Discussion
April 29, 2016, 1:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign signs deal with China’s CNNIC for real name verification
Group that operates .CN will assist Verisign with identity verification of .com and .net registrants. Verisign has signed an agreement with China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) for real name verification. Back in December, I wrote about ...
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Verisign signs deal with China’s CNNIC for real name verification
Group that operates .CN will assist Verisign with identity verification of .com and .net registrants. Verisign has signed an agreement with China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) for real name verification. Back in December, I wrote about ...
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April 29, 2016, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign has a new term for dropcatchers: scavengers
XYZ/Verisign dispute goes on as “scavengers” snap up expired domains. Verisign has filed a reply (pdf) to XYZ’s brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals over the .com giant’s false advertising charges. As you may recall, Verisign sa...
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Verisign has a new term for dropcatchers: scavengers
XYZ/Verisign dispute goes on as “scavengers” snap up expired domains. Verisign has filed a reply (pdf) to XYZ’s brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals over the .com giant’s false advertising charges. As you may recall, Verisign sa...
Discussion
April 28, 2016, 9:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign has another amazing quarter
.Com and .net continue to surge for Verisign. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) reported Q1 results after the bell today. It had another strong quarter, topping its forecast for net domain name additions. It expected 1.5 to 2.0 million net adds in the quarter. It...
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Verisign has another amazing quarter
.Com and .net continue to surge for Verisign. Verisign (NYSE:VRSN) reported Q1 results after the bell today. It had another strong quarter, topping its forecast for net domain name additions. It expected 1.5 to 2.0 million net adds in the quarter. It...
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April 28, 2016, 8:18 pm
