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Big companies and domain names – DNW Podcast #112
Jamie Zoch discusses corporate domain name strategies and how you can profit from them. Do big companies get it when it comes to domain names? Jamie Zoch closely tracks company domain name registrations and works with them to buy and sell domain name...
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Big companies and domain names – DNW Podcast #112
Jamie Zoch discusses corporate domain name strategies and how you can profit from them. Do big companies get it when it comes to domain names? Jamie Zoch closely tracks company domain name registrations and works with them to buy and sell domain name...
Discussion
November 28, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges CostaRica.com domain name stolen
Domain name was stolen last year, suit alleges. CostaRica.com, Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging that the domain name CostaRica.com is stolen. The company filed the in rem action in U.S. District Court in Virginia, where Verisign is located. Accordin...
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Lawsuit alleges CostaRica.com domain name stolen
Domain name was stolen last year, suit alleges. CostaRica.com, Inc. has filed a lawsuit alleging that the domain name CostaRica.com is stolen. The company filed the in rem action in U.S. District Court in Virginia, where Verisign is located. Accordin...
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November 28, 2016, 3:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $27,000
A dieting domain name sells for $27,000 and other nice end user domain name sales. I was in a turkey coma last week and didn’t get around to publishing the weekly end user list, so here it is a week late. Sedo had a nice sales week with a numbe...
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End user domain name sales up to $27,000
A dieting domain name sells for $27,000 and other nice end user domain name sales. I was in a turkey coma last week and didn’t get around to publishing the weekly end user list, so here it is a week late. Sedo had a nice sales week with a numbe...
Discussion
November 28, 2016, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com domains for $1.99 on Black Friday
Domains are discounted, but you’ll have to hunt for the best deals. Domain name registrars are rolling out promotions for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While most of the discounts are for new TLDs and not much better than other promotions, the...
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.Com domains for $1.99 on Black Friday
Domains are discounted, but you’ll have to hunt for the best deals. Domain name registrars are rolling out promotions for Black Friday and Cyber Monday. While most of the discounts are for new TLDs and not much better than other promotions, the...
Discussion
November 25, 2016, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Australian swimwear company guilty of RDNH over Hottie.com
Company owns Hottie.com.au, wants Hottie.com. Easton Corp Pty Ltd, which sells swimwear and lingerie at Hottie.com.au, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Hottie.com. The current owner of the domain na...
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Australian swimwear company guilty of RDNH over Hottie.com
Company owns Hottie.com.au, wants Hottie.com. Easton Corp Pty Ltd, which sells swimwear and lingerie at Hottie.com.au, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Hottie.com. The current owner of the domain na...
Discussion
November 24, 2016, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet adds fee to most purchases
Fee will apply to any purchase/funding not made by wire transfer. NameJet will soon start adding a 2.5% surcharge to purchases and deposits made with payment methods other than wire transfer. The fee kicks in December 14. It will apply to credit card...
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NameJet adds fee to most purchases
Fee will apply to any purchase/funding not made by wire transfer. NameJet will soon start adding a 2.5% surcharge to purchases and deposits made with payment methods other than wire transfer. The fee kicks in December 14. It will apply to credit card...
Discussion
November 23, 2016, 9:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Urgent: update your Whois records before December 1
Do this now to avoid a big pain in the future. Hopefully my U.S. readers are getting ready to enjoy turkey and stuffing right now, but you need to get back to work before the end of the month. As I discussed on this week’s podcast, a new domain...
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Urgent: update your Whois records before December 1
Do this now to avoid a big pain in the future. Hopefully my U.S. readers are getting ready to enjoy turkey and stuffing right now, but you need to get back to work before the end of the month. As I discussed on this week’s podcast, a new domain...
Discussion
November 23, 2016, 3:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Over 19,000 .blog domain names registered in first 24 hours
Total with sunrise and landrush now tops 21,000. The .blog domain name is off to a pretty good start in terms of domain name registrations. 19,035 domain names were registered during the first 24 hours of general availability, the registry confirmed ...
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Over 19,000 .blog domain names registered in first 24 hours
Total with sunrise and landrush now tops 21,000. The .blog domain name is off to a pretty good start in terms of domain name registrations. 19,035 domain names were registered during the first 24 hours of general availability, the registry confirmed ...
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November 22, 2016, 8:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another major registrar is sending expired domains to GoDaddy
Endurance’s PDR is sending expired domain inventory to GoDaddy Auctions. It looks like GoDaddy Auctions has picked up another major expired domain name partner. I was searching expired domain names today and noticed many domain names registered...
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Another major registrar is sending expired domains to GoDaddy
Endurance’s PDR is sending expired domain inventory to GoDaddy Auctions. It looks like GoDaddy Auctions has picked up another major expired domain name partner. I was searching expired domain names today and noticed many domain names registered...
Discussion
November 22, 2016, 7:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s .AT auction results continue to impress
Second lot of domains has fewer standout sales but is still impressive. I’ll admit to being a bit surprised when c.at sold for €56,000 in an auction on Sedo this month. .AT is the country code domain for Austria. Now the second batch of .a...
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Sedo’s .AT auction results continue to impress
Second lot of domains has fewer standout sales but is still impressive. I’ll admit to being a bit surprised when c.at sold for €56,000 in an auction on Sedo this month. .AT is the country code domain for Austria. Now the second batch of .a...
Discussion
November 22, 2016, 4:29 pm
