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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...
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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
Domain Name Wire
MailboxPark wants to monetize email to your parked domain names
Company will pay you for email sent to domain names you own. MailboxPark, a new offering from 250ok, will pay domain name owners for their parked domains’ email traffic. The new service requires domain owners to point their MX records to Mailbo...
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MailboxPark wants to monetize email to your parked domain names
Company will pay you for email sent to domain names you own. MailboxPark, a new offering from 250ok, will pay domain name owners for their parked domains’ email traffic. The new service requires domain owners to point their MX records to Mailbo...
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November 22, 2016, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
My first new TLD sale
More to come? I hope so. It’s been over two years since I registered my first domain name in a “new” top level domain name. I finally have a sale. At $1,000, it’s nothing to write home about. But to be fair, I haven’t in...
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My first new TLD sale
More to come? I hope so. It’s been over two years since I registered my first domain name in a “new” top level domain name. I finally have a sale. At $1,000, it’s nothing to write home about. But to be fair, I haven’t in...
Discussion
November 22, 2016, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
More information about Jeff Baron lawsuit
In June, I wrote about a lawsuit involving a number of domain names that were sold through a receivership as a result of litigation with Jeff Baron. A company called Associated Recovery LLC filed suit claiming that these domains were improperly sold ...
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More information about Jeff Baron lawsuit
In June, I wrote about a lawsuit involving a number of domain names that were sold through a receivership as a result of litigation with Jeff Baron. A company called Associated Recovery LLC filed suit claiming that these domains were improperly sold ...
Discussion
November 22, 2016, 3:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
New Domain Transfer Policy – DNW Podcast #111
What you need to know–and do–about ICANN’s new transfer policy. This is an important episode for all domain name investors. A new domain name transfer policy goes into effect on December 1, and it applies to domain pushes. If you do...
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New Domain Transfer Policy – DNW Podcast #111
What you need to know–and do–about ICANN’s new transfer policy. This is an important episode for all domain name investors. A new domain name transfer policy goes into effect on December 1, and it applies to domain pushes. If you do...
Discussion
November 21, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic hires Andy Churley as Marketing Director
Churley has domain registrar and registry experience. Domain name company CentralNic today announced that it has hired Andy Churley as Group Marketing Director. Churley will oversee marketing across all of CentralNic’s companies, which include ...
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CentralNic hires Andy Churley as Marketing Director
Churley has domain registrar and registry experience. Domain name company CentralNic today announced that it has hired Andy Churley as Group Marketing Director. Churley will oversee marketing across all of CentralNic’s companies, which include ...
Discussion
November 21, 2016, 12:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
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A strange thing is happening to domain names suspended in URS
…they’re being renewed. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced as an alternative to Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (URDP) when new top level domain names were introduced. URS is a faster, cheaper version of UDRP. A ...
Discussion
November 18, 2016, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
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Boeing’s fight against “Newborn” domain names
Can flagging new domain names help stop the spread of malware? We all get emails with links that go to phishing and malware sites. There’s one thing in common with most of the domains hosting this bad stuff: they were registered a short time ag...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
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A legitimate gripe about .blog, but really new TLDs in general
This guy says that .blog changed the rules on him. Sound familiar? Chris Schidle is upset with Automattic right now because he couldn’t get Chris.blog. And I don’t blame him. Chris isn’t an idiot. He’s also an entrepreneur. Wh...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 7:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
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Radix releases data on premium domain names
Company reports over $600,000 in premium revenue last quarter. Many new top level domain name companies are following a business practice popularized by .TV: selling domain names that come with an annual premium fee. Radix, which runs domain names su...
Discussion
November 17, 2016, 4:35 pm
