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Domaining Europe to take place in Berlin in May
Berlin to host next Domaining Europe conference in May. Dietmar Stefitz, organizer of the Domaining Europe conference, has announced that the next conference will take place in Berlin May 14-16. The event will be held in cooperation with ECO, The Ass...
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Domaining Europe to take place in Berlin in May
Berlin to host next Domaining Europe conference in May. Dietmar Stefitz, organizer of the Domaining Europe conference, has announced that the next conference will take place in Berlin May 14-16. The event will be held in cooperation with ECO, The Ass...
Discussion
November 16, 2016, 10:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s the end of domain search as we know it (and I feel fine)
Fracesco Cetraro of .Cloud provides these reflections for a new user-centric approach to getting people online. As a domain geek working in an industry full of people passionate about domains, I often find myself involved in very interesting discussi...
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It’s the end of domain search as we know it (and I feel fine)
Fracesco Cetraro of .Cloud provides these reflections for a new user-centric approach to getting people online. As a domain geek working in an industry full of people passionate about domains, I often find myself involved in very interesting discussi...
Discussion
November 16, 2016, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $90,000
A lawn mower company paid $90,000 for Walker.com and other end user domain name sales. Sedo’s sales list this week was highlighted by the $90,000 sale of Walker.com. Given all of the companies that have Walker in their name, this seems like a f...
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End user domain name sales up to $90,000
A lawn mower company paid $90,000 for Walker.com and other end user domain name sales. Sedo’s sales list this week was highlighted by the $90,000 sale of Walker.com. Given all of the companies that have Walker in their name, this seems like a f...
Discussion
November 16, 2016, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
C.AT sells for €56,000 in Sedo auction with more .at sales to come
C.at is the top sale in first .at auction, with two more auctions ahead this month. Sedo is currently auctioning short Austrian .at domain names, and the numbers so far are impressive. Here are the top ten sales from the first of three registry aucti...
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C.AT sells for €56,000 in Sedo auction with more .at sales to come
C.at is the top sale in first .at auction, with two more auctions ahead this month. Sedo is currently auctioning short Austrian .at domain names, and the numbers so far are impressive. Here are the top ten sales from the first of three registry aucti...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 9:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
There’s an all out war for dropping domain names
…and it’s expensive. It costs expired domain drop catchers $8.03 for every .com domain name they catch for you. So why are they charging customers so much money? A good place to start is by looking at how much they pay to amass the firep...
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There’s an all out war for dropping domain names
…and it’s expensive. It costs expired domain drop catchers $8.03 for every .com domain name they catch for you. So why are they charging customers so much money? A good place to start is by looking at how much they pay to amass the firep...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 9:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Shop enters dangerous territory with SSL freebie
Free SSL is likely to make registrar partners uneasy. Last week GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain name, announced that it was providing a free SSL certificate to registrants of .shop domain names. While this might seem like ...
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.Shop enters dangerous territory with SSL freebie
Free SSL is likely to make registrar partners uneasy. Last week GMO Registry, the company behind the .shop top level domain name, announced that it was providing a free SSL certificate to registrants of .shop domain names. While this might seem like ...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 7:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling gets RDNH win
Panel rules that Bernina International is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Bernette.com domain name. Frank Schilling has successfully defended his domain name Bernette.com in a UDRP, and the panel has found BERNINA International AG guilty...
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Frank Schilling gets RDNH win
Panel rules that Bernina International is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over Bernette.com domain name. Frank Schilling has successfully defended his domain name Bernette.com in a UDRP, and the panel has found BERNINA International AG guilty...
Discussion
November 15, 2016, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Org sticks with Afilias for backend
Afilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name. Public Interest Registry, the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after ...
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.Org sticks with Afilias for backend
Afilias maintains contract to run technical services for the .org top level domain name. Public Interest Registry, the company that operates the .org top level domain name, has decided to keep Afilias as its technical backend registry operator after ...
Discussion
November 14, 2016, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Building Geo Domain Names – DNW Podcast #110
Learn how Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a revenue-generating machine, and how he plans to be able to do the same thing for your city domain name. Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a nearly $1 million-a-year business. His company City ...
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Building Geo Domain Names – DNW Podcast #110
Learn how Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a revenue-generating machine, and how he plans to be able to do the same thing for your city domain name. Fred Mercaldo built Scottsdale.com into a nearly $1 million-a-year business. His company City ...
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November 14, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nightscaping.com, purchased for $16,000, survives UDRP
Respondent tried to buy the domain from the complainant, but ended up buying it from Web.com after it expired. A company that spent $16,000 to acquire the domain name Nightscaping.com can keep the domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organizati...
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Nightscaping.com, purchased for $16,000, survives UDRP
Respondent tried to buy the domain from the complainant, but ended up buying it from Web.com after it expired. A company that spent $16,000 to acquire the domain name Nightscaping.com can keep the domain name, a World Intellectual Property Organizati...
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November 14, 2016, 2:26 pm
