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Quick.com domain name sells for $300k, Blaze.com for $253k
Heritage Auctions sells over $900,000 in domain names including two big ones. Heritage Auctions just completed its latest live domain name auction, selling 16 domains for $910,363 including buyers’ premiums. (All prices in this post include buy...
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Quick.com domain name sells for $300k, Blaze.com for $253k
Heritage Auctions sells over $900,000 in domain names including two big ones. Heritage Auctions just completed its latest live domain name auction, selling 16 domains for $910,363 including buyers’ premiums. (All prices in this post include buy...
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April 19, 2016, 9:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN mulls moving Puerto Rico meeting to Las Vegas due to Zika virus
Meeting will be moved up a week if it is moved to Vegas. ICANN is considering moving this fall’s meeting in Puerto Rico due to concerns about the Zika virus. At the top of the list: Las Vegas. Nicholas Tomasso, VP of Meetings for ICANN, explain...
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ICANN mulls moving Puerto Rico meeting to Las Vegas due to Zika virus
Meeting will be moved up a week if it is moved to Vegas. ICANN is considering moving this fall’s meeting in Puerto Rico due to concerns about the Zika virus. At the top of the list: Las Vegas. Nicholas Tomasso, VP of Meetings for ICANN, explain...
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April 19, 2016, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Is Staples getting into the cloud business? Domains suggest so.
Company registers domain names for cloud and document management services. Office supply company Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) registered a handful of domain names yesterday that suggest the company will begin offering cloud storage services. My guess is thi...
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Is Staples getting into the cloud business? Domains suggest so.
Company registers domain names for cloud and document management services. Office supply company Staples (NASDAQ:SPLS) registered a handful of domain names yesterday that suggest the company will begin offering cloud storage services. My guess is thi...
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April 19, 2016, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lady Gaga beats cybersquatter
Musician gets LadyGaga.mobi domain name through cybersquatting dispute. If you cybersquatted on a bunch of famous peoples’ names on .mobi domain names, would anyone care? Apparently Lady Gaga does. Stefani Germanotta filed a cybersquatting comp...
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Lady Gaga beats cybersquatter
Musician gets LadyGaga.mobi domain name through cybersquatting dispute. If you cybersquatted on a bunch of famous peoples’ names on .mobi domain names, would anyone care? Apparently Lady Gaga does. Stefani Germanotta filed a cybersquatting comp...
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April 18, 2016, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Codemology Hackathon – DNW Podcast #80
Can Codemology bring together the trifecta? Can Codemology bring together the trifecta: owners of premium domain names with developers and investors? Learn about Ryan Colby’s vision for bringing these groups together on today’s episode. C...
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Codemology Hackathon – DNW Podcast #80
Can Codemology bring together the trifecta? Can Codemology bring together the trifecta: owners of premium domain names with developers and investors? Learn about Ryan Colby’s vision for bringing these groups together on today’s episode. C...
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April 18, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rue Du Commerce goes 0-for-3 in UDRP, but no RDNH
A rare 0-for-3 in a UDRP. French online retailer Rue Du Commerce lost all three elements in its recent UDRP filing against a Mexican company called Siru over the domain name SiruEcommerce.com. But Czech Arbitration Court panelist Dr. Thomas Schafft d...
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Rue Du Commerce goes 0-for-3 in UDRP, but no RDNH
A rare 0-for-3 in a UDRP. French online retailer Rue Du Commerce lost all three elements in its recent UDRP filing against a Mexican company called Siru over the domain name SiruEcommerce.com. But Czech Arbitration Court panelist Dr. Thomas Schafft d...
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April 18, 2016, 1:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: eName announces Initial Public Offering
Chinese domain name company announces IPO. eName has announced its plans to go public, following the merger/acquisition of 4.cn earlier this year. The company had 2015 revenue of 260 million(CNY) ($40 million USD) and net income is 27.9 million(CNY) ...
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Breaking: eName announces Initial Public Offering
Chinese domain name company announces IPO. eName has announced its plans to go public, following the merger/acquisition of 4.cn earlier this year. The company had 2015 revenue of 260 million(CNY) ($40 million USD) and net income is 27.9 million(CNY) ...
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April 16, 2016, 2:44 pm
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Spielberg.com, 668666.com and more expired domain name sales
Most of us will look at Spielberg.com, an expired domain that sold for $7.6k last week, and assume that Steven Spielberg was targeted as a likely future buyer. Of course, there are other Spielbergs. The director of “Jaws”, &ldqu...
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Spielberg.com, 668666.com and more expired domain name sales
Most of us will look at Spielberg.com, an expired domain that sold for $7.6k last week, and assume that Steven Spielberg was targeted as a likely future buyer. Of course, there are other Spielbergs. The director of “Jaws”, &ldqu...
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April 15, 2016, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: Those misleading Tire Engineers
A funny look at why restrictions on using certain terms can have unintended consequences. There’s been a bit of debate about certain new top level domain names needing restrictions so that the public isn’t duped. Consider .doctor, for whi...
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Video: Those misleading Tire Engineers
A funny look at why restrictions on using certain terms can have unintended consequences. There’s been a bit of debate about certain new top level domain names needing restrictions so that the public isn’t duped. Consider .doctor, for whi...
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April 15, 2016, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Squarespace starts offering domain name registration
Company now offers domain name registrations in addition to website building tools. Website building platforms such as Squarespace, Wix and Weebly have been taking a bite out of domain name registrars’ pockets in recent years. They’re att...
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Squarespace starts offering domain name registration
Company now offers domain name registrations in addition to website building tools. Website building platforms such as Squarespace, Wix and Weebly have been taking a bite out of domain name registrars’ pockets in recent years. They’re att...
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April 15, 2016, 2:36 pm
