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Michael Berkens resigns from Right of the Dot
After big sale, Berkens resigns from domain consulting group. Michael Berkens has resigned as a Director and officer of Right of the Dot, LLC, a consulting firm he co-founded with Monte Cahn. Berkens recently updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect t...
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Michael Berkens resigns from Right of the Dot
After big sale, Berkens resigns from domain consulting group. Michael Berkens has resigned as a Director and officer of Right of the Dot, LLC, a consulting firm he co-founded with Monte Cahn. Berkens recently updated his LinkedIn profile to reflect t...
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March 2, 2016, 5:10 pm
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LA Times Publisher acquires LA.com domain name
Tribune acquires valuable domain name, plans to offer customized email addresses. Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, has acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. The company has already created a landing page for th...
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LA Times Publisher acquires LA.com domain name
Tribune acquires valuable domain name, plans to offer customized email addresses. Tribune Publishing Company (NYSE:TPUB), publisher of the L.A. Times, has acquired the valuable domain name LA.com. The company has already created a landing page for th...
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March 2, 2016, 5:02 pm
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Chinese domain name registrar knocks GoDaddy off .Com Perch
eName was #1 in most recent published results. Chinese registrants helped .com surge toward the end of 2015 as they registered millions of short domain names. And, with official numbers just published by ICANN, we now know that this surge pushed GoDa...
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Chinese domain name registrar knocks GoDaddy off .Com Perch
eName was #1 in most recent published results. Chinese registrants helped .com surge toward the end of 2015 as they registered millions of short domain names. And, with official numbers just published by ICANN, we now know that this surge pushed GoDa...
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March 2, 2016, 3:33 pm
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Fantastic: How to buy a domain name
A must-read guide about acquiring domain names. Giuseppe Graziano has published an excellent guide about how to buy a domain name. He promised, “Even if you are an industry pro, I promise you will learn at least a couple of strategies that can ...
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Fantastic: How to buy a domain name
A must-read guide about acquiring domain names. Giuseppe Graziano has published an excellent guide about how to buy a domain name. He promised, “Even if you are an industry pro, I promise you will learn at least a couple of strategies that can ...
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March 2, 2016, 2:55 pm
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GoDaddy gets Whois verification patent
Patent describes ways to make sure people don’t use invalid information in whois records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent 9,275,040 to GoDaddy for “Validating user control over contact information in a domain name ...
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GoDaddy gets Whois verification patent
Patent describes ways to make sure people don’t use invalid information in whois records. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent 9,275,040 to GoDaddy for “Validating user control over contact information in a domain name ...
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March 1, 2016, 6:16 pm
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Major Rightside shareholder upset with focus on new TLDs
Shareholder asks company to fire 20% of staff, add update and unify company products under eNom. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) investor J. Carlo Cannell, who owns 7.32% of outstanding shares through investment funds, has sent a scathing letter to Rightside...
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Major Rightside shareholder upset with focus on new TLDs
Shareholder asks company to fire 20% of staff, add update and unify company products under eNom. Rightside (NASDAQ:NAME) investor J. Carlo Cannell, who owns 7.32% of outstanding shares through investment funds, has sent a scathing letter to Rightside...
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March 1, 2016, 3:33 pm
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Radix begins sending expired domain inventory through SnapNames
.Website domain names are the first of the company’s domain names to be available through SnapNames. New top level domain name company Radix has struck a deal with SnapNames to send expired domain name inventory through the auction platform. .C...
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Radix begins sending expired domain inventory through SnapNames
.Website domain names are the first of the company’s domain names to be available through SnapNames. New top level domain name company Radix has struck a deal with SnapNames to send expired domain name inventory through the auction platform. .C...
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March 1, 2016, 3:27 pm
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How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
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How to lose a $175,000 domain name in a UDRP
Company loses Halifax.com after trying to get Bank of Scotland to buy the domain name. A company in the United Kingdom just lost a domain name it paid $175,000 for in a UDRP. It should be viewed as a lesson on what not to do with a domain name that h...
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March 1, 2016, 3:07 pm
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Undeveloped takes a fresh approach to selling domain names
Domain name marketplace is trying to improve the process of buying and selling domain names. If you aren’t happy with current domain name marketplaces, the simplest thing to do would be just to complain. On the other end of the spectrum, you co...
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Undeveloped takes a fresh approach to selling domain names
Domain name marketplace is trying to improve the process of buying and selling domain names. If you aren’t happy with current domain name marketplaces, the simplest thing to do would be just to complain. On the other end of the spectrum, you co...
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February 29, 2016, 7:03 pm
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New Minds + Machines CEO Toby Hall – DNW Podcast #73
This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business. Last week Minds + Machines announced that it appointed Toby Hall as its new CEO, taking over for Antony Van Couvering. I invited Hall on the show today to discuss his backgrou...
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New Minds + Machines CEO Toby Hall – DNW Podcast #73
This service lets you get a handle on your domain name investing business. Last week Minds + Machines announced that it appointed Toby Hall as its new CEO, taking over for Antony Van Couvering. I invited Hall on the show today to discuss his backgrou...
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February 29, 2016, 3:30 pm
