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Domain Name Wire
How will the Right of the Dot auction go?
Big live domain name auction takes place this afternoon in Las Vegas. Right of the Dot’s live domain name auction is finally here. The auction will take place this afternoon at 2 PM PST at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. Online bidding is available...
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How will the Right of the Dot auction go?
Big live domain name auction takes place this afternoon in Las Vegas. Right of the Dot’s live domain name auction is finally here. The auction will take place this afternoon at 2 PM PST at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. Online bidding is available...
Discussion
January 11, 2016, 6:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Board shakeup at Minds + Machines
Major board changes and executive appointments at new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced major changes to its Board of Directors today. Non-executive directors Keith Teare, Elliot Noss (CEO of Tucows) and David ...
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Board shakeup at Minds + Machines
Major board changes and executive appointments at new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced major changes to its Board of Directors today. Non-executive directors Keith Teare, Elliot Noss (CEO of Tucows) and David ...
Discussion
January 11, 2016, 6:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Building Buzz with Bill Doshier – DNW Podcast #66
How Bill Doshier built buzz around .buzz. How do you build buzz for a top level domain name .buzz? Bill Doshier has done a remarkable job as a mostly one-man show, building the domain name up and finding a loyal following of registrants. One user has...
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Building Buzz with Bill Doshier – DNW Podcast #66
How Bill Doshier built buzz around .buzz. How do you build buzz for a top level domain name .buzz? Bill Doshier has done a remarkable job as a mostly one-man show, building the domain name up and finding a loyal following of registrants. One user has...
Discussion
January 11, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Test your skills with GoDaddy’s Bought or Not
Fun game asks you to guess if a domain is registered or not. GoDaddy released a fun (and rather eye-opening) app at NamesCon today called Bought Or Not. Bought or Not is similar to hot or not, except players guess if a domain name has been registered...
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Test your skills with GoDaddy’s Bought or Not
Fun game asks you to guess if a domain is registered or not. GoDaddy released a fun (and rather eye-opening) app at NamesCon today called Bought Or Not. Bought or Not is similar to hot or not, except players guess if a domain name has been registered...
Discussion
January 11, 2016, 3:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
Apple to launch dating service, Forex trading
Apple car domains mean nothing. Just like its registration of .dating and .forex domain names. Hey mainstream tech press: STFU about these Apple Car domain names, will you? Last week everyone from MacRumors to Business Insider was having an Apple fan...
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Apple to launch dating service, Forex trading
Apple car domains mean nothing. Just like its registration of .dating and .forex domain names. Hey mainstream tech press: STFU about these Apple Car domain names, will you? Last week everyone from MacRumors to Business Insider was having an Apple fan...
Discussion
January 11, 2016, 1:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Another disturbing Whois data service
Internet marketer selling access to whois data. Many people are selling cheap access to whois information culled from recently registered domain names. Now an internet marketer is getting into the act. A new service called FreshDomainLeads.com promis...
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Another disturbing Whois data service
Internet marketer selling access to whois data. Many people are selling cheap access to whois information culled from recently registered domain names. Now an internet marketer is getting into the act. A new service called FreshDomainLeads.com promis...
Discussion
January 8, 2016, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry app hits the ball out of the park
Uniregistry app is slick, simple, and comes with an Easter egg. Uniregistry released an iPhone app for its registrar service today. Now, those that have read this blog for a long time know that I’m not a fanboy. I don’t fall in love with ...
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Uniregistry app hits the ball out of the park
Uniregistry app is slick, simple, and comes with an Easter egg. Uniregistry released an iPhone app for its registrar service today. Now, those that have read this blog for a long time know that I’m not a fanboy. I don’t fall in love with ...
Discussion
January 7, 2016, 6:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX releasing two character domain names
2 letter domains have sold for up to $100,000 in other ICM Registry Extensions. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name extension, is releasing two character second level domain names. The names are now available at select reg...
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.XXX releasing two character domain names
2 letter domains have sold for up to $100,000 in other ICM Registry Extensions. ICM Registry, the company behind the .xxx top level domain name extension, is releasing two character second level domain names. The names are now available at select reg...
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January 7, 2016, 3:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lance Wolak takes CMO role with .Buzz registry
Wolak will help drive .Buzz. Lance Wolak, founder of consulting firm ExcelStrategy and former vice president at Public Interest Registry, is taking a role with .Buzz registry dotStrategy. As Chief Marketing Officer, Wolak will help build new markets ...
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Lance Wolak takes CMO role with .Buzz registry
Wolak will help drive .Buzz. Lance Wolak, founder of consulting firm ExcelStrategy and former vice president at Public Interest Registry, is taking a role with .Buzz registry dotStrategy. As Chief Marketing Officer, Wolak will help build new markets ...
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January 7, 2016, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names Time Inc. and others bought at the end of the year
Time Inc. bought a sports domain name and Sears might start a site at Wash.in. Sedo turned in $2 million worth of domain name sales during the last two weeks of the year, a fairly high number of the holiday period. I think it was helped by a couple b...
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What domain names Time Inc. and others bought at the end of the year
Time Inc. bought a sports domain name and Sears might start a site at Wash.in. Sedo turned in $2 million worth of domain name sales during the last two weeks of the year, a fairly high number of the holiday period. I think it was helped by a couple b...
Discussion
January 6, 2016, 3:49 pm
