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End user domain name sales, including several new TLDs
Even an IDN new TLD makes this week’s end user sales list. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week, including some notable new TLDs. One of these new TLD sales was even an IDN.IDN — a very rare sale to cross the charts. Nikon...
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End user domain name sales, including several new TLDs
Even an IDN new TLD makes this week’s end user sales list. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week, including some notable new TLDs. One of these new TLD sales was even an IDN.IDN — a very rare sale to cross the charts. Nikon...
Discussion
April 21, 2016, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy updates investor app, domain search and hijack protection
Domain registrar releases more languages and currencies for app, search upgrades for Asia and domain theft protection. GoDaddy announced a bunch of updates yesterday, several of which I think will be interesting to domain name investors. Mike McLaugh...
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GoDaddy updates investor app, domain search and hijack protection
Domain registrar releases more languages and currencies for app, search upgrades for Asia and domain theft protection. GoDaddy announced a bunch of updates yesterday, several of which I think will be interesting to domain name investors. Mike McLaugh...
Discussion
April 21, 2016, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
What China giveth, China can taketh away
Marketplaces cashed in on the Chinese gold rush, but the gravy train has slowed considerably. Domain name marketplaces were buoyed last year by the market for short domain names. Marketplaces were winners during the frenzied run-up in prices, playing...
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What China giveth, China can taketh away
Marketplaces cashed in on the Chinese gold rush, but the gravy train has slowed considerably. Domain name marketplaces were buoyed last year by the market for short domain names. Marketplaces were winners during the frenzied run-up in prices, playing...
Discussion
April 20, 2016, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy can commiserate with Whole Foods cake backlash
Just like Whole Foods, GoDaddy had to defend itself against an incident that never happened. Whole Foods found itself on the defensive this week after a gay pastor claimed a company employee wrote a gay epithet on the cake he ordered in Austin. He cl...
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GoDaddy can commiserate with Whole Foods cake backlash
Just like Whole Foods, GoDaddy had to defend itself against an incident that never happened. Whole Foods found itself on the defensive this week after a gay pastor claimed a company employee wrote a gay epithet on the cake he ordered in Austin. He cl...
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April 20, 2016, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Booking.com goes to court to try to get trademarks
Booking.generic. Travel site Booking.com has run into a wall trying to get trademarks related to its namesake, and it’s going to court to overturn U.S. Patent and Trademark office decisions. The USPTO argues that Booking.com is merely descripti...
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Booking.com goes to court to try to get trademarks
Booking.generic. Travel site Booking.com has run into a wall trying to get trademarks related to its namesake, and it’s going to court to overturn U.S. Patent and Trademark office decisions. The USPTO argues that Booking.com is merely descripti...
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April 20, 2016, 12:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
April 18, 2016, 3:30 pm
