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.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
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.Club sells $1.6 million in premium domains in one month
In one month, Chinese buyers more than double .Club’s premium sales to date. Boom! .Club sold over $1.6 million in premium domain names last month alone, more than it had sold in entirety since its launch. The registry has China to thank. The c...
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December 3, 2015, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is securing domain names…
Do domain name registrations signal something new? On this week’s end user domain name report, I noted that AmblinProduction.com sold for $998. The domain name currently shows Mark Monitor as the registrant, so it was likely purchased for Steve...
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Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment is securing domain names…
Do domain name registrations signal something new? On this week’s end user domain name report, I noted that AmblinProduction.com sold for $998. The domain name currently shows Mark Monitor as the registrant, so it was likely purchased for Steve...
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December 3, 2015, 2:53 pm
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Mobile phone company Digicel fails to take down “sucks” site
Cybersquatting complaint against gripe site fails. Mobile phone company Digicel, which is based in Jamaica, has failed to take down the gripe site DigicelSucks.com through a cybersquatting complaint. The site consists of commentary abut the mobile ca...
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Mobile phone company Digicel fails to take down “sucks” site
Cybersquatting complaint against gripe site fails. Mobile phone company Digicel, which is based in Jamaica, has failed to take down the gripe site DigicelSucks.com through a cybersquatting complaint. The site consists of commentary abut the mobile ca...
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December 3, 2015, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Appraisal scam still making the rounds
After all these years, it’s still going strong. It’s one of the oldest scams in the books, and apparently it’s still working. The domain appraisal scam goes like this: someone says they’re interested in buying your domain name...
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Domain Name Appraisal scam still making the rounds
After all these years, it’s still going strong. It’s one of the oldest scams in the books, and apparently it’s still working. The domain appraisal scam goes like this: someone says they’re interested in buying your domain name...
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December 2, 2015, 6:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling invests another $1 million in Rightside
Domain name investor buys more shares, and has made a small profit. A company connected to domain name investor Frank Schilling has purchased another 150,000 shares of Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) stock, increasing his interest in the company to 6.1% of ...
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Frank Schilling invests another $1 million in Rightside
Domain name investor buys more shares, and has made a small profit. A company connected to domain name investor Frank Schilling has purchased another 150,000 shares of Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) stock, increasing his interest in the company to 6.1% of ...
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December 2, 2015, 4:06 pm
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales drive 35,000 Radix domain name registrations
New TLD company reports holiday sales drove increase volume. Deep discounts and added exposure helped new top level domain name registry Radix get 35,000 registrations over four days. The company deeply discounted prices on its domain names, with man...
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Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales drive 35,000 Radix domain name registrations
New TLD company reports holiday sales drove increase volume. Deep discounts and added exposure helped new top level domain name registry Radix get 35,000 registrations over four days. The company deeply discounted prices on its domain names, with man...
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December 2, 2015, 3:54 pm
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What domain names Cox Media, Steinway and other end users bought last week
From DoorMint.com to SouthernKitchen.com, here are some end user domain name purchases from the past week. Sedo had yet another strong week of sales led by short domain names. It handled 832 transactions for $1.4 million in sales. Sales to end users ...
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What domain names Cox Media, Steinway and other end users bought last week
From DoorMint.com to SouthernKitchen.com, here are some end user domain name purchases from the past week. Sedo had yet another strong week of sales led by short domain names. It handled 832 transactions for $1.4 million in sales. Sales to end users ...
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December 2, 2015, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign CEO discusses 2018 .com contract renewal and price increases
Bidzos says it’s early to speculate about contract renewal, but cites two factors that might allow it to raise .com prices in the future. Will Verisign be able to increase .com prices when it renews its contract for the domain name in 2018? Ver...
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Verisign CEO discusses 2018 .com contract renewal and price increases
Bidzos says it’s early to speculate about contract renewal, but cites two factors that might allow it to raise .com prices in the future. Will Verisign be able to increase .com prices when it renews its contract for the domain name in 2018? Ver...
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December 2, 2015, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dear Freelancer.com, don’t mess up Escrow.com
Escrow.com has a bright future ahead of it, as long as new ownership makes the right moves. Dear Freelancer.com, Congratulations on your acquisition of Escrow.com. It is a great company that just about everyone in the domain name industry uses, and u...
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Dear Freelancer.com, don’t mess up Escrow.com
Escrow.com has a bright future ahead of it, as long as new ownership makes the right moves. Dear Freelancer.com, Congratulations on your acquisition of Escrow.com. It is a great company that just about everyone in the domain name industry uses, and u...
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December 1, 2015, 4:50 pm
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It’s #GivingTuesday, but this organization wasn’t very charitable
Charity technology provider makes rediculous arguments in a UDRP. It’s fitting that WIPO just published a UDRP decision for networkofgiving.com (and .org) on #GivingTuesday. The complaint was filed by Edatanetworks Inc., a company that provides...
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It’s #GivingTuesday, but this organization wasn’t very charitable
Charity technology provider makes rediculous arguments in a UDRP. It’s fitting that WIPO just published a UDRP decision for networkofgiving.com (and .org) on #GivingTuesday. The complaint was filed by Edatanetworks Inc., a company that provides...
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December 1, 2015, 3:15 pm
