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EyeTube.net owner is a reverse domain name hijacker
John Berryhill gets another RDNH win. Bryn Mawr Communications, the company that runs ophthalmology site EyeTube.net, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name EyeTube.com. This case follows a familiar patte...
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EyeTube.net owner is a reverse domain name hijacker
John Berryhill gets another RDNH win. Bryn Mawr Communications, the company that runs ophthalmology site EyeTube.net, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name EyeTube.com. This case follows a familiar patte...
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April 1, 2016, 6:27 pm

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Most domain name stocks in positive territory for Q1 after historic market comeback
Two domain companies on the London AIM perform the best, but most stocks had a decent quarter. The first quarter of the year came to a close yesterday, and it was a wild one for stocks. It was the biggest comeback in the history of the DOW for a quar...
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Most domain name stocks in positive territory for Q1 after historic market comeback
Two domain companies on the London AIM perform the best, but most stocks had a decent quarter. The first quarter of the year came to a close yesterday, and it was a wild one for stocks. It was the biggest comeback in the history of the DOW for a quar...
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April 1, 2016, 3:23 pm

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Vox Populi makes sucky argument for .sucks trademark
Vox Populi can’t take no for an answer. Remember when Vox Populi filed to register a trademark for .Sucks? We all pointed out that you can’t get a trademark for a top level domain name. And that’s precisely what the U.S. Patent and ...
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Vox Populi makes sucky argument for .sucks trademark
Vox Populi can’t take no for an answer. Remember when Vox Populi filed to register a trademark for .Sucks? We all pointed out that you can’t get a trademark for a top level domain name. And that’s precisely what the U.S. Patent and ...
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April 1, 2016, 1:34 pm

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Owner of HighbrowMagazine.com demands Highbrow.com domain name
Company that owns Highbrow.com paid about $20,000 for the domain name. The owner of an online publication at HighbrowMagazine.com has threatened the owners of Highbrow.com, demanding that they turn the domain name over to her. Highbrow.com’s ow...
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Owner of HighbrowMagazine.com demands Highbrow.com domain name
Company that owns Highbrow.com paid about $20,000 for the domain name. The owner of an online publication at HighbrowMagazine.com has threatened the owners of Highbrow.com, demanding that they turn the domain name over to her. Highbrow.com’s ow...
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March 31, 2016, 2:41 pm

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End user domain name sales including a 5 letter .com for $65,000
Buyer of 5-letter .com domain name is an end user that bought its acronym. Sedo had a fairly slow sales week last week with only 429 transactions totalling $1 million. But one domain name sale is sure to turn heads — TMHCC.com for $65,000. Also...
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End user domain name sales including a 5 letter .com for $65,000
Buyer of 5-letter .com domain name is an end user that bought its acronym. Sedo had a fairly slow sales week last week with only 429 transactions totalling $1 million. But one domain name sale is sure to turn heads — TMHCC.com for $65,000. Also...
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March 31, 2016, 2:05 pm

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XYZ’s win-win $5 million proposition for 4 Rightside TLDs
Negari wins even if Rightside doesn’t take the deal. New TLD company XYZ offered $5 million for four of Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) new top level domain names today. Whether Rightside accepts the offer or not, its CEO Daniel Negari will wal...
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XYZ’s win-win $5 million proposition for 4 Rightside TLDs
Negari wins even if Rightside doesn’t take the deal. New TLD company XYZ offered $5 million for four of Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) new top level domain names today. Whether Rightside accepts the offer or not, its CEO Daniel Negari will wal...
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March 30, 2016, 9:53 pm

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Comparing expired domain drop catching prices
As NameJet hikes prices, here are your options. NameJet announced today that it’s increasing the price of pending delete drop catching, suggesting that the price hike is so it can invest more to improve its success rate. By “pending delet...
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Comparing expired domain drop catching prices
As NameJet hikes prices, here are your options. NameJet announced today that it’s increasing the price of pending delete drop catching, suggesting that the price hike is so it can invest more to improve its success rate. By “pending delet...
Discussion
March 30, 2016, 7:05 pm

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Email for your domain names: Google and Rackspace
While Google Apps is a great service, Rackspace email might be better for some users. More and more web hosting services, especially ones that provide WordPress hosting, are separating email service from site hosting. For example, one of the biggest ...
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Email for your domain names: Google and Rackspace
While Google Apps is a great service, Rackspace email might be better for some users. More and more web hosting services, especially ones that provide WordPress hosting, are separating email service from site hosting. For example, one of the biggest ...
Discussion
March 30, 2016, 3:53 pm

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Fliers for $20k and more expired domain name sales
In the movie “Mary Poppins”, kids delightedly follow their father as he skips out the front door singing: Let’s go fly a kite up to the highest height! Kites are a perennial pleasure; since China invented them 2500 years ago, t...
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Fliers for $20k and more expired domain name sales
In the movie “Mary Poppins”, kids delightedly follow their father as he skips out the front door singing: Let’s go fly a kite up to the highest height! Kites are a perennial pleasure; since China invented them 2500 years ago, t...
Discussion
March 30, 2016, 2:04 pm

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Holding a domain name hostage in a partnership dispute
One partner in a business alleges another partner is holding a domain name hostage. Business partnerships have a bad habit of ending badly. When they do, control over key domain names can become an issue. Here’s a example. A partnership over th...
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Holding a domain name hostage in a partnership dispute
One partner in a business alleges another partner is holding a domain name hostage. Business partnerships have a bad habit of ending badly. When they do, control over key domain names can become an issue. Here’s a example. A partnership over th...
Discussion
March 29, 2016, 5:53 pm