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Australian domain market up in arms over Netfleet bidding scandal
Australia gets its own type of “Halvarez”. The Australian domain community is still reeling from a controversy that emerged in late September. Haven’t heard? Then you’re not an Aussie. But if private bids are shared&...
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Australian domain market up in arms over Netfleet bidding scandal
Australia gets its own type of “Halvarez”. The Australian domain community is still reeling from a controversy that emerged in late September. Haven’t heard? Then you’re not an Aussie. But if private bids are shared&...
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October 19, 2015, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: Total Number Domination!
Numeric domains take the lead in this week’s Expired Domain Report. A few days ago, while reviewing the month of September, I measured China’s contribution to high-end sales at NameJet. (Hint: It wasn’t small.) A...
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Expired Domain Report: Total Number Domination!
Numeric domains take the lead in this week’s Expired Domain Report. A few days ago, while reviewing the month of September, I measured China’s contribution to high-end sales at NameJet. (Hint: It wasn’t small.) A...
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October 16, 2015, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
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Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
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October 16, 2015, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
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Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
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October 16, 2015, 12:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
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How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
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October 15, 2015, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
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ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
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October 15, 2015, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
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University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
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October 15, 2015, 1:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Calvin Harris wins cybersquatting claim for CalvinHarris.com
Famous musician gets .com domain name. DJ and Taylor Swift boyfriend Calvin Harris has won rights to the domain name CalvinHarris.com through a World Intellectual Property Organization proceeding. Harris, whose real name is Adam R. Wiles, successfull...
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Calvin Harris wins cybersquatting claim for CalvinHarris.com
Famous musician gets .com domain name. DJ and Taylor Swift boyfriend Calvin Harris has won rights to the domain name CalvinHarris.com through a World Intellectual Property Organization proceeding. Harris, whose real name is Adam R. Wiles, successfull...
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October 14, 2015, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails?
What is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here’s the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emai...
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What’s inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails?
What is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here’s the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emai...
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October 14, 2015, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
XYZ is trending…in .Com
XYZ makes .com’s trending keywords list. The .XYZ domain name has garnered a lot of attention since Google’s new parent company Alphabet selected ABC.XYZ for its domain name in August. Now XYZ is hot in .com. Verisign released its monthly...
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XYZ is trending…in .Com
XYZ makes .com’s trending keywords list. The .XYZ domain name has garnered a lot of attention since Google’s new parent company Alphabet selected ABC.XYZ for its domain name in August. Now XYZ is hot in .com. Verisign released its monthly...
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October 14, 2015, 1:08 pm
