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Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations
What will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week’s AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of ...
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Amazon.com foreshadows AWS re:Invent news with domain name registrations
What will Amazon reveal at AWS re:Invent this week? Here are some clues. Amazon.com registered 21 domain names yesterday that likely foreshadow product announcements at this week’s AWS re:Invent conference. The company registered 5 internet of ...
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October 6, 2015, 3:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Thoughts on the latest domain name “scandal”
A prominent figure in the domain name industry has apparently hit hard times. I’ve been writing Domain Name Wire for ten years. When I started writing, domain forums were where all of the discussion took place. Over time, blogs have become a ce...
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Thoughts on the latest domain name “scandal”
A prominent figure in the domain name industry has apparently hit hard times. I’ve been writing Domain Name Wire for ten years. When I started writing, domain forums were where all of the discussion took place. Over time, blogs have become a ce...
Discussion
October 6, 2015, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Sex domain name enters “matching” period
Companies have 30 days to buy matching domain names. The .Sex top level domain name has exited sunrise and is now available to more registrants. From now until October 30, anyone who owns a .xxx domain name can register a .sex domain name. Also, if y...
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.Sex domain name enters “matching” period
Companies have 30 days to buy matching domain names. The .Sex top level domain name has exited sunrise and is now available to more registrants. From now until October 30, anyone who owns a .xxx domain name can register a .sex domain name. Also, if y...
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October 6, 2015, 1:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week: .Film top level domain name launches
It’s more restricted than the already-available .movie. array of registrars. In order to register .film domain names, you must be a member of one of these organizations. You also have to have a close tie to the name(s) you register at the secon...
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This week: .Film top level domain name launches
It’s more restricted than the already-available .movie. array of registrars. In order to register .film domain names, you must be a member of one of these organizations. You also have to have a close tie to the name(s) you register at the secon...
Discussion
October 5, 2015, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Richard Lau’s Journey, Resume.com and NamesCon – DNW Podcast #53
Richard Lau tells his story and what to look forward to at NamesCon 2016. Richard Lau’s life hit bottom in 2000. His business was essentially wiped out in one week. Worse, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Since then he has perservered in bot...
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Richard Lau’s Journey, Resume.com and NamesCon – DNW Podcast #53
Richard Lau tells his story and what to look forward to at NamesCon 2016. Richard Lau’s life hit bottom in 2000. His business was essentially wiped out in one week. Worse, he was diagnosed with colon cancer. Since then he has perservered in bot...
Discussion
October 5, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners Update: Google Domains is Growing
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in June. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from June. As always, GoDaddy dominated the charts in terms of new registrations. And, for the second month in a row, it avoided the top...
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.Com Winners Update: Google Domains is Growing
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in June. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from June. As always, GoDaddy dominated the charts in terms of new registrations. And, for the second month in a row, it avoided the top...
Discussion
October 5, 2015, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
What stadium is National Car Rental buying naming rights to?
A new stadium for the St. Louis Rams? In 2013 I scooped that Levi’s was buying naming rights to a stadium based on domain name registrations. It turned out to be for the NFL 49ers stadium. Recent domain name registrations suggest its National C...
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What stadium is National Car Rental buying naming rights to?
A new stadium for the St. Louis Rams? In 2013 I scooped that Levi’s was buying naming rights to a stadium based on domain name registrations. It turned out to be for the NFL 49ers stadium. Recent domain name registrations suggest its National C...
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October 3, 2015, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
September’s Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories
A look back at last month’s top domain name news. Ashley Madison, domain name liquidity and a domain parking lawsuit were popular topics last month. 1. Ashley Madison takes down WasHeOnAshleyMadison.com – the company got it by filing a UD...
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September’s Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories
A look back at last month’s top domain name news. Ashley Madison, domain name liquidity and a domain parking lawsuit were popular topics last month. 1. Ashley Madison takes down WasHeOnAshleyMadison.com – the company got it by filing a UD...
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October 2, 2015, 2:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Miami domain names go on sale today
Miami gets its own domain name today. I didn’t get around to my usual weekly roundup of domain name launches, but there’s a big one happening today at noon ET: .Miami. .Miami joins .NYC and .Vegas as the only .city domain names in the Uni...
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.Miami domain names go on sale today
Miami gets its own domain name today. I didn’t get around to my usual weekly roundup of domain name launches, but there’s a big one happening today at noon ET: .Miami. .Miami joins .NYC and .Vegas as the only .city domain names in the Uni...
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October 2, 2015, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
HaoZhan.com for $27.3k and other expired domain name sales
A weekly wrap of expired domain name sales. One reading of HaoZhan.com ($27.3k) is “warlike” (好战 / hào zhàn). China fortunately isn’t – not compared to the USA – but its domain buyers sure are aggressiv...
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HaoZhan.com for $27.3k and other expired domain name sales
A weekly wrap of expired domain name sales. One reading of HaoZhan.com ($27.3k) is “warlike” (好战 / hào zhàn). China fortunately isn’t – not compared to the USA – but its domain buyers sure are aggressiv...
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October 1, 2015, 6:39 pm
