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Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
Duh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don’t mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ...
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Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
Duh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don’t mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ...
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August 25, 2015, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club’s approach to expired domain names
An example of how one new top level domain registry is releasing its expired domain names. Last week, .Club domain names that were registered at the beginning of general availability over a year ago started dropping. The company reported a 75% day on...
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.Club’s approach to expired domain names
An example of how one new top level domain registry is releasing its expired domain names. Last week, .Club domain names that were registered at the beginning of general availability over a year ago started dropping. The company reported a 75% day on...
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August 25, 2015, 1:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Questionable investment: RetailMeNot spends $4.3 million for new domain names
Company has common investor with new top level domain company Donuts. Struggling Austin internet company RetailMeNot spent $4.3 million to acquire second level domain names under a new top level domain name, an SEC filing revealed. The news was first...
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Questionable investment: RetailMeNot spends $4.3 million for new domain names
Company has common investor with new top level domain company Donuts. Struggling Austin internet company RetailMeNot spent $4.3 million to acquire second level domain names under a new top level domain name, an SEC filing revealed. The news was first...
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August 24, 2015, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Khloe Kardashian gets her (domain) name
Khloe will get domain name registered shortly after her first TV appearance. TV celebrity Khloe Kardashian has won a cybersquatting dispute, and will soon by the proud owner of the KhloeKardashian.com domain name. Kardashian and her agents filed the ...
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Khloe Kardashian gets her (domain) name
Khloe will get domain name registered shortly after her first TV appearance. TV celebrity Khloe Kardashian has won a cybersquatting dispute, and will soon by the proud owner of the KhloeKardashian.com domain name. Kardashian and her agents filed the ...
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August 24, 2015, 4:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Development Legal Mistakes with Enrico Schaefer – DNW Podcast #47
Don’t make these mistakes when developing a domain name into a full website. Are you developing some of your domain names? You’ll want to listen to this week’s interview with Enrico Schaefer of Traverse Legal. Enrico discusses 5 thi...
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Domain Development Legal Mistakes with Enrico Schaefer – DNW Podcast #47
Don’t make these mistakes when developing a domain name into a full website. Are you developing some of your domain names? You’ll want to listen to this week’s interview with Enrico Schaefer of Traverse Legal. Enrico discusses 5 thi...
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August 24, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
One domain name stock is actually up today
Endurance manages to eek out small gain so far today. The DOW opened down 1,000 points today. It has since recovered a bit, but it’s a safe bet that your stock portfolio took a hit today. One domain name stock is actually bucking the trend. Sha...
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One domain name stock is actually up today
Endurance manages to eek out small gain so far today. The DOW opened down 1,000 points today. It has since recovered a bit, but it’s a safe bet that your stock portfolio took a hit today. One domain name stock is actually bucking the trend. Sha...
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August 24, 2015, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Get .online this week…
Radix releases a big new top level domain name this week. One of the most anticipated top level domain names of the entire new top level domain name program is releasing in general availability on Wednesday. Radix’s .online will exit Early Acce...
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Get .online this week…
Radix releases a big new top level domain name this week. One of the most anticipated top level domain names of the entire new top level domain name program is releasing in general availability on Wednesday. Radix’s .online will exit Early Acce...
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August 24, 2015, 1:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
GJQ.com snags $36k bid at Sedo
Lots of three letter domain names on auction at Sedo. Three letter .com domain names continue to command top dollar. The domain name GJQ.com has a $36,000 bid at Sedo. It’s in an auction that ends around 1 am EDT tomorrow morning. With just one...
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GJQ.com snags $36k bid at Sedo
Lots of three letter domain names on auction at Sedo. Three letter .com domain names continue to command top dollar. The domain name GJQ.com has a $36,000 bid at Sedo. It’s in an auction that ends around 1 am EDT tomorrow morning. With just one...
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August 21, 2015, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Philip Morris takes down gripe sites in sloppy cybersquatting decision
Tobacco company convinces arbitration panelist to hand over domain names used to criticize it. Philip Morris has won another cybersquatting complaint against a long time nemesis. The company convinced a single member National Arbitration Forum paneli...
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Philip Morris takes down gripe sites in sloppy cybersquatting decision
Tobacco company convinces arbitration panelist to hand over domain names used to criticize it. Philip Morris has won another cybersquatting complaint against a long time nemesis. The company convinced a single member National Arbitration Forum paneli...
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August 20, 2015, 9:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roundup: Analyzing 100+ expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Among expired domain auctions, NameJet’s top seller last week was GreenBusiness.com ($8.6k), a name formed from 2 keywords that are each nTLDs in their own right: .GREEN and ....
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Roundup: Analyzing 100+ expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson analyzes the past week of expired domain name sales. Among expired domain auctions, NameJet’s top seller last week was GreenBusiness.com ($8.6k), a name formed from 2 keywords that are each nTLDs in their own right: .GREEN and ....
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August 20, 2015, 6:34 pm
