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Sedo adds automated ownership verification
Feature lets you add domains for sale without delay. There’s a delay between the time you submit a domain name for sale on Sedo and when it shows up on the site. This delay is due to Sedo verifying that the person who submitted the domain name ...
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Sedo adds automated ownership verification
Feature lets you add domains for sale without delay. There’s a delay between the time you submit a domain name for sale on Sedo and when it shows up on the site. This delay is due to Sedo verifying that the person who submitted the domain name ...
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July 30, 2015, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines: layoffs, plan for cash and more
Big updates from one of the biggest new top level domain name companies. Publicly traded Minds + Machines (London AIM: MMX) released a corporate update today, and it’s big. The company has close to $50 million in cash in the bank, which gives i...
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Minds + Machines: layoffs, plan for cash and more
Big updates from one of the biggest new top level domain name companies. Publicly traded Minds + Machines (London AIM: MMX) released a corporate update today, and it’s big. The company has close to $50 million in cash in the bank, which gives i...
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July 30, 2015, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
60 End User Domain Name Sales
Here’s are 60+ domain names that sold on Sedo this past week. Sedo sales from the past week totaled more than $1 million with some 495 reported transactions, the highest of which was Float.com at $50k. Of these, I’ve tracke...
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60 End User Domain Name Sales
Here’s are 60+ domain names that sold on Sedo this past week. Sedo sales from the past week totaled more than $1 million with some 495 reported transactions, the highest of which was Float.com at $50k. Of these, I’ve tracke...
Discussion
July 30, 2015, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy loses first UDRP from Marchex portfolio acquisition
No one responded to the dispute. GoDaddy has lost its first UDRP from the portfolio it acquired from Marchex in April. The company didn’t respond to a UDRP filed by Dairyland Midwest, Inc. d/b/a AgVision for the domain name AgVision.com. When t...
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GoDaddy loses first UDRP from Marchex portfolio acquisition
No one responded to the dispute. GoDaddy has lost its first UDRP from the portfolio it acquired from Marchex in April. The company didn’t respond to a UDRP filed by Dairyland Midwest, Inc. d/b/a AgVision for the domain name AgVision.com. When t...
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July 29, 2015, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets patent for predicting domain name renewal rates
A crystal ball for estimating domain name renewal rates. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent number 9,094,467 to Verisign for “Method and system for predicting domain name registration renewal probability”. Simply: tak...
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Verisign gets patent for predicting domain name renewal rates
A crystal ball for estimating domain name renewal rates. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent number 9,094,467 to Verisign for “Method and system for predicting domain name registration renewal probability”. Simply: tak...
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July 28, 2015, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afternic domain selling Hangout is today
Learn how to sell your domain names with Afternic in a Hangout today. GoDaddy is hosting a Hangout today to explain how Afternic works with GoDaddy. The hangout takes places at 11 am PDT (1 PM EDT). GoDaddy will discuss how Afternic works and integra...
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Afternic domain selling Hangout is today
Learn how to sell your domain names with Afternic in a Hangout today. GoDaddy is hosting a Hangout today to explain how Afternic works with GoDaddy. The hangout takes places at 11 am PDT (1 PM EDT). GoDaddy will discuss how Afternic works and integra...
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July 28, 2015, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Unbiased.com saved in UDRP but no RDNH
UDRP panel is unbiased, finds in favor of domain name owner. The owner of Unbiased.co.uk has failed to win rights to the Unbiased.com domain name in a UDRP. Unbiased.co.uk helps people find financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and account...
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Unbiased.com saved in UDRP but no RDNH
UDRP panel is unbiased, finds in favor of domain name owner. The owner of Unbiased.co.uk has failed to win rights to the Unbiased.com domain name in a UDRP. Unbiased.co.uk helps people find financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and account...
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July 27, 2015, 4:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Crazy Cybersquatting Lawsuit with Jason Kneen – DNW Podcast #43
The inside story of a baseless cybersquatting lawsuit. Imagine that you’re an app developer who has registered a handful of domain names over the years. One day your twitter feed and phone lights up with people discussing how you’re being...
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A Crazy Cybersquatting Lawsuit with Jason Kneen – DNW Podcast #43
The inside story of a baseless cybersquatting lawsuit. Imagine that you’re an app developer who has registered a handful of domain names over the years. One day your twitter feed and phone lights up with people discussing how you’re being...
Discussion
July 27, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vox Populi wants trademark for .Sucks
Controversial new top level domain name registry wants to trademark “.sucks”. Vox Populi, the domain name registry for .Sucks, has applied for the trademark “.Sucks” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The goods and ser...
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Vox Populi wants trademark for .Sucks
Controversial new top level domain name registry wants to trademark “.sucks”. Vox Populi, the domain name registry for .Sucks, has applied for the trademark “.Sucks” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The goods and ser...
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July 27, 2015, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
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3 “New” Risks to Verisign’s Business
Company includes additional risks in its most recent quarterly filing. .Com registry Verisign released its earnings and filed its quarterly report with the SEC yesterday. Using Intelligize, I compared Q2’s SEC report to Q1 to look for changes. ...
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July 24, 2015, 4:45 pm