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Trending keywords in .com: Gay, Zone, Buzz
Used, Gay, and three keywords matching new TLDS make the list. Verisign has published its monthly “trending keywords” report, highlighting the keywords making the biggest jump from the May to June in .com domain name registrations. &ldquo...
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Trending keywords in .com: Gay, Zone, Buzz
Used, Gay, and three keywords matching new TLDS make the list. Verisign has published its monthly “trending keywords” report, highlighting the keywords making the biggest jump from the May to June in .com domain name registrations. &ldquo...
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July 14, 2015, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
eNom wins eNoms.com. Registrant tried to send a message through Whois.
An amusing whois record for eNoms.com. Domain name registrar eNom has won a UDRP for eNoms.com. According to the decision, the owner of the domain name tried to sell the domain name to eNom for $1,500. That’s about the cost of filing a UDRP, bu...
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eNom wins eNoms.com. Registrant tried to send a message through Whois.
An amusing whois record for eNoms.com. Domain name registrar eNom has won a UDRP for eNoms.com. According to the decision, the owner of the domain name tried to sell the domain name to eNom for $1,500. That’s about the cost of filing a UDRP, bu...
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July 14, 2015, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Former GoDaddy employees say they’re owed overtime
Plaintiffs say they shouldn’t have been categorized as exempt and are owed overtime. Three former* GoDaddy employees have sued the company, saying they should be paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week. Sal Careaga, Joshua Berry a...
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Former GoDaddy employees say they’re owed overtime
Plaintiffs say they shouldn’t have been categorized as exempt and are owed overtime. Three former* GoDaddy employees have sued the company, saying they should be paid overtime for work in excess of 40 hours per week. Sal Careaga, Joshua Berry a...
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July 13, 2015, 6:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mike Mann – DNW Podcast #41
BuyDomains founder discusses domain names. My guest today is Mike Mann. Mike Mann founded BuyDomains, built it up to 500,000 domain names, and then sold it to investors. Now he’s at it again with DomainMarket.com. Mike explains how he used tech...
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Mike Mann – DNW Podcast #41
BuyDomains founder discusses domain names. My guest today is Mike Mann. Mike Mann founded BuyDomains, built it up to 500,000 domain names, and then sold it to investors. Now he’s at it again with DomainMarket.com. Mike explains how he used tech...
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July 13, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Feeling some .Love for .Site? Check out these premium prices
.Site is an appealing generic, but pricing on premiums is a big turn-off. Four top level domain names become available for registration this week. The most notable is .Site, a good generic domain name that launches Wednesday. Radix, the same company ...
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Feeling some .Love for .Site? Check out these premium prices
.Site is an appealing generic, but pricing on premiums is a big turn-off. Four top level domain names become available for registration this week. The most notable is .Site, a good generic domain name that launches Wednesday. Radix, the same company ...
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July 13, 2015, 2:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some New TLDs shoot the whole program in the foot
.Ooo registry Infinibeam takes back 9-month-old domain names. New top level domain names aren’t exactly flying off registrar’s shelves. They face decades of head start from .com and county code domains, universal accessibility challenges,...
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Some New TLDs shoot the whole program in the foot
.Ooo registry Infinibeam takes back 9-month-old domain names. New top level domain names aren’t exactly flying off registrar’s shelves. They face decades of head start from .com and county code domains, universal accessibility challenges,...
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July 12, 2015, 8:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Illness.com at $12.7k and other Expired Domain Name sales
Joseph Peterson recaps the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. Not sure why the previous owner of Illness.com permitted his domain to expire – illness perhaps? At any rate, after slipping into a coma, this 19-year-...
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Illness.com at $12.7k and other Expired Domain Name sales
Joseph Peterson recaps the past week in expired domain name sales at NameJet. Not sure why the previous owner of Illness.com permitted his domain to expire – illness perhaps? At any rate, after slipping into a coma, this 19-year-...
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July 10, 2015, 2:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
June’s NameJet Sales in Review: What about China?
Joseph Peterson reviews the past month of expired domain name sales. Within the domain market, China has been a big hit; but recently China – meaning the Chinese stock market – took a big hit. Between June 15 and July 3, th...
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June’s NameJet Sales in Review: What about China?
Joseph Peterson reviews the past month of expired domain name sales. Within the domain market, China has been a big hit; but recently China – meaning the Chinese stock market – took a big hit. Between June 15 and July 3, th...
Discussion
July 9, 2015, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do 3 letter domains have any real value?
Is a domain name worth something if it’s just traded amongst investors with limited potential value to an end user? Three letter .com domain names are very popular right now, with prices increasing significantly over the past year. Much of the ...
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Do 3 letter domains have any real value?
Is a domain name worth something if it’s just traded amongst investors with limited potential value to an end user? Three letter .com domain names are very popular right now, with prices increasing significantly over the past year. Much of the ...
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July 9, 2015, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Workbetter.com lawsuit dismissed after judge disses case
Judge says it looked like a “set up”. Just one day after appearing in court and having the judge deny a motion for preliminary injunction, Office Space Solutions has dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name WorkBetter.com. ...
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Workbetter.com lawsuit dismissed after judge disses case
Judge says it looked like a “set up”. Just one day after appearing in court and having the judge deny a motion for preliminary injunction, Office Space Solutions has dismissed a cybersquatting lawsuit over the domain name WorkBetter.com. ...
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July 8, 2015, 8:08 pm
