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GoDaddy introduces two factor authentication outside U.S.
Security tool expanded to 185 countries. Non-U.S. customers of GoDaddy can now activate two-factor authentication to add security to their accounts. The service has been available in the U.S. for several years, and international customers have been a...
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GoDaddy introduces two factor authentication outside U.S.
Security tool expanded to 185 countries. Non-U.S. customers of GoDaddy can now activate two-factor authentication to add security to their accounts. The service has been available in the U.S. for several years, and international customers have been a...
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August 27, 2015, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Online domain name registrations by the numbers
A look inside .Online’s strong debut. By all accounts, .Online had a great first day yesterday. It got over 30,000 registrations. Its overnight zone file now sits at about 35,000 names. I dug through the zone file to look for patterns. Here&rsq...
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.Online domain name registrations by the numbers
A look inside .Online’s strong debut. By all accounts, .Online had a great first day yesterday. It got over 30,000 registrations. Its overnight zone file now sits at about 35,000 names. I dug through the zone file to look for patterns. Here&rsq...
Discussion
August 27, 2015, 4:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Progressive Specialty Glass Company nailed for RDNH
Company fails to even make a prima facie of lack of rights or legitimate interest. Specialty drinkware company Progressive Specialty Glass Company has engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration Forum panelist Darryl C. Wilson came...
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Progressive Specialty Glass Company nailed for RDNH
Company fails to even make a prima facie of lack of rights or legitimate interest. Specialty drinkware company Progressive Specialty Glass Company has engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. National Arbitration Forum panelist Darryl C. Wilson came...
Discussion
August 27, 2015, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cha-ching: Minds + Machines picks up another $3.5 million from losing auctions
New TLD company reaps millions from losing .art and .data auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has padded its bank account with another $3.5 million as a result of losing two more top level domain auctions. The company got the...
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Cha-ching: Minds + Machines picks up another $3.5 million from losing auctions
New TLD company reaps millions from losing .art and .data auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has padded its bank account with another $3.5 million as a result of losing two more top level domain auctions. The company got the...
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August 27, 2015, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Online gets 28,000 registrations in first 30 minutes
New domain name likely sets launch record for new domain names. The new .online top level domain name received over 28,000 registrations in the first 30 minutes of general availability today. It now has over 30,000 registrations, including 1,130 high...
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.Online gets 28,000 registrations in first 30 minutes
New domain name likely sets launch record for new domain names. The new .online top level domain name received over 28,000 registrations in the first 30 minutes of general availability today. It now has over 30,000 registrations, including 1,130 high...
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August 26, 2015, 5:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Above.com hires Aaron Kvitek to lead marketing
Former Oversee.net VP will lead marketing for domain investing tools provider. Former Oversee.net VP of Marketing and Communications Aaron Kvitek has joined Above.com, which is best known for its domain name parking optimization service. Kvitek was m...
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Above.com hires Aaron Kvitek to lead marketing
Former Oversee.net VP will lead marketing for domain investing tools provider. Former Oversee.net VP of Marketing and Communications Aaron Kvitek has joined Above.com, which is best known for its domain name parking optimization service. Kvitek was m...
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August 26, 2015, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales including a .Science domain name
End user domain name sales from the past week. You are getting sleepy…very sleepy…you will visit Domain Name Wire several times a day and visit the advertisers’ sites… Oh, excuse me. I’ve gotten carried away after wri...
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18 end user domain name sales including a .Science domain name
End user domain name sales from the past week. You are getting sleepy…very sleepy…you will visit Domain Name Wire several times a day and visit the advertisers’ sites… Oh, excuse me. I’ve gotten carried away after wri...
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August 26, 2015, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domainers might want to check unclaimed money databases
I found some money waiting for me from a domain name company. You’ve probably seen promotions from your state for its unclaimed funds databases. States maintain a database where you can claim money owed to you, such as a utility deposit refund,...
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Domainers might want to check unclaimed money databases
I found some money waiting for me from a domain name company. You’ve probably seen promotions from your state for its unclaimed funds databases. States maintain a database where you can claim money owed to you, such as a utility deposit refund,...
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August 25, 2015, 4:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
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
