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Tips to Sell More Domain Names with Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #26
Sell more domains with these expert tips. Want to sell more domain names? Jeff Gabriel, VP of Sales for DomainNameSales.com, has sold many of then (including some record-breakers). He shares tips for how to sell more domain names in this episode of t...
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Tips to Sell More Domain Names with Jeff Gabriel – DNW Podcast #26
Sell more domains with these expert tips. Want to sell more domain names? Jeff Gabriel, VP of Sales for DomainNameSales.com, has sold many of then (including some record-breakers). He shares tips for how to sell more domain names in this episode of t...
Discussion
March 30, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chehadé : It was just a misunderstanding
ICANN CEO explains domain “hogging” comments made during the Davos Annual Meeting. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has responded (pdf) to a letter from Internet Commerce Association (ICA) regarding domain “hogging” comments he m...
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Chehadé : It was just a misunderstanding
ICANN CEO explains domain “hogging” comments made during the Davos Annual Meeting. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has responded (pdf) to a letter from Internet Commerce Association (ICA) regarding domain “hogging” comments he m...
Discussion
March 30, 2015, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting UDRP: FIMO.club
Potential use as a fan site for a product saves domain name for respondent. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP filed by Staedtler Mars GmbH for the domain name FIMO.club. Staedtler Mars GmbH sells a clay ...
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Interesting UDRP: FIMO.club
Potential use as a fan site for a product saves domain name for respondent. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP filed by Staedtler Mars GmbH for the domain name FIMO.club. Staedtler Mars GmbH sells a clay ...
Discussion
March 30, 2015, 1:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
IPC asks ICANN to halt controversial .Sucks domain name roll out
Calls it “predatory, exploitative and coercive” and points out bizarre contract with ICANN. The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is asking (pdf) ICANN to halt Vox Populi’s roll out of the .sucks top level domain name, callin...
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IPC asks ICANN to halt controversial .Sucks domain name roll out
Calls it “predatory, exploitative and coercive” and points out bizarre contract with ICANN. The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) is asking (pdf) ICANN to halt Vox Populi’s roll out of the .sucks top level domain name, callin...
Discussion
March 27, 2015, 9:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Evaluating domain names on ValPak coupons
The majority of advertisers in a ValPak coupon mailer include a web address on their ad. I recently analyzed a coupon mailer I received to see if local businesses are promoting their websites in advertisements. Today I tore open a ValPak mailer to se...
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Evaluating domain names on ValPak coupons
The majority of advertisers in a ValPak coupon mailer include a web address on their ad. I recently analyzed a coupon mailer I received to see if local businesses are promoting their websites in advertisements. Today I tore open a ValPak mailer to se...
Discussion
March 27, 2015, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Optilead Ltd. engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
WIPO panel determined UK company filed domain name dispute in bad faith. UK company Optilead Ltd has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Optilead.com. Optilead Ltd uses the domain name Optilead.co.uk for i...
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Optilead Ltd. engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
WIPO panel determined UK company filed domain name dispute in bad faith. UK company Optilead Ltd has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Optilead.com. Optilead Ltd uses the domain name Optilead.co.uk for i...
Discussion
March 27, 2015, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson takes a look at recent expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s 2 top-performing expired domain auctions from the past week overlap with stories in the news elsewhere. KYTE.com ($5.3k) brings to mind a UDRP filed against ...
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NameJet Expired Domain Name Review
Joseph Peterson takes a look at recent expired domain name sales at NameJet. NameJet’s 2 top-performing expired domain auctions from the past week overlap with stories in the news elsewhere. KYTE.com ($5.3k) brings to mind a UDRP filed against ...
Discussion
March 26, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Ping fetches $1.5M at auction, .Srl goes for $400,000
Two two-way races for new top level domain names have been settled. Two top level domain name contention sets were settled in auctions yesterday. Golf company Ping (Karsten) won .Ping for $1,501,000. It was in contention with Radix. Thus, .Ping will ...
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.Ping fetches $1.5M at auction, .Srl goes for $400,000
Two two-way races for new top level domain names have been settled. Two top level domain name contention sets were settled in auctions yesterday. Golf company Ping (Karsten) won .Ping for $1,501,000. It was in contention with Radix. Thus, .Ping will ...
Discussion
March 26, 2015, 12:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you surprised by Donuts’ renewal rates?
Latest day was 61%, but it might be too early to draw conclusions. New top level domain name mega-registry Donuts has been blogging daily renewal rate data for its first domain names released nearly 14 months ago. The most recent data show a 71% rene...
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Are you surprised by Donuts’ renewal rates?
Latest day was 61%, but it might be too early to draw conclusions. New top level domain name mega-registry Donuts has been blogging daily renewal rate data for its first domain names released nearly 14 months ago. The most recent data show a 71% rene...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
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17 End User Domain Name Sales
ccTLD owners, a bank and plastic company all make purchases at Sedo. Sedo handled 674 domain name transactions last week for $1.2 million in sales. 56% of sales were buy-now prices, which is a bit higher than usual. There were a number of good sales,...
Discussion
March 25, 2015, 2:02 pm
