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Domain Name Wire
Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
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Going .Green with Annalisa Roger – DNW Podcast #23
.Green domain names are available this month after a long journey. The .Green top level domain name comes out this month. In this episode, DotGreen Community CEO Annalisa Roger discusses the long road to .green and how she hopes companies, groups and...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
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.Com’s biggest winners and losers
Uniregistry wins and Moniker loses when it comes to .com domain name transfers in November. ICANN has published the most recent monthly report from ICANN showing .com transfer wins and losses from November. Uniregistry had the biggest net inflow of t...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
Discussion
Mega List: 67 end user domain name sales
Joseph Peterson tracks down 67 recent end user domain name sales. During the previous week, Sedo’s network handled 581 domain transactions totaling $1.4 million. Compared to last week, whose top 3 public sales at Sedo added up to $500k, a ...
Discussion
March 9, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
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LuxeValet.com shortens domain name to Luxe.com for $172,500
Domain name sold to parking company after auction ended. Heritage Auctions continues to sell domain names that were listed in its auction last month in New York. One of the bigger sales is Luxe.com, which was purchased by on demand parking and valet ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
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Minds + Machines pockets $1.68 from three more auction losses
Company gets cash for losing auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has added $1.68 million to its bank account after losing three more contention set auctions. The money primarily comes from losing .beauty and .soccer, both of ...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
Discussion
ASOP gets Tucows named in U.S. Government “Notorious” List
Registrar blamed for domain names used for fake online pharmacies. The U.S. government just released its “2014 Out-of-Cycle Review of Notorious Markets” report (pdf), which calls out markets in which there is apparent widespread counterfe...
Discussion
March 6, 2015, 2:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Domains joins Afternic
Domains listed on Afternic will show up for searches on Google Domains. Google’s new domain name registrar is now part of AfternicDLS and its fast transfer network, according to an announcement on the Afternic.com website: Google Domains has jo...
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Google Domains joins Afternic
Domains listed on Afternic will show up for searches on Google Domains. Google’s new domain name registrar is now part of AfternicDLS and its fast transfer network, according to an announcement on the Afternic.com website: Google Domains has jo...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 9:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy names Chief Customer Officer, new CMO
One of GoDaddy’s original employees moves to new position. GoDaddy announced today that long time Chief Marketing Office Barb Rechterman will be the company’s Chief Customer Officer, a newly-formed position. According to a press release, ...
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GoDaddy names Chief Customer Officer, new CMO
One of GoDaddy’s original employees moves to new position. GoDaddy announced today that long time Chief Marketing Office Barb Rechterman will be the company’s Chief Customer Officer, a newly-formed position. According to a press release, ...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 6:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Password Managers can save you from phishing attempts
Software makes it difficult to enter passwords on illegitimate sites. Domain theft is rampant, and a key way domain names get stolen is when domain name registrar login credentials are phished. I’m vigilant about monitoring emails for suspiciou...
Discussion
Password Managers can save you from phishing attempts
Software makes it difficult to enter passwords on illegitimate sites. Domain theft is rampant, and a key way domain names get stolen is when domain name registrar login credentials are phished. I’m vigilant about monitoring emails for suspiciou...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Survey: domain name registrars must focus on security and price
Domain name registrars must offer strong security and price to attract customers. There are some questions I’ve asked on the Domain Name Wire Survey over the past ten years that have predictable answers year after year. One of these is “R...
Discussion
Survey: domain name registrars must focus on security and price
Domain name registrars must offer strong security and price to attract customers. There are some questions I’ve asked on the Domain Name Wire Survey over the past ten years that have predictable answers year after year. One of these is “R...
Discussion
March 5, 2015, 3:24 pm
