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Domain names…in the wild
Group creates tumblr to chronicle the use of creative domain names. I’ve often come across cool uses of domain names on the side of trucks, on billboards, or while watching TV. For example, a couple years ago I saw Mow.co on the side of a lawn ...
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Domain names…in the wild
Group creates tumblr to chronicle the use of creative domain names. I’ve often come across cool uses of domain names on the side of trucks, on billboards, or while watching TV. For example, a couple years ago I saw Mow.co on the side of a lawn ...
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June 18, 2015, 12:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Monsanto buys domain name for a new brand (and other end user purchases)
Monsanto buys a new brand name .com and a handful of new TLDs are snapped up by end users. Monsanto recently applied for a trademark on Trecepta, and this past week it bought the matching .com domain name for just $850. Even more peculiar, the domain...
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Monsanto buys domain name for a new brand (and other end user purchases)
Monsanto buys a new brand name .com and a handful of new TLDs are snapped up by end users. Monsanto recently applied for a trademark on Trecepta, and this past week it bought the matching .com domain name for just $850. Even more peculiar, the domain...
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June 17, 2015, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
.News premium list slimmed down, here are 37k that didn’t make the cut
Rightside slims down premium list for .News, and some good domains will be available at regular prices. Rightside’s upcoming .News top level domain name launch should be one to watch. .News works with many terms, giving it big potential for sec...
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.News premium list slimmed down, here are 37k that didn’t make the cut
Rightside slims down premium list for .News, and some good domains will be available at regular prices. Rightside’s upcoming .News top level domain name launch should be one to watch. .News works with many terms, giving it big potential for sec...
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June 17, 2015, 2:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
CentralNic raises £2.3 Million
CentralNic pads bank account with institutional placement. Publicly traded domain name registry and registrar CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has raised £2.3 Million by placing 5,750,000 new ordinary shares. The shares were sold at 40 pence each, above ...
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CentralNic raises £2.3 Million
CentralNic pads bank account with institutional placement. Publicly traded domain name registry and registrar CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has raised £2.3 Million by placing 5,750,000 new ordinary shares. The shares were sold at 40 pence each, above ...
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June 17, 2015, 12:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 new domain names you can register for $1.50 or less
Register these domain names without burning a hole in your wallet. Want some inexpensive domain names? You’re in luck. At least 10 new TLDs can be registered today for just $1.50 or less, and only two of them have any sort of limits on registra...
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10 new domain names you can register for $1.50 or less
Register these domain names without burning a hole in your wallet. Want some inexpensive domain names? You’re in luck. At least 10 new TLDs can be registered today for just $1.50 or less, and only two of them have any sort of limits on registra...
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June 16, 2015, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
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Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
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June 16, 2015, 1:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
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GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
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Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
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June 15, 2015, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
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June 15, 2015, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy: Alleged discriminatory email not authentic
GoDaddy says it didn’t send email calling job applicant an obese Christian. GoDaddy has formally denied allegations that it sent an email to a job applicant explaining that it wouldn’t hire him because he was an obese Christian. The denia...
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GoDaddy: Alleged discriminatory email not authentic
GoDaddy says it didn’t send email calling job applicant an obese Christian. GoDaddy has formally denied allegations that it sent an email to a job applicant explaining that it wouldn’t hire him because he was an obese Christian. The denia...
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June 15, 2015, 1:35 am
