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Watch Stuart Lawley defend .Porn and .Adult
The man behind .porn, .adult and .xxx is asked to defend his business model. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley was on Bloomberg yesterday. Bloomberg’s Emily Chang asked him to defend the business model of selling .porn and .adult domain names. Doe...
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Watch Stuart Lawley defend .Porn and .Adult
The man behind .porn, .adult and .xxx is asked to defend his business model. ICM Registry CEO Stuart Lawley was on Bloomberg yesterday. Bloomberg’s Emily Chang asked him to defend the business model of selling .porn and .adult domain names. Doe...
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June 4, 2015, 5:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
St. Louis bank sues to take over gripe domains
Bank and board member file cybersquatting claim over two domain names they call defamatory. Midwest BankCentre, a bank in St. Louis, has filed a lawsuit to get control of the domain names MidwestBankCheated.com and JerryScheideggerCheatedMe.com. Jerr...
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St. Louis bank sues to take over gripe domains
Bank and board member file cybersquatting claim over two domain names they call defamatory. Midwest BankCentre, a bank in St. Louis, has filed a lawsuit to get control of the domain names MidwestBankCheated.com and JerryScheideggerCheatedMe.com. Jerr...
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June 4, 2015, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
An interesting Google domain name parking patent application
Idea sounds a lot like zero click monetization. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published a Google patent application related to domain name parking. Named Systems and Methods of Providing Parked Domain Content, application 13/631472 (embed...
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An interesting Google domain name parking patent application
Idea sounds a lot like zero click monetization. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office just published a Google patent application related to domain name parking. Named Systems and Methods of Providing Parked Domain Content, application 13/631472 (embed...
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June 4, 2015, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interview: Why Shaun Smith bought JiuJitsu.com
An interview with Shaun Smith, who just acquired JiuJitsu.com on a creative payment plan. Shaun Smith locked down the premium domain JiuJitsu.com for $75,000 about month ago…for much less than $75k. Here’s his story. First things first, ...
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Interview: Why Shaun Smith bought JiuJitsu.com
An interview with Shaun Smith, who just acquired JiuJitsu.com on a creative payment plan. Shaun Smith locked down the premium domain JiuJitsu.com for $75,000 about month ago…for much less than $75k. Here’s his story. First things first, ...
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June 4, 2015, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows’ stock in on fire
Shares up over 50% since May 1. If you bought shares of Tucows at the opening price on May 1, just a month ago, you’ve already realized a return of a whopping 57%. Shares in Tucows are on fire on the NASDAQ, where it trades under the ticker TCX...
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Tucows’ stock in on fire
Shares up over 50% since May 1. If you bought shares of Tucows at the opening price on May 1, just a month ago, you’ve already realized a return of a whopping 57%. Shares in Tucows are on fire on the NASDAQ, where it trades under the ticker TCX...
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June 4, 2015, 2:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Recent end user domain name sales
A photographer, bicycle manufacturer and illustrator bought domain names last week. Sedo had 605 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.1 million in sales. A number of the higher sales are still going through transfer, so some big end u...
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Recent end user domain name sales
A photographer, bicycle manufacturer and illustrator bought domain names last week. Sedo had 605 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.1 million in sales. A number of the higher sales are still going through transfer, so some big end u...
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June 3, 2015, 6:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com winners and losers
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in February. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from February. Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1....
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.Com winners and losers
Here’s how registrars fared with .com in February. ICANN has published the latest Verisign .com monthly report, containing data from February. Let’s start by reviewing which registrars added the most new .com domain name registrations: 1....
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June 3, 2015, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo touts Direct Auction successes
Top Direct Auction sale so far is $26,500. Sedo launched a new feature called Direct Auctions at the end of April, allowing anyone to start an auction for a $59 fee. 150 orders for Direct Auctions were placed on the first day. So, how is it going? Se...
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Sedo touts Direct Auction successes
Top Direct Auction sale so far is $26,500. Sedo launched a new feature called Direct Auctions at the end of April, allowing anyone to start an auction for a $59 fee. 150 orders for Direct Auctions were placed on the first day. So, how is it going? Se...
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June 3, 2015, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
University of Florida gets FloridaGators.com…18 years later
Site owner changed use to one about alligators after receiving cease & desist letter. The University of Florida will soon own the domain name FloridaGators.com after winning a cybersquatting dispute. The domain name was registered by a Florida ma...
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University of Florida gets FloridaGators.com…18 years later
Site owner changed use to one about alligators after receiving cease & desist letter. The University of Florida will soon own the domain name FloridaGators.com after winning a cybersquatting dispute. The domain name was registered by a Florida ma...
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June 3, 2015, 1:41 pm
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One year in: .XYZ and new top level domain names
Controversial…but successful? The .xyz domain name hit its one year anniversary today with about 950,000 domain names. That’s just 50,000 names shy of .xyz CEO Daniel Negari’s first year goal for the domain name, an estimate many s...
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One year in: .XYZ and new top level domain names
Controversial…but successful? The .xyz domain name hit its one year anniversary today with about 950,000 domain names. That’s just 50,000 names shy of .xyz CEO Daniel Negari’s first year goal for the domain name, an estimate many s...
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June 2, 2015, 5:51 pm
