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Domain registrars should add security check for transfers to eName
Registrar has become a haven for stolen domain names. Over the weekend I received an email from the (former) owner of ShadesDaddy.com, an online sunglasses seller. He said his domain name had been stolen. I didn’t have to read on to make a pred...
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Domain registrars should add security check for transfers to eName
Registrar has become a haven for stolen domain names. Over the weekend I received an email from the (former) owner of ShadesDaddy.com, an online sunglasses seller. He said his domain name had been stolen. I didn’t have to read on to make a pred...
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February 10, 2015, 2:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com strikes deal with investors, Rightside extends deal with NameCheap
Web.com and Rightside reveal deals. Here’s some news about two publicly traded domain name companies. Web.com has struck a deal with Okumus Fund Management, which owns about 15% of the company’s shares, to add two new members to the board...
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Web.com strikes deal with investors, Rightside extends deal with NameCheap
Web.com and Rightside reveal deals. Here’s some news about two publicly traded domain name companies. Web.com has struck a deal with Okumus Fund Management, which owns about 15% of the company’s shares, to add two new members to the board...
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February 9, 2015, 8:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Roasting Coffee & Selling Flowers with Bill McClure – DNW Podcast #19
Bill McClure explains his web business strategy. Bill McClure has run a number of successful online businesses, including a couple he sold to FTD for millions of dollars. In this episode, learn about how he develops businesses on great domain names&h...
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Roasting Coffee & Selling Flowers with Bill McClure – DNW Podcast #19
Bill McClure explains his web business strategy. Bill McClure has run a number of successful online businesses, including a couple he sold to FTD for millions of dollars. In this episode, learn about how he develops businesses on great domain names&h...
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February 9, 2015, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .LGBT and two inexpensive domains
LGBT will be the most talked about, but don’t overlook these others. Domain Names are sure to get a lot of press this week as .LGBT “comes out” on Tuesday. Although many of the target buyers are still miffed over the current status ...
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New TLDs this week: .LGBT and two inexpensive domains
LGBT will be the most talked about, but don’t overlook these others. Domain Names are sure to get a lot of press this week as .LGBT “comes out” on Tuesday. Although many of the target buyers are still miffed over the current status ...
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February 9, 2015, 3:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
HA.com domain name auction is today & 8.co will sell for $100k+
8.co tops six figures and has met its reserve. Heritage Auctions is holding a domain name auction today at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, simulcast on HA.com. The auction begins at 11 am EST. As of the time of writing this morning, the most ex...
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HA.com domain name auction is today & 8.co will sell for $100k+
8.co tops six figures and has met its reserve. Heritage Auctions is holding a domain name auction today at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, simulcast on HA.com. The auction begins at 11 am EST. As of the time of writing this morning, the most ex...
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February 9, 2015, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé’s “Hogging” remarks
ICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. In a...
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ICA responds to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé’s “Hogging” remarks
ICANN boss made questionable comments in Davos last month. Internet Commerce Association has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé, following remarks Chehadé made at the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos. In a...
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February 6, 2015, 5:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: iiiii.com and more
Joseph Peterson looks at the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Market value for repeating-character domains (on average) undergoes a stepwise descent as length increases. CCs outsell CCCs, which outperform CCCCs, which ...
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Expired Domain Report: iiiii.com and more
Joseph Peterson looks at the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Market value for repeating-character domains (on average) undergoes a stepwise descent as length increases. CCs outsell CCCs, which outperform CCCCs, which ...
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February 6, 2015, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web design company sues GoDaddy over “It’s Go Time” slogan
Company says it was using the slogan first. A small web development company is suing GoDaddy over its “It’s Go Time” slogan, arguing that it started using the moniker well before GoDaddy adopted it. Plaintiff The Easy Life, LLC runs...
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Web design company sues GoDaddy over “It’s Go Time” slogan
Company says it was using the slogan first. A small web development company is suing GoDaddy over its “It’s Go Time” slogan, arguing that it started using the moniker well before GoDaddy adopted it. Plaintiff The Easy Life, LLC runs...
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February 6, 2015, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
How is .Com? Verisign discusses, and signs 11 IDN contracts
Verisign signs transliteration TLD contracts, discusses the state of .com. There was a lot of interesting information in yesterday’s Verisign quarterly investor conference call. First, the company said it signed 11 contracts for its IDN transli...
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How is .Com? Verisign discusses, and signs 11 IDN contracts
Verisign signs transliteration TLD contracts, discusses the state of .com. There was a lot of interesting information in yesterday’s Verisign quarterly investor conference call. First, the company said it signed 11 contracts for its IDN transli...
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February 6, 2015, 2:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
8.2 million .com/.net registrations in Q4
Verisign reports Q4 results. Verisign reported earnings for the 4th quarter of 2014 today. 8.2 million .com/.net domain names were registered in the quarter, the same as in the 4th quarter of 2013. When you take out deletions, the combined zones grew...
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8.2 million .com/.net registrations in Q4
Verisign reports Q4 results. Verisign reported earnings for the 4th quarter of 2014 today. 8.2 million .com/.net domain names were registered in the quarter, the same as in the 4th quarter of 2013. When you take out deletions, the combined zones grew...
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February 5, 2015, 9:43 pm
