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16 end user domain name sales up to $109,000
End users buy domain names for up to $100,000. Domain name marketplace Sedo had a banner week, closing 543 transactions for a larger-than-normal $1.8 million tally. The sales were led by Mercari.com, bought by the maker of the Mercari app. Mercari ha...
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16 end user domain name sales up to $109,000
End users buy domain names for up to $100,000. Domain name marketplace Sedo had a banner week, closing 543 transactions for a larger-than-normal $1.8 million tally. The sales were led by Mercari.com, bought by the maker of the Mercari app. Mercari ha...
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April 8, 2015, 4:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniform Rapid Suspension by the numbers
A look at which new top level domain names are getting hit with the most URS cases. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced along with new top level domains as a sort of faster, cheaper version of UDRP. Companies can make a cybersquatting claim...
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Uniform Rapid Suspension by the numbers
A look at which new top level domain names are getting hit with the most URS cases. Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) was introduced along with new top level domains as a sort of faster, cheaper version of UDRP. Companies can make a cybersquatting claim...
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April 8, 2015, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts challenges .Charity decision
Company invokes Independent Review Process over year-old objection decision. New top level domain name company Donuts has filed for an Independent Review Process over a community objection decision for .Charity. The Independent Objector filed communi...
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Donuts challenges .Charity decision
Company invokes Independent Review Process over year-old objection decision. New top level domain name company Donuts has filed for an Independent Review Process over a community objection decision for .Charity. The Independent Objector filed communi...
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April 8, 2015, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing New gTLDs
In this guest post, Aditya Chauhan of LogicBoxes explains big challenges facing new top level domain name registries. When ICANN announced the nTLD program, thousands of applicants threw their hats in the ring. It seemed pretty straight forward; the ...
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The 3 Biggest Challenges Facing New gTLDs
In this guest post, Aditya Chauhan of LogicBoxes explains big challenges facing new top level domain name registries. When ICANN announced the nTLD program, thousands of applicants threw their hats in the ring. It seemed pretty straight forward; the ...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 7:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Slicing the data: Top 50 “Premium” gTLDs
One more way to look at the top level domain leaderboards. Registries have sliced and diced the new top level domain name leaderboards in many ways: paid registrations, registration years, number of domains used, Alexa rankings, etc. Here’s ano...
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Slicing the data: Top 50 “Premium” gTLDs
One more way to look at the top level domain leaderboards. Registries have sliced and diced the new top level domain name leaderboards in many ways: paid registrations, registration years, number of domains used, Alexa rankings, etc. Here’s ano...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyzing NameJet and Short Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews recent NameJet sales, and takes a deep dive into sales of 3 and 4-character domain names. After a record-setting Winter, NameJet began Spring with a reduced sales volume for March. Even so, given 94 sales closing at ...
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Analyzing NameJet and Short Domain Name Sales
Joseph Peterson reviews recent NameJet sales, and takes a deep dive into sales of 3 and 4-character domain names. After a record-setting Winter, NameJet began Spring with a reduced sales volume for March. Even so, given 94 sales closing at ...
Discussion
April 7, 2015, 1:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts files interesting trademark applications
Donuts files trademark applications, likely for marketing campaign. Top level domain name registry Donuts has filed two interesting trademark applications. The applications are for the marks: I Am.___________ We Are.__________ My guess is this is for...
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Donuts files interesting trademark applications
Donuts files trademark applications, likely for marketing campaign. Top level domain name registry Donuts has filed two interesting trademark applications. The applications are for the marks: I Am.___________ We Are.__________ My guess is this is for...
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April 6, 2015, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Inside Sedo with CEO Tobias Flaitz
Sedo CEO discusses domain name parking, selling and more. Domain name owners park nearly 5 million domain names and list 18 million + domains on Sedo. This week Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz comes on the show to talk about the past, present and future of th...
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Inside Sedo with CEO Tobias Flaitz
Sedo CEO discusses domain name parking, selling and more. Domain name owners park nearly 5 million domain names and list 18 million + domains on Sedo. This week Sedo CEO Tobias Flaitz comes on the show to talk about the past, present and future of th...
Discussion
April 6, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Flowers and .Wedding
Pick out your .flowers arrangement for the .wedding. Two top level domain names launch this week, and it’s fitting that they launch near the same time. Uniregistry launches .Flowers on Tuesday, April 7. You can pick these domains up at a number...
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New TLDs this week: .Flowers and .Wedding
Pick out your .flowers arrangement for the .wedding. Two top level domain names launch this week, and it’s fitting that they launch near the same time. Uniregistry launches .Flowers on Tuesday, April 7. You can pick these domains up at a number...
Discussion
April 6, 2015, 1:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com’s winners and losers update
Rightside had a good December in terms of transfer gains. ICANN has published Verisign’s .com transaction report from December, giving us an idea of which domain name registrars are winning and losing customers through transfers. eNom had the b...
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.Com’s winners and losers update
Rightside had a good December in terms of transfer gains. ICANN has published Verisign’s .com transaction report from December, giving us an idea of which domain name registrars are winning and losing customers through transfers. eNom had the b...
Discussion
April 6, 2015, 1:33 pm
