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Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
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Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
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December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Paris, .Moscow, .LTDA and more
Four geo domains among those releasing this week. It’s a fairly busy week for new top level domain names, especially for those watching geographic top level domain names. Monday .МОСКВА and .Moscow launched today, and they will be very in...
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New TLDs this week: .Paris, .Moscow, .LTDA and more
Four geo domains among those releasing this week. It’s a fairly busy week for new top level domain names, especially for those watching geographic top level domain names. Monday .МОСКВА and .Moscow launched today, and they will be very in...
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December 1, 2014, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales up to $35,000
Two Heineken breweries among end user domain name buyers. I was too busy eating turkey last week to do the end user sales report, so I’m publishing this a week late. Sedo closed $1.2 million worth of domain name transactions the week-before-las...
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23 end user domain name sales up to $35,000
Two Heineken breweries among end user domain name buyers. I was too busy eating turkey last week to do the end user sales report, so I’m publishing this a week late. Sedo closed $1.2 million worth of domain name transactions the week-before-las...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Parking with Michael Gilmour – DNW Podcast #9
Why are you making less from domain name parking? Can you do anything about it? If you’ve been in the domain name industry for any length of time, odds are you’re making less from domain name parking now than you did many years ago. In th...
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Domain Name Parking with Michael Gilmour – DNW Podcast #9
Why are you making less from domain name parking? Can you do anything about it? If you’ve been in the domain name industry for any length of time, odds are you’re making less from domain name parking now than you did many years ago. In th...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges 3 number domain names stolen
Lawsuit says three three-number domain names were stolen from an eNom account. A federal lawsuit alleges that the domain names 224.com, 605.com and 452.com have been stolen. Ian Andrew of Traffic Names, Ltd filed an in rem action (pdf) against the do...
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Lawsuit alleges 3 number domain names stolen
Lawsuit says three three-number domain names were stolen from an eNom account. A federal lawsuit alleges that the domain names 224.com, 605.com and 452.com have been stolen. Ian Andrew of Traffic Names, Ltd filed an in rem action (pdf) against the do...
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December 1, 2014, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Trademark King” wants Apple.com, YouTube.com, Target.com, Google.com, Elton John trademarks
Guy files trademarks matching names of celebrities, major brands and their domain names. A couple weeks ago I wrote about Trademark King, Inc. The Indiana company had filed a trademark on Trademarking.com, a domain name owned by domain investor Rick ...
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“Trademark King” wants Apple.com, YouTube.com, Target.com, Google.com, Elton John trademarks
Guy files trademarks matching names of celebrities, major brands and their domain names. A couple weeks ago I wrote about Trademark King, Inc. The Indiana company had filed a trademark on Trademarking.com, a domain name owned by domain investor Rick ...
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December 1, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Stocks walloped so far in 2014
Most publicly traded domain name companies have had their stocks hit hard in 2014. The broader markets are up big time this year, but there’s not much cheer at domain name companies that are publicly listed. With about a month left in the year,...
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Domain Name Stocks walloped so far in 2014
Most publicly traded domain name companies have had their stocks hit hard in 2014. The broader markets are up big time this year, but there’s not much cheer at domain name companies that are publicly listed. With about a month left in the year,...
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November 28, 2014, 3:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
TrendyHair.es owner guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
WIPO panel finds GIGS United S.L. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. GIGS United S.L., the Barcelona company that owns TrendyHair.es, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name TrendyHair.com. The case was filed...
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TrendyHair.es owner guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
WIPO panel finds GIGS United S.L. guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. GIGS United S.L., the Barcelona company that owns TrendyHair.es, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name TrendyHair.com. The case was filed...
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November 28, 2014, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
What I think about Donuts’ bold 80% renewal forecast
Last Friday, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura posted on CircleID an argument for strong renewal rates in new top level domain names. He even put a number on it: “…we conservatively predict an initial renewal rate of greater than 80% for Donuts gT...
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What I think about Donuts’ bold 80% renewal forecast
Last Friday, Donuts CEO Paul Stahura posted on CircleID an argument for strong renewal rates in new top level domain names. He even put a number on it: “…we conservatively predict an initial renewal rate of greater than 80% for Donuts gT...
Discussion
November 26, 2014, 5:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Click’s 3,800 domains: Good or bad?
People spend about $25,000 on .click domains on the first day. Here’s a riddle: how many domains will domainers register on the first day of a new TLD launch for a semi-decent generic domain during Thanksgiving week with super low registration ...
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.Click’s 3,800 domains: Good or bad?
People spend about $25,000 on .click domains on the first day. Here’s a riddle: how many domains will domainers register on the first day of a new TLD launch for a semi-decent generic domain during Thanksgiving week with super low registration ...
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November 26, 2014, 3:58 pm
