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Does auctioning off a new TLD to the highest bidder set up failure?
Why did losers not value the domain name as high as the winner? Let me start by saying I’m not a big fan of the idea of community priority and similar mechanisms for determining which applicant gets a particular top level domain name. But I&rsq...
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Does auctioning off a new TLD to the highest bidder set up failure?
Why did losers not value the domain name as high as the winner? Let me start by saying I’m not a big fan of the idea of community priority and similar mechanisms for determining which applicant gets a particular top level domain name. But I&rsq...
Discussion
October 30, 2014, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: a strong .net sale and more
Joseph Peterson takes a look at the past week in the expired domain name market. There has been some discussion this past year among domain investors about the market outlook for .NET domains. Traditionally, .NET has played second fiddle to .COM for ...
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Expired Domain Report: a strong .net sale and more
Joseph Peterson takes a look at the past week in the expired domain name market. There has been some discussion this past year among domain investors about the market outlook for .NET domains. Traditionally, .NET has played second fiddle to .COM for ...
Discussion
October 30, 2014, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
.ooo owner Infinibeam isn’t just crazy, it’s a misinformation machine
Company is spreading a lot of incorrect information about domain names. I was rather amused when Infibeam, the Indian ecommerce company behind .ooo, announced its bold ambitions for the domain name last month. I figured it was just a publicity stunt....
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.ooo owner Infinibeam isn’t just crazy, it’s a misinformation machine
Company is spreading a lot of incorrect information about domain names. I was rather amused when Infibeam, the Indian ecommerce company behind .ooo, announced its bold ambitions for the domain name last month. I figured it was just a publicity stunt....
Discussion
October 30, 2014, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Creepy” .Com videos get 600k watches, here are 2 more [Watch]
If you thought “Fish on a Bus” was weird, wait until you see “Bee in a Bar”. Last week Verisign released videos under its new marketing campaign “Make Your Idea Internet Official”. The videos have been described in...
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“Creepy” .Com videos get 600k watches, here are 2 more [Watch]
If you thought “Fish on a Bus” was weird, wait until you see “Bee in a Bar”. Last week Verisign released videos under its new marketing campaign “Make Your Idea Internet Official”. The videos have been described in...
Discussion
October 30, 2014, 1:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Holdings sold nearly $10 million in domain names last quarter
…and 98% of sales were .com. Domain Holdings’ outbound domain name sales machine continued to churn last quarter, with the company selling $9.55 million worth of domains in Q3. That’s down slightly from the $9.9 million it sold in ...
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Domain Holdings sold nearly $10 million in domain names last quarter
…and 98% of sales were .com. Domain Holdings’ outbound domain name sales machine continued to churn last quarter, with the company selling $9.55 million worth of domains in Q3. That’s down slightly from the $9.9 million it sold in ...
Discussion
October 29, 2014, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
21 end user domain name sales at Sedo
A sex toy company, pet food seller and Big Blue bought domain names last week. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week, including some to big name buyers. It looks like IBM even got into the mix. Here’s a list of 21 end user sales ...
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21 end user domain name sales at Sedo
A sex toy company, pet food seller and Big Blue bought domain names last week. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week, including some to big name buyers. It looks like IBM even got into the mix. Here’s a list of 21 end user sales ...
Discussion
October 29, 2014, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Critics say Google is “Hispandering” with new .Soy domain name
If the company is Hispandering, it’s also mompandering and corporationpandering. New top level domain name registries offering regional, niche, or cultural domains, take note: the people you’re targeting might take it the wrong way. That&...
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Critics say Google is “Hispandering” with new .Soy domain name
If the company is Hispandering, it’s also mompandering and corporationpandering. New top level domain name registries offering regional, niche, or cultural domains, take note: the people you’re targeting might take it the wrong way. That&...
Discussion
October 29, 2014, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
TLD Registry opens Chinese headquarters and names GM
Chinese IDN registry opens office in “China’s Silicon Valley”. TLD Registry, the company behind the Chinese IDNs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has opened a Chinese headquarters and named a new Ge...
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TLD Registry opens Chinese headquarters and names GM
Chinese IDN registry opens office in “China’s Silicon Valley”. TLD Registry, the company behind the Chinese IDNs Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网), has opened a Chinese headquarters and named a new Ge...
Discussion
October 28, 2014, 8:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon.com trademark might tip off plans for new top level domain names
Trademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com’s use? Is i...
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Amazon.com trademark might tip off plans for new top level domain names
Trademark application covers registry services related to selling domain names to the public. What does Amazon.com plan to do with top level domain names it is the registry for? Does it still plan to earmark them for just Amazon.com’s use? Is i...
Discussion
October 28, 2014, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Feedback plans to bundle feedback platform with domain names
.Feedback domain names will come with a full-fledged feedback system. Jay Westerdal’s company Top Level Spectrum has submitted a request to ICANN to offer a feedback platform combined with its forthcoming .feedback top level domain name. The pl...
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.Feedback plans to bundle feedback platform with domain names
.Feedback domain names will come with a full-fledged feedback system. Jay Westerdal’s company Top Level Spectrum has submitted a request to ICANN to offer a feedback platform combined with its forthcoming .feedback top level domain name. The pl...
Discussion
October 28, 2014, 2:19 pm
