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Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
WIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacki...
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Wow, how was this case not reverse domain name hijacking?
WIPO panelist drops the ball in RDNH decision. A single member World Intellectual Property Organization panel has denied a UDRP complaint against the domain name alessandro.com, but failed to find the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacki...
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February 26, 2015, 4:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Marchex CEO steps down
A new boss at Marchex and Q4 earnings released. Marchex reported earnings today, and also announced that long time CEO Russell Horowitz has stepped down. Company co-founder Pete Christothoulou has taken over the top post. The company, which derives t...
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Marchex CEO steps down
A new boss at Marchex and Q4 earnings released. Marchex reported earnings today, and also announced that long time CEO Russell Horowitz has stepped down. Company co-founder Pete Christothoulou has taken over the top post. The company, which derives t...
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February 25, 2015, 11:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what sold at NameJet this past week
Joseph Peterson reviews the previous week’s expired domain name sales on NameJet. China is perched at the top of our chart – same as last week. The high expired domain sale from NameJet was YuChu.com ($11.9k), which – if e...
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Here’s what sold at NameJet this past week
Joseph Peterson reviews the previous week’s expired domain name sales on NameJet. China is perched at the top of our chart – same as last week. The high expired domain sale from NameJet was YuChu.com ($11.9k), which – if e...
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February 25, 2015, 3:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
New candidate for worst domain name: Sqeeqee.com
Why would you put your company at such a marketing disadvantage? I’ve written about plenty of poor domain name choices, and I have a new candidate to throw into the mix: Sqeeqee.com Sqeeqee.com is some sort of social networking platform, and it...
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New candidate for worst domain name: Sqeeqee.com
Why would you put your company at such a marketing disadvantage? I’ve written about plenty of poor domain name choices, and I have a new candidate to throw into the mix: Sqeeqee.com Sqeeqee.com is some sort of social networking platform, and it...
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February 25, 2015, 2:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy releases earnings, picks GDDY ticker
Domain name registrar gets one step closer to IPO. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today that revealed fourth quarter and full year 2014 financials, as well as the company’s planned NYSE stock ticker GDDY. Fourth quarter rev...
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GoDaddy releases earnings, picks GDDY ticker
Domain name registrar gets one step closer to IPO. GoDaddy filed an amended S-1 statement with the SEC today that revealed fourth quarter and full year 2014 financials, as well as the company’s planned NYSE stock ticker GDDY. Fourth quarter rev...
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February 25, 2015, 12:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Survey is closing soon
The survey period is closing soon… The deadline for completing the 10th annual Domain Name Wire survey is quickly approaching. Complete the survey here Already, people from 25 countries of taken about 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. They&...
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Domain Name Wire Survey is closing soon
The survey period is closing soon… The deadline for completing the 10th annual Domain Name Wire survey is quickly approaching. Complete the survey here Already, people from 25 countries of taken about 5-10 minutes to complete the survey. They&...
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February 24, 2015, 10:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Science soars to 10,000 registrations in three hours
Famous Four’s latest launch is off to a fast start. Famous Four Media launched the .Science top level domain name this morning, and registration activity has been brisk so far. At roughly three hours after launch, 9,680 .science domain names ha...
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.Science soars to 10,000 registrations in three hours
Famous Four’s latest launch is off to a fast start. Famous Four Media launched the .Science top level domain name this morning, and registration activity has been brisk so far. At roughly three hours after launch, 9,680 .science domain names ha...
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February 24, 2015, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oh my, Verisign is actually scared of new top level domains!
Company sues .XYZ and claims its marketing is hurting .com. If you listen to any of Verisign’s quarterly investor calls, you’ll often hear analysts asking what new TLDs are doing to .com. Well, new TLDs are creating confusion, the company...
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Oh my, Verisign is actually scared of new top level domains!
Company sues .XYZ and claims its marketing is hurting .com. If you listen to any of Verisign’s quarterly investor calls, you’ll often hear analysts asking what new TLDs are doing to .com. Well, new TLDs are creating confusion, the company...
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February 24, 2015, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines reports numbers, including $36M from auctions
Big 2014 numbers from losing auctions, but domain registration revenue starting to grow. Minds + Machines released some preliminary numbers for 2014 today. It can be summarized as: it pulled in a lot of cash from losing auctions, and registrations of...
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Minds + Machines reports numbers, including $36M from auctions
Big 2014 numbers from losing auctions, but domain registration revenue starting to grow. Minds + Machines released some preliminary numbers for 2014 today. It can be summarized as: it pulled in a lot of cash from losing auctions, and registrations of...
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February 24, 2015, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expire.com launches as dutch auction for domain names
Domain name prices start at $500 and drop from there. The team behind HugeDomains, DropCatch.com and NameBright launched a new service called Expire.com today. It has nothing to do with expired domains, however. The name refers to domain name buying ...
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Expire.com launches as dutch auction for domain names
Domain name prices start at $500 and drop from there. The team behind HugeDomains, DropCatch.com and NameBright launched a new service called Expire.com today. It has nothing to do with expired domains, however. The name refers to domain name buying ...
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February 23, 2015, 9:00 pm
