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Last week’s end user domain name sales
Athlon.com leads Sedo’s end user domain name sales. Sedo sold about $1.2 million worth of domain names last week, highlighted by the six figure sale of Athlon.com. Athlon.com is still in escrow, but I have a pretty good idea who the buyer is. O...
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Last week’s end user domain name sales
Athlon.com leads Sedo’s end user domain name sales. Sedo sold about $1.2 million worth of domain names last week, highlighted by the six figure sale of Athlon.com. Athlon.com is still in escrow, but I have a pretty good idea who the buyer is. O...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 2:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big Apple’s new .NYC domain adds 16k registrations at launch to hit 27k
.NYC off to a solid start, especially given registration restrictions. .NYC had a strong first day yesterday thanks, in part, to lots of press and advertising. It would have been even stronger if people outside NYC could register domains. The overnig...
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Big Apple’s new .NYC domain adds 16k registrations at launch to hit 27k
.NYC off to a solid start, especially given registration restrictions. .NYC had a strong first day yesterday thanks, in part, to lots of press and advertising. It would have been even stronger if people outside NYC could register domains. The overnig...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 1:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
See GoDaddy’s clever .NYC barge ad
Barge message taunts neighbors across the Hudson. Earlier today I wrote about the highly anticipated launch of .NYC domain names. GoDaddy is promoting the domain name heavily around New York City, including a big ad on a barge being piloted on the Hu...
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See GoDaddy’s clever .NYC barge ad
Barge message taunts neighbors across the Hudson. Earlier today I wrote about the highly anticipated launch of .NYC domain names. GoDaddy is promoting the domain name heavily around New York City, including a big ad on a barge being piloted on the Hu...
Discussion
October 8, 2014, 5:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker’s transition-related security holes come to light
Moniker customer explains some of the security holes that may have led to his domains being stolen, including some introduced by the transition from the old Moniker system to a new platform. So it is sad to say goodbye to Moniker, and to witness the ...
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Moniker’s transition-related security holes come to light
Moniker customer explains some of the security holes that may have led to his domains being stolen, including some introduced by the transition from the old Moniker system to a new platform. So it is sad to say goodbye to Moniker, and to witness the ...
Discussion
October 8, 2014, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
After nearly a decade, .NYC finally gets its day
.NYC domain names available for registration today. The .NYC domain name goes into general availability for New Yorkers today after a long, citizen-initiated process. A Long Road In the middle of the last decade, a group of New Yorkers proposed the i...
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After nearly a decade, .NYC finally gets its day
.NYC domain names available for registration today. The .NYC domain name goes into general availability for New Yorkers today after a long, citizen-initiated process. A Long Road In the middle of the last decade, a group of New Yorkers proposed the i...
Discussion
October 8, 2014, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Eco domain name applicant gets community status, .Gay and .Music don’t
.Eco prevails with its own definition of the eco community; .gay and .music don’t. Three more Community Priority Evaluation decisions for new top level domain names have been completed. .Eco applicant Big Room Inc has succeeded in getting commu...
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.Eco domain name applicant gets community status, .Gay and .Music don’t
.Eco prevails with its own definition of the eco community; .gay and .music don’t. Three more Community Priority Evaluation decisions for new top level domain names have been completed. .Eco applicant Big Room Inc has succeeded in getting commu...
Discussion
October 7, 2014, 6:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
The magazine industry has its own Domain Registry of America
Tricky renewal notices get people to renew subscriptions through a third party. Remember Domain Registry of America, the group that tricked* people into renewing domain names at exorbitant prices? This type of scam didn’t start with the domain ...
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The magazine industry has its own Domain Registry of America
Tricky renewal notices get people to renew subscriptions through a third party. Remember Domain Registry of America, the group that tricked* people into renewing domain names at exorbitant prices? This type of scam didn’t start with the domain ...
Discussion
October 7, 2014, 5:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Due diligence is necessary before buying liquid domain names
Take these extra precautions when buying a valuable domain name. With news yesterday of more missing three letter domain names at a couple different domain registrars, now is a good time to remind people about due diligence when buying a domain name....
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Due diligence is necessary before buying liquid domain names
Take these extra precautions when buying a valuable domain name. With news yesterday of more missing three letter domain names at a couple different domain registrars, now is a good time to remind people about due diligence when buying a domain name....
Discussion
October 7, 2014, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Michael Ward joins Uniregistry as Director of Registrar Operations
Ward moves from Directnic to Uniregistry. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry has hired Michael Ward as its new Director of Registrar Operations. Ward will be in charge of registrar growth, marketing, and product support for the registrar side of the...
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Michael Ward joins Uniregistry as Director of Registrar Operations
Ward moves from Directnic to Uniregistry. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry has hired Michael Ward as its new Director of Registrar Operations. Ward will be in charge of registrar growth, marketing, and product support for the registrar side of the...
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October 7, 2014, 12:47 am
Domain Name Wire
.NYC one of five top level domains launching this week
.NYC launches this week and Donuts’ well runs dry. It’s time for the weekly overview of new top level domain names coming out this week. It will be brief, as just five are on the docket as best I can tell. But one of them is certainly big...
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.NYC one of five top level domains launching this week
.NYC launches this week and Donuts’ well runs dry. It’s time for the weekly overview of new top level domain names coming out this week. It will be brief, as just five are on the docket as best I can tell. But one of them is certainly big...
Discussion
October 6, 2014, 8:21 pm
