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TopCoin launches as cryptocurrency for new TLDs
TopCoin enables registries to pass rebate credits directly to registrants. I caught up with Michael Blend last night here in Los Angeles. Blend sold his company to Demand Media and was then an executive with the company for many years. He’s cur...
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TopCoin launches as cryptocurrency for new TLDs
TopCoin enables registries to pass rebate credits directly to registrants. I caught up with Michael Blend last night here in Los Angeles. Blend sold his company to Demand Media and was then an executive with the company for many years. He’s cur...
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October 13, 2014, 3:22 pm

Domain Name Wire
Heavenly.coffee is Donuts’ 1 Millionth domain name registration
Donuts hits milestone with a domain name registration that’s almost too fitting to be true. Earlier this month I wrote about how Donuts was tracking to cross the million domain mark in October. It hit that milestone yesterday. Fittingly for a r...
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Heavenly.coffee is Donuts’ 1 Millionth domain name registration
Donuts hits milestone with a domain name registration that’s almost too fitting to be true. Earlier this month I wrote about how Donuts was tracking to cross the million domain mark in October. It hit that milestone yesterday. Fittingly for a r...
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October 13, 2014, 2:59 pm

Domain Name Wire
October ICANN TLD auctions shrink to three after private deals
10 contention sets settled at last minute, including three by Amazon.com. This month’s ICANN auctions of last resort for new to level domain names will settle just three contention sets, down from a schedule of 13 as of last month. The only thr...
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October ICANN TLD auctions shrink to three after private deals
10 contention sets settled at last minute, including three by Amazon.com. This month’s ICANN auctions of last resort for new to level domain names will settle just three contention sets, down from a schedule of 13 as of last month. The only thr...
Discussion
October 11, 2014, 1:36 pm

Domain Name Wire
$1.25 million domain name Photo.com hit with UDRP
Case filed with World Intellectual Property Organization against Photo.com. The domain name Photo.com has been hit with a UDRP filing at World Intellectual Property Organization. According to a 2010 story at TheDomains, Moniker brokered the sale of t...
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$1.25 million domain name Photo.com hit with UDRP
Case filed with World Intellectual Property Organization against Photo.com. The domain name Photo.com has been hit with a UDRP filing at World Intellectual Property Organization. According to a 2010 story at TheDomains, Moniker brokered the sale of t...
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October 10, 2014, 1:27 pm

Domain Name Wire
Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domains to transfers in June
Customer losses stemming from botched transition was rather limited in first month. ICANN has just published the monthly registry reports for June, the month that Moniker switched to an entirely new platform. The switch caused numerous problems for M...
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Moniker only lost 17,506 .com domains to transfers in June
Customer losses stemming from botched transition was rather limited in first month. ICANN has just published the monthly registry reports for June, the month that Moniker switched to an entirely new platform. The switch caused numerous problems for M...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 4:51 pm

Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Name Report: iWealth.com $12k and more
In a world of iPods and iPads, why iWealth.com is worth money requires little explanation. Bidding for that expired domain came in just shy of $12k last week at NameJet — with retirement planning and personal investing ...
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Expired Domain Name Report: iWealth.com $12k and more
In a world of iPods and iPads, why iWealth.com is worth money requires little explanation. Bidding for that expired domain came in just shy of $12k last week at NameJet — with retirement planning and personal investing ...
Discussion
October 9, 2014, 4:00 pm

Domain Name Wire
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...
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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...
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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