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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...
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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...
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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...
Discussion
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
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Podcast #1: Ray King of Top Level Design
I’m very excited today to launch the Domain Name Wire Podcast. Each week’s podcast will include an overview of the previous week’s domain name industry news followed by a guest from the Domain Name Industry. The podcast will soon be...
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #1: Ray King of Top Level Design
I’m very excited today to launch the Domain Name Wire Podcast. Each week’s podcast will include an overview of the previous week’s domain name industry news followed by a guest from the Domain Name Industry. The podcast will soon be...
Discussion
October 6, 2014, 4:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker just reset your password, and you need to do something about it
Moniker tries to improve security, but… Moniker just sent an email to all of its customers notifying them that their passwords were reset in the name of better security. Requiring stronger passwords at Moniker is a good idea. It has historical...
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Moniker just reset your password, and you need to do something about it
Moniker tries to improve security, but… Moniker just sent an email to all of its customers notifying them that their passwords were reset in the name of better security. Requiring stronger passwords at Moniker is a good idea. It has historical...
Discussion
October 6, 2014, 2:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Planet Fitness guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
…as the company wastes money with a reactive approach to intellectual property management. Planet Fitness, a chain of over 800 fitness clubs in the United States, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for its attempt to get th...
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Planet Fitness guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
…as the company wastes money with a reactive approach to intellectual property management. Planet Fitness, a chain of over 800 fitness clubs in the United States, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking for its attempt to get th...
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October 6, 2014, 1:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: MedTravel.com $18k, BrownCollege.com $16k and more
Joseph Peterson provides a round up of expired domain sales from the past week. GoDaddy’s $17.8k sale of MedTravel.com hearkens back to the $7.1k sale of MedicalTravel.com at NameJet, which I reported in June. It’s tempting to conclude th...
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Expired Domain Report: MedTravel.com $18k, BrownCollege.com $16k and more
Joseph Peterson provides a round up of expired domain sales from the past week. GoDaddy’s $17.8k sale of MedTravel.com hearkens back to the $7.1k sale of MedicalTravel.com at NameJet, which I reported in June. It’s tempting to conclude th...
Discussion
October 3, 2014, 2:23 pm
