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$42,000 MySchool.com domain name survives UDRP
Complainant goes after domain name for a second time, and loses for the second time. Original Web Ventures has survived a UDRP that was filed against its MySchool.com domain name — a domain name it purchased last year for $42,000. The complaina...
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$42,000 MySchool.com domain name survives UDRP
Complainant goes after domain name for a second time, and loses for the second time. Original Web Ventures has survived a UDRP that was filed against its MySchool.com domain name — a domain name it purchased last year for $42,000. The complaina...
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October 3, 2014, 1:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Analyst: new TLDs to hit $500 million in 3 years
Report forecasts strong opportunity for new top level domain applicants. B. Riley & Co analyst Sameet Sinha issued a report today estimating that new TLDs should go “from Zero to $500MM in Three Years”. The report also initiates cover...
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Analyst: new TLDs to hit $500 million in 3 years
Report forecasts strong opportunity for new top level domain applicants. B. Riley & Co analyst Sameet Sinha issued a report today estimating that new TLDs should go “from Zero to $500MM in Three Years”. The report also initiates cover...
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October 2, 2014, 9:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Affiliate Summit sues hotel booking company
Organizers say defendants are tricky conference attendees into booking hotel rooms. Many people in the domain name industry that go to January’s NamesCon conference will stick around Vegas for the Affiliate Summit conference, which starts Janua...
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Affiliate Summit sues hotel booking company
Organizers say defendants are tricky conference attendees into booking hotel rooms. Many people in the domain name industry that go to January’s NamesCon conference will stick around Vegas for the Affiliate Summit conference, which starts Janua...
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October 2, 2014, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Should new TLD registries sell directly to consumers?
New TLD registries might need to go direct to consumers in addition to the existing registrar channel. There has been an established channel for gTLD domain name registrations for a long time. The registries offer domains to registrars, who in turn s...
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Should new TLD registries sell directly to consumers?
New TLD registries might need to go direct to consumers in addition to the existing registrar channel. There has been an established channel for gTLD domain name registrations for a long time. The registries offer domains to registrars, who in turn s...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts aims for Million domain name milestone this month
Customers have registered 960,000 second level domain names under Donuts’ domain names. Donuts, the largest registry for new top level domain names, hopes to sell its millionth domain name registration this month. The company’s latest new...
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Donuts aims for Million domain name milestone this month
Customers have registered 960,000 second level domain names under Donuts’ domain names. Donuts, the largest registry for new top level domain names, hopes to sell its millionth domain name registration this month. The company’s latest new...
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October 2, 2014, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Warning: do you know where your parked domain traffic is going?
Zero click traffic may lead to scam and installer sites. “Zero click” monetization for parked domains, in which domain traffic is forwarded to another site rather than landing on a page full of ads, is nothing new in the domain name indus...
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Warning: do you know where your parked domain traffic is going?
Zero click traffic may lead to scam and installer sites. “Zero click” monetization for parked domains, in which domain traffic is forwarded to another site rather than landing on a page full of ads, is nothing new in the domain name indus...
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October 1, 2014, 7:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Times have changed: GoDaddy CEO to speak at women in computing event
CEO of company known for sexy commercials to speak on panel at women in computing conference. GoDaddy’s CEO is speaking on the “Male Allies” panel at next week’s Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Comput...
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Times have changed: GoDaddy CEO to speak at women in computing event
CEO of company known for sexy commercials to speak on panel at women in computing conference. GoDaddy’s CEO is speaking on the “Male Allies” panel at next week’s Anita Borg Institute Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Comput...
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October 1, 2014, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain name sales
A list of 20 end user domain name sales on Sedo last week. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domain names last week and many of them were to end users. Some new TLDs changed hands, including .parts and .audio domains. The company that bought a .aud...
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20 end user domain name sales
A list of 20 end user domain name sales on Sedo last week. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domain names last week and many of them were to end users. Some new TLDs changed hands, including .parts and .audio domains. The company that bought a .aud...
Discussion
October 1, 2014, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company pays $25k to resolve lawsuit stemming from UDRP
Domain name owner that sued after losing UDRP settles for $25,000 (not including the domain). Companies that file long shot UDRPs with the hope of scoring a great domain name, take note. An Austin company has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit...
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Company pays $25k to resolve lawsuit stemming from UDRP
Domain name owner that sued after losing UDRP settles for $25,000 (not including the domain). Companies that file long shot UDRPs with the hope of scoring a great domain name, take note. An Austin company has agreed to pay $25,000 to settle a lawsuit...
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September 30, 2014, 6:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
How to selectively assign sales leads on DomainNameSales.com
DomainNameSales.com allows you to handle the sales inquiries you want and send the others to brokers. I use DomainNameSales.com (DNS) to park most of my domain names because I like using their sales platform. DNS’ platform allows you to handle ...
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How to selectively assign sales leads on DomainNameSales.com
DomainNameSales.com allows you to handle the sales inquiries you want and send the others to brokers. I use DomainNameSales.com (DNS) to park most of my domain names because I like using their sales platform. DNS’ platform allows you to handle ...
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September 30, 2014, 3:12 pm
