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This is the biggest week yet for new TLDs (16 domains!)
16 domains hit the market this week. At the end of last month, I wrote about how the next 50 days would be important for new TLDs. Within that 50 days, this week is perhaps the biggest: 16 domain names will enter general availability. Call it Launch ...
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This is the biggest week yet for new TLDs (16 domains!)
16 domains hit the market this week. At the end of last month, I wrote about how the next 50 days would be important for new TLDs. Within that 50 days, this week is perhaps the biggest: 16 domain names will enter general availability. Call it Launch ...
Discussion
September 15, 2014, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
A Step-By-Step Guide to Moving your GoDaddy Premium Listings to Afternic
Here’s how to move your domain names to Afternic Premium to take advantage of GoDaddy’s new integration with the service. Last week I shared the good news that GoDaddy is now fully integrated with the Afternic Premium network with fast tr...
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A Step-By-Step Guide to Moving your GoDaddy Premium Listings to Afternic
Here’s how to move your domain names to Afternic Premium to take advantage of GoDaddy’s new integration with the service. Last week I shared the good news that GoDaddy is now fully integrated with the Afternic Premium network with fast tr...
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September 15, 2014, 1:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling gets reverse domain name hijacking win on Pucket.com
“Ah, Pucket, let’s file this case and hope they don’t show up.” Clothing company IMB Textil S.A., which uses the domain name puket.com.br, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for trying to steal Puket...
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Frank Schilling gets reverse domain name hijacking win on Pucket.com
“Ah, Pucket, let’s file this case and hope they don’t show up.” Clothing company IMB Textil S.A., which uses the domain name puket.com.br, has been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) for trying to steal Puket...
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September 12, 2014, 5:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Watch .Luxury Founder Monica Kirchner on Bloomberg
.CEO co-founder talks .luxury and new domain names on Bloomberg TV. Monica Kirchner, co-founder and CEO of Dot Luxury, was on Bloomberg TV this week talking about .Luxury and new top level domain names in general. It’s really hard talking about...
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Watch .Luxury Founder Monica Kirchner on Bloomberg
.CEO co-founder talks .luxury and new domain names on Bloomberg TV. Monica Kirchner, co-founder and CEO of Dot Luxury, was on Bloomberg TV this week talking about .Luxury and new top level domain names in general. It’s really hard talking about...
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September 12, 2014, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet’s past month: Ingles.com, LEA.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews some of the notable expired domain name sales on NameJet last month. Too many domains to choose from this past month! This time I’m considering 18 instead of my usual 10. August saw 95 domain sales at NameJet close at or...
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NameJet’s past month: Ingles.com, LEA.com and more
Joseph Peterson reviews some of the notable expired domain name sales on NameJet last month. Too many domains to choose from this past month! This time I’m considering 18 instead of my usual 10. August saw 95 domain sales at NameJet close at or...
Discussion
September 12, 2014, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
List of end user domain name sales up to $50,000
.Co owner pays dearly for .com, Shopzilla buys a .co.uk domain and CitizenHawk picks up a typo on behalf of Home Depot. Sedo had 525 transactions last week for a solid $1.4 million worth of domain name sales. A lot of the bigger sales are still in es...
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List of end user domain name sales up to $50,000
.Co owner pays dearly for .com, Shopzilla buys a .co.uk domain and CitizenHawk picks up a typo on behalf of Home Depot. Sedo had 525 transactions last week for a solid $1.4 million worth of domain name sales. A lot of the bigger sales are still in es...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 7:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
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Expired domains: LiYou.com for $22k, Drastic.com for $12k and more
Would a radio program devoted to “Ethiopian entertainment, sports, and news” and broadcasting out of Washington D.C. pay $22,323 to drop the word “radio” from its domain name? No. But China may have enough individuals&nbs...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
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Here are the numbers for this week’s TLD launches
.London steals the show. 6 new top level domain names launched this week. A simple way to describe the results: .London. everything else is just details. .London added 12,421 to the zone on the first partial day and another 695 on the second day to b...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
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An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
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.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:08 pm
