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These 10 domain names in this week’s HA auction are worth their reserve
These ten domain names strike me as fairly priced for the right buyer. Heritage Auctions holds its next domain name auction on Thursday, July 24. It’s getting quit a bit of press around this auction, thanks in part to the Bitcoins.com domain na...
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These 10 domain names in this week’s HA auction are worth their reserve
These ten domain names strike me as fairly priced for the right buyer. Heritage Auctions holds its next domain name auction on Thursday, July 24. It’s getting quit a bit of press around this auction, thanks in part to the Bitcoins.com domain na...
Discussion
July 21, 2014, 7:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Tokyo, .Moe, .Consulting and more
Two Japan-focused domains kick off the week. It’s another busy week for new top level domain names, including a big .city domain name hitting registrar’s shelves on Tuesday. Tuesday Tuesday sees the launch of two Japan-focused domain name...
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New TLDs this week: .Tokyo, .Moe, .Consulting and more
Two Japan-focused domains kick off the week. It’s another busy week for new top level domain names, including a big .city domain name hitting registrar’s shelves on Tuesday. Tuesday Tuesday sees the launch of two Japan-focused domain name...
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July 21, 2014, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Finally nabs Domain Registry of America, termination likely coming
Domain Registry of America hits a wall. ICANN has finally managed to suspend a scourge of the domain name registration business, Brandon Gray Internet Services (dba NameJuice.com). You might not know the company by that name, but if you own domain na...
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ICANN Finally nabs Domain Registry of America, termination likely coming
Domain Registry of America hits a wall. ICANN has finally managed to suspend a scourge of the domain name registration business, Brandon Gray Internet Services (dba NameJuice.com). You might not know the company by that name, but if you own domain na...
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July 21, 2014, 1:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines nixes Priority Reservation System after registrars complain
Registrars complained to ICANN’s compliance department about program. Minds + Machines has nixed its Priority Reservation System for new top level domain names after registrars questioned aspects of the program. The program allowed customers to...
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Minds + Machines nixes Priority Reservation System after registrars complain
Registrars complained to ICANN’s compliance department about program. Minds + Machines has nixed its Priority Reservation System for new top level domain names after registrars questioned aspects of the program. The program allowed customers to...
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July 18, 2014, 1:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name owner loses UDRP, sues, gets $7,500
MyArt.com owner can keep domain name and some cash. In April I wrote about how the owner of My-Art.com filed its second UDRP against the domain name MyArt.com and won. It was a bad decision based, in part, on a incorrect claim that the domain name wa...
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Domain name owner loses UDRP, sues, gets $7,500
MyArt.com owner can keep domain name and some cash. In April I wrote about how the owner of My-Art.com filed its second UDRP against the domain name MyArt.com and won. It was a bad decision based, in part, on a incorrect claim that the domain name wa...
Discussion
July 18, 2014, 12:38 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain names suggest Democrats to campaign for “1 Million Votes”
DCCC registers domain name for new marketing push. Important midterm elections are upon us and both Republicans and Democrats are revving up their marketing engines. What catchy slogan will the Democrats push? “1 Million Votes”, judging f...
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Domain names suggest Democrats to campaign for “1 Million Votes”
DCCC registers domain name for new marketing push. Important midterm elections are upon us and both Republicans and Democrats are revving up their marketing engines. What catchy slogan will the Democrats push? “1 Million Votes”, judging f...
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July 17, 2014, 3:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Name sales results
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, rather than explain GoDaddy’s $6.8k sale of DivaZoo.com, let me just say, “See for yourself!” This pro...
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Expired Domain Name sales results
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. So, rather than explain GoDaddy’s $6.8k sale of DivaZoo.com, let me just say, “See for yourself!” This pro...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Moniker enables bulk transfer auth codes
Moniker makes it easier to transfer domain names to another registrar. It’s been a frustrating six weeks for Moniker customers. After a disastrous switch to a completely new registrar platform, many customers wanted to move their domain names t...
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Moniker enables bulk transfer auth codes
Moniker makes it easier to transfer domain names to another registrar. It’s been a frustrating six weeks for Moniker customers. After a disastrous switch to a completely new registrar platform, many customers wanted to move their domain names t...
Discussion
July 17, 2014, 1:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sony forgets to renew domain name, takes down online gaming service SOE.com
Sony Online Entertainment goes down thanks to expired domain name. Sony forgot to renew a key domain name, SonyOnline.net, which resulted in an outage on its popular Sony Online Entertainment game network found at SOE.com. While SOE.com did not expir...
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Sony forgets to renew domain name, takes down online gaming service SOE.com
Sony Online Entertainment goes down thanks to expired domain name. Sony forgot to renew a key domain name, SonyOnline.net, which resulted in an outage on its popular Sony Online Entertainment game network found at SOE.com. While SOE.com did not expir...
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July 16, 2014, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Latest .City domain name launches with 4,000+ registrations
.Wien launches. .Tokyo is next week. The latest geo city top level domain name to launch received more than 4,000 registrations on its first partial day. .Wien (German for Vienna) launched yesterday and added 4,201 domain names to the zone file. That...
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Latest .City domain name launches with 4,000+ registrations
.Wien launches. .Tokyo is next week. The latest geo city top level domain name to launch received more than 4,000 registrations on its first partial day. .Wien (German for Vienna) launched yesterday and added 4,201 domain names to the zone file. That...
Discussion
July 16, 2014, 6:35 pm
