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GoDaddy Auctions down, auctions will be extended until tomorrow
GoDaddy Auctions experiences outage and will extend auctions by a day. GoDaddy’s auction site at Auctions.GoDaddy.com has been down for over an hour and GoDaddy is working to get the site back up. Here’s a statement from GoDaddy Sr. Direc...
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GoDaddy Auctions down, auctions will be extended until tomorrow
GoDaddy Auctions experiences outage and will extend auctions by a day. GoDaddy’s auction site at Auctions.GoDaddy.com has been down for over an hour and GoDaddy is working to get the site back up. Here’s a statement from GoDaddy Sr. Direc...
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April 3, 2014, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 DomainFest questions answered + 10 reasons I’m glad Shane wasn’t there
Answers to the five questions about DomainFest. I’m flying back from DomainFest right now, so it’s time to answer the five questions about DomainFest that I published on Monday. I’d also like to respond to Domain Shane’s post ...
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5 DomainFest questions answered + 10 reasons I’m glad Shane wasn’t there
Answers to the five questions about DomainFest. I’m flying back from DomainFest right now, so it’s time to answer the five questions about DomainFest that I published on Monday. I’d also like to respond to Domain Shane’s post ...
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April 3, 2014, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
HugeDomains sues medical group to keep domain and claims RDNH
HugeDomains claims Austin medical group provided false statements in UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP for AustinPain.com and how I thought the panel got it wrong. Now HugeDomains, which was on the losing end of the case, has filed suit t...
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HugeDomains sues medical group to keep domain and claims RDNH
HugeDomains claims Austin medical group provided false statements in UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP for AustinPain.com and how I thought the panel got it wrong. Now HugeDomains, which was on the losing end of the case, has filed suit t...
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April 3, 2014, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 new TLDs now top 10,000 registrations each
.Center appears to have hit the milestone, making it the tenth domain to do so. Ten new top level domain names have now eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone. That’s according to new TLD tracking site nTLDStats.com. Actual zone files show ...
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10 new TLDs now top 10,000 registrations each
.Center appears to have hit the milestone, making it the tenth domain to do so. Ten new top level domain names have now eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone. That’s according to new TLD tracking site nTLDStats.com. Actual zone files show ...
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April 3, 2014, 12:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some SnapNames’ caught domains to be managed at NetworkSolutions
Domains caught by SnapName’s own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here’s the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acqu...
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Some SnapNames’ caught domains to be managed at NetworkSolutions
Domains caught by SnapName’s own registrars will be managed through Network Solutions. Here’s the first notable change as a result of Web.com acquiring expired domain marketplace SnapNames. SnapNames announced today that domain names acqu...
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April 2, 2014, 9:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
No Justin Bieber bashing in new .xyz domain name
Be careful what content you post at JustBieberDruggie.xyz. The .XYZ top level domain name has published its launch policies, and it includes perhaps the most off-the-wall restriction of any new TLD to date: No Bieber-bashing. Oprah, too. Page 22 of t...
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No Justin Bieber bashing in new .xyz domain name
Be careful what content you post at JustBieberDruggie.xyz. The .XYZ top level domain name has published its launch policies, and it includes perhaps the most off-the-wall restriction of any new TLD to date: No Bieber-bashing. Oprah, too. Page 22 of t...
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April 2, 2014, 6:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
New York City sets phases, nexus requirements for .NYC domain name
LaunchPlan.NYC. New York City has finalized its launch plans (pdf) for the .NYC web address coming out later this year. The domain name will be allocated in four phases rather than the usual three. The first phase will be a sunrise for trademark owne...
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New York City sets phases, nexus requirements for .NYC domain name
LaunchPlan.NYC. New York City has finalized its launch plans (pdf) for the .NYC web address coming out later this year. The domain name will be allocated in four phases rather than the usual three. The first phase will be a sunrise for trademark owne...
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April 2, 2014, 1:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Major email providers blocking some RAA verification emails
Blocking could lead to website suspensions. Beginning January 1st domain name registrars are required by the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) to verify contact details for registrants. Most registrars do this by sending an email to domain ...
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Major email providers blocking some RAA verification emails
Blocking could lead to website suspensions. Beginning January 1st domain name registrars are required by the new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) to verify contact details for registrants. Most registrars do this by sending an email to domain ...
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April 1, 2014, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gary Vaynerchuk at DomainFest: domain values headed downward
Vaynerchuk makes a prediction about domain name values during talk at DomainFest in Hollywood. Yesterday Gary Vaynerchuk gave a spirited keynote at DomainFest, with an even more spirited Q&A session. It got interesting when Vaynerchuk predicted t...
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Gary Vaynerchuk at DomainFest: domain values headed downward
Vaynerchuk makes a prediction about domain name values during talk at DomainFest in Hollywood. Yesterday Gary Vaynerchuk gave a spirited keynote at DomainFest, with an even more spirited Q&A session. It got interesting when Vaynerchuk predicted t...
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April 1, 2014, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainNameSales.com syndication with GoDaddy is over
Today is the last day domains listed on DomainNameSales.com will show up for searches on GoDaddy. Today is the last day that Sedo listings will be syndicated to GoDaddy. It turns out it’s also the last day for DomainNameSales.com listings on th...
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DomainNameSales.com syndication with GoDaddy is over
Today is the last day domains listed on DomainNameSales.com will show up for searches on GoDaddy. Today is the last day that Sedo listings will be syndicated to GoDaddy. It turns out it’s also the last day for DomainNameSales.com listings on th...
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March 31, 2014, 9:14 pm
