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Whisky.com domain name sells for $3.1 million
Michael Castello gives details behind blockbuster $3.1 million domain name sale. Michael Castello (with his brother David known as “The Castello Brothers”) has sold the domain name Whisky.com for $3.1 million, DNJournal reported today. Th...
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Whisky.com domain name sells for $3.1 million
Michael Castello gives details behind blockbuster $3.1 million domain name sale. Michael Castello (with his brother David known as “The Castello Brothers”) has sold the domain name Whisky.com for $3.1 million, DNJournal reported today. Th...
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February 27, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 domain names sell in .Club auction
Auction at Sedo closes with 15 domain names meeting their reserve. The .Club Winter Olympics-themed auction on Sedo has closed with 15 domain names selling. Most of the domain names had reserves near the low end of their reserve ranges, putting them ...
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15 domain names sell in .Club auction
Auction at Sedo closes with 15 domain names meeting their reserve. The .Club Winter Olympics-themed auction on Sedo has closed with 15 domain names selling. Most of the domain names had reserves near the low end of their reserve ranges, putting them ...
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February 26, 2014, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions domain name auction list released
List includes a dozen three letter .com domain names. A Domain Name Wire reader spotted that the lineup for April’s Heritage Auctions domain name auction has been posted. Although this list may be preliminary, it shows 103 domain names in the a...
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Heritage Auctions domain name auction list released
List includes a dozen three letter .com domain names. A Domain Name Wire reader spotted that the lineup for April’s Heritage Auctions domain name auction has been posted. Although this list may be preliminary, it shows 103 domain names in the a...
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February 26, 2014, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Frank Schilling’s .Sexy close to 2,000 domains, .Tattoo 700
Due in part to poor distribution, initial launches fail to garner same traction as other launched TLDs. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry released its first two top level domain names in general availability yesterday. According to the latest zone ...
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Frank Schilling’s .Sexy close to 2,000 domains, .Tattoo 700
Due in part to poor distribution, initial launches fail to garner same traction as other launched TLDs. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry released its first two top level domain names in general availability yesterday. According to the latest zone ...
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February 26, 2014, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Mail added to new TLD deathwatch, new proposal for handling Name Collisions
.Mail may be shelved and group suggests new way to handle name collisions for new top level domain names. JAS Global Advisors has released a new report about name collisions for new top level domain names and has made a new set of recommendations. Th...
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.Mail added to new TLD deathwatch, new proposal for handling Name Collisions
.Mail may be shelved and group suggests new way to handle name collisions for new top level domain names. JAS Global Advisors has released a new report about name collisions for new top level domain names and has made a new set of recommendations. Th...
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February 26, 2014, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
ParkRoyal.com: UDRP and panelist selection
Complainant argues that two panelists are biased and should not hear the case. The panel disagrees. Last week a World Intellectual Property Organization panel handed down a decision in a UDRP brought against ParkRoyal.com. The panel found in favor of...
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ParkRoyal.com: UDRP and panelist selection
Complainant argues that two panelists are biased and should not hear the case. The panel disagrees. Last week a World Intellectual Property Organization panel handed down a decision in a UDRP brought against ParkRoyal.com. The panel found in favor of...
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February 25, 2014, 7:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club domain name auction ends tomorrow. 0 domains have hit their reserve.
Auction has bidders but no domains have hit their reserve yet. The Olympic-themed .Club domain name auction going on at Sedo ends on Wednesday. So far no domain names have hit their reserve price. I think there are three reasons that no domains have ...
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.Club domain name auction ends tomorrow. 0 domains have hit their reserve.
Auction has bidders but no domains have hit their reserve yet. The Olympic-themed .Club domain name auction going on at Sedo ends on Wednesday. So far no domain names have hit their reserve price. I think there are three reasons that no domains have ...
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February 25, 2014, 5:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain search progressing, but still not ready for new top level domain names
Registrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn’t ready for new top level dom...
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Domain search progressing, but still not ready for new top level domain names
Registrars are slowly improving their search results to show new top level domain name options, but the experience is far from ideal. Earlier this month I wrote about how domain name search at major registrars wasn’t ready for new top level dom...
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February 25, 2014, 4:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s time! Take the 2014 Domain Name Wire Survey
Please take the ninth annual survey from Domain Name Wire. The 9th annual Domain Name Wire survey officially launches today, and this year’s looks very different from the past. You may recall that last year someone tried to game the survey by s...
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It’s time! Take the 2014 Domain Name Wire Survey
Please take the ninth annual survey from Domain Name Wire. The 9th annual Domain Name Wire survey officially launches today, and this year’s looks very different from the past. You may recall that last year someone tried to game the survey by s...
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February 25, 2014, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Green and .Wedding contention sets settled in multi-million dollar auctions
Two three-applicant contention sets are resolved. The .green and .wedding new top level domain name contention sets have been resolved in private auctions. It’s unclear which company won the .green auction as applications have not yet been with...
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.Green and .Wedding contention sets settled in multi-million dollar auctions
Two three-applicant contention sets are resolved. The .green and .wedding new top level domain name contention sets have been resolved in private auctions. It’s unclear which company won the .green auction as applications have not yet been with...
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February 25, 2014, 1:22 pm
