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How to pick which NamesCon sessions to attend
A handy guide to choosing conference sessions and some of my picks. The agenda for next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas appears to be basically finalized. For the first time in many years, I’m actually excited about attending some...
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How to pick which NamesCon sessions to attend
A handy guide to choosing conference sessions and some of my picks. The agenda for next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas appears to be basically finalized. For the first time in many years, I’m actually excited about attending some...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 6:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: A record number of RDNH filings
More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to a...
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2013 Top Stories: A record number of RDNH filings
More complainants than ever were found guilty of trying to steal domain names using UDRP. 2013 saw a record number of UDRP complainants found guilty of “Reverse Domain Name Hijacking,” which is essentially using the UDRP in bad faith to a...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Afternic gets another large Chinese domain name registrar on board
Afternic adds another registrar in its fastest growing market, China. Domain name sales platform Afternic announced today that Xinnet has joined its fast transfer distribution network for selling domain names. Xinnet is China’s second largest d...
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GoDaddy’s Afternic gets another large Chinese domain name registrar on board
Afternic adds another registrar in its fastest growing market, China. Domain name sales platform Afternic announced today that Xinnet has joined its fast transfer distribution network for selling domain names. Xinnet is China’s second largest d...
Discussion
January 7, 2014, 3:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
Discussion
Are you going to NamesCon next week?
Hundreds of you are. Leave a comment if you’ll be there. Are you going to NamesCon in Las Vegas next week? If you’re reading this post, there’s a good chance you are. With over 450 people expected to attend, NamesCon will be the big...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 9:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
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Top Domain Name Wire stories for December
The 2013 RAA, .sucks and click fraud all figured into last month’s top stories. Over the past two weeks I’ve been posting about the biggest stories of 2013. But I’d be remiss to not also post my customary monthly list of the top new...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 5:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
13 more end user domain sales, including Folia.com for $37,500
App maker buys Folia.com for new app. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell $1.1 million worth of domain names over the holiday week ending December 29. Here are some of the sales that were to end users, including Folia.com. You can see more end user...
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13 more end user domain sales, including Folia.com for $37,500
App maker buys Folia.com for new app. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell $1.1 million worth of domain names over the holiday week ending December 29. Here are some of the sales that were to end users, including Folia.com. You can see more end user...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 4:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Gucci wins 182 domain names in a UDRP
Gucci wins a lot of domain names in a UDRP decision. Italian design firm Guccio Gucci S.p.A. has won 182 domain names in a UDRP. It’s one of the highest number of domain names I’ve seen transferred in a single UDRP, although there have ce...
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Gucci wins 182 domain names in a UDRP
Gucci wins a lot of domain names in a UDRP decision. Italian design firm Guccio Gucci S.p.A. has won 182 domain names in a UDRP. It’s one of the highest number of domain names I’ve seen transferred in a single UDRP, although there have ce...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 3:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
2013 Top Stories: GoDaddy acquires Afternic
The combined entity will give more reach domain name sellers, but it also means there’s one less competitor in the marketplace. Mergers and acquisitions in the domain name industry happen all the time. Yet one that took place in 2013 has the po...
Discussion
2013 Top Stories: GoDaddy acquires Afternic
The combined entity will give more reach domain name sellers, but it also means there’s one less competitor in the marketplace. Mergers and acquisitions in the domain name industry happen all the time. Yet one that took place in 2013 has the po...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign files patent application for automatically creating Whois service for TLDs
Verisign wants to patent a way to scale creation of whois service for top level domain names. Verisign has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to automatically creating Whois for new top level domain names. Th...
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Verisign files patent application for automatically creating Whois service for TLDs
Verisign wants to patent a way to scale creation of whois service for top level domain names. Verisign has filed a patent application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office related to automatically creating Whois for new top level domain names. Th...
Discussion
January 6, 2014, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Owner Alert: Whois verification phishing scams have already begun
New RAA requirement to verify your contact information is great news to scammers. Effective January 1, any domain name registrar that has signed on to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (that includes all of the big registrars) must verify ce...
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Domain Owner Alert: Whois verification phishing scams have already begun
New RAA requirement to verify your contact information is great news to scammers. Effective January 1, any domain name registrar that has signed on to the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (that includes all of the big registrars) must verify ce...
Discussion
January 4, 2014, 3:16 pm
