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The Health Insurance Marketplaces are here, and so are the Cybersquatters
Typosquatters were quick to register domain names similar to new health exchanges. Yesterday marked the official start of the health insurance marketplaces under Obamacare. Residents of most states can shop for plans at HealthCare.gov, but 17 states ...
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The Health Insurance Marketplaces are here, and so are the Cybersquatters
Typosquatters were quick to register domain names similar to new health exchanges. Yesterday marked the official start of the health insurance marketplaces under Obamacare. Residents of most states can shop for plans at HealthCare.gov, but 17 states ...
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October 2, 2013, 11:13 am

Domain Name Wire
Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations
GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain...
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Video: GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving on new TLDs, pre-registrations
GoDaddy CEO explains why new TLDs will be a good thing and hints at company’s pre-registration plans. AZTechBeat has published a video interview (embedded below) with GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving about the forthcoming launch of new top level domain...
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October 2, 2013, 10:41 am

Domain Name Wire
Domain name industry loses two public companies in under a month
Fewer public companies mean less public information about the domain name industry. The domain name industry has lost two public companies in less than a month. Well, not technically. But it feels that way to me. As someone who has written about the ...
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Domain name industry loses two public companies in under a month
Fewer public companies mean less public information about the domain name industry. The domain name industry has lost two public companies in less than a month. Well, not technically. But it feels that way to me. As someone who has written about the ...
Discussion
October 2, 2013, 10:13 am

Domain Name Wire
Sedo to go private as United Internet buys out co-founders
Sedo will no longer be a separate, publicly traded company. United Internet AG has raised its stake in Sedo Holding to 96.05% after buying out the co-founders’ shares at a price of 2.60 euros per share. United Internet plans to integrate Sedo H...
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Sedo to go private as United Internet buys out co-founders
Sedo will no longer be a separate, publicly traded company. United Internet AG has raised its stake in Sedo Holding to 96.05% after buying out the co-founders’ shares at a price of 2.60 euros per share. United Internet plans to integrate Sedo H...
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October 2, 2013, 8:16 am

Domain Name Wire
Vanity.com settles with Vanity Shop, transfers domain name
Valuable Vanity.com domain name changes hands as a result of lawsuit. The owners of Vanity.com have settled a legal dispute with Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, resulting in a transfer of the domain name to the clothing company. In June 2012, National Ar...
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Vanity.com settles with Vanity Shop, transfers domain name
Valuable Vanity.com domain name changes hands as a result of lawsuit. The owners of Vanity.com have settled a legal dispute with Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, resulting in a transfer of the domain name to the clothing company. In June 2012, National Ar...
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October 1, 2013, 2:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions’ first domain auction is just a month away
Big name auction house hopes to introduce domain name auctions to a wider audience. Will Heritage Auctions be able to bring the concept of domain name auctions beyond just the domain industry? We’re about to find out. The company’s first ...
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Heritage Auctions’ first domain auction is just a month away
Big name auction house hopes to introduce domain name auctions to a wider audience. Will Heritage Auctions be able to bring the concept of domain name auctions beyond just the domain industry? We’re about to find out. The company’s first ...
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October 1, 2013, 1:13 pm

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,071 domain names in September
GoDaddy Auctions’ September was in line with previous months. GoDaddy sold 39,071 domain names through GoDaddy Auctions in September, down slightly from 41,291 in August. The company’s latest Domain Market Report didn’t change much ...
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GoDaddy Auctions sells 39,071 domain names in September
GoDaddy Auctions’ September was in line with previous months. GoDaddy sold 39,071 domain names through GoDaddy Auctions in September, down slightly from 41,291 in August. The company’s latest Domain Market Report didn’t change much ...
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October 1, 2013, 11:08 am

Domain Name Wire
A Fortune 100 company’s domain name expires in 11 days
Once again, this company has cut it close. In April I wrote about how 15 Fortune 100 companies had domain names that expired this year. It’s now October, and all of the companies have renewed their domains before they expired. Some have cut it ...
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A Fortune 100 company’s domain name expires in 11 days
Once again, this company has cut it close. In April I wrote about how 15 Fortune 100 companies had domain names that expired this year. It’s now October, and all of the companies have renewed their domains before they expired. Some have cut it ...
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October 1, 2013, 10:53 am

Domain Name Wire
ICANN publishes final Rights Protection Mechanisms for new TLDs
Final RPMs create two types of sunrise periods and leave room open for special treatment of geo domain names. ICANN has published the final Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) added to the new top level domain name program. There are a few notable ch...
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ICANN publishes final Rights Protection Mechanisms for new TLDs
Final RPMs create two types of sunrise periods and leave room open for special treatment of geo domain names. ICANN has published the final Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) added to the new top level domain name program. There are a few notable ch...
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October 1, 2013, 9:58 am

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Company raising up to $200M in IPO licenses its key domain name
Company that uses Vince.com doesn’t actually own the domain name. Last week Apparel Holding filed its S-1 to go public. The clothing company hopes to raise up to $200 million in its IPO, so it’s no small fry. Which is why I find it amazin...
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Company raising up to $200M in IPO licenses its key domain name
Company that uses Vince.com doesn’t actually own the domain name. Last week Apparel Holding filed its S-1 to go public. The clothing company hopes to raise up to $200 million in its IPO, so it’s no small fry. Which is why I find it amazin...
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September 30, 2013, 11:51 am