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Domain industry heads to Austin for HostingCon
Ten domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of the companies were reseller reg...
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Domain industry heads to Austin for HostingCon
Ten domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of the companies were reseller reg...
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June 11, 2013, 9:57 am
Domain Name Wire
Kevin Murphy discovers type-in traffic
Murphy registers domain name related to PRISM scandal. It gets traffic. Domain Incite author Kevin Murphy is a lot of things. He’s a great writer, an expert in all things ICANN… What he’s not is a domainer. But he “dabbled&rd...
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Kevin Murphy discovers type-in traffic
Murphy registers domain name related to PRISM scandal. It gets traffic. Domain Incite author Kevin Murphy is a lot of things. He’s a great writer, an expert in all things ICANN… What he’s not is a domainer. But he “dabbled&rd...
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June 10, 2013, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
7 reasons you should withdraw your .brand application
If you’re rethinking your .brand top level domain strategy, here are some things to think about. A relatively small number of .brand new TLD applicants have abandoned the process so far. Some of them are big, such as GM, which withdrew all of i...
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7 reasons you should withdraw your .brand application
If you’re rethinking your .brand top level domain strategy, here are some things to think about. A relatively small number of .brand new TLD applicants have abandoned the process so far. Some of them are big, such as GM, which withdrew all of i...
Discussion
June 10, 2013, 12:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 Simple Tips to Protect Your Domain Names from Bogus Legal Threats (Part 2)
5 more tips to protect your domain names. [In the first part of this article, Bill Sweetman gave five tips for protecting your domain names from bogus legal threats. Here are five more. 6. Insist that all complaints be put in writing This is really a...
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10 Simple Tips to Protect Your Domain Names from Bogus Legal Threats (Part 2)
5 more tips to protect your domain names. [In the first part of this article, Bill Sweetman gave five tips for protecting your domain names from bogus legal threats. Here are five more. 6. Insist that all complaints be put in writing This is really a...
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June 10, 2013, 10:36 am
Domain Name Wire
XYZ.com wins .college top level domain auction
Donuts withdraws application after XYZ.com wins private domain auction. Domain name investor Daniel Negari, through his company XYZ.com, has won the private top level domain name auction for .college. Negari tells Domain Name Wire “I look forwa...
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XYZ.com wins .college top level domain auction
Donuts withdraws application after XYZ.com wins private domain auction. Domain name investor Daniel Negari, through his company XYZ.com, has won the private top level domain name auction for .college. Negari tells Domain Name Wire “I look forwa...
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June 8, 2013, 8:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Donuts wins .photography auction
Donuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Don...
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Donuts wins .photography auction
Donuts won the private auction for the .photography top level domain name. Of the six new top level domain name auctions Donuts participated in this past week, the company walked away with at least one top bid. Domain Name Wire has confirmed that Don...
Discussion
June 7, 2013, 10:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 new TLD auctions bring in average of $1.5 million each
How much do new TLD applicants think their strings are worth? We now have a rough idea on a half dozen. The first six private top level domain name auctions held by Innovative Auctions have closed, bringing in a total of $9.01 million in winning bids...
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6 new TLD auctions bring in average of $1.5 million each
How much do new TLD applicants think their strings are worth? We now have a rough idea on a half dozen. The first six private top level domain name auctions held by Innovative Auctions have closed, bringing in a total of $9.01 million in winning bids...
Discussion
June 7, 2013, 10:29 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN hires new COO, moves Atallah
ICANN shakes up leadership positions. ICANN has moved chief operating officer Akram Atallah to a new role and hired a replacement from outside the organization. Atallah has been named president of the Generic Domains Division. This new group will foc...
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ICANN hires new COO, moves Atallah
ICANN shakes up leadership positions. ICANN has moved chief operating officer Akram Atallah to a new role and hired a replacement from outside the organization. Atallah has been named president of the Generic Domains Division. This new group will foc...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 11:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Board rules on non-safeguard GAC advice
Resolution doesn’t resolve much; uncertainty remains. The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has approved a resolution ruling on a number of items of advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee with regards to new top level domai...
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ICANN Board rules on non-safeguard GAC advice
Resolution doesn’t resolve much; uncertainty remains. The ICANN Board New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) has approved a resolution ruling on a number of items of advice from the Governmental Advisory Committee with regards to new top level domai...
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June 6, 2013, 11:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
27 investors chip $7 million into .Club as it wins private TLD auction
.Club applicant eliminates competition and raises $7 million to launch top level domain. .Club Domains, LLC has raised a combined $7 million from 27 individual investors and has eliminated its competition for the .club top level domain through a priv...
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27 investors chip $7 million into .Club as it wins private TLD auction
.Club applicant eliminates competition and raises $7 million to launch top level domain. .Club Domains, LLC has raised a combined $7 million from 27 individual investors and has eliminated its competition for the .club top level domain through a priv...
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June 6, 2013, 4:56 pm
