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34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
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34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
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April 3, 2013, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
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Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
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April 3, 2013, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
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The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
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What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
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April 3, 2013, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Tracy Morgan wins domain name dispute
Comedian Tracy Morgan can now tell jokes at TracyMorgan.com. Comedian Tracy Morgan laughs about a lot of stuff, but not about how he didn’t own the domain TracyMorgan.com. In January I wrote about how the 30 Rock star had filed a UDRP against t...
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Tracy Morgan wins domain name dispute
Comedian Tracy Morgan can now tell jokes at TracyMorgan.com. Comedian Tracy Morgan laughs about a lot of stuff, but not about how he didn’t own the domain TracyMorgan.com. In January I wrote about how the 30 Rock star had filed a UDRP against t...
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April 2, 2013, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
Patent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to DomainNameWire.com. ...
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Network Solutions gets a continuation patent on URL forwarding
Patent issued today covers forwarding one domain name to another. Domain forwarding, a.k.a. URL forwarding. Every domain registrar offers it, and most give it away for free to their customers. Type in DNW.com and get forwarded to DomainNameWire.com. ...
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April 2, 2013, 11:30 am
Domain Name Wire
TechCrunch fights to take down copycat blog
TechCrunch demands NewTechCrunch.com domain; site owner tries to rebrand. TechCrunch’s parent company AOL has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum to take down the copycat blog NewTechCrunch.com. As of right now, NewTechCrunch.com ...
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TechCrunch fights to take down copycat blog
TechCrunch demands NewTechCrunch.com domain; site owner tries to rebrand. TechCrunch’s parent company AOL has filed a complaint with National Arbitration Forum to take down the copycat blog NewTechCrunch.com. As of right now, NewTechCrunch.com ...
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April 2, 2013, 10:53 am
Domain Name Wire
.Co to offer Asian IDNs starting April 15
More .co internationalized domain name options available this month. .Co Internet announced that it will begin allowing registrations of Asian language .co IDNs starting April 15. Registrations will be available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Ther...
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.Co to offer Asian IDNs starting April 15
More .co internationalized domain name options available this month. .Co Internet announced that it will begin allowing registrations of Asian language .co IDNs starting April 15. Registrations will be available in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. Ther...
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April 2, 2013, 9:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Twitter co-founder starting new company called Jelly at JellyHQ.com
As with Twitter, Stone isn’t buying the “best” domain yet. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is working on a new company called Jelly. Although it’s very early stage, on March 22 he registered JellyHQ.com. So what about Jelly.com? ...
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Twitter co-founder starting new company called Jelly at JellyHQ.com
As with Twitter, Stone isn’t buying the “best” domain yet. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone is working on a new company called Jelly. Although it’s very early stage, on March 22 he registered JellyHQ.com. So what about Jelly.com? ...
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April 1, 2013, 4:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Outrageous and stupid numbers about new top level domains
Michael spotted an article about new TLDs over at AdWeek today. The article is about how much it will cost brands to protect their brands when new TLDs come online. It liberally quotes Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Adv...
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Outrageous and stupid numbers about new top level domains
Michael spotted an article about new TLDs over at AdWeek today. The article is about how much it will cost brands to protect their brands when new TLDs come online. It liberally quotes Bob Liodice, president and CEO of the Association of National Adv...
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April 1, 2013, 4:01 pm
