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Afternic end user report: 28 end user domain sales
A startup in stealth mode, an ad agency, and two churches bought domain names last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales list, here’s a bonus end user sale that didn’t happen through Afternic but I learned about: ViSalus, ...
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Afternic end user report: 28 end user domain sales
A startup in stealth mode, an ad agency, and two churches bought domain names last week. Before jumping into the Afternic end user sales list, here’s a bonus end user sale that didn’t happen through Afternic but I learned about: ViSalus, ...
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May 2, 2013, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Nigeria slashes second level .ng registration cost by 97%
Domains used to cost $3,165 per year. According to an article on This Day Live, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, has reduced the price of registering a second level .ng domain name by 97% to NGN 15,...
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Nigeria slashes second level .ng registration cost by 97%
Domains used to cost $3,165 per year. According to an article on This Day Live, Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the registry for .ng domain names, has reduced the price of registering a second level .ng domain name by 97% to NGN 15,...
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May 2, 2013, 9:01 am
Domain Name Wire
Don’t let your son-in-law register your domain name
He might hold onto it if he gets a divorce. Occasionally a UDRP is filed that’s part of a family feud. Earlier this year I wrote about a how a guy filed a UDRP against his brother. Now here’s another one: a man filed a UDRP against his ex...
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Don’t let your son-in-law register your domain name
He might hold onto it if he gets a divorce. Occasionally a UDRP is filed that’s part of a family feud. Earlier this year I wrote about a how a guy filed a UDRP against his brother. Now here’s another one: a man filed a UDRP against his ex...
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May 2, 2013, 8:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign blasts ICANN over proposed registry agreement
Verisign says unilateral right to amend is alive and well in proposed contract. Verisign senior vice presidents Pat Kane and Richard Goshorn have sent a letter to ICANN blasting the inclusion of amendment right clauses in the proposed new registry ag...
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Verisign blasts ICANN over proposed registry agreement
Verisign says unilateral right to amend is alive and well in proposed contract. Verisign senior vice presidents Pat Kane and Richard Goshorn have sent a letter to ICANN blasting the inclusion of amendment right clauses in the proposed new registry ag...
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May 1, 2013, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain sales from Sedo
A list of 20 end user domain buys at Sedo last week. Perhaps the most recognizable end user buyer at Sedo last week was Korbel, maker of sparkling wine. But also take a look at click-to-call.com, which shows a whois address at Sedo’s office in ...
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20 end user domain sales from Sedo
A list of 20 end user domain buys at Sedo last week. Perhaps the most recognizable end user buyer at Sedo last week was Korbel, maker of sparkling wine. But also take a look at click-to-call.com, which shows a whois address at Sedo’s office in ...
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May 1, 2013, 3:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sells 39,488 domains in April
Go Daddy Auctions sold close to 40,000 domains last month. Go Daddy has updated its Domain Market Report to reflect April numbers. In total, Go Daddy Auctions sold 39,488 domains during the month. This number is typically revised up after the initial...
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 39,488 domains in April
Go Daddy Auctions sold close to 40,000 domains last month. Go Daddy has updated its Domain Market Report to reflect April numbers. In total, Go Daddy Auctions sold 39,488 domains during the month. This number is typically revised up after the initial...
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May 1, 2013, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sex-settlement: Manwin and ICM Registry come to terms
Deal settles antitrust lawsuit and countersuit between adult site operator and .xxx domain registry. .XXX domain name registry ICM Registry and adult site operator Manwin have settled their legal battle, the companies announced today. As part of the ...
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Sex-settlement: Manwin and ICM Registry come to terms
Deal settles antitrust lawsuit and countersuit between adult site operator and .xxx domain registry. .XXX domain name registry ICM Registry and adult site operator Manwin have settled their legal battle, the companies announced today. As part of the ...
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May 1, 2013, 11:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Law firm sues company for sending deceptive trademark renewal notices
Law firm sues to stop company that it alleges sends misleading trademark notices. Domain name owners often receive official looking notices by snail mail warning them that their domains are about to expire and asking them to renew. Often times these ...
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Law firm sues company for sending deceptive trademark renewal notices
Law firm sues to stop company that it alleges sends misleading trademark notices. Domain name owners often receive official looking notices by snail mail warning them that their domains are about to expire and asking them to renew. Often times these ...
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May 1, 2013, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Slow learners: The Snugg is about to lose its 2nd UDRP
Company files case against Roy Messer’s Snug.com. Some people just don’t get it. Consider Charon International Trading Limited, makers of The Snugg iPad cases. The company owns TheSnugg.com, and desperately wants a shorter domain. So in F...
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Slow learners: The Snugg is about to lose its 2nd UDRP
Company files case against Roy Messer’s Snug.com. Some people just don’t get it. Consider Charon International Trading Limited, makers of The Snugg iPad cases. The company owns TheSnugg.com, and desperately wants a shorter domain. So in F...
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May 1, 2013, 8:51 am
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets patent for triggering web crawling based on registry data
.Com registry awarded patent for using registry data to trigger web crawling. With Verisign analyzing how to profit from its patent portfolio, competitors should pay close attention to the company’s new patents. Today Verisign was awarded U.S. ...
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Verisign gets patent for triggering web crawling based on registry data
.Com registry awarded patent for using registry data to trigger web crawling. With Verisign analyzing how to profit from its patent portfolio, competitors should pay close attention to the company’s new patents. Today Verisign was awarded U.S. ...
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April 30, 2013, 11:14 am
