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Locksmiths “pick” fight with Frank Schilling
…and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration over the d...
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Locksmiths “pick” fight with Frank Schilling
…and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration over the d...
Discussion
October 25, 2012, 9:50 am
Domain Name Wire
Cognac.com sells for $140,000
Cognac.com changes hands again in $140,000 sale. Dallas company Weblabcenter has sold Cognac.com for $140,000, Domain Name Wire has learned. Weblabcenter bought the domain name in a Sedo GreatDomains auction in 2008 for $88,000. That’s nearly a...
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Cognac.com sells for $140,000
Cognac.com changes hands again in $140,000 sale. Dallas company Weblabcenter has sold Cognac.com for $140,000, Domain Name Wire has learned. Weblabcenter bought the domain name in a Sedo GreatDomains auction in 2008 for $88,000. That’s nearly a...
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October 24, 2012, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
40 end user domain sales
40 end user domain sales from the past week. It was a busy week for end user domain sales: A university bought the name for its new mascot, a rehab center spent $30k on a category defining domain name, and a company bought a three letter .com as an a...
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40 end user domain sales
40 end user domain sales from the past week. It was a busy week for end user domain sales: A university bought the name for its new mascot, a rehab center spent $30k on a category defining domain name, and a company bought a three letter .com as an a...
Discussion
October 24, 2012, 11:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain sale roundup: Bankruptcy auction, .xxx, GreatDomains, and SnapNames
Some interesting domain offerings and auctions are on tap over the next 30 days. I’ve received a number of recent announcements regarding domains sales and auctions, and some of them are rather interesting. First, there’s a bankruptcy auc...
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Domain sale roundup: Bankruptcy auction, .xxx, GreatDomains, and SnapNames
Some interesting domain offerings and auctions are on tap over the next 30 days. I’ve received a number of recent announcements regarding domains sales and auctions, and some of them are rather interesting. First, there’s a bankruptcy auc...
Discussion
October 24, 2012, 9:44 am
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit claims Go Daddy illegally recorded phone calls
Two California men claim domain registrar recorded calls without permission. You know the line… “This call may be recorded for quality or training purposes”. Well, according to two California men, their phone calls with domain name...
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Lawsuit claims Go Daddy illegally recorded phone calls
Two California men claim domain registrar recorded calls without permission. You know the line… “This call may be recorded for quality or training purposes”. Well, according to two California men, their phone calls with domain name...
Discussion
October 23, 2012, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
InteriorDesign.com hit with UDRP
Valuable generic hit with UDRP. Another day, another amazing UDRP filing. This time it’s for InteriorDesign.com, which is owned by P. A. Gordon in Guam. Gordon owns some spectacular domain names, including Laptops.com, Getaway.com, Profit.com, ...
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InteriorDesign.com hit with UDRP
Valuable generic hit with UDRP. Another day, another amazing UDRP filing. This time it’s for InteriorDesign.com, which is owned by P. A. Gordon in Guam. Gordon owns some spectacular domain names, including Laptops.com, Getaway.com, Profit.com, ...
Discussion
October 23, 2012, 9:31 am
Domain Name Wire
SnapNames releases Android app for bidding
App lets you update bids on the go. Less than two months after it released an iPhone app, domain name marketplace SnapNames has released a comparable Android app. The app lets you: - Bid on your domain names in auction from your Android device - View...
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SnapNames releases Android app for bidding
App lets you update bids on the go. Less than two months after it released an iPhone app, domain name marketplace SnapNames has released a comparable Android app. The app lets you: - Bid on your domain names in auction from your Android device - View...
Discussion
October 22, 2012, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nordstrom sues flash sales site NoMoreRack
Retailer claims flash sales site is infringing its marks. Retailing giant Nordstrom has sued flash sales site NoMoreRack.com, claiming the site’s brand and domain name infringe its trademarks (pdf). Nordstrom owns 110 “The Rack” sto...
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Nordstrom sues flash sales site NoMoreRack
Retailer claims flash sales site is infringing its marks. Retailing giant Nordstrom has sued flash sales site NoMoreRack.com, claiming the site’s brand and domain name infringe its trademarks (pdf). Nordstrom owns 110 “The Rack” sto...
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October 22, 2012, 10:40 am
Domain Name Wire
That offer you just got for your domain is the highest you’ll ever get
Ever reject an offer that you wish you would have accepted? Have you ever turned down an offer on one of your domain names only to kick yourself later? Domain investors often talk about “domain sales regret“, when you sell a domain that e...
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That offer you just got for your domain is the highest you’ll ever get
Ever reject an offer that you wish you would have accepted? Have you ever turned down an offer on one of your domain names only to kick yourself later? Domain investors often talk about “domain sales regret“, when you sell a domain that e...
Discussion
October 19, 2012, 10:08 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston gets nod for SXSW
Johnston to give the lone domain name related talk at SXSW. This week SXSW announced the panels and talks that made the cut for its 2013 conference in Austin. Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston has been selected two years in a row to give a talk about ne...
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Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston gets nod for SXSW
Johnston to give the lone domain name related talk at SXSW. This week SXSW announced the panels and talks that made the cut for its 2013 conference in Austin. Sedo’s Jeremiah Johnston has been selected two years in a row to give a talk about ne...
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October 18, 2012, 3:23 pm
