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HSC.com domain name stolen
Technology company lost its domain name in the middle of December. Someone at communication technology company Hughes Systique Corporation must have had a rough holiday. The company, which is part of satellite company Hughes Communications, says its ...
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HSC.com domain name stolen
Technology company lost its domain name in the middle of December. Someone at communication technology company Hughes Systique Corporation must have had a rough holiday. The company, which is part of satellite company Hughes Communications, says its ...
Discussion
January 2, 2013, 9:57 am
Domain Name Wire
2012 in review: Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories
From airline mergers to politics to new TLDs, 2012 was an eventful year. There are two types of stories that catch fire on Domain Name Wire: ones relevant to domain investing and those relevant to the world at large. All of my posts have to do with d...
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2012 in review: Top 10 Domain Name Wire stories
From airline mergers to politics to new TLDs, 2012 was an eventful year. There are two types of stories that catch fire on Domain Name Wire: ones relevant to domain investing and those relevant to the world at large. All of my posts have to do with d...
Discussion
January 2, 2013, 9:49 am
Domain Name Wire
2012 Domain Dunce: The .com contract renewal
Verisign lost an awful lot of market cap but consumers won. It’s difficult to say who exactly is the deserving subject of this Domain Dunce Award. It goes way back. In 2006 ICANN settled a long running dispute with Verisign by giving it a very ...
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2012 Domain Dunce: The .com contract renewal
Verisign lost an awful lot of market cap but consumers won. It’s difficult to say who exactly is the deserving subject of this Domain Dunce Award. It goes way back. In 2006 ICANN settled a long running dispute with Verisign by giving it a very ...
Discussion
December 31, 2012, 8:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Merry Christmas: Go Daddy Groupon deal up to 67% off
Go Daddy offers a Groupon that might be hard to pass up. Back in October Go Daddy ran a deal with Google Offers for $20 in credit for only $10. Now it is running a Groupon that’s even better: $10 for $30 or $25 for $70. It appears the deal is r...
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Merry Christmas: Go Daddy Groupon deal up to 67% off
Go Daddy offers a Groupon that might be hard to pass up. Back in October Go Daddy ran a deal with Google Offers for $20 in credit for only $10. Now it is running a Groupon that’s even better: $10 for $30 or $25 for $70. It appears the deal is r...
Discussion
December 29, 2012, 8:31 am
Domain Name Wire
2012 Domain Dunce: TAS and Digital Archery
“Glitch” filled system gets Domain Dunce honors in 2012. ICANN’s new top level domain program is the most watched initiative in the non-profit’s entire history. So you’d think ICANN would have double and triple checked a...
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2012 Domain Dunce: TAS and Digital Archery
“Glitch” filled system gets Domain Dunce honors in 2012. ICANN’s new top level domain program is the most watched initiative in the non-profit’s entire history. So you’d think ICANN would have double and triple checked a...
Discussion
December 28, 2012, 9:18 am
Domain Name Wire
My first (much) faster payments with Go Daddy Premium Listings
Go Daddy is paying for domain sales even faster than promised. It had been a couple months since I sold a Go Daddy Premium Listing, but over the past couple weeks I’ve sold two domains. These were the first domains I’ve sold with Go Daddy...
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My first (much) faster payments with Go Daddy Premium Listings
Go Daddy is paying for domain sales even faster than promised. It had been a couple months since I sold a Go Daddy Premium Listing, but over the past couple weeks I’ve sold two domains. These were the first domains I’ve sold with Go Daddy...
Discussion
December 27, 2012, 11:03 am
Domain Name Wire
FreshDirect.com latest company to go down thanks to expired domain
Company forgot to renew its domain name, which expired December 23. Add FreshDirect.com to a long list of companies that suffered downtime thanks to not renewing their domain names. The company suffered an “outage” (a.k.a. registrar renew...
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FreshDirect.com latest company to go down thanks to expired domain
Company forgot to renew its domain name, which expired December 23. Add FreshDirect.com to a long list of companies that suffered downtime thanks to not renewing their domain names. The company suffered an “outage” (a.k.a. registrar renew...
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December 27, 2012, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
Marchex defends EuroBaby.com against Irish company
Company can keep domain acquired with UltSearch portfolio, panel rules. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name EuroBaby.com in a URDP proceeding brought by an Irish company. Eurocycles & Eurobaby and Eurotrek Group Limited of Dublin, I...
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Marchex defends EuroBaby.com against Irish company
Company can keep domain acquired with UltSearch portfolio, panel rules. Marchex has successfully defended the domain name EuroBaby.com in a URDP proceeding brought by an Irish company. Eurocycles & Eurobaby and Eurotrek Group Limited of Dublin, I...
Discussion
December 27, 2012, 9:32 am
Domain Name Wire
4 domains in Stephen Colbert’s latest book (and one you can buy for $100)
New Stephen Colbert book references a number of domain names, none of which are in use. What did you do for Christmas? I’ll tell you what I did. I curled up in front of the fire with Stephen Colbert’s latest book, America Again. It comes ...
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4 domains in Stephen Colbert’s latest book (and one you can buy for $100)
New Stephen Colbert book references a number of domain names, none of which are in use. What did you do for Christmas? I’ll tell you what I did. I curled up in front of the fire with Stephen Colbert’s latest book, America Again. It comes ...
Discussion
December 26, 2012, 9:07 am
Domain Name Wire
Wait, Pool.com is still in the drop catching business?
Pool has long been irrelevant in the expired domain business. This morning I read Michael’s post about Pool “de-emphasizing” its expired domain drop catching business in favor of new TLD business opportunities. My first reaction was...
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Wait, Pool.com is still in the drop catching business?
Pool has long been irrelevant in the expired domain business. This morning I read Michael’s post about Pool “de-emphasizing” its expired domain drop catching business in favor of new TLD business opportunities. My first reaction was...
Discussion
December 21, 2012, 9:01 am
