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NameCheap joins Afternic DLS network
Registrar with close to 3 million domains starts syndicating Afternic listings. Domainers who sell their domains on Afternic DLS Premium have a higher chance of sales thanks to a new member of the distribution network: NameCheap. Here’s how you...
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NameCheap joins Afternic DLS network
Registrar with close to 3 million domains starts syndicating Afternic listings. Domainers who sell their domains on Afternic DLS Premium have a higher chance of sales thanks to a new member of the distribution network: NameCheap. Here’s how you...
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April 3, 2012, 11:27 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy now offers free domain appraisals, but…
GoDaddy domain appraisals now free. But you might get what you pay for. GoDaddy recently started offering free computer generated domain name appraisals. But before you get too excited, here are the results of a test I ran yesterday: Hmm. I don&rsquo...
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GoDaddy now offers free domain appraisals, but…
GoDaddy domain appraisals now free. But you might get what you pay for. GoDaddy recently started offering free computer generated domain name appraisals. But before you get too excited, here are the results of a test I ran yesterday: Hmm. I don&rsquo...
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April 3, 2012, 10:33 am
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Google buys RealTimeBidding.com domain
Google gets domain name for a key online advertising term. With the Ad-Tech conference kicking off this morning in San Francisco, it’s only fitting to report this morning that Google has acquired the domain name RealTimeBidding.com. For those n...
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Google buys RealTimeBidding.com domain
Google gets domain name for a key online advertising term. With the Ad-Tech conference kicking off this morning in San Francisco, it’s only fitting to report this morning that Google has acquired the domain name RealTimeBidding.com. For those n...
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April 3, 2012, 9:47 am
Domain Name Wire
How ICANN should do its big “reveal”
Oooh, I’m soooo excited. Today ICANN announced that it has set April 30 as the date it plans to reveal all of the applicants for new top level domain names. This means that all of the applicants for potentially conflicting strings, along with p...
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How ICANN should do its big “reveal”
Oooh, I’m soooo excited. Today ICANN announced that it has set April 30 as the date it plans to reveal all of the applicants for new top level domain names. This means that all of the applicants for potentially conflicting strings, along with p...
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April 2, 2012, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
First Brannans.com auction now live
Clements brothers start first auction on new site. Brothers David and Toby Clements have started their first ever auction on new siteBrannans.com. Toby previously lead the auction efforts for Rick Latona. Brannans.com uses the same auction provider, ...
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First Brannans.com auction now live
Clements brothers start first auction on new site. Brothers David and Toby Clements have started their first ever auction on new siteBrannans.com. Toby previously lead the auction efforts for Rick Latona. Brannans.com uses the same auction provider, ...
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April 2, 2012, 2:08 pm
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iPad case maker TheSnugg.com loses dead-on-arrival domain dispute
Company filed trademark application last year; domain was registered in 1999. iPad case maker TheSnugg.com just wasted some money in a domain dispute. It filed a case against the owner of Snugg.com. You’ll get a chuckle out of the company&rsquo...
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iPad case maker TheSnugg.com loses dead-on-arrival domain dispute
Company filed trademark application last year; domain was registered in 1999. iPad case maker TheSnugg.com just wasted some money in a domain dispute. It filed a case against the owner of Snugg.com. You’ll get a chuckle out of the company&rsquo...
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April 2, 2012, 9:48 am
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Francois Carrillo’s ZUT.com hit with UDRP
Another day, another UDRP on a three letter domain name. Sadly, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke. Francois Carrillo, who runs Domaining.com, has just been hit with a UDRP for the domain name Zut.com. The complainant is Interbasic Holding S...
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Francois Carrillo’s ZUT.com hit with UDRP
Another day, another UDRP on a three letter domain name. Sadly, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke. Francois Carrillo, who runs Domaining.com, has just been hit with a UDRP for the domain name Zut.com. The complainant is Interbasic Holding S...
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April 1, 2012, 3:35 pm
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Marchex shutting down domain parking program
Marchex to no longer park domains for customers. Marchex is officially shutting down its domain parking program for clients. Wait. What’s that, you say? They have a parking platform? Yes, but they’ve been in the process of scaling it back...
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Marchex shutting down domain parking program
Marchex to no longer park domains for customers. Marchex is officially shutting down its domain parking program for clients. Wait. What’s that, you say? They have a parking platform? Yes, but they’ve been in the process of scaling it back...
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March 30, 2012, 4:47 pm
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I’d buy a lot of domains with my $640 million Mega Millions jackpot
You could buy a lot of great domains with $640 million. If you see me buying a lot of domains at the next domain conference auction, it’s probably because I won the Mega Millions jackpot. That’s what I’d do with a good portion of my...
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I’d buy a lot of domains with my $640 million Mega Millions jackpot
You could buy a lot of great domains with $640 million. If you see me buying a lot of domains at the next domain conference auction, it’s probably because I won the Mega Millions jackpot. That’s what I’d do with a good portion of my...
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March 30, 2012, 4:14 pm
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Frank Schilling sold WheelsUp.com to Marquis Jet founder for $50k, later $500k offer
Marquis Jet founder bought domain for new investment firm, later shuns $500k offer. Owen Frager and Elliot Silver recently discovered that Marquis Jet was somehow related to the buyer of WheelsUp.com, a domain Frank Schilling sold last year. Now we k...
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Frank Schilling sold WheelsUp.com to Marquis Jet founder for $50k, later $500k offer
Marquis Jet founder bought domain for new investment firm, later shuns $500k offer. Owen Frager and Elliot Silver recently discovered that Marquis Jet was somehow related to the buyer of WheelsUp.com, a domain Frank Schilling sold last year. Now we k...
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March 30, 2012, 2:37 pm
