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Looks like Netflix may have bought DVD.com
DVD.com now forwarding to Netflix. The nameservers and registrant information for DVD.com just changed. The domain now forwards to DVD.netflix.com, signalling that Netflix may have purchased the domain. Sometime around March 25 the nameservers change...
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Looks like Netflix may have bought DVD.com
DVD.com now forwarding to Netflix. The nameservers and registrant information for DVD.com just changed. The domain now forwards to DVD.netflix.com, signalling that Netflix may have purchased the domain. Sometime around March 25 the nameservers change...
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March 30, 2012, 10:46 am
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Amazon domain registrations suggest B2B or manufacturing supply push
Domains related to lab supplies and “small parts” suggest manufacturing or B2B play. I buy just about all electronics for my business on Amazon: monitors, laptops, even occasional specialty equipment costing thousands of dollars. Seriousl...
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Amazon domain registrations suggest B2B or manufacturing supply push
Domains related to lab supplies and “small parts” suggest manufacturing or B2B play. I buy just about all electronics for my business on Amazon: monitors, laptops, even occasional specialty equipment costing thousands of dollars. Seriousl...
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March 30, 2012, 10:15 am
Domain Name Wire
Bankrate buys InsuranceAgents.com
Company acquires another insurance lead gen site Bankrate has added to its stable of lead gen web sites with great domain names by acquiring InsuranceAgents.com. The news was reported today by Columbus Business First. The sales price was not disclose...
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Bankrate buys InsuranceAgents.com
Company acquires another insurance lead gen site Bankrate has added to its stable of lead gen web sites with great domain names by acquiring InsuranceAgents.com. The news was reported today by Columbus Business First. The sales price was not disclose...
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March 29, 2012, 4:55 pm
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Commercial Connect applies for .shop trademarks
Company vying for .shop files dead-on-arrival applications with USPTO. Commercial Connect, LLC, one of the companies planning to apply for the .shop top level domain, has filed two trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The...
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Commercial Connect applies for .shop trademarks
Company vying for .shop files dead-on-arrival applications with USPTO. Commercial Connect, LLC, one of the companies planning to apply for the .shop top level domain, has filed two trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The...
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March 29, 2012, 2:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domains Disney and 12 other end users bought last week
Disney buys a domain on Sedo and other end user domain buys. Disney was among 13 end user domain buyers in this week’s report. All of these sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Tech Instrumentation, Inc., which owns TechInstrume...
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What domains Disney and 12 other end users bought last week
Disney buys a domain on Sedo and other end user domain buys. Disney was among 13 end user domain buyers in this week’s report. All of these sales took place at Afternic unless otherwise noted. Tech Instrumentation, Inc., which owns TechInstrume...
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March 29, 2012, 10:36 am
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Wow: 839 entities signed up for ICANN’s new top level domain system
Latest update shows 839 registered users for new top level domain application system. ICANN just updated the stats for the number of registered users in its online TLD Application System (TAS). As of March 25 there were a whopping 839 registered user...
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Wow: 839 entities signed up for ICANN’s new top level domain system
Latest update shows 839 registered users for new top level domain application system. ICANN just updated the stats for the number of registered users in its online TLD Application System (TAS). As of March 25 there were a whopping 839 registered user...
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March 28, 2012, 10:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Transpact drops escrow fees on U.S. dollar transactions (and it’s really cheap)
Escrow company’s already low fees drop for customers transacting in U.S. dollars. I know a couple things about Transpact: a handful of readers have used it for domain name escrow and its services are ridiculously inexpensive. Today I got an ema...
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Transpact drops escrow fees on U.S. dollar transactions (and it’s really cheap)
Escrow company’s already low fees drop for customers transacting in U.S. dollars. I know a couple things about Transpact: a handful of readers have used it for domain name escrow and its services are ridiculously inexpensive. Today I got an ema...
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March 28, 2012, 9:53 pm
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Juilliard successful in take down attempt of scam web site
Juilliard.me to be transferred to performing arts school. The famous Juilliard School for performing arts in New York City has used World Intellectual Property Organization to take down a web site that it says was falsely accepting donations. The act...
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Juilliard successful in take down attempt of scam web site
Juilliard.me to be transferred to performing arts school. The famous Juilliard School for performing arts in New York City has used World Intellectual Property Organization to take down a web site that it says was falsely accepting donations. The act...
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March 28, 2012, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Some people make me sick.
How could someone try to make a buck of the death of teenager Trayvon Martin? The most tasteless: Itrayvonmartin.com for sale on eBay. I have the domain name for Itrayvonmartin.com This auction is for the domain name . Also have the domain name for t...
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Some people make me sick.
How could someone try to make a buck of the death of teenager Trayvon Martin? The most tasteless: Itrayvonmartin.com for sale on eBay. I have the domain name for Itrayvonmartin.com This auction is for the domain name . Also have the domain name for t...
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March 28, 2012, 10:34 am
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How is Flippa for buying and selling domains?
Have you used Flippa for buying or selling domain names? I got a note from Flippa today reminding that their site isn’t just for buying and selling web sites. They have a number of domain auctions, too. Two they highlighted were Better.com &mda...
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How is Flippa for buying and selling domains?
Have you used Flippa for buying or selling domain names? I got a note from Flippa today reminding that their site isn’t just for buying and selling web sites. They have a number of domain auctions, too. Two they highlighted were Better.com &mda...
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March 28, 2012, 10:04 am
