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Verisign predicts 1,000-1,500 new TLD applications and up to 2/3 .brand
Web could see a flood of .brand domain names. There are a lot of new top level domain name service providers out there, and each has its own estimates on how many new TLD applications will be submitted next year. Here are the numbers from Verisign: 1...
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Verisign predicts 1,000-1,500 new TLD applications and up to 2/3 .brand
Web could see a flood of .brand domain names. There are a lot of new top level domain name service providers out there, and each has its own estimates on how many new TLD applications will be submitted next year. Here are the numbers from Verisign: 1...
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December 19, 2011, 12:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Vistaprint acquires Webs.com, pushing further into domain registrar territory
Vistaprint bolsters its small business web site offerings with acquisition. If you think Vistaprint is just about “free” business cards, you are mistaken. It’s actually a big competitor in the small business domain registration and ...
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Vistaprint acquires Webs.com, pushing further into domain registrar territory
Vistaprint bolsters its small business web site offerings with acquisition. If you think Vistaprint is just about “free” business cards, you are mistaken. It’s actually a big competitor in the small business domain registration and ...
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December 19, 2011, 10:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Holidays are good time to score deal on domain auctions
You might just catch a bidding foe sleeping. Is it possible to catch other domainers sleeping? It’s not easy, but the holidays are your best chance. With many domainers either traveling or taking time off to be with family, expired and regular ...
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Holidays are good time to score deal on domain auctions
You might just catch a bidding foe sleeping. Is it possible to catch other domainers sleeping? It’s not easy, but the holidays are your best chance. With many domainers either traveling or taking time off to be with family, expired and regular ...
Discussion
December 19, 2011, 9:56 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook awarded FacebookLive.com domain in dispute
Company wins dispute over FacebookLive.com domain name A National Arbitration Forum panelist has awarded Facebook the domain name FacebookLive.com. The domain name was originally registered in 2006 but its whois record was protected by a proxy servic...
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Facebook awarded FacebookLive.com domain in dispute
Company wins dispute over FacebookLive.com domain name A National Arbitration Forum panelist has awarded Facebook the domain name FacebookLive.com. The domain name was originally registered in 2006 but its whois record was protected by a proxy servic...
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December 18, 2011, 2:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
FTC asks ICANN to run pilot new TLD launch
FTC says adding just 22 new TLDs would be “aggressive”. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN asking it to significantly curtail its plans for new top level domain names. The FTC believes the mass introduction...
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FTC asks ICANN to run pilot new TLD launch
FTC says adding just 22 new TLDs would be “aggressive”. The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN asking it to significantly curtail its plans for new top level domain names. The FTC believes the mass introduction...
Discussion
December 17, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Done deal: KKR, Silver Lake & TCV now part owners of Go Daddy
Largest domain name registrar gets big financial backing. GoDaddy is now (partly) private-equity owned. The company finally closed on its investment from KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures today. Bob Parsons remains the single largest...
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Done deal: KKR, Silver Lake & TCV now part owners of Go Daddy
Largest domain name registrar gets big financial backing. GoDaddy is now (partly) private-equity owned. The company finally closed on its investment from KKR, Silver Lake and Technology Crossover Ventures today. Bob Parsons remains the single largest...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 2:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Manwin reminds affiliates not to register its trademarks in .xxx
Manwin changes terms of service of affiliate program. Manwin isn’t going to protect its trademarks in .xxx by paying anything to ICM Registry, so it’s asking its affiliates not to register them, either. A Domain Name Wire reader sent me a...
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Manwin reminds affiliates not to register its trademarks in .xxx
Manwin changes terms of service of affiliate program. Manwin isn’t going to protect its trademarks in .xxx by paying anything to ICM Registry, so it’s asking its affiliates not to register them, either. A Domain Name Wire reader sent me a...
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December 16, 2011, 11:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows resumes stock buybacks, up to 12.2% of outstanding shares
Company offers to buy up to 6.5 million shares of its stock. Tucows, which owns the world’s third largest domain name registrar, announced a Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase up to 6,500,000 shares of its common stock. That’s up to...
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Tucows resumes stock buybacks, up to 12.2% of outstanding shares
Company offers to buy up to 6.5 million shares of its stock. Tucows, which owns the world’s third largest domain name registrar, announced a Dutch auction tender offer to repurchase up to 6,500,000 shares of its common stock. That’s up to...
Discussion
December 16, 2011, 11:31 am
Domain Name Wire
Even CSC doesn’t enforce whois accuracy
Two months later Cocomo.com still has bogus whois information. You would think that a brand management intellectual property company would enforce whois accuracy on its customers. But apparently not. Two months ago I wrote about the sale of Cocomo.co...
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Even CSC doesn’t enforce whois accuracy
Two months later Cocomo.com still has bogus whois information. You would think that a brand management intellectual property company would enforce whois accuracy on its customers. But apparently not. Two months ago I wrote about the sale of Cocomo.co...
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December 15, 2011, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
191 domain .co auction ends today
No reserve auction attracting lots of bidding attention. An auction of nearly 200 keyword .co domain names ends today at Sedo. With just two hours to go over 60% of the domain names in the no reserve auction already have bids. 31 bids have been place...
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191 domain .co auction ends today
No reserve auction attracting lots of bidding attention. An auction of nearly 200 keyword .co domain names ends today at Sedo. With just two hours to go over 60% of the domain names in the no reserve auction already have bids. 31 bids have been place...
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December 15, 2011, 10:11 am
