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IBM, Match.com Make Domain Purchases
Special edition of the end user domain sales report. Here’s a special Monday morning edition of the end user domain sales post. This will cover some recent Sedo sales as well as non-reported sales. On the non-reported side, I have a big company...
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IBM, Match.com Make Domain Purchases
Special edition of the end user domain sales report. Here’s a special Monday morning edition of the end user domain sales post. This will cover some recent Sedo sales as well as non-reported sales. On the non-reported side, I have a big company...
Discussion
October 31, 2011, 11:24 am
Domain Name Wire
Warner Bros Registers Sherlock Holmes 3 Domain Names
Warner Bros registers domain names for third Sherlock Holmes movie. Even before Sherlock Holmes 2 hits the theaters Warner Bros is already gearing up for the third installment. The company just registered the domain names SherlockHolmesThree.com and ...
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Warner Bros Registers Sherlock Holmes 3 Domain Names
Warner Bros registers domain names for third Sherlock Holmes movie. Even before Sherlock Holmes 2 hits the theaters Warner Bros is already gearing up for the third installment. The company just registered the domain names SherlockHolmesThree.com and ...
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October 29, 2011, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Final Chance to Protect Against .XXX Domain Names
Opportunity to block .xxx domain name registrations ends today. Companies that don’t want their trademark attached to a .xxx domain name have until the end of the day to take action. The sunrise period for the .xxx domain name concludes today. ...
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Final Chance to Protect Against .XXX Domain Names
Opportunity to block .xxx domain name registrations ends today. Companies that don’t want their trademark attached to a .xxx domain name have until the end of the day to take action. The sunrise period for the .xxx domain name concludes today. ...
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October 28, 2011, 10:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Bret Fausett Starts New TLD Consultancy, Sets Up Shop Down Street from ICANN
Admiralty Way has a new domain name resident. An attorney with a long history in the domain name world has started a consulting firm to help new top level domain name applicants. Bret Fausett, who was most recently Of Counsel at Alvarado Smith, has s...
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Bret Fausett Starts New TLD Consultancy, Sets Up Shop Down Street from ICANN
Admiralty Way has a new domain name resident. An attorney with a long history in the domain name world has started a consulting firm to help new top level domain name applicants. Bret Fausett, who was most recently Of Counsel at Alvarado Smith, has s...
Discussion
October 28, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Gets Baidu Domain Name
GoogleBaidu.com: no merger, just an interesting domain dispute. Baidu might beat Google in China, but Google just got a hold of a little bit of Baidu. Google was just awarded the domain name GoogleBaidu.com in an arbitration case before National Arbi...
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Google Gets Baidu Domain Name
GoogleBaidu.com: no merger, just an interesting domain dispute. Baidu might beat Google in China, but Google just got a hold of a little bit of Baidu. Google was just awarded the domain name GoogleBaidu.com in an arbitration case before National Arbi...
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October 28, 2011, 9:48 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Switches to Estimated Earnings for Domain parking
Sedo to start showing estimated parking revenue; audited numbers displayed in about 48 hours. On November 1 Sedo will change its domain parking statistics to an estimated earnings system. This means they will display estimate earnings at first and th...
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Sedo Switches to Estimated Earnings for Domain parking
Sedo to start showing estimated parking revenue; audited numbers displayed in about 48 hours. On November 1 Sedo will change its domain parking statistics to an estimated earnings system. This means they will display estimate earnings at first and th...
Discussion
October 27, 2011, 11:47 am
Domain Name Wire
Some Groups Simply Shouldn’t Apply for New TLDs
New TLDs aren’t for everyone. Get over it. I hear a lot of gripes about new top level domain names and the cost of applying for and running them. Frankly, $185,000 in application fees may seem ridiculous. Especially when a third of that is goin...
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Some Groups Simply Shouldn’t Apply for New TLDs
New TLDs aren’t for everyone. Get over it. I hear a lot of gripes about new top level domain names and the cost of applying for and running them. Frankly, $185,000 in application fees may seem ridiculous. Especially when a third of that is goin...
Discussion
October 27, 2011, 10:09 am
Domain Name Wire
Google Goes After More Survey Sites
Google continues assault on domain names monetized through survey sites. Google has filed a UDRP case against the owner of three Gmail typos that forward to “survey” sites. The three domains — gmaill.com, gmal.com, and gmiail.com &m...
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Google Goes After More Survey Sites
Google continues assault on domain names monetized through survey sites. Google has filed a UDRP case against the owner of three Gmail typos that forward to “survey” sites. The three domains — gmaill.com, gmal.com, and gmiail.com &m...
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October 27, 2011, 9:19 am
Domain Name Wire
AfternicDLS and SedoMLS Automate Removal of Sold Domains
Distributed listing systems avoid duplicate sales. One of the fears people have of listing domains at buy now prices is that they’ll accidentally sell it after they no longer own it. I don’t know about you, but when I sell a domain on one...
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AfternicDLS and SedoMLS Automate Removal of Sold Domains
Distributed listing systems avoid duplicate sales. One of the fears people have of listing domains at buy now prices is that they’ll accidentally sell it after they no longer own it. I don’t know about you, but when I sell a domain on one...
Discussion
October 26, 2011, 11:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Universal Studios Buys Movie Domain, McDonald’s and Louisville Slugger Also Make Domain Buys
Movie studio buys probable film name and other big names make domain name purchases. It was a great week for end user domain sales at Afternic. Starting things off, Universal Studios bought PrepareforBattle.com for $1,688. I can’t find informat...
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Universal Studios Buys Movie Domain, McDonald’s and Louisville Slugger Also Make Domain Buys
Movie studio buys probable film name and other big names make domain name purchases. It was a great week for end user domain sales at Afternic. Starting things off, Universal Studios bought PrepareforBattle.com for $1,688. I can’t find informat...
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October 26, 2011, 10:19 am
