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5 Questions Answered at TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC is over. Here’s how it stacked up. Last Friday I asked five questions that would be answered at this week’s TRAFFIC conference. We now have answers: 1. How will the auction perform? I’m going to give some credit to Rick on t...
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5 Questions Answered at TRAFFIC
TRAFFIC is over. Here’s how it stacked up. Last Friday I asked five questions that would be answered at this week’s TRAFFIC conference. We now have answers: 1. How will the auction perform? I’m going to give some credit to Rick on t...
Discussion
October 19, 2011, 10:42 am
Domain Name Wire
Top Level Domains for the Ultra Wealthy?
Do the 1% need their own top level domain name? Just when you thought you’d seen it all… A new offering from CentralNic called dotFamilyName proposes that the ultra rich should get their own top level domain name. .Buffet, anyone? The co...
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Top Level Domains for the Ultra Wealthy?
Do the 1% need their own top level domain name? Just when you thought you’d seen it all… A new offering from CentralNic called dotFamilyName proposes that the ultra rich should get their own top level domain name. .Buffet, anyone? The co...
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October 18, 2011, 11:49 am
Domain Name Wire
Stuart Lawley Doesn’t See Competition for .XXX
ICM Registry CEO doesn’t expect adult TLDs to be introduced in New TLD round. Will the new top level domains round that opens next year mean competition for the .xxx top level domain name? Stuart Lawley doesn’t think so. Lawley, CEO of .x...
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Stuart Lawley Doesn’t See Competition for .XXX
ICM Registry CEO doesn’t expect adult TLDs to be introduced in New TLD round. Will the new top level domains round that opens next year mean competition for the .xxx top level domain name? Stuart Lawley doesn’t think so. Lawley, CEO of .x...
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October 18, 2011, 10:13 am
Domain Name Wire
Defensive Domains Registered for Miami Casino Fight
Brand protection company Mark Monitor registers defensive domains for Las Vegas Sands. Casinos may be on their way to sunny Miami, and Las Vegas Sands corporation is going on the defensive when it comes to domain registrations. Last week Michael Berk...
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Defensive Domains Registered for Miami Casino Fight
Brand protection company Mark Monitor registers defensive domains for Las Vegas Sands. Casinos may be on their way to sunny Miami, and Las Vegas Sands corporation is going on the defensive when it comes to domain registrations. Last week Michael Berk...
Discussion
October 18, 2011, 10:00 am
Domain Name Wire
Sedo Adds Dotster to SedoMLS
SedoMLS gets another partner. Sedo has signed up domain name registrar Dotster to participate in its SedoMLS network. The news comes just one day after the company announced a similar deal with Moniker. SedoMLS is the companies distributed sales netw...
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Sedo Adds Dotster to SedoMLS
SedoMLS gets another partner. Sedo has signed up domain name registrar Dotster to participate in its SedoMLS network. The news comes just one day after the company announced a similar deal with Moniker. SedoMLS is the companies distributed sales netw...
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October 18, 2011, 9:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Inside Frank Schilling’s $1.65M .XXX Purchase
Schilling recounts a seven figure deal he maid earlier this year. Within twenty minutes during this year’s DOMAINfest conference Frank Schilling agreed to pay $1.65 million for a collection of .xxx domain names — before .xxx was even appr...
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Inside Frank Schilling’s $1.65M .XXX Purchase
Schilling recounts a seven figure deal he maid earlier this year. Within twenty minutes during this year’s DOMAINfest conference Frank Schilling agreed to pay $1.65 million for a collection of .xxx domain names — before .xxx was even appr...
Discussion
October 17, 2011, 6:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
Web.com to Cut More Network Solutions Employees
Company plans more pink slips at iconic domain registrar. Web.com plans to fire more Network Solutions employees after it acquires the company than it previously thought. The company, which also owns domain name registrar Register.com, originally tho...
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Web.com to Cut More Network Solutions Employees
Company plans more pink slips at iconic domain registrar. Web.com plans to fire more Network Solutions employees after it acquires the company than it previously thought. The company, which also owns domain name registrar Register.com, originally tho...
Discussion
October 17, 2011, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
SedoMLS Lands Moniker
Moniker customers can now list domains on Sedo‘s distributed listing service. Moniker customers can now list their domain names for sale on the SedoMLS system, the two companies announced this morning. This is a big win for Sedo. Not only is it...
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SedoMLS Lands Moniker
Moniker customers can now list domains on Sedo‘s distributed listing service. Moniker customers can now list their domain names for sale on the SedoMLS system, the two companies announced this morning. This is a big win for Sedo. Not only is it...
Discussion
October 17, 2011, 9:53 am
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: Afternic Domains to be Listed on Go Daddy Registration Path
Fixed price Afternic listings to be featured on Go Daddy registration path. Customers who sell domain names through Afternic are about to get a lot more exposure. Afternic has struck a deal with Go Daddy to start showing its fixed price listings in t...
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Breaking: Afternic Domains to be Listed on Go Daddy Registration Path
Fixed price Afternic listings to be featured on Go Daddy registration path. Customers who sell domain names through Afternic are about to get a lot more exposure. Afternic has struck a deal with Go Daddy to start showing its fixed price listings in t...
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October 16, 2011, 4:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 Questions To Be Answered at Next Week’s TRAFFIC Conference
The only TRAFFIC of the year is upon us. This year TRAFFIC will host just one conference, which kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. Last year there was a TRAFFIC conference just about every other month. Combined with other domain conferences it was ...
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5 Questions To Be Answered at Next Week’s TRAFFIC Conference
The only TRAFFIC of the year is upon us. This year TRAFFIC will host just one conference, which kicks off Sunday in Fort Lauderdale. Last year there was a TRAFFIC conference just about every other month. Combined with other domain conferences it was ...
Discussion
October 14, 2011, 10:47 am