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New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
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New domain search to find available domains…fast
Lean Domain Search finds available domain names that include your search term. A couple years ago I wrote about domain finding tool Domain Pigeon. Creator Matt Mazur is back with a new tool to identify available domain names that include a specific k...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 12:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
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USPTO wising up to new TLD frontrunning
Cancels two approvals, more to come? The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is finally catching on to a game I’ve reported about many times: trying to sneak through a trademark on a top level domain name. The USPTO has a policy of not issuing tra...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 11:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain gets Mailboxes.org in dispute
UDRP panel hands over Mailboxes.org domain name. MBE Spain 2000, S.L., which manages franchises of Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain, has been awarded the domain name Mailboxes.org by a World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The domain name was owned...
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Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain gets Mailboxes.org in dispute
UDRP panel hands over Mailboxes.org domain name. MBE Spain 2000, S.L., which manages franchises of Mail Boxes Etc. in Spain, has been awarded the domain name Mailboxes.org by a World Intellectual Property Organization panel. The domain name was owned...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 10:51 am
Domain Name Wire
CIT gets control of nasty John Thain domain names
Domains transferred to Thain’s latest employer. There are a lot of people out there who don’t care for John Thain, current chairman and CEO of CIT. He was, after all, at the helm of Merrill Lynch during the banking meltdown…and app...
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CIT gets control of nasty John Thain domain names
Domains transferred to Thain’s latest employer. There are a lot of people out there who don’t care for John Thain, current chairman and CEO of CIT. He was, after all, at the helm of Merrill Lynch during the banking meltdown…and app...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 9:35 am
Domain Name Wire
Which domain forum is best?
Take this five minute survey. There’s been a bit of news in the domain name forum world recently, with NamePros selling to the owner of Bodis.com. Will that shake up the “ranking” of domain forums? You tell me… You have the o...
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Which domain forum is best?
Take this five minute survey. There’s been a bit of news in the domain name forum world recently, with NamePros selling to the owner of Bodis.com. Will that shake up the “ranking” of domain forums? You tell me… You have the o...
Discussion
January 23, 2012, 9:06 am
Domain Name Wire
Bob Parsons credits Super Bowl ads for $1 billion in sales
GoDaddy.com founder says $70 million investment has driven $1 billion in business. GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons says he’s generated $1 billion in business from running Super Bowl ads. In a USA Today article about the sexing up of Super Bowl ...
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Bob Parsons credits Super Bowl ads for $1 billion in sales
GoDaddy.com founder says $70 million investment has driven $1 billion in business. GoDaddy.com founder Bob Parsons says he’s generated $1 billion in business from running Super Bowl ads. In a USA Today article about the sexing up of Super Bowl ...
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January 20, 2012, 9:25 am
Domain Name Wire
A look at Escrow.com’s $1 billion milestone and new broker tool
Escrow.com completes $1 billion in transactions and will soon release a tool for brokers. Escrow.com just hit a major milestone: $1 billion in completed transactions. I reached out to Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey to understand the path the comp...
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A look at Escrow.com’s $1 billion milestone and new broker tool
Escrow.com completes $1 billion in transactions and will soon release a tool for brokers. Escrow.com just hit a major milestone: $1 billion in completed transactions. I reached out to Escrow.com president Brandon Abbey to understand the path the comp...
Discussion
January 20, 2012, 8:58 am
Domain Name Wire
IAC sells Sendori for $3 million
IAC’s sponsored listing/traffic monetization unit sold. IAC has sold its Sendori unit for a total consideration of $3 million, nearly three years after buying the company, according to a recent SEC filing. When Sendori launched, it provided a w...
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IAC sells Sendori for $3 million
IAC’s sponsored listing/traffic monetization unit sold. IAC has sold its Sendori unit for a total consideration of $3 million, nearly three years after buying the company, according to a recent SEC filing. When Sendori launched, it provided a w...
Discussion
January 19, 2012, 8:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo selling Zimbabwe.com at a fraction of its former price
Domain priced at least 60% below its sale price in 2007. I was just reading Elliot’s post about the latest Sedo Great Domains auction, and one domain caught my eye. Zimbabwe.com is for sale with a reserve range of $25,000 to $50,000. Even at th...
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Sedo selling Zimbabwe.com at a fraction of its former price
Domain priced at least 60% below its sale price in 2007. I was just reading Elliot’s post about the latest Sedo Great Domains auction, and one domain caught my eye. Zimbabwe.com is for sale with a reserve range of $25,000 to $50,000. Even at th...
Discussion
January 19, 2012, 5:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
So long, MegaUpload.com
MegaUpload.com shut down by U.S. government, arrests made. The Feds have shut down online file sharing site MegaUpload.com and charged seven people with online piracy in connection with the site. The MegaUpload.com web site, along with associated sit...
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So long, MegaUpload.com
MegaUpload.com shut down by U.S. government, arrests made. The Feds have shut down online file sharing site MegaUpload.com and charged seven people with online piracy in connection with the site. The MegaUpload.com web site, along with associated sit...
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January 19, 2012, 3:22 pm
