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.XXX Is Going to Make a Whole Lot of Money
Latest six figure sale is a sign of things to come. ICM Registry’s sale of gay.xxx for $500,000 is simply staggering. If there was any doubt before, the company is clearly going to make a mint. This also shows that second level domains in relev...
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.XXX Is Going to Make a Whole Lot of Money
Latest six figure sale is a sign of things to come. ICM Registry’s sale of gay.xxx for $500,000 is simply staggering. If there was any doubt before, the company is clearly going to make a mint. This also shows that second level domains in relev...
Discussion
October 6, 2011, 9:06 am
Domain Name Wire
Facebook Recovers 14 Typo Domains That Were in Lawsuit
Defendants hand domain names over to Facebook. Facebook has recovered 14 Facebook.com domain name typos that were named in its massive cybersquatting lawsuit filed in July. The domain names were most recently using the PrivacyProtect.org whois maskin...
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Facebook Recovers 14 Typo Domains That Were in Lawsuit
Defendants hand domain names over to Facebook. Facebook has recovered 14 Facebook.com domain name typos that were named in its massive cybersquatting lawsuit filed in July. The domain names were most recently using the PrivacyProtect.org whois maskin...
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October 6, 2011, 8:57 am
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Donald Trump Gets Domain Name That Was Showing Gay Porn
The Donald gets name of his poker championship but still needs to change the nameservers. Donald Trump has gotten control of the domain name UnitedStatesPokerChampionship.com, which corresponds to the name of a poker championship he founded. The doma...
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Donald Trump Gets Domain Name That Was Showing Gay Porn
The Donald gets name of his poker championship but still needs to change the nameservers. Donald Trump has gotten control of the domain name UnitedStatesPokerChampionship.com, which corresponds to the name of a poker championship he founded. The doma...
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October 6, 2011, 8:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain Marketplaces Still Grapple with Orphaned Listings
Lots of progress, but still an issue of orphaned domain name listings on marketplaces. If you’ve been buying domains on major domain name marketplaces for any number of years you’ve certainly come across a domain listed for sale that isn&...
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Domain Marketplaces Still Grapple with Orphaned Listings
Lots of progress, but still an issue of orphaned domain name listings on marketplaces. If you’ve been buying domains on major domain name marketplaces for any number of years you’ve certainly come across a domain listed for sale that isn&...
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October 6, 2011, 8:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon Welcomes Back California Affiliates
Affiliates and rejoin program after governor repeals law. Remember when Amazon fired all of its California “associates” because the state said affiliates created a nexus in the state and was going to force them to start collecting sale ta...
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Amazon Welcomes Back California Affiliates
Affiliates and rejoin program after governor repeals law. Remember when Amazon fired all of its California “associates” because the state said affiliates created a nexus in the state and was going to force them to start collecting sale ta...
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October 5, 2011, 4:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameMedia Pulls Listings from Sedo
Company removes listings from Sedo but it may be only temporary. Notice anything missing from Sedo lately? NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains and Afternic, has yanked all of its domains from Sedo. The company previously listed its owned and operate...
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NameMedia Pulls Listings from Sedo
Company removes listings from Sedo but it may be only temporary. Notice anything missing from Sedo lately? NameMedia, which operates BuyDomains and Afternic, has yanked all of its domains from Sedo. The company previously listed its owned and operate...
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October 5, 2011, 11:42 am
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14 End User Domain Name Sales from the Past Week
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users via Afternic over the past week. Harvest Ministries bought HarvestAmerica.com for $4,588. The ministry, led by Greg Laurie, owns Harvest.org Recruiter Harry Joiner, who I’ve written about many tim...
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14 End User Domain Name Sales from the Past Week
Here are 14 domain names purchased by end users via Afternic over the past week. Harvest Ministries bought HarvestAmerica.com for $4,588. The ministry, led by Greg Laurie, owns Harvest.org Recruiter Harry Joiner, who I’ve written about many tim...
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October 5, 2011, 10:24 am
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Domain Registration Tipped Off GrouponGoods.com
Groupon Goods launch foreshadowed by domain registration. In August I wrote about Groupon’s registration of GrouponGoods.com. At the time I asked if it was for a merchandise site or charity. Today I got my first Groupon Goods email. According t...
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Domain Registration Tipped Off GrouponGoods.com
Groupon Goods launch foreshadowed by domain registration. In August I wrote about Groupon’s registration of GrouponGoods.com. At the time I asked if it was for a merchandise site or charity. Today I got my first Groupon Goods email. According t...
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October 5, 2011, 9:52 am
Domain Name Wire
New Domain Registrar Accreditation Rules Start Today
New application terms and conditions go into effect. Becoming an ICANN accredited domain name registrar got a little bit tougher starting today. ICANN has just imposed “enhanced” terms and conditions for registrar accreditation applicatio...
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New Domain Registrar Accreditation Rules Start Today
New application terms and conditions go into effect. Becoming an ICANN accredited domain name registrar got a little bit tougher starting today. ICANN has just imposed “enhanced” terms and conditions for registrar accreditation applicatio...
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October 5, 2011, 8:38 am
Domain Name Wire
AusRegistry Rebrands, Sets Up Registry Infrastructure in the U.S.
Company drops the Australia reference in name and offers two locations for registry services. Are U.S. companies more comfortable with a registry services provider in their home country? It appears so. AusRegistry International has changed its name t...
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AusRegistry Rebrands, Sets Up Registry Infrastructure in the U.S.
Company drops the Australia reference in name and offers two locations for registry services. Are U.S. companies more comfortable with a registry services provider in their home country? It appears so. AusRegistry International has changed its name t...
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October 5, 2011, 8:07 am
