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Domain Holdings Grabs $2.9 Million Investment, Releases Improved Domain Builder
Domain name company lands outside investment and releases upgraded domain development platform. Domain name development company Domain Holdings has raised $2.9 million in funding. The company was founded by domainer Chad Folkening, who was later join...
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Domain Holdings Grabs $2.9 Million Investment, Releases Improved Domain Builder
Domain name company lands outside investment and releases upgraded domain development platform. Domain name development company Domain Holdings has raised $2.9 million in funding. The company was founded by domainer Chad Folkening, who was later join...
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July 19, 2011, 1:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Peter Dengate Thrush Discusses His New Role with Top Level Domain Holdings
Peter Dengate Thrush and Antony Van Couvering discuss future of TLDH. Yesterday former ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush announced he was joining Top Level Domain Holdings (parent company of Minds + Machines) as Executive Chairman. I just got off t...
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Peter Dengate Thrush Discusses His New Role with Top Level Domain Holdings
Peter Dengate Thrush and Antony Van Couvering discuss future of TLDH. Yesterday former ICANN Chairman Peter Dengate Thrush announced he was joining Top Level Domain Holdings (parent company of Minds + Machines) as Executive Chairman. I just got off t...
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July 19, 2011, 11:21 am
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Latest Moniker Auction Tops $7.2 Million in Sales, Data.com Sales Price Around $4.5 Million
Although auction was boring, sales results are positive. Many people called Moniker‘s Barcelona domain name auction a failure. It’s easy to see why. After all, the auction didn’t end up taking place in Barcelona thanks to technical ...
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Latest Moniker Auction Tops $7.2 Million in Sales, Data.com Sales Price Around $4.5 Million
Although auction was boring, sales results are positive. Many people called Moniker‘s Barcelona domain name auction a failure. It’s easy to see why. After all, the auction didn’t end up taking place in Barcelona thanks to technical ...
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July 19, 2011, 9:51 am
Domain Name Wire
900,000 .XXX Domain Names? You Make The Call.
How many .xxx domain names will be registered in the first year? ICM Registry says it has received nearly 900,000 “expressions of interest” for its .xxx top level domain name. It has also extended the sunrise period for trademark holders,...
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900,000 .XXX Domain Names? You Make The Call.
How many .xxx domain names will be registered in the first year? ICM Registry says it has received nearly 900,000 “expressions of interest” for its .xxx top level domain name. It has also extended the sunrise period for trademark holders,...
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July 18, 2011, 9:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Owner Can Keep ChrisFarley.com (For Now)
Company that says it has rights to the Chris Farley name loses domain name dispute. A company claiming to own the intellectual property rights to the late comedian Chris Farley’s likeness has bombed in an effort to get the domain name ChrisFarl...
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Domain Owner Can Keep ChrisFarley.com (For Now)
Company that says it has rights to the Chris Farley name loses domain name dispute. A company claiming to own the intellectual property rights to the late comedian Chris Farley’s likeness has bombed in an effort to get the domain name ChrisFarl...
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July 18, 2011, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google Buys G.Co
Google gets in on the one letter .co craze. .Co Internet has found a home for another one letter .co domain name: Google. The internet giant has purchased rights to g.co, joining an all-star cast of companies picking up one letter .co domains: Twitte...
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Google Buys G.Co
Google gets in on the one letter .co craze. .Co Internet has found a home for another one letter .co domain name: Google. The internet giant has purchased rights to g.co, joining an all-star cast of companies picking up one letter .co domains: Twitte...
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July 18, 2011, 3:54 pm
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With Lock Up Period Ending, Demand Media Shares Hover at $11
With one week to go, Demand Media shares hit fresh lows. Next week ends a 180 day lock up period in which many Demand Media option holders can finally sell their shares in the company. Unfortunately for them, shares are now trading at only $11. That&...
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With Lock Up Period Ending, Demand Media Shares Hover at $11
With one week to go, Demand Media shares hit fresh lows. Next week ends a 180 day lock up period in which many Demand Media option holders can finally sell their shares in the company. Unfortunately for them, shares are now trading at only $11. That&...
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July 18, 2011, 2:37 pm
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Baby Battle: Babies411.com Beats Baby411.com
Say that three times fast. The publishers of the Baby 411, Toddler 411, and Expecting 411 series of books have tried and failed to get the domain name Babies411.com through arbitration. Alan and Denise Fields d/b/a Windsor Peak Press have sold over 3...
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Baby Battle: Babies411.com Beats Baby411.com
Say that three times fast. The publishers of the Baby 411, Toddler 411, and Expecting 411 series of books have tried and failed to get the domain name Babies411.com through arbitration. Alan and Denise Fields d/b/a Windsor Peak Press have sold over 3...
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July 18, 2011, 1:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buying “Off Market” Real Estate Like Buying Domain Names
Prospecting for off-market real estate is similar to prospecting for domain names. I’ve been looking to buy our build a new house and have noticed striking similarities to the process of buying domain names. The areas of town I’m interest...
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Buying “Off Market” Real Estate Like Buying Domain Names
Prospecting for off-market real estate is similar to prospecting for domain names. I’ve been looking to buy our build a new house and have noticed striking similarities to the process of buying domain names. The areas of town I’m interest...
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July 18, 2011, 1:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Court: Above.com May Be Responsible for Customers’ Domain Names
Judge sides with Verizon, settlement in doubt. A federal district judge has dealt a blow to Above.com in a lawsuit brought against it by Verizon. Chief United States District Judge Audrey Collins has denied Above.com’s motion to dismiss charges...
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Court: Above.com May Be Responsible for Customers’ Domain Names
Judge sides with Verizon, settlement in doubt. A federal district judge has dealt a blow to Above.com in a lawsuit brought against it by Verizon. Chief United States District Judge Audrey Collins has denied Above.com’s motion to dismiss charges...
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July 18, 2011, 11:30 am
