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The Domains
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:46 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
GoDaddy shares jump after hours on earnings, guidance
Wall Street applauds GoDaddy’s Q3 results. Shares in GoDaddy are up sharply after the company reported earnings this afternoon. GoDaddy shares are trading at $30.00 per share in after hours trading, up around 10% from its closing price today. T...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
At what price would it make sense to sell the DNW.com domain name?
I’ve never considered it before, but perhaps I should Three letter domain names continue to go up in value, and I receive daily offers from China for DNW.com. For the most part, this is a non-starter for me. After all, I use the domain name for...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 8:42 pm
The Domains
New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
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New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 7:41 pm
The Domains
.Sex is Live
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public p...
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.Sex is Live
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public p...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 5:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com’s latest winners and losers
Registrar results with .com are in for July ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from July. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s monthly look at how registrars performed with .com. Keep in mind that these reports are publishe...
Discussion
.Com’s latest winners and losers
Registrar results with .com are in for July ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from July. Here’s Domain Name Wire’s monthly look at how registrars performed with .com. Keep in mind that these reports are publishe...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 5:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name sales up to $100,000 including AOL
AOL was among the companies buying domain names in the aftermarket last week. Sedo had a great sales week last week, handling $1.7 million of domain name sales on 688 transactions. End users were a big reason for this solid sales week. An Austin comp...
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End user domain name sales up to $100,000 including AOL
AOL was among the companies buying domain names in the aftermarket last week. Sedo had a great sales week last week, handling $1.7 million of domain name sales on 688 transactions. End users were a big reason for this solid sales week. An Austin comp...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 3:16 pm
The Domains
eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com
According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com “The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunsh...
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eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com
According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com “The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunsh...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 1:33 pm
The Domains
3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evalu...
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3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evalu...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 1:12 pm
The Domains
A Checklist for Naming A StartUp
Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and branding for 20 years. He also mentions some of the data points he looked at when coming up with...
Discussion
A Checklist for Naming A StartUp
Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and branding for 20 years. He also mentions some of the data points he looked at when coming up with...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:16 am
