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The Domains
Sedo Talks Domain Values and Market Data on StartUpStud.com
StartupStud.com conducted an interview with Sedo, on topics such as what determines a domain’s value, how should an entrepreneur go about getting the best domain ? .Com vs new gtlds when it comes to value and sales data. A couple questions from...
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Sedo Talks Domain Values and Market Data on StartUpStud.com
StartupStud.com conducted an interview with Sedo, on topics such as what determines a domain’s value, how should an entrepreneur go about getting the best domain ? .Com vs new gtlds when it comes to value and sales data. A couple questions from...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 2:12 pm
The Domains
In 1st Case I’ve Seen Of Its Kind The Owner of .Co Site Sues .Com Owner For Cybersquatting
A lawsuit was filed against Domain Investor Chad Folkening yesterday in the United States District Court, Northern District of California for cybersquatting and Unfair Competition by Eden Technology Services, Inc.(Eden), on the domain name EdenTech.c...
Discussion
In 1st Case I’ve Seen Of Its Kind The Owner of .Co Site Sues .Com Owner For Cybersquatting
A lawsuit was filed against Domain Investor Chad Folkening yesterday in the United States District Court, Northern District of California for cybersquatting and Unfair Competition by Eden Technology Services, Inc.(Eden), on the domain name EdenTech.c...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
Duh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don’t mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ...
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Amazon wins: .Shop and .通販 not confusingly similar after all
Duh. Are the top level domain names .shop and .通販 likely to confuse a reasonable internet user? Certainly not visually. Nor aurally. They also don’t mean the same thing. According to fluent Japanese speakers, 通販 used to be the term for ...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 1:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club’s approach to expired domain names
An example of how one new top level domain registry is releasing its expired domain names. Last week, .Club domain names that were registered at the beginning of general availability over a year ago started dropping. The company reported a 75% day on...
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.Club’s approach to expired domain names
An example of how one new top level domain registry is releasing its expired domain names. Last week, .Club domain names that were registered at the beginning of general availability over a year ago started dropping. The company reported a 75% day on...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 1:14 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, August 25th 2015
Crazy Ass day. It was the only way I can describe the stock market yesterday. When I say Apple hit 93, I called my wife and told her to put every bit of cash we had in our trading account into Apple. We didn’t have all that mu...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, August 25th 2015
Crazy Ass day. It was the only way I can describe the stock market yesterday. When I say Apple hit 93, I called my wife and told her to put every bit of cash we had in our trading account into Apple. We didn’t have all that mu...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 10:45 am
Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
One of my favorite things about domaining is the diversity. Not only the people in it but I feel like I lean about a new niche in domains every few weeks or so. It is fun to learn about the different segments. On that note I know that a lot of people...
Discussion
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
One of my favorite things about domaining is the diversity. Not only the people in it but I feel like I lean about a new niche in domains every few weeks or so. It is fun to learn about the different segments. On that note I know that a lot of people...
Discussion
August 25, 2015, 6:24 am
The Domains
Add ABC.cm to the list of Google Names
Looking at whois records for other cctlds on the heels of the .mx purchase, it looks like ABC.cm changed hands on 8/7. The domain looked to have been owned by a Chinese registrant. Of course .cm has been in the news before, Kevin Ham was once profile...
Discussion
Add ABC.cm to the list of Google Names
Looking at whois records for other cctlds on the heels of the .mx purchase, it looks like ABC.cm changed hands on 8/7. The domain looked to have been owned by a Chinese registrant. Of course .cm has been in the news before, Kevin Ham was once profile...
Discussion
August 24, 2015, 7:35 pm
Domain Shane
Q&A with Michael Ward of Uniregistry on Portfolio Management and Bulk Domain Searches
Michael Ward, Director of Registrar Operations at Uniregistry, sat down with us to discuss some of their latest features, and our conversation is recapped below. Domain Shane (DS): Michael, thanks for taking a few minutes to chat with us. You said la...
Discussion
Q&A with Michael Ward of Uniregistry on Portfolio Management and Bulk Domain Searches
Michael Ward, Director of Registrar Operations at Uniregistry, sat down with us to discuss some of their latest features, and our conversation is recapped below. Domain Shane (DS): Michael, thanks for taking a few minutes to chat with us. You said la...
Discussion
August 24, 2015, 6:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Questionable investment: RetailMeNot spends $4.3 million for new domain names
Company has common investor with new top level domain company Donuts. Struggling Austin internet company RetailMeNot spent $4.3 million to acquire second level domain names under a new top level domain name, an SEC filing revealed. The news was first...
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Questionable investment: RetailMeNot spends $4.3 million for new domain names
Company has common investor with new top level domain company Donuts. Struggling Austin internet company RetailMeNot spent $4.3 million to acquire second level domain names under a new top level domain name, an SEC filing revealed. The news was first...
Discussion
August 24, 2015, 6:10 pm
The Domains
.Website Crosses 100,000 Registrations
Radix announced that .Website has crossed 100,000 registrations, this makes it the 11th largest new gtld Fun Facts & Figures about .website 2,61,84,980 DNS queries the .website zone receives in 4 days! 18,900 domains have an SEO percentage score ...
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.Website Crosses 100,000 Registrations
Radix announced that .Website has crossed 100,000 registrations, this makes it the 11th largest new gtld Fun Facts & Figures about .website 2,61,84,980 DNS queries the .website zone receives in 4 days! 18,900 domains have an SEO percentage score ...
Discussion
August 24, 2015, 4:56 pm
