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The Domains
Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4.9%: 133.5 Million Registered .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the operator of the .com and .net registry reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reporting revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9% from the same quarter in 2014. Verisign ...
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Verisign Reports: Revenue up 4.9%: 133.5 Million Registered .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the operator of the .com and .net registry reported financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reporting revenue of $263 million for the second quarter of 2015, up 4.9% from the same quarter in 2014. Verisign ...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 8:17 pm
The Domains
.Bank Gets Over 5,500 Applications For a .Bank Domain At $1K+ Per Domain
fTLD Registry Services announced today that more than 5,500 .BANK applications have been received from members of the global banking community at a retail price of $1,000 + depending on the registrar. Unlike most domain names, .Bank is restricted so ...
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.Bank Gets Over 5,500 Applications For a .Bank Domain At $1K+ Per Domain
fTLD Registry Services announced today that more than 5,500 .BANK applications have been received from members of the global banking community at a retail price of $1,000 + depending on the registrar. Unlike most domain names, .Bank is restricted so ...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 8:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Patent troll applies for domain name management patent
Intellectual Ventures wants patent related to managing domain names and web hosting. Some big companies in the domain name space have lots of patents. Despite threats, no major players have tried to extract money out of their competitors. But registr...
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Patent troll applies for domain name management patent
Intellectual Ventures wants patent related to managing domain names and web hosting. Some big companies in the domain name space have lots of patents. Despite threats, no major players have tried to extract money out of their competitors. But registr...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 7:09 pm
The Domains
Casino.net, LB.com, Micronauts.com and More Domain Movers
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names mainly all by large companies. These domain names often reveal early insights into potential offerings by these companies. Come in and discover!
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Casino.net, LB.com, Micronauts.com and More Domain Movers
Domain Movers detects recently acquired and registered domain names mainly all by large companies. These domain names often reveal early insights into potential offerings by these companies. Come in and discover!
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 5:07 pm
The Domains
Uniregistry Hosting 1st Southern CA Domainers Meetup Tomorrow W/ Frank Schilling
The first Southern California Domainers Meetup of the year will take place in tomorrow Friday July 24th at 7pm PST at the offices of Uniregistry. Frank Schilling will be in attendance. Drinks and appetizers will be served on the deck. The offices of ...
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Uniregistry Hosting 1st Southern CA Domainers Meetup Tomorrow W/ Frank Schilling
The first Southern California Domainers Meetup of the year will take place in tomorrow Friday July 24th at 7pm PST at the offices of Uniregistry. Frank Schilling will be in attendance. Drinks and appetizers will be served on the deck. The offices of ...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Spa Community” gets .Spa domain name
Group wins Community Priority Evaluation for .Spa. Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited has won (for now) the sole right to operate the .Spa top level domain name after winning a Community Priority Evaluation for the name. The group scored...
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“Spa Community” gets .Spa domain name
Group wins Community Priority Evaluation for .Spa. Asia Spa and Wellness Promotion Council Limited has won (for now) the sole right to operate the .Spa top level domain name after winning a Community Priority Evaluation for the name. The group scored...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 3:21 pm
The Domains
Boston Globle Covers .Sucks & New gTLD’s & Muck It Up
The Boston Globe published a post on .Sucks and the new gTLD program and screwed up some basis information about .sucks and the new gTLD program itself. Here are some of the error I found in the article. “Hundreds of these new domains have roll...
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Boston Globle Covers .Sucks & New gTLD’s & Muck It Up
The Boston Globe published a post on .Sucks and the new gTLD program and screwed up some basis information about .sucks and the new gTLD program itself. Here are some of the error I found in the article. “Hundreds of these new domains have roll...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name registrar’s suspension stayed after it files for arbitration
OpenTLD argues it should have received a formal breach notice first. Domain name registrar OpenTLD, which had its ability to register new TLDs suspended by ICANN, is back in action for now. ICANN suspended the registrar for cybersquatting on other re...
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Domain name registrar’s suspension stayed after it files for arbitration
OpenTLD argues it should have received a formal breach notice first. Domain name registrar OpenTLD, which had its ability to register new TLDs suspended by ICANN, is back in action for now. ICANN suspended the registrar for cybersquatting on other re...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google registers domain names for Google Play’s return to China
Domain name registrations suggest Google is indeed going back to China with Google Play. It appears that Google Play, the search giant’s app store, is indeed making another play for the Chinese market. There have been rumors about a return to C...
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Google registers domain names for Google Play’s return to China
Domain name registrations suggest Google is indeed going back to China with Google Play. It appears that Google Play, the search giant’s app store, is indeed making another play for the Chinese market. There have been rumors about a return to C...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:30 pm
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends in Under Two Hours: 11 Domains Have Hit Reserve
The domains that have hit reserve so far in this month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo aren’t the high priced names, and there are more .de domains than .com domains that have hit reserve. Of course, there is still time for bidding to run...
Discussion
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends in Under Two Hours: 11 Domains Have Hit Reserve
The domains that have hit reserve so far in this month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo aren’t the high priced names, and there are more .de domains than .com domains that have hit reserve. Of course, there is still time for bidding to run...
Discussion
July 23, 2015, 2:20 pm
