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The Domains
Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each: 10X+ More Than Any Average
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows t...
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each: 10X+ More Than Any Average
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows t...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 7:38 pm
The Domains
.Me Passes 800K Registrations
The .Me Registry announced today that they passed the 800,000 mark in the number of registered domain names. If .Me was a new gTLD and not a ccTLD it would be the 2nd most registered, however they have not offered to my knowledge free domain names at...
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.Me Passes 800K Registrations
The .Me Registry announced today that they passed the 800,000 mark in the number of registered domain names. If .Me was a new gTLD and not a ccTLD it would be the 2nd most registered, however they have not offered to my knowledge free domain names at...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 7:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Short domain names lead expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. China and the USA take turns as king of the mountain. Last week, an English domain was perched on top of our pile of expired NameJet auctions. This week China oc...
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Short domain names lead expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week of expired domain name sales at NameJet. China and the USA take turns as king of the mountain. Last week, an English domain was perched on top of our pile of expired NameJet auctions. This week China oc...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 7:05 pm
The Domains
How One Tweet Cost Twitter $8billion in Market Cap
Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and fu...
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How One Tweet Cost Twitter $8billion in Market Cap
Twitter has been under pressure for the last couple days as a disappointing earning release caused the stock to take a dive. The dive started earlier than normal for a bad earnings report. Companies usually wait til after the close for release and fu...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 5:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
A name that failed the “radio test” was hurting this real estate business
Old name led to a “word-of-mouth” issue for company. Technology-driven real estate startup TripleMint just raised $1.65 million from investors. It’s also changing its name from one that caused it problems. TripleMint used to be call...
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A name that failed the “radio test” was hurting this real estate business
Old name led to a “word-of-mouth” issue for company. Technology-driven real estate startup TripleMint just raised $1.65 million from investors. It’s also changing its name from one that caused it problems. TripleMint used to be call...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 4:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
ChinesePot.com owner can keep domain name despite not responding to UDRP
Owner of ChinesePod.com loses case against ChinesePot.com. Language instruction service Chinesepod Limited, which uses the domain name ChinesePoD.com, has lost a UDRP against the owner of ChinesePoT.com. It’s a case of a “typo” also...
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ChinesePot.com owner can keep domain name despite not responding to UDRP
Owner of ChinesePod.com loses case against ChinesePot.com. Language instruction service Chinesepod Limited, which uses the domain name ChinesePoD.com, has lost a UDRP against the owner of ChinesePoT.com. It’s a case of a “typo” also...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 3:44 pm
The Domains
Domain Registrar MAFF.com Rebrands To XZ.com That They Bought For $138K in 2013
The Chinese domain name registrar MAFF.com has re-branded to XZ.com We received an email from MAFF.com announcing the re-branding today. The domain name XZ.com was pu...
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Domain Registrar MAFF.com Rebrands To XZ.com That They Bought For $138K in 2013
The Chinese domain name registrar MAFF.com has re-branded to XZ.com We received an email from MAFF.com announcing the re-branding today. The domain name XZ.com was pu...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who needs .Sucks? Microsoft registers Microsoft Edge Sucks domains in .com.
Company registers multiple derogatory domain names related to its new browser. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the .Sucks domain name and how brands feel like they’re being coerced into paying big bucks to protect themselves. A...
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Who needs .Sucks? Microsoft registers Microsoft Edge Sucks domains in .com.
Company registers multiple derogatory domain names related to its new browser. There’s been a lot of chatter lately about the .Sucks domain name and how brands feel like they’re being coerced into paying big bucks to protect themselves. A...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look at Neustar’s domain name base
Company is counting on new TLDs for growth in domain name business, but it’s slow. Neustar reported earnings yesterday and released updated information on its base of domain names registered. .Co continues to perform well for the company, addin...
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A look at Neustar’s domain name base
Company is counting on new TLDs for growth in domain name business, but it’s slow. Neustar reported earnings yesterday and released updated information on its base of domain names registered. .Co continues to perform well for the company, addin...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 2:40 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: Haus.com, Gifts.com, 00.com and More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers series I detect several domain names that have been recent acquired by large companies, domain registrations and many more. Domains like Gifts.com, Haus.com, 00.com and more so stop in and check it out!
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Domain Movers: Haus.com, Gifts.com, 00.com and More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers series I detect several domain names that have been recent acquired by large companies, domain registrations and many more. Domains like Gifts.com, Haus.com, 00.com and more so stop in and check it out!
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 2:13 pm
