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The Domains
Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour
Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google’s application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a i...
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Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour
Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google’s application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a i...
Discussion
December 24, 2014, 5:08 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Throttles.com, BDK.net sell. Whiskey.com, Cairo.com, Tricks.com, Baseball.net do not.
Some Domains That Sold Last Week RealEstateForeclosures.com – $7,500 – Looks like the sale went through, so the prior owner must have gotten tired of waiting, needed some cash, or is making some year-end sales for tax purposes…..t...
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Flippa Recap: Throttles.com, BDK.net sell. Whiskey.com, Cairo.com, Tricks.com, Baseball.net do not.
Some Domains That Sold Last Week RealEstateForeclosures.com – $7,500 – Looks like the sale went through, so the prior owner must have gotten tired of waiting, needed some cash, or is making some year-end sales for tax purposes…..t...
Discussion
December 24, 2014, 2:55 am
The Domains
Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP
Director’s Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel th...
Discussion
Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP
Director’s Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel th...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 9:56 pm
The Domains
Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred
Last year we wrote about a lawsuit over the domain name MD.org which sold for a NameJet.com record selling price of $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Pri...
Discussion
Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred
Last year we wrote about a lawsuit over the domain name MD.org which sold for a NameJet.com record selling price of $555,650.00 to the high bidder ID of ‘Winters” In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Pri...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 9:08 pm
Domain Shane
What Did 4444444.com and 3333333.com Sell For And Some Other “Alternative” Number Sales
You’ve often heard me talk about the crazy numeric market. There isn’t a day that goes by that some form of a number doesn’t sell for a price that surprises me. I feel like I know the numeric market as well as anyone but in mo...
Discussion
What Did 4444444.com and 3333333.com Sell For And Some Other “Alternative” Number Sales
You’ve often heard me talk about the crazy numeric market. There isn’t a day that goes by that some form of a number doesn’t sell for a price that surprises me. I feel like I know the numeric market as well as anyone but in mo...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 6:33 pm
The Domains
Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How you Slay the Giant”
Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel: “I set out to really d...
Discussion
Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How you Slay the Giant”
Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel: “I set out to really d...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 6:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting: A Domain of One’s Own at University of Mary Washington
Program helps students register their first domain name and create a web presence. When I started college in the mid-1990s, the web was really just getting off the ground. Websites contained lots of silly things, and most of us non-techies designed t...
Discussion
Interesting: A Domain of One’s Own at University of Mary Washington
Program helps students register their first domain name and create a web presence. When I started college in the mid-1990s, the web was really just getting off the ground. Websites contained lots of silly things, and most of us non-techies designed t...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 5:02 pm
The Domains
15 Year Old Geo Domain ParrotCay.com Saved In UDRP Registered 7 Years Before TM: No RDNH
A three panel UDRP decision rejected the complaint of Como Holdings USA, Inc. on the 15 year old domain name ParrotCay.com as well as ParrotCay.co which was registered on the first day of general availability by the owner of the .com, Sybaris LLC The...
Discussion
15 Year Old Geo Domain ParrotCay.com Saved In UDRP Registered 7 Years Before TM: No RDNH
A three panel UDRP decision rejected the complaint of Como Holdings USA, Inc. on the 15 year old domain name ParrotCay.com as well as ParrotCay.co which was registered on the first day of general availability by the owner of the .com, Sybaris LLC The...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 4:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
74% of new TLD registrations (SLD+TLD) not registered in .com
Interesting data about what domains are being registered in new top level domain names. Early this year, as new top level domain names started to be released, I noticed something interesting while reviewing which new TLDs were being registered: most ...
Discussion
74% of new TLD registrations (SLD+TLD) not registered in .com
Interesting data about what domains are being registered in new top level domain names. Early this year, as new top level domain names started to be released, I noticed something interesting while reviewing which new TLDs were being registered: most ...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 4:14 pm
The Domains
Verisign Asks What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space? 16% Of New gTLD’s Are Not Registered In .Com
Verisign published a post on its blog yesterday entitled “What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space” which was written by Andy Simpson The piece has some interesting stats and other information that are worth a look in the continuing ...
Discussion
Verisign Asks What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space? 16% Of New gTLD’s Are Not Registered In .Com
Verisign published a post on its blog yesterday entitled “What’s Really New in the New gTLD Space” which was written by Andy Simpson The piece has some interesting stats and other information that are worth a look in the continuing ...
Discussion
December 23, 2014, 3:46 pm
