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The Domains
It’s Go Buddy Time: Say Hello To The Star Of Godaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial “Buddy”
As any frequent reader to TheDomains.com knows, there isn’t many things I love more than Dogs so I’m really looking forward to this years Godaddy Super Bo...
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It’s Go Buddy Time: Say Hello To The Star Of Godaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial “Buddy”
As any frequent reader to TheDomains.com knows, there isn’t many things I love more than Dogs so I’m really looking forward to this years Godaddy Super Bo...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 8:17 pm
The Domains
New Poll Says 25% Think Organic Co. Should Have .Organic Domain: But Only 396 Have Been Registered
.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of a poll in which “nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reli...
Discussion
New Poll Says 25% Think Organic Co. Should Have .Organic Domain: But Only 396 Have Been Registered
.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of a poll in which “nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reli...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
6 new top level domain names launched yesterday, and the most popular is…
Six new domain options launched, and you might be surprised by which one had the best first day. Donuts and Rightside combined to launch six top level domain names yesterday. Rightside launched .auction and .software. Donuts launched .business, .immo...
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6 new top level domain names launched yesterday, and the most popular is…
Six new domain options launched, and you might be surprised by which one had the best first day. Donuts and Rightside combined to launch six top level domain names yesterday. Rightside launched .auction and .software. Donuts launched .business, .immo...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 3:42 pm
The Domains
16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not the Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate
TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is ...
Discussion
16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not the Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate
TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is ...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Blast from the past: Tucows relaunches RealNames (and it’s very different)
Tucows uses name of dot.com bubble era company to launch new service. Remember RealNames? Tucows has brought back the name of the the dot.com bubble darling, but for a very different purpose. RealNames was a system designed to replace or circumvent d...
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Blast from the past: Tucows relaunches RealNames (and it’s very different)
Tucows uses name of dot.com bubble era company to launch new service. Remember RealNames? Tucows has brought back the name of the the dot.com bubble darling, but for a very different purpose. RealNames was a system designed to replace or circumvent d...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 2:49 pm
The Domains
Microsoft “You Can Use Bitcoins to Buy Apps, Games & More for Windows & Xbox Today In The US
In a blog post, Microsoft announced that starting today in the U.S., by using BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, you can trade-in bitcoin – at current market value — and add it to your Microsoft account. Those fu...
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Microsoft “You Can Use Bitcoins to Buy Apps, Games & More for Windows & Xbox Today In The US
In a blog post, Microsoft announced that starting today in the U.S., by using BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, you can trade-in bitcoin – at current market value — and add it to your Microsoft account. Those fu...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 2:42 pm
The Domains
TM Holder Of Beauty Lab Loses URDP Bid The Grab The Domain MyBeautyLab.com: Too Generic
The owner of the trademark for BeautyLab just lost its attempt to grab the domain name TheBeautyLab.com The sole UDRP panelist Brigitte Joppich bascially found that although the Complainant had valid trademarks registered before the domain name, incl...
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TM Holder Of Beauty Lab Loses URDP Bid The Grab The Domain MyBeautyLab.com: Too Generic
The owner of the trademark for BeautyLab just lost its attempt to grab the domain name TheBeautyLab.com The sole UDRP panelist Brigitte Joppich bascially found that although the Complainant had valid trademarks registered before the domain name, incl...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 2:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Over 200 Expired Domain Sales Results, including Kickbox.com
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain name sales. The combat sport that brought Jean-Claude Van Damme to the silver screen (and eventually put “the Muscles from Brussels” to work in maracas-shaking GoDaddy commercia...
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Over 200 Expired Domain Sales Results, including Kickbox.com
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain name sales. The combat sport that brought Jean-Claude Van Damme to the silver screen (and eventually put “the Muscles from Brussels” to work in maracas-shaking GoDaddy commercia...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 2:09 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals .immo 5,274; .Business 3,292; .Software 3,068; .Network 3,055; .Pizza 1,272; .Auction 1,056
6 New gTLD’s went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including all domain names registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and in the Ea...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .immo 5,274; .Business 3,292; .Software 3,068; .Network 3,055; .Pizza 1,272; .Auction 1,056
6 New gTLD’s went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including all domain names registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and in the Ea...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 1:49 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday , December 11th
Here are today’s names. From the look of all the dot biz domains dropping there are quite a few people that have decided to cut their loses on dot biz. I do think it works for a business but there really isn’t any resale value to th...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday , December 11th
Here are today’s names. From the look of all the dot biz domains dropping there are quite a few people that have decided to cut their loses on dot biz. I do think it works for a business but there really isn’t any resale value to th...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 11:45 am
