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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...
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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
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: Looking Back at 2014; Looking Forward to 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What the Sherpas think are the top stories from 2014 and why.• Sherpa predictions for the domain name industry in 2015 for businesses, investing and monetization.• And much more!
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DomainSherpa Discussion: Looking Back at 2014; Looking Forward to 2015
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• What the Sherpas think are the top stories from 2014 and why.• Sherpa predictions for the domain name industry in 2015 for businesses, investing and monetization.• And much more!
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 8:02 am
The Domains
New gTLD Pass 3.5 Million But How Many Are Third Party Paid Registrations? Here’s The Answer
The number of new gTLD registrations just crossed the 3.5 million mark according to ntldstats.com The question is how many of these 3.5 Million new gTLD domain names are paid for registrations made by third parties unrelated to the registry So we are...
Discussion
New gTLD Pass 3.5 Million But How Many Are Third Party Paid Registrations? Here’s The Answer
The number of new gTLD registrations just crossed the 3.5 million mark according to ntldstats.com The question is how many of these 3.5 Million new gTLD domain names are paid for registrations made by third parties unrelated to the registry So we are...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 6:45 am
The Domains
Domain Investor Chad Folkening Interviewed By Inc.com
Inc.com just published an interview with Domain investor Chad Folkening entitled “Domain Pro Spills Secrets for Scoring a Prize URL” The subtitle of the story is “Chad Folkening has sold domain names to Google, Cisco, and Amazon. He...
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Domain Investor Chad Folkening Interviewed By Inc.com
Inc.com just published an interview with Domain investor Chad Folkening entitled “Domain Pro Spills Secrets for Scoring a Prize URL” The subtitle of the story is “Chad Folkening has sold domain names to Google, Cisco, and Amazon. He...
Discussion
December 11, 2014, 1:04 am
The Domains
Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks?
On the Afilias blog there was a post by Ram Mohan on extensions and phishing attacks. He took a look at research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Key Findings 1. Apple became the world’s most-phished brand ...
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Which Domains Stand the Strongest Against Phishing Attacks?
On the Afilias blog there was a post by Ram Mohan on extensions and phishing attacks. He took a look at research published by the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG). Key Findings 1. Apple became the world’s most-phished brand ...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 10:55 pm
Domain Shane
Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TrueSearch.com, Esome.com, Akrep.com,More
The screenshots below are additional examples of buyers of domains from September of this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. TrueSearch.com sold f...
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Recent Domain Sales That Have Been Developed (pics): TrueSearch.com, Esome.com, Akrep.com,More
The screenshots below are additional examples of buyers of domains from September of this year that have either developed their sites, or purchased an upgrade domain and have redirected their acquisition to an existing website. TrueSearch.com sold f...
Discussion
December 10, 2014, 10:49 pm
