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Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
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GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
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.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 2:40 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143
Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered durin...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143
Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered durin...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 2:39 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Looking through Ron’s weekly sales list it’s hard not to get excited about the state of domains. Sure there are tons of classes of domains who’s values have dropped to almost nothing. New gTLDs don’t have an afterma...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, January 29th, 2015
Looking through Ron’s weekly sales list it’s hard not to get excited about the state of domains. Sure there are tons of classes of domains who’s values have dropped to almost nothing. New gTLDs don’t have an afterma...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 11:55 am
The Domains
Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do you have an extra $31,000 lying around to pay for it ?
Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is ...
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Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do you have an extra $31,000 lying around to pay for it ?
Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is ...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 9:11 am
The Domains
Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co
Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yeste...
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Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co
Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yeste...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 3:41 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
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Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 3:28 pm
The Domains
Estibot Values RightoftheDot.com Extended Namescon Auction At Over $13 Million Dollars
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference is ongoing on Snapnames.com and ends on February 5th which is a week from tomorrow. I ran the list of the domain names included in the extended auction through Estibot and the total ...
Discussion
Estibot Values RightoftheDot.com Extended Namescon Auction At Over $13 Million Dollars
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference is ongoing on Snapnames.com and ends on February 5th which is a week from tomorrow. I ran the list of the domain names included in the extended auction through Estibot and the total ...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 2:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
Was Michele.watch registered for Porn or for Watches?
Domain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I’ve got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put...
Discussion
Was Michele.watch registered for Porn or for Watches?
Domain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I’ve got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 2:37 pm
The Domains
Vanity.com Loses Bid To Grab VanityShops.com from Vertical Axis
Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it’s owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari G...
Discussion
Vanity.com Loses Bid To Grab VanityShops.com from Vertical Axis
Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it’s owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari G...
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January 28, 2015, 2:26 pm
