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Domain Name Wire
Nirvana gets domain names from Australian man who demanded $1.5 million
Panels say it Smells Like B.S. Nirvana LLC — the company that owns the intellectual property from the late grunge band Nirvana — has won control of five domain names registered by an Australian man. The company filed UDRP and aUDRP disput...
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Nirvana gets domain names from Australian man who demanded $1.5 million
Panels say it Smells Like B.S. Nirvana LLC — the company that owns the intellectual property from the late grunge band Nirvana — has won control of five domain names registered by an Australian man. The company filed UDRP and aUDRP disput...
Discussion
November 20, 2014, 3:43 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Top 10,298; .Quebec 4,902: .ENGINEER 523
We have numbers for the three new gTLD’s that launched this week. .Top which launched on the November 18th has according to ntldstats.com 10,298 domains registered. The registry for .Top is “Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co.,L...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Top 10,298; .Quebec 4,902: .ENGINEER 523
We have numbers for the three new gTLD’s that launched this week. .Top which launched on the November 18th has according to ntldstats.com 10,298 domains registered. The registry for .Top is “Jiangsu Bangning Science & Technology Co.,L...
Discussion
November 20, 2014, 2:49 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/20/14
Congrats to Braden Pollack and his company Legal Brand Marketing on their recent purchase of domain names from co.com. It’s a win win for Co.com and LBM because Braden knows this space better than anyone and will build out domains with th...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 11/20/14
Congrats to Braden Pollack and his company Legal Brand Marketing on their recent purchase of domain names from co.com. It’s a win win for Co.com and LBM because Braden knows this space better than anyone and will build out domains with th...
Discussion
November 20, 2014, 11:47 am
DomainSherpa
Don’t Mess with Rick Schwartz; $100K+ Lawsuit Against Hijacker; No to .Quebec; Sherpas Spend $5K…
• Think you can mess with Rick Schwartz? Try again!• $100K+ federal lawsuit filed against a soon-to-be-labeled reverse domain name hijacker• Quebec, Canada says no to .Quebec• Mike Mann is "cash poor" but living between ...
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Don’t Mess with Rick Schwartz; $100K+ Lawsuit Against Hijacker; No to .Quebec; Sherpas Spend $5K…
• Think you can mess with Rick Schwartz? Try again!• $100K+ federal lawsuit filed against a soon-to-be-labeled reverse domain name hijacker• Quebec, Canada says no to .Quebec• Mike Mann is "cash poor" but living between ...
Discussion
November 20, 2014, 8:02 am
Domain Name Wire
Dish DBS beats Google in .Dot auction, pays $700,000 for domain
Dish won a two way race to operate the top level domain name .dot. Dish DBS, the satellite TV company and owner of Blockbuster, has beaten Google in a public auction for the top level domain .Dot. It paid $700,000 for the rights to the domain name. Y...
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Dish DBS beats Google in .Dot auction, pays $700,000 for domain
Dish won a two way race to operate the top level domain name .dot. Dish DBS, the satellite TV company and owner of Blockbuster, has beaten Google in a public auction for the top level domain .Dot. It paid $700,000 for the rights to the domain name. Y...
Discussion
November 20, 2014, 2:38 am
The Domains
Rin.com Sells for $35,000 on Sedo – Sold on Sedo for $14,000 in 2011
Crossing the Sedo feed this afternoon is Rin.com at $35,000. Looks like it was the second time it sold on Sedo, DN Journal reported it sold for $14,000 in 2011. Affordable Webhosting Inc out of Oregon looks to be the seller and had the domain parked....
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Rin.com Sells for $35,000 on Sedo – Sold on Sedo for $14,000 in 2011
Crossing the Sedo feed this afternoon is Rin.com at $35,000. Looks like it was the second time it sold on Sedo, DN Journal reported it sold for $14,000 in 2011. Affordable Webhosting Inc out of Oregon looks to be the seller and had the domain parked....
Discussion
November 19, 2014, 10:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
17 end user domain name sales, including a big .Me
An antiquated technology term in .me sells for five figures. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week. While this week’s list doesn’t include as many end user buyers as the last one (at least publicly), a lot of smaller busine...
Discussion
17 end user domain name sales, including a big .Me
An antiquated technology term in .me sells for five figures. Sedo sold $1 million worth of domain names last week. While this week’s list doesn’t include as many end user buyers as the last one (at least publicly), a lot of smaller busine...
Discussion
November 19, 2014, 6:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s DomainFinder App advances domain name selection
App makes it easier to narrow in on the best domain name. GoDaddy recently released an iOS app for finding and registering domain names called GoDaddy DomainFinder. Many of its features are similar to what you find on GoDaddy.com and other registrar ...
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GoDaddy’s DomainFinder App advances domain name selection
App makes it easier to narrow in on the best domain name. GoDaddy recently released an iOS app for finding and registering domain names called GoDaddy DomainFinder. Many of its features are similar to what you find on GoDaddy.com and other registrar ...
Discussion
November 19, 2014, 3:36 pm
The Domains
Braden Pollock’s Legal Brand Marketing Acquires 14 Premium Law-related .Co.com Domains
According to a press release we received, co.com LLC, announced today that Legal Brand Marketing, LLC which was founded by Braden Pollock, acquired a premium portfolio of law-related .co.com domain names, including Law.co.com and Attorn...
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Braden Pollock’s Legal Brand Marketing Acquires 14 Premium Law-related .Co.com Domains
According to a press release we received, co.com LLC, announced today that Legal Brand Marketing, LLC which was founded by Braden Pollock, acquired a premium portfolio of law-related .co.com domain names, including Law.co.com and Attorn...
Discussion
November 19, 2014, 2:23 pm
The Domains
.NYC Releases Numbers On Landrush: 145 Domains Sell For $1K-$9,999: 10 Sell For $10K+
New York City released some numbers on the recently concluded Landrush period for the new gTLD .NYC, in which residents and businesses located in New York City were given the opportunity to apply for a domain for any extra fee before general availabi...
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.NYC Releases Numbers On Landrush: 145 Domains Sell For $1K-$9,999: 10 Sell For $10K+
New York City released some numbers on the recently concluded Landrush period for the new gTLD .NYC, in which residents and businesses located in New York City were given the opportunity to apply for a domain for any extra fee before general availabi...
Discussion
November 19, 2014, 2:03 pm
