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The Domains
As Many As 5K .Com’s Taken Away By Sealed Court Order By Verisign Including Some Of Mine
Overnight I received a notice that several domain names I owned were transferred by a sealed court from Verisign without notice and of course without the court order. The domain names just were transferred by Verisign to another domain and are now li...
Discussion
As Many As 5K .Com’s Taken Away By Sealed Court Order By Verisign Including Some Of Mine
Overnight I received a notice that several domain names I owned were transferred by a sealed court from Verisign without notice and of course without the court order. The domain names just were transferred by Verisign to another domain and are now li...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 5:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Affiliate Summit sues hotel booking company
Organizers say defendants are tricky conference attendees into booking hotel rooms. Many people in the domain name industry that go to January’s NamesCon conference will stick around Vegas for the Affiliate Summit conference, which starts Janua...
Discussion
Affiliate Summit sues hotel booking company
Organizers say defendants are tricky conference attendees into booking hotel rooms. Many people in the domain name industry that go to January’s NamesCon conference will stick around Vegas for the Affiliate Summit conference, which starts Janua...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Should new TLD registries sell directly to consumers?
New TLD registries might need to go direct to consumers in addition to the existing registrar channel. There has been an established channel for gTLD domain name registrations for a long time. The registries offer domains to registrars, who in turn s...
Discussion
Should new TLD registries sell directly to consumers?
New TLD registries might need to go direct to consumers in addition to the existing registrar channel. There has been an established channel for gTLD domain name registrations for a long time. The registries offer domains to registrars, who in turn s...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 2:19 pm
The Domains
Freenom Operator of 2nd Largest Domain Extension .TK; To Launch .GQ; Yes It Will Be FREE
Freenom which operates the .tk registry which is the world’s 2nd largest domain extension in terms of registration, has partnered with GETESA, the largest telecommunication operator in Equatorial Guinea and a joint venture with Orange, to...
Discussion
Freenom Operator of 2nd Largest Domain Extension .TK; To Launch .GQ; Yes It Will Be FREE
Freenom which operates the .tk registry which is the world’s 2nd largest domain extension in terms of registration, has partnered with GETESA, the largest telecommunication operator in Equatorial Guinea and a joint venture with Orange, to...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 2:13 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Says .Law & .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer) Will Only Be For Lawyers
Minds + Machines, which won the private auction for .Law a couple of weeks ago announced that .Law and .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer, M+M was the only applicant for .Adogado) are expected to launch in early 2015. Both .Law and .Abogado will be restric...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Says .Law & .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer) Will Only Be For Lawyers
Minds + Machines, which won the private auction for .Law a couple of weeks ago announced that .Law and .Abogado (Spanish for Lawyer, M+M was the only applicant for .Adogado) are expected to launch in early 2015. Both .Law and .Abogado will be restric...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 1:54 pm
The Domains
Public Comany Acquires Internships.com For $10M in Cash & $1M In Stock
Chegg, Inc. (CHGG), the Student Hub, today announced it has acquired Internships.com, a division of CareerArc Group LLC for $10 million in cash and approximately $1 million in shares of Chegg Common Stock. Internships.com is not just a domain name, b...
Discussion
Public Comany Acquires Internships.com For $10M in Cash & $1M In Stock
Chegg, Inc. (CHGG), the Student Hub, today announced it has acquired Internships.com, a division of CareerArc Group LLC for $10 million in cash and approximately $1 million in shares of Chegg Common Stock. Internships.com is not just a domain name, b...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 1:44 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD For .Deals 2,592: .Bayern 20,396
One new gTLD went into general availability yesterday, .Deals. Including domain registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register their domain during the Early Access Program (EAP), .Deals ended its...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD For .Deals 2,592: .Bayern 20,396
One new gTLD went into general availability yesterday, .Deals. Including domain registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those who paid an extra fee to register their domain during the Early Access Program (EAP), .Deals ended its...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 1:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts aims for Million domain name milestone this month
Customers have registered 960,000 second level domain names under Donuts’ domain names. Donuts, the largest registry for new top level domain names, hopes to sell its millionth domain name registration this month. The company’s latest new...
Discussion
Donuts aims for Million domain name milestone this month
Customers have registered 960,000 second level domain names under Donuts’ domain names. Donuts, the largest registry for new top level domain names, hopes to sell its millionth domain name registration this month. The company’s latest new...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 1:15 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 10/2
I was asked what I thought about the values of LLLL.coms and how they’ve moved over the last year or so. In my opinion, compared to numerics and other short domains, they have not joined in. But the “better letter” ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 10/2
I was asked what I thought about the values of LLLL.coms and how they’ve moved over the last year or so. In my opinion, compared to numerics and other short domains, they have not joined in. But the “better letter” ...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
HugeDomains Wins $25K Settlement; Chinese Own 80% of LL.com; Ammar Kubba’s Dating Requirements…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• HugeDomains loses a UDRP, fights back and gets a big settlement - how much?• Chinese investors have snatched up 80% of two number .COMs - what's next?• What's next for Ammar Kubba after selli...
Discussion
HugeDomains Wins $25K Settlement; Chinese Own 80% of LL.com; Ammar Kubba’s Dating Requirements…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• HugeDomains loses a UDRP, fights back and gets a big settlement - how much?• Chinese investors have snatched up 80% of two number .COMs - what's next?• What's next for Ammar Kubba after selli...
Discussion
October 2, 2014, 7:02 am
