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The Domains
ICANN Changes Last Resort Auction Rules To Allow Early Bidding
ICANN and Power Auctions made some changes in the Last Resort Auction rules starting with auction scheduled for November all seeming to quicking up the auction process. Here are the red line changes to the ICANN Last Resort Auction and here are some ...
Discussion
ICANN Changes Last Resort Auction Rules To Allow Early Bidding
ICANN and Power Auctions made some changes in the Last Resort Auction rules starting with auction scheduled for November all seeming to quicking up the auction process. Here are the red line changes to the ICANN Last Resort Auction and here are some ...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 3:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
It’s the Amazon Echo, but Amazon stocks up on Alexa domain names
Even though it’s called the Echo, Amazon also registered Alexa domain names related to new device. Amazon announced the Amazon Echo, a sort of home personal assistant similar to Ubi, last week. Although it’s called the Echo, owners can na...
Discussion
It’s the Amazon Echo, but Amazon stocks up on Alexa domain names
Even though it’s called the Echo, Amazon also registered Alexa domain names related to new device. Amazon announced the Amazon Echo, a sort of home personal assistant similar to Ubi, last week. Although it’s called the Echo, owners can na...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 3:35 pm
Sully's Blog
3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Domaining
I started this blog at the beginning of my domaining journey as a way to help me learn and, equally as important, to share what I learned. I haven’t given this blog the attention it deserves over the past couple of years as I stepped away...
Discussion
3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Started Domaining
I started this blog at the beginning of my domaining journey as a way to help me learn and, equally as important, to share what I learned. I haven’t given this blog the attention it deserves over the past couple of years as I stepped away...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
What do Amazon and Google domain name losses mean for new TLDs?
Neither of them won .cloud, which begs a big question. .Cloud is a valuable top level domain name. I’m basing that on the seven applications it received, and that Amazon.com, Google and Symantec all applied for the domain name. So which one of ...
Discussion
What do Amazon and Google domain name losses mean for new TLDs?
Neither of them won .cloud, which begs a big question. .Cloud is a valuable top level domain name. I’m basing that on the seven applications it received, and that Amazon.com, Google and Symantec all applied for the domain name. So which one of ...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 2:50 pm
The Domains
PR Is out & Its Official: Radix, Tucows and Namecheap Win .Online Auction
A Press Release out today confirms what we told you last week that the team of Radix, Tucows and Namecheap won the new gTLD auction for .Online: “Domain industry veterans form a “global supply chain supergroup,” secure the first via...
Discussion
PR Is out & Its Official: Radix, Tucows and Namecheap Win .Online Auction
A Press Release out today confirms what we told you last week that the team of Radix, Tucows and Namecheap won the new gTLD auction for .Online: “Domain industry veterans form a “global supply chain supergroup,” secure the first via...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines nets $8.4 million from auctions, .Cloud and .Book settled
Company wins by losing five auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has bolstered its bank account by $8.4 million as a result of losing five private auctions for new top level domain names. The losses included a handful of highl...
Discussion
Minds + Machines nets $8.4 million from auctions, .Cloud and .Book settled
Company wins by losing five auctions. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines has bolstered its bank account by $8.4 million as a result of losing five private auctions for new top level domain names. The losses included a handful of highl...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 1:13 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 11/10/14
One of the things I’ve noticed over the last couple years is the tremendous amount of quality entertainment that’s available in today’s world. My usual routine was I would come home from the nursery, talk to the family while I ...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Monday 11/10/14
One of the things I’ve noticed over the last couple years is the tremendous amount of quality entertainment that’s available in today’s world. My usual routine was I would come home from the nursery, talk to the family while I ...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 11:45 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Nov 10: eBirthdayGifts.com, Amsterdam.org, eNetwork.com, Vitamin.net…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: eBirthdayGifts.com, GetSpayed.com, CarbonConsumption.com...• Get your bids in soon for Amsterdam.org, eNet...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Nov 10: eBirthdayGifts.com, Amsterdam.org, eNetwork.com, Vitamin.net…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• An investor's portfolio is appraised: eBirthdayGifts.com, GetSpayed.com, CarbonConsumption.com...• Get your bids in soon for Amsterdam.org, eNet...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 8:02 am
The Domains
Stuart Lawley Clarifies .XXX Registrant Rights in the Upcoming Adult New gTLDs
Stuart Lawley from ICM Registry (.XXX) left a comment about .XXX registrant rights in the new adult gtlds, this is worthy of being its own post. I know many have been confused with what they get as a .XXX registrant when the new .porn, .adult and .se...
Discussion
Stuart Lawley Clarifies .XXX Registrant Rights in the Upcoming Adult New gTLDs
Stuart Lawley from ICM Registry (.XXX) left a comment about .XXX registrant rights in the new adult gtlds, this is worthy of being its own post. I know many have been confused with what they get as a .XXX registrant when the new .porn, .adult and .se...
Discussion
November 10, 2014, 1:42 am
The Domains
Court Orders Google To Help Marvel Discover Source of Leak
We continue to see courts getting involved in telling registrars and search engines what they must do to comply with a growing number of complaints that arise with issues of copyright infringement. A couple days ago we wrote about a German court tell...
Discussion
Court Orders Google To Help Marvel Discover Source of Leak
We continue to see courts getting involved in telling registrars and search engines what they must do to comply with a growing number of complaints that arise with issues of copyright infringement. A couple days ago we wrote about a German court tell...
Discussion
November 9, 2014, 10:29 pm
