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The Domains
Warning: Some Registrars (Godaddy) Are Making The Radix $160 Landrush Fee NonRefundable
Radix a new gTLD registry, landrush for three new gTLDs .Host, .Website and .Press opens up on August 26th and runs until September 15th. Applying in landrush for a new gTLD domain gives the applicant early access to domain names ahead of gener...
Discussion
Warning: Some Registrars (Godaddy) Are Making The Radix $160 Landrush Fee NonRefundable
Radix a new gTLD registry, landrush for three new gTLDs .Host, .Website and .Press opens up on August 26th and runs until September 15th. Applying in landrush for a new gTLD domain gives the applicant early access to domain names ahead of gener...
Discussion
August 12, 2014, 3:18 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 8/12
Part of the deal of this vacation was to leave the cellphone at home all day. No checking email, no reading blogs, no checking stocks. All that has to wait until morning or evening. The day belongs to the family and whatever we&rsqu...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday 8/12
Part of the deal of this vacation was to leave the cellphone at home all day. No checking email, no reading blogs, no checking stocks. All that has to wait until morning or evening. The day belongs to the family and whatever we&rsqu...
Discussion
August 12, 2014, 11:30 am
The Domains
From buying Guns with Bitcoin to Consumer Protection Warnings its the Crypto Corner for 8/12/14
A lot of news over the last two days on the crypto currency front, from guns for Bitcoin to Consumer warnings about the dangers and risks of virtual currencies. Let’s start out with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they want to let con...
Discussion
From buying Guns with Bitcoin to Consumer Protection Warnings its the Crypto Corner for 8/12/14
A lot of news over the last two days on the crypto currency front, from guns for Bitcoin to Consumer warnings about the dangers and risks of virtual currencies. Let’s start out with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, they want to let con...
Discussion
August 12, 2014, 9:34 am
The Domains
Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of his passing
Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of 63. Robin Williams won an academy award for Good Will Hunting, I always thought just the sc...
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Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of his passing
Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of 63. Robin Williams won an academy award for Good Will Hunting, I always thought just the sc...
Discussion
August 12, 2014, 8:10 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Several Portfolios, Patricia.net, iPinterest.com, Wireframe.org, eBet.io
Some domains that sold Portfolio of 333 domains – $8,000 – Domains such as CashApplications.com, FastestCredit.com, GuaranteeRates.com, and many more. Patricia.net – $2,200 iPinterest.com – $2,000 – Seller said in part,...
Discussion
Flippa Recap: Several Portfolios, Patricia.net, iPinterest.com, Wireframe.org, eBet.io
Some domains that sold Portfolio of 333 domains – $8,000 – Domains such as CashApplications.com, FastestCredit.com, GuaranteeRates.com, and many more. Patricia.net – $2,200 iPinterest.com – $2,000 – Seller said in part,...
Discussion
August 12, 2014, 12:07 am
The Domains
Demand Media Names New CEO Shares Sink Now Down 20% From Last Week
Demand Media, Inc, named one-time Ticketmaster Chief Executive Sean Moriarty as its new CEO and the market didn;t like the news sending shares down over 8% to close at $8.97 a share. You may recall it was just a week ago when Demand split off its Rig...
Discussion
Demand Media Names New CEO Shares Sink Now Down 20% From Last Week
Demand Media, Inc, named one-time Ticketmaster Chief Executive Sean Moriarty as its new CEO and the market didn;t like the news sending shares down over 8% to close at $8.97 a share. You may recall it was just a week ago when Demand split off its Rig...
Discussion
August 11, 2014, 10:18 pm
The Domains
Google Wins Control Of GlassForSnap.com Based On Its Trademark on Glass in UDRP
Google Inc. (“Complainant”), just won the rights to the domain name GlassforSnap.com. The one member panel of James A. Carmody, Esq., found the domain name GlassforSnap.com was confusing similar to Google’s trademark on the word &ld...
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Google Wins Control Of GlassForSnap.com Based On Its Trademark on Glass in UDRP
Google Inc. (“Complainant”), just won the rights to the domain name GlassforSnap.com. The one member panel of James A. Carmody, Esq., found the domain name GlassforSnap.com was confusing similar to Google’s trademark on the word &ld...
Discussion
August 11, 2014, 9:44 pm
The Domains
Verisign’s Domain Industry Brief: There are 276 Million Domain Names As Of End Of 1st Q
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), today published its Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2014, and five million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 276 ...
Discussion
Verisign’s Domain Industry Brief: There are 276 Million Domain Names As Of End Of 1st Q
Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN), today published its Domain Name Industry Brief for the first quarter of 2014, and five million domain names were added to the Internet in the first quarter of 2014, bringing the total number of registered domain names to 276 ...
Discussion
August 11, 2014, 8:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign: Internet grew by 5 million domain names in Q1
Domain Name Industry Brief shows continued growth of registered domain names. Verisign released its Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf) today , estimating that the total base of registered domain names grew by 5 million to 276 million in Q1 this year. (...
Discussion
Verisign: Internet grew by 5 million domain names in Q1
Domain Name Industry Brief shows continued growth of registered domain names. Verisign released its Domain Name Industry Brief (pdf) today , estimating that the total base of registered domain names grew by 5 million to 276 million in Q1 this year. (...
Discussion
August 11, 2014, 8:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Biggest new TLD surprises (upside and downside)
We’re closing in on 200 top level domain names being released in general availability, and there have been quite a few surprises. Some domains have done better than I expected and others have done much worse. I’ll list a few here, and I&r...
Discussion
Biggest new TLD surprises (upside and downside)
We’re closing in on 200 top level domain names being released in general availability, and there have been quite a few surprises. Some domains have done better than I expected and others have done much worse. I’ll list a few here, and I&r...
Discussion
August 11, 2014, 5:08 pm
