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The Domains
Verisign: Rise In Value Of Bitcoin Causes Surge In .Com/.Net Domain Registrations: 22K In 2013
Verisign just published a blog on how the rising value of Bitcoin has led to surge of .com and .net domain name registrations. The value of a Bitcoin surged from roughly $13 at the beginning of 2013 to an eventual high of $1,137 at the e...
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Verisign: Rise In Value Of Bitcoin Causes Surge In .Com/.Net Domain Registrations: 22K In 2013
Verisign just published a blog on how the rising value of Bitcoin has led to surge of .com and .net domain name registrations. The value of a Bitcoin surged from roughly $13 at the beginning of 2013 to an eventual high of $1,137 at the e...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 5:34 pm
The Domains
Domainfest Is Back & Hits The Loews Hollywood March 31- April 2nd
Oversee.net has made it official announcing that the 9th Domainfest will return to Hollywood, California at the Loews Hollywood which includes three full days of sessions. Early registration is now open with a price of $695. Onsite registratio...
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Domainfest Is Back & Hits The Loews Hollywood March 31- April 2nd
Oversee.net has made it official announcing that the 9th Domainfest will return to Hollywood, California at the Loews Hollywood which includes three full days of sessions. Early registration is now open with a price of $695. Onsite registratio...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 5:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
DomainFest returns to Hollywood, plans conference for end of March
Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor announces plans for 2014 conference. DomainSponsor’s annual DomainFest conference is changing its branding back to DomainFest and has set its dates for 2014. The nine year old conference changed its name last y...
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DomainFest returns to Hollywood, plans conference for end of March
Oversee.net’s DomainSponsor announces plans for 2014 conference. DomainSponsor’s annual DomainFest conference is changing its branding back to DomainFest and has set its dates for 2014. The nine year old conference changed its name last y...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 4:34 pm
The Domains
Tube.xxx and Tubes.xxx Sold for $750,000
ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain announced today that they have sold the domain names Tube.com and Tubes.com for $750,000 cash. The buyer of the domains, is the same company which has bought many of ICM’s highest .XXX doma...
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Tube.xxx and Tubes.xxx Sold for $750,000
ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX Top Level Domain announced today that they have sold the domain names Tube.com and Tubes.com for $750,000 cash. The buyer of the domains, is the same company which has bought many of ICM’s highest .XXX doma...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 4:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Two .xxx domain names sell for $750,000
ICM Registry sells two more domain names to previous premium domain customer. Premium .xxx domain names continue to sell for top dollar. .XXX domain registry ICM Registry announced today that Really Useful has acquired Tube.xxx for $500,000 and Tubes...
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Two .xxx domain names sell for $750,000
ICM Registry sells two more domain names to previous premium domain customer. Premium .xxx domain names continue to sell for top dollar. .XXX domain registry ICM Registry announced today that Really Useful has acquired Tube.xxx for $500,000 and Tubes...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain name conference planned in Hong Kong to coincide with INTA meeting
New TLDs come to Hong Kong. DotAsia and Momentum Events are planning a domain name conference in Hong Kong May 13-14, coinciding with the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting taking place in the same city. The event is a combinat...
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Domain name conference planned in Hong Kong to coincide with INTA meeting
New TLDs come to Hong Kong. DotAsia and Momentum Events are planning a domain name conference in Hong Kong May 13-14, coinciding with the International Trademark Association (INTA) annual meeting taking place in the same city. The event is a combinat...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 4:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Porn won’t be allowed on the home page of .Sexy websites
Nudity is too sexy for .sexy home pages. Anyone who wants to register a .sexy domain name to build their porn empire, take note: you can’t have nudity on the “home page” of your domain name. .Sexy registry Uniregistry spells out the...
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Porn won’t be allowed on the home page of .Sexy websites
Nudity is too sexy for .sexy home pages. Anyone who wants to register a .sexy domain name to build their porn empire, take note: you can’t have nudity on the “home page” of your domain name. .Sexy registry Uniregistry spells out the...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 3:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
Nat Cohen sells LGG.com for $175k to company that filed UDRP against the domain name
Company pays up after playing dirty in domain name negotiation. This week’s DNJournal sales report includes a $175,000 sale of LGG.com. When reviewing the report, I instantly knew this domain name was familiar. Sure enough, I’ve written a...
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Nat Cohen sells LGG.com for $175k to company that filed UDRP against the domain name
Company pays up after playing dirty in domain name negotiation. This week’s DNJournal sales report includes a $175,000 sale of LGG.com. When reviewing the report, I instantly knew this domain name was familiar. Sure enough, I’ve written a...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 3:05 pm
Sully's Blog
Launching a Business on a Generic, Exact-Match Domain Name
A mutual friend recently introduced me to Jon Yau. Jon purchased StockPhoto.com in January, 2013. Today, StockPhoto.com is an online stock photo business operating on a well polished website. Jon was kind enough to answer some quest...
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Launching a Business on a Generic, Exact-Match Domain Name
A mutual friend recently introduced me to Jon Yau. Jon purchased StockPhoto.com in January, 2013. Today, StockPhoto.com is an online stock photo business operating on a well polished website. Jon was kind enough to answer some quest...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cobb International guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP case even though the domain names at issue were not registered in bad faith. South African firm Cobb International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organizatio...
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Cobb International guilty of reverse domain name hijacking
Company filed UDRP case even though the domain names at issue were not registered in bad faith. South African firm Cobb International has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP decision at World Intellectual Property Organizatio...
Discussion
January 23, 2014, 2:35 pm
