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The Domains
Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 11%; Sells Over $1 Million In Domain Names
Tucows.com reported its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30, 2013. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2013 increased 11% to a record $31.2 million from $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarte...
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Tucows Reports: Revenue Increases 11%; Sells Over $1 Million In Domain Names
Tucows.com reported its financial results for the 2nd Quarter ending June 30, 2013. Net revenue for the second quarter of 2013 increased 11% to a record $31.2 million from $28.2 million for the second quarter of 2012. Net income for the second quarte...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 4:17 pm
The Domains
Did The Chicago Sun-Times Buy Chicago.com? Looks Like
Chicago.com looks like it may have be bought by the Chicago Sun Times. The site was updated recently and now the Chicago Sun Times is all over it including on the front page where it says “brought to you by the Chicago Sun- Times.com” Ch...
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Did The Chicago Sun-Times Buy Chicago.com? Looks Like
Chicago.com looks like it may have be bought by the Chicago Sun Times. The site was updated recently and now the Chicago Sun Times is all over it including on the front page where it says “brought to you by the Chicago Sun- Times.com” Ch...
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August 8, 2013, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Dish DBS ruled a top level domain cybersquatter
Dish’s .direct application tossed out; Donuts is sole applicant remaining for .direct top level domain name. It’s notable that the two applicants deemed to be attempting to cybersquat top level domain names thus far aren’t nefarious...
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Dish DBS ruled a top level domain cybersquatter
Dish’s .direct application tossed out; Donuts is sole applicant remaining for .direct top level domain name. It’s notable that the two applicants deemed to be attempting to cybersquat top level domain names thus far aren’t nefarious...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 2:03 pm
The Domains
Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is Upheld
The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, its main comptetior DIs...
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Directv Beat Dish Network As Legal Rights Objection On New gTLD .Direct Is Upheld
The second Legal Right Objection been upheld by a three member WIPO panel this time by The DirecTV Group Inc. against its competitor Dish DBS The applied-for gTLD string .Direct. Directv did not apply for the new gTLD .Direct, its main comptetior DIs...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 12:32 pm
Elliot's Blog
Public Biotechnology Company Buys Cancer Vaccine Domain Names
In the most recent DNJournal weekly domain sales report, Ron Jackson reported the sale of two cancer vaccine domain names: CancerVaccine.org sold for $18,000 and CancerVaccine.net sold for $10,000. According to the updated Whois records for both doma...
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Public Biotechnology Company Buys Cancer Vaccine Domain Names
In the most recent DNJournal weekly domain sales report, Ron Jackson reported the sale of two cancer vaccine domain names: CancerVaccine.org sold for $18,000 and CancerVaccine.net sold for $10,000. According to the updated Whois records for both doma...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 11:47 am
Domain Name Wire
How applicants selected their new top level domains
Here’s how new TLD applicants decided which strings to apply for. Some new top level domain applicants picked one or two domains to apply for. Others applied for dozens. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when these companies debat...
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How applicants selected their new top level domains
Here’s how new TLD applicants decided which strings to apply for. Some new top level domain applicants picked one or two domains to apply for. Others applied for dozens. It would be interesting to be a fly on the wall when these companies debat...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 11:42 am
The Domains
Site Calls Large Applicants Of New gTLD’s “Domain Squatters”
In a blog post on casinoaffiliateprograms.com, taking about the new gTLD .Poker new gTLD applicants are being referred to as Domain Squatters and says that Donuts Binky Mill LLC has dropped its application for .Poker “The way new domains are ha...
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Site Calls Large Applicants Of New gTLD’s “Domain Squatters”
In a blog post on casinoaffiliateprograms.com, taking about the new gTLD .Poker new gTLD applicants are being referred to as Domain Squatters and says that Donuts Binky Mill LLC has dropped its application for .Poker “The way new domains are ha...
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August 8, 2013, 11:35 am
Domain Name Wire
How JustDropped.com profits from domain names by focusing on volume
Behind a popular expired domain site lies a business model of selling lots of domain names for under $100. There are a handful of people and companies that make a living buying and selling domain names. There are some, like Frank Schilling, who make ...
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How JustDropped.com profits from domain names by focusing on volume
Behind a popular expired domain site lies a business model of selling lots of domain names for under $100. There are a handful of people and companies that make a living buying and selling domain names. There are some, like Frank Schilling, who make ...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 10:38 am
The Domains
RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com
RBC issued an Equity Research Report today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s S...
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RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com
RBC issued an Equity Research Report today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s S...
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August 8, 2013, 10:20 am
The Domains
ICANN Sends Notice Of Breach Of RAA To PacNames.com (Again)
ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accr...
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ICANN Sends Notice Of Breach Of RAA To PacNames.com (Again)
ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accr...
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August 8, 2013, 9:23 am
