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Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST:Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 4th, 2013
I love July 4th. Everything it represents and everything we do to celebrate. No work, family, and finish it off with fireworks. I’ll be doing the typical 4th of July things. Biking 25 miles with 15 friends early in the morning. Running a 5k wit...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST:Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 4th, 2013
I love July 4th. Everything it represents and everything we do to celebrate. No work, family, and finish it off with fireworks. I’ll be doing the typical 4th of July things. Biking 25 miles with 15 friends early in the morning. Running a 5k wit...
Discussion
July 4, 2013, 7:15 am
The Domains
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
Discussion
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings In GAC Safeguard Advice
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied for TLD strings listed in the GAC‘s Category 1 Safeguard Advice, pending a dia...
Discussion
July 4, 2013, 1:10 am
The Domains
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
Discussion
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Philips; .Delta; .Marriott; .Gucci and Bugatti Here are all the applicati...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 8:57 pm
The Domains
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
Discussion
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and .Autoinsurance Both were to be operated as closed generic gTLD’s “opened only to restricted to AFCIC and its ...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 7:28 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Brokerage Listings – 7/3
Listed below are the new domain brokerage and domain broker listings. If you have an interest in buying one of the domain names, contact the broker directly. I am not involved with any of the listings. You may list one domain name that you own for sa...
Discussion
Domain Brokerage Listings – 7/3
Listed below are the new domain brokerage and domain broker listings. If you have an interest in buying one of the domain names, contact the broker directly. I am not involved with any of the listings. You may list one domain name that you own for sa...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 4:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Wine group questions GAC advice on .wine and .vin domain names
Wine Institute questions GAC concerns about geographic second level domains under .wine and .vin. A trade group for the California wine industry has sent an e-mail to ICANN Chairman of the Board Dr. Stephen Crocker questioning the GAC’s advice ...
Discussion
U.S. Wine group questions GAC advice on .wine and .vin domain names
Wine Institute questions GAC concerns about geographic second level domains under .wine and .vin. A trade group for the California wine industry has sent an e-mail to ICANN Chairman of the Board Dr. Stephen Crocker questioning the GAC’s advice ...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 3:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
38 more end user domain sales including some recognizable brands
20th Century Fox among domain name buyers. Some recognizable brands made domain name purchases at Afternic last week. Here’s the end user sales list. IMF.com sold for $27,000. Although the whois is protected by a privacy service, the domain now...
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38 more end user domain sales including some recognizable brands
20th Century Fox among domain name buyers. Some recognizable brands made domain name purchases at Afternic last week. Here’s the end user sales list. IMF.com sold for $27,000. Although the whois is protected by a privacy service, the domain now...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 2:07 pm
Elliot's Blog
Brad Larson Leaves Executive Accounts Group at Go Daddy
In July of 2006, well before I had my blog and after I had been working with a couple of good account managers at Go Daddy, I received an email from Brad Larson that said in part, “It’s my desire to continue providing you with exceptional...
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Brad Larson Leaves Executive Accounts Group at Go Daddy
In July of 2006, well before I had my blog and after I had been working with a couple of good account managers at Go Daddy, I received an email from Brad Larson that said in part, “It’s my desire to continue providing you with exceptional...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 1:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
A BIG end user domain name sale at Sedo
A company who’s initials are BIG paid $22,500 for a domain last week at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales list from last week was led by a domain purchased by a new personal care products company. Here are details on that sale and other end user ...
Discussion
A BIG end user domain name sale at Sedo
A company who’s initials are BIG paid $22,500 for a domain last week at Sedo. Sedo’s public sales list from last week was led by a domain purchased by a new personal care products company. Here are details on that sale and other end user ...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 11:23 am
The Domains
75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th, 75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCom...
Discussion
75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May 24th, 75 media outlets from the BBC to PC Magazine, to Time Magazine, Cnet, to FastCom...
Discussion
July 3, 2013, 10:21 am
