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The Domains
.EU Celebrates 7th Birthday & 3.74 Million Registration; 1.84 Million Eu Residents Own One
EURid the registry for the .Eu TLD released a study today ahead of its 7th Birthday. To date there are over 3.74 Million .Eu registrations. Over 1.84 million EU residents have registered at least one .eu domain name, with 25% of those having re...
Discussion
.EU Celebrates 7th Birthday & 3.74 Million Registration; 1.84 Million Eu Residents Own One
EURid the registry for the .Eu TLD released a study today ahead of its 7th Birthday. To date there are over 3.74 Million .Eu registrations. Over 1.84 million EU residents have registered at least one .eu domain name, with 25% of those having re...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 11:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
Discussion
Right of the Dot posts response to private TLD auction antitrust claims
Company says private auctions do not automatically violate U.S. antitrust law. Last month new TLD applicant Uniregistry published a press release that announced it would not participate in private auctions for new TLDs due to anti-trust concerns. It ...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 10:30 am
Elliot's Blog
Afternic Domain Auction Results
Afternic held a domain auction on Snapnames that ended a couple of weeks ago in March. The results of the auction are listed below. The highest value domain name that sold was GFA.com, which closed at $15,100. In addition to the listed results, I was...
Discussion
Afternic Domain Auction Results
Afternic held a domain auction on Snapnames that ended a couple of weeks ago in March. The results of the auction are listed below. The highest value domain name that sold was GFA.com, which closed at $15,100. In addition to the listed results, I was...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
Google objects to 9 plural top level domain applications
Google and Verisign file most objections (so far) against TLDs on string similarity grounds. The International Centre for Dispute Resolution has published 33 of the string confusion objections it has received, representing about half of the total. On...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:39 am
Domain Name Wire
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
Discussion
U.S. Department of Commerce not supporting USPS objection to .mail top level domains
Department of Commerce not backing .mail objections. Last week I wrote about how the United States Postal Service filed objections to all of the top level domain applications for .mail. It’s a big waste of money, as in order to prevail the USPS...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 9:22 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 4th
A lot of great names up today. From the short dot orgs at Godaddy to the CVCVs at Namejet there are going to be some big numbers hit today. Here are some that I like and the daily quote. “Whenever you find you are on the side of th...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 4th
A lot of great names up today. From the short dot orgs at Godaddy to the CVCVs at Namejet there are going to be some big numbers hit today. Here are some that I like and the daily quote. “Whenever you find you are on the side of th...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 7:00 am
The Domains
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 12:06 am
The Domains
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 8:31 pm
Domain Shane
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 7:44 pm
The Domains
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 6:18 pm
