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Domain Name Wire
20 end user domain sales from Afternic
Insurance, media, and vitamin companies among domain buyers. Here are 20 end user sales completed at Afternic last week. Last week I wrote about American Association of Young People buying YAU.us for $3,200. Now they’ve bought YPNC.com for $3,3...
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20 end user domain sales from Afternic
Insurance, media, and vitamin companies among domain buyers. Here are 20 end user sales completed at Afternic last week. Last week I wrote about American Association of Young People buying YAU.us for $3,200. Now they’ve bought YPNC.com for $3,3...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 1:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Home Depot buys ThrilloftheGrill.com from Mike Mann for $30,000
A big domain sale to a big company is among Sedo’s highlights this past week. Earlier this month Mike Mann posted on his Facebook page that he sold the domain ThrillOfTheGrill.com for a sizzling $30,000. Now the sale through partner Sedo has go...
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Home Depot buys ThrilloftheGrill.com from Mike Mann for $30,000
A big domain sale to a big company is among Sedo’s highlights this past week. Earlier this month Mike Mann posted on his Facebook page that he sold the domain ThrillOfTheGrill.com for a sizzling $30,000. Now the sale through partner Sedo has go...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 12:18 pm
Elliot's Blog
Flippa Nearing $100 Million in Sales
I’ve never attempted to buy or sell a domain name at Flippa before, but it seems that the company continues to churn out sales. I visited the site this morning, and there is a banner at the bottom of the home page announcing $98,928,932 in over...
Discussion
Flippa Nearing $100 Million in Sales
I’ve never attempted to buy or sell a domain name at Flippa before, but it seems that the company continues to churn out sales. I visited the site this morning, and there is a banner at the bottom of the home page announcing $98,928,932 in over...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 11:07 am
The Domains
Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many More
Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound alike like .inc and .ink or those that have the same meaning like .Law and .Lawyers or thos...
Discussion
Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many More
Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound alike like .inc and .ink or those that have the same meaning like .Law and .Lawyers or thos...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Nominet shelves shorter .uk domain names (for now)
No second level registrations — for now. .UK registry Nominet has delayed approving its own proposal for offer second level domain names. The proposal would have allowed people to register domain names at the second level (e.g. name.uk) instead...
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Nominet shelves shorter .uk domain names (for now)
No second level registrations — for now. .UK registry Nominet has delayed approving its own proposal for offer second level domain names. The proposal would have allowed people to register domain names at the second level (e.g. name.uk) instead...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:28 am
Domain Name Wire
Ron Paul files another domain dispute targeting RonPaul.org
Ron Paul files additional domain dispute. Ron Paul has filed another domain name complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization. The new case is targeted solely at RonPaul.org. Earlier this month Paul filed a case against both RonPaul.co...
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Ron Paul files another domain dispute targeting RonPaul.org
Ron Paul files additional domain dispute. Ron Paul has filed another domain name complaint with the World Intellectual Property Organization. The new case is targeted solely at RonPaul.org. Earlier this month Paul filed a case against both RonPaul.co...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:07 am
The Domains
Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org
A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now filed a UDRP on the domain...
Discussion
Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org
A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now filed a UDRP on the domain...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 10:07 am
Domain Name Wire
A lot of worrying for nothing: only 4 new TLDs are too similar
Only for top level domain applicants find themselves ensnared by string similarity. Did you hear that? It’s a collective sigh of relief from many new top level domain applicants. Today ICANN announced which domain names would be placed into str...
Discussion
A lot of worrying for nothing: only 4 new TLDs are too similar
Only for top level domain applicants find themselves ensnared by string similarity. Did you hear that? It’s a collective sigh of relief from many new top level domain applicants. Today ICANN announced which domain names would be placed into str...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 9:37 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 27th
Normally I find one or two names a week that I leave out of my list because they have no bidders and I love them. Today I found 10. More than I’ve ever found in a day. Have fun looking for them. Some of them only apply to my b...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 27th
Normally I find one or two names a week that I leave out of my list because they have no bidders and I love them. Today I found 10. More than I’ve ever found in a day. Have fun looking for them. Some of them only apply to my b...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 6:26 am
The Domains
Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s Strings Together
ICANN just published it long awaited contention sets for the new gTLD program and quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two contention sets. ICANN placed the new gTLD application for: .Hoteis by Despegar Online SRL int...
Discussion
Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s Strings Together
ICANN just published it long awaited contention sets for the new gTLD program and quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two contention sets. ICANN placed the new gTLD application for: .Hoteis by Despegar Online SRL int...
Discussion
February 27, 2013, 12:24 am
