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Rightside Launches .Games & Shares Rise Over 5%
Rightside Group LTD (NASDAQ: NAME) launched the .GAMES domain extension today. The Sunrise Phase where trademark holders could preregister names, .GAMES became Rightside’s number-one performing new top level-domain (TLD), seeing applications fr...
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Rightside Launches .Games & Shares Rise Over 5%
Rightside Group LTD (NASDAQ: NAME) launched the .GAMES domain extension today. The Sunrise Phase where trademark holders could preregister names, .GAMES became Rightside’s number-one performing new top level-domain (TLD), seeing applications fr...
Discussion
September 22, 2016, 1:30 am
The Domains
.NYC to Hold 1st Ever Premium Name Domain Name Auction of 20 .NYC Domain Names
.NYC announced it would be holding its 1st premium domain auction to begin on October 24th. Only businesses, organizations and individuals with a physical address in the five boroughs are eligible to register these premium .nyc domain names, with som...
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.NYC to Hold 1st Ever Premium Name Domain Name Auction of 20 .NYC Domain Names
.NYC announced it would be holding its 1st premium domain auction to begin on October 24th. Only businesses, organizations and individuals with a physical address in the five boroughs are eligible to register these premium .nyc domain names, with som...
Discussion
September 22, 2016, 1:06 am
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Sales led by Smiile.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Smiile.com was the top sale at $18,000. These kinds of names have been trending at BrandBucket over the last few months. The extra vowel in the middle or the repeating letter at the end like Fiverr have been getti...
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Sedo Weekly Sales led by Smiile.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Smiile.com was the top sale at $18,000. These kinds of names have been trending at BrandBucket over the last few months. The extra vowel in the middle or the repeating letter at the end like Fiverr have been getti...
Discussion
September 20, 2016, 7:19 pm
The Domains
TV Station Loses Bid To Get WDBJ.com Domain Name Through UDRP
Gray Television Group, Inc. just lost a UDRP in an attempt to grab the domain name wdbj.com. The Complainant is the owner of numerous television stations in the United States, including WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, which it purchased from WDBJ Televisi...
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TV Station Loses Bid To Get WDBJ.com Domain Name Through UDRP
Gray Television Group, Inc. just lost a UDRP in an attempt to grab the domain name wdbj.com. The Complainant is the owner of numerous television stations in the United States, including WDBJ in Roanoke, Virginia, which it purchased from WDBJ Televisi...
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September 20, 2016, 2:25 pm
The Domains
The app market is slowing down
comScore published a study that showed we might be reaching the peak for app downloads. The report showed that 49% of all smartphone users don’t download any apps per month. They published an infographic to highlight their study. Download Repor...
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The app market is slowing down
comScore published a study that showed we might be reaching the peak for app downloads. The report showed that 49% of all smartphone users don’t download any apps per month. They published an infographic to highlight their study. Download Repor...
Discussion
September 20, 2016, 2:23 am
The Domains
Media.com Is Sold By Godaddy’s NameFind
The domain name Media.com has been sold by Godaddy owned Namefind.com. The purchase price is unknown. The domain name seemed to have been acquired by NameFind in April of this year and therefore was probably apart of the Elite domains acquisition for...
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Media.com Is Sold By Godaddy’s NameFind
The domain name Media.com has been sold by Godaddy owned Namefind.com. The purchase price is unknown. The domain name seemed to have been acquired by NameFind in April of this year and therefore was probably apart of the Elite domains acquisition for...
Discussion
September 19, 2016, 1:39 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Starts Deleting Its 230,000 Uniregistry Domains
On Thursday Frank Schilling North Sound Names started to delete the registrations for the approximately 230,000 domain names it registered in Uniregistry new gTLD extensions. Yesterday over 100,000 domain names owned by North Sound Names in Uniregist...
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Starts Deleting Its 230,000 Uniregistry Domains
On Thursday Frank Schilling North Sound Names started to delete the registrations for the approximately 230,000 domain names it registered in Uniregistry new gTLD extensions. Yesterday over 100,000 domain names owned by North Sound Names in Uniregist...
Discussion
September 17, 2016, 2:54 pm
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Every Vote Counts: Former Godaddy Counsel Christine Jones Loses Election For Congress By 27 Votes
Christine Jones the former chief counsel for Godaddy has lost her bid to become the Republican nominee for the US Congress by just 27 votes. After the election it looked like Ms. Jones had won the election however in an email sent by Ms. Jones yester...
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Every Vote Counts: Former Godaddy Counsel Christine Jones Loses Election For Congress By 27 Votes
Christine Jones the former chief counsel for Godaddy has lost her bid to become the Republican nominee for the US Congress by just 27 votes. After the election it looked like Ms. Jones had won the election however in an email sent by Ms. Jones yester...
Discussion
September 17, 2016, 2:25 pm
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Rep. Senators Issue Statement Against ICANN October 1 Oversight Transition
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Roger Wick...
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Rep. Senators Issue Statement Against ICANN October 1 Oversight Transition
U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), Richard Burr (R-N.C.), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), James Lankford (R-Okla.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), and Roger Wick...
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September 16, 2016, 8:12 pm
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.SHOP Grossed Over $2 Million With 2K Domain Registrations 1/2 Way Through EAP
GMO Registry, Inc. the registry operator for .Shop, announced today that new top level domain has already grossed over $2 million dollars in revenue with close to 2,000 registrations, mid-way through the advance registration .shop Early Access Progra...
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.SHOP Grossed Over $2 Million With 2K Domain Registrations 1/2 Way Through EAP
GMO Registry, Inc. the registry operator for .Shop, announced today that new top level domain has already grossed over $2 million dollars in revenue with close to 2,000 registrations, mid-way through the advance registration .shop Early Access Progra...
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September 16, 2016, 5:30 pm
