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HA.com Announces 42 Domains For Live Auction On April 19th: Quick.com, VE.com; Sit.com
HA.com just released the 42 domain names it will be auctioning off live on April 19th in San Francisco. Bidding is now open at: http://domains.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=1230 Here is the press release we just received from Aron Meystedt of HA.co...
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HA.com Announces 42 Domains For Live Auction On April 19th: Quick.com, VE.com; Sit.com
HA.com just released the 42 domain names it will be auctioning off live on April 19th in San Francisco. Bidding is now open at: http://domains.ha.com/c/auction-home.zx?saleNo=1230 Here is the press release we just received from Aron Meystedt of HA.co...
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March 8, 2016, 4:40 pm
The Domains
Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand Protection”
Network Solutions which stuffed .XYZ domain names into customers account for free, is at it again this time with the new gTLD .Design. Customers of Network Solutions are receiving notices that they are being given a free .Design domain, matching a do...
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Network Solution Is Stuffing .Design Domains Into Customers Accounts As “Brand Protection”
Network Solutions which stuffed .XYZ domain names into customers account for free, is at it again this time with the new gTLD .Design. Customers of Network Solutions are receiving notices that they are being given a free .Design domain, matching a do...
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March 8, 2016, 4:17 pm
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89 of The Top 100 New gTLD Domain Holders Are From China
We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats.com to review the top 100 largest holders of new gTLD domain names and found 89 of the top 100 domain holders...
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89 of The Top 100 New gTLD Domain Holders Are From China
We have chatted about the growing influence of Chinese domain investors in the domain industry before, however today I checked out ntldstats.com to review the top 100 largest holders of new gTLD domain names and found 89 of the top 100 domain holders...
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March 8, 2016, 3:15 pm
The Domains
Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy up 2% – Rightside down another 4%
Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up 2% on the day where most were down. Rightside (NAME) was off close to another 4%. Tucows (TCX) was down 2.4% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 712.80 -17.42 (-2.39%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 32.70 +0.67 (2.09%) Rightsi...
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Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy up 2% – Rightside down another 4%
Market Recap 3/7/16 Go Daddy (GDDY) was up 2% on the day where most were down. Rightside (NAME) was off close to another 4%. Tucows (TCX) was down 2.4% on the day. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 712.80 -17.42 (-2.39%) Godaddy Inc GDDY 32.70 +0.67 (2.09%) Rightsi...
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March 7, 2016, 9:19 pm
The Domains
Spamhaus Publishes List of “10 Worst Top Level Domains”
Spamhaus.org published today a list of the “10 Worst Top Level Domains” The list is “not a list of the worst TLDs in quantity, several other TLDs have far more spam domains, but they also have vastly more non-spam domains. ” &...
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Spamhaus Publishes List of “10 Worst Top Level Domains”
Spamhaus.org published today a list of the “10 Worst Top Level Domains” The list is “not a list of the worst TLDs in quantity, several other TLDs have far more spam domains, but they also have vastly more non-spam domains. ” &...
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March 5, 2016, 6:56 pm
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.XYZ Holding Exclusive Premium Auction of 150 Domains With West.Cn including 1.xyz
According to a press release we just received, “.XYZ is proud to announce that we have partnered with West.cn for a second time to host an exclusive .xyz premium name auction between March 16 – March 31.” “Over 150 .xyz domain...
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.XYZ Holding Exclusive Premium Auction of 150 Domains With West.Cn including 1.xyz
According to a press release we just received, “.XYZ is proud to announce that we have partnered with West.cn for a second time to host an exclusive .xyz premium name auction between March 16 – March 31.” “Over 150 .xyz domain...
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March 5, 2016, 4:22 pm
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Verisign: .Com Passes 126 Million Domains For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com domains in the Domain Name Base passed 126 million. Verisign, the registry for the .Com defines the Domain Name Base as: “The domain name base is the active zone plus the number of domain names th...
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Verisign: .Com Passes 126 Million Domains For 1st Time
According to Verisign, the number of .Com domains in the Domain Name Base passed 126 million. Verisign, the registry for the .Com defines the Domain Name Base as: “The domain name base is the active zone plus the number of domain names th...
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March 5, 2016, 3:30 pm
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Market Recap 3/4/16 Tucows bounces back – Rightside off close to 4%
Market Recap 3/4/16 Rightside (NAME) was off close to 4% to $8.42. Verisign (VRSN) continued to close higher up another .50 to $89.14. Tucows (TCX) bounced back up 3% after losing ground the last few days. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 730.22 -1.37 (-0.19%) God...
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Market Recap 3/4/16 Tucows bounces back – Rightside off close to 4%
Market Recap 3/4/16 Rightside (NAME) was off close to 4% to $8.42. Verisign (VRSN) continued to close higher up another .50 to $89.14. Tucows (TCX) bounced back up 3% after losing ground the last few days. Alphabet Inc GOOGL 730.22 -1.37 (-0.19%) God...
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March 4, 2016, 10:15 pm
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Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
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Report: Verisign Gets Temporary Extension To Operate .Gov Registry
According to FCW.com, the General Services Administration of the United States has awarded Verisign a $2.1 million bridge contract to continue as the registry provider for the top-level .gov Internet domain. The current contract was set to expire thi...
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March 4, 2016, 3:56 pm
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New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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New gTLD .Bet Gets Over 13K Registrations On 1st Day Of General Availability
The new gTLD .Bet went live into general availability (GA) yesterday where domain names could be registered on a 1st come, 1st served basis and ended the day with 13,779 registrations. There were just a couple of hundred of registrations during sunri...
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March 4, 2016, 3:41 pm
