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Domain Shane
7711.com Tops This Months NNNN.com Sales Chart at $15,308
Another great month of sales in the 4 number dot com market. The number of sales were down over the last 4 weeks but the prices have held steady across the board. No sales below $500 and I can officially say the bottom price for nnnn.coms is $5...
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7711.com Tops This Months NNNN.com Sales Chart at $15,308
Another great month of sales in the 4 number dot com market. The number of sales were down over the last 4 weeks but the prices have held steady across the board. No sales below $500 and I can officially say the bottom price for nnnn.coms is $5...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 12:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Righthaven Gets Punked By Invalid Whois
“Copyright Troll” domain name suspended due to invalid whois information. Copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC has been punked thanks to allegedly invalid whois information. The company’s web site Righthaven.com currently shows an inva...
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Righthaven Gets Punked By Invalid Whois
“Copyright Troll” domain name suspended due to invalid whois information. Copyright enforcer Righthaven LLC has been punked thanks to allegedly invalid whois information. The company’s web site Righthaven.com currently shows an inva...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 12:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Porsche Wins Rights to Cyrillic Script Internationalized Domain Name
Porsche wins dispute over IDN. Porsche has won a UDRP for the domain name порше.com, which is xn--e1arcf4b.com in punycode. The company claims that the internationalized domain name translates as “Porsche”. This case created some cha...
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Porsche Wins Rights to Cyrillic Script Internationalized Domain Name
Porsche wins dispute over IDN. Porsche has won a UDRP for the domain name порше.com, which is xn--e1arcf4b.com in punycode. The company claims that the internationalized domain name translates as “Porsche”. This case created some cha...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 12:16 pm
Domain Name News
Cat5.com Buys RunningShoes.com For $700,000
The announcement of the sale of RunningShoes.com is making it’s way around the domain blogs yesterday and today. Cat5.com owner Chad Weinman emailed all the domain blog yesterday notifying them of his purchase of the domain name for $700,...
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Cat5.com Buys RunningShoes.com For $700,000
The announcement of the sale of RunningShoes.com is making it’s way around the domain blogs yesterday and today. Cat5.com owner Chad Weinman emailed all the domain blog yesterday notifying them of his purchase of the domain name for $700,...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 12:09 pm
The Domains
NeuStar Reports Record Revenue
Neustar, Inc. a members of our Domain Name Stock Index announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 today. Neustar runs the back end for many domain extensions including .biz and .co. Revenue increased 14% to $146.5 million Net income total...
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NeuStar Reports Record Revenue
Neustar, Inc. a members of our Domain Name Stock Index announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 today. Neustar runs the back end for many domain extensions including .biz and .co. Revenue increased 14% to $146.5 million Net income total...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 12:00 pm
Domain Name News
RightHaven.com Taken Down for Invalid Whois
Righthaven LLC, a company that enforces licensing of content created by their clients, has in the past taken possession of domain names owned by alleged infringers. Recently a judge dismissed one of their claims on a defendant’s domain name. No...
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RightHaven.com Taken Down for Invalid Whois
Righthaven LLC, a company that enforces licensing of content created by their clients, has in the past taken possession of domain names owned by alleged infringers. Recently a judge dismissed one of their claims on a defendant’s domain name. No...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 11:45 am
Elliot's Blog
Kevin Ohashi Warning: Change Your Password Storage Policy or Be Publicly Named & Shamed
I read an article on Kevin Ohashi’s blog, and if you represent or work for a domain company, you better take notice. According to Ohashi, at least one major domain company is not storing customer passwords securely, and if this isn’t...
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Kevin Ohashi Warning: Change Your Password Storage Policy or Be Publicly Named & Shamed
I read an article on Kevin Ohashi’s blog, and if you represent or work for a domain company, you better take notice. According to Ohashi, at least one major domain company is not storing customer passwords securely, and if this isn’t...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 10:35 am
The Domains
Bit.ly Launches News.Me Today & AllThingsD.com Covers It
Bit.ly’s social news iPad app, Just launched today and is live for free download at the iTunes store. The name of the app and match site is News.me Yesterday, All Things Digital, covered the App pointing out that: News.me will cost $0.99 ...
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Bit.ly Launches News.Me Today & AllThingsD.com Covers It
Bit.ly’s social news iPad app, Just launched today and is live for free download at the iTunes store. The name of the app and match site is News.me Yesterday, All Things Digital, covered the App pointing out that: News.me will cost $0.99 ...
Discussion
April 21, 2011, 9:18 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Sends Breach Notice to EuroDNS Over Facebook UDRP
ICANN threatens EuroDNS if it fails to transfer domain name to Facebook. ICANN has sent a Notice of Breach (pdf) to popular European domain name registrar EuroDNS for its failure to transfer a client domain name after an adverse UDRP decision. In Sep...
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ICANN Sends Breach Notice to EuroDNS Over Facebook UDRP
ICANN threatens EuroDNS if it fails to transfer domain name to Facebook. ICANN has sent a Notice of Breach (pdf) to popular European domain name registrar EuroDNS for its failure to transfer a client domain name after an adverse UDRP decision. In Sep...
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April 21, 2011, 8:33 am
The Domains
TechCrunch.com: 6 Million Dollars Startup Power.com Goes Out & The Domain Is Going To Auction
TechCrunch just published an article on Power.com is no more and that the domain name will be sold through an auction that ends on August 17, 2011. Interested parties can pre-register on the hideous, superlative-laden website in order to receive deta...
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TechCrunch.com: 6 Million Dollars Startup Power.com Goes Out & The Domain Is Going To Auction
TechCrunch just published an article on Power.com is no more and that the domain name will be sold through an auction that ends on August 17, 2011. Interested parties can pre-register on the hideous, superlative-laden website in order to receive deta...
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April 21, 2011, 8:29 am
