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Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
Discussion
October 10, 2015, 3:06 pm
The Domains
.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
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.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 9:54 pm
The Domains
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
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Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:39 pm
The Domains
Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
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Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 4:44 pm
The Domains
Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
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Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 1:50 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
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Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 9:15 pm
The Domains
.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
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.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 5:07 pm
The Domains
CSC October’s New gTLD Utilization: 5,340 New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M
CSC’s Published Its October New gTLD Utilization Report, showing the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since their September report. The report was prepared by Vincent D’Angelo Director, Brand Advisory Te...
Discussion
CSC October’s New gTLD Utilization: 5,340 New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M
CSC’s Published Its October New gTLD Utilization Report, showing the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since their September report. The report was prepared by Vincent D’Angelo Director, Brand Advisory Te...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 4:48 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: YN.com, Battlecast.com, Zpack.com + Twitter, Walmart & Disney Buys
In today's Domain Movers we see large corporations like Caterpillar Inc. register a bunch of "drone" domain names, Wells Fargo's mismanagement of the domain name asset Baib.com and Nike registering the domain name StrikingControl....
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Domain Movers: YN.com, Battlecast.com, Zpack.com + Twitter, Walmart & Disney Buys
In today's Domain Movers we see large corporations like Caterpillar Inc. register a bunch of "drone" domain names, Wells Fargo's mismanagement of the domain name asset Baib.com and Nike registering the domain name StrikingControl....
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 1:12 pm
The Domains
Forbes.com Covers .Film & 1st Domains; February.film & Septembersofshiraz.film
Forbes.com just covered the launch of the new gTLD .Film “So far, two new movies will be the first to debut the .film web extension: Osgood Perkins’ February starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton (www.February.film); and ...
Discussion
Forbes.com Covers .Film & 1st Domains; February.film & Septembersofshiraz.film
Forbes.com just covered the launch of the new gTLD .Film “So far, two new movies will be the first to debut the .film web extension: Osgood Perkins’ February starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton (www.February.film); and ...
Discussion
October 7, 2015, 6:23 pm
