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What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor Invoices
What are big brands paying to protect and buy domain names? Well, we have uncovered some invoices released by Wikileaks that give us some clues what domain name registrar MarkMonitor.com charged.
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What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor Invoices
What are big brands paying to protect and buy domain names? Well, we have uncovered some invoices released by Wikileaks that give us some clues what domain name registrar MarkMonitor.com charged.
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August 31, 2015, 1:47 pm
The Domains
20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency: “Everyone Will Be Using Them”
Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency whic...
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency: “Everyone Will Be Using Them”
Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency whic...
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August 31, 2015, 12:12 pm
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After The Run Off: Here Is THE Domain Conference Official Domain Industry Award Ballot
The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went live for voting and although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any c...
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After The Run Off: Here Is THE Domain Conference Official Domain Industry Award Ballot
The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went live for voting and although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any c...
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August 31, 2015, 11:00 am
The Domains
Amazon Registers Amazon3Dprinting.com – Filed a Patent Back in February
3D Printing has certainly been one of the hotter trends to take off over the years. Back in 2010 is when domainers really started talking about all things 3D with 3D printing being at the top of the list. Namepros started a thread dedicated to 3D in ...
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Amazon Registers Amazon3Dprinting.com – Filed a Patent Back in February
3D Printing has certainly been one of the hotter trends to take off over the years. Back in 2010 is when domainers really started talking about all things 3D with 3D printing being at the top of the list. Namepros started a thread dedicated to 3D in ...
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August 30, 2015, 8:30 pm
The Domains
Google’s Domain Buying Spree Continues With ABCAlphabet.com & Alphabet.kr
Google Inc. continues to buy domain names relating to the early August 2015 announcement of holding company Alphabet Inc. and has acquired ABCAlphabet.com that was a developed kids website. Alphabet.kr was also recently acquired by MarkMonitor.
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Google’s Domain Buying Spree Continues With ABCAlphabet.com & Alphabet.kr
Google Inc. continues to buy domain names relating to the early August 2015 announcement of holding company Alphabet Inc. and has acquired ABCAlphabet.com that was a developed kids website. Alphabet.kr was also recently acquired by MarkMonitor.
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August 29, 2015, 11:00 am
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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs – Contest winner inside
Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Co...
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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs – Contest winner inside
Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Co...
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August 28, 2015, 2:49 pm
The Domains
Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Apple Inc. has registered 11 new domain names relating to a music festival and also announced on September 18, 2015 the rebranding of iTunes Music Festival to Apple Music Festival. iHeart Music Festival starts September 18, 2015 and Apple Music Festi...
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Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So
Apple Inc. has registered 11 new domain names relating to a music festival and also announced on September 18, 2015 the rebranding of iTunes Music Festival to Apple Music Festival. iHeart Music Festival starts September 18, 2015 and Apple Music Festi...
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August 28, 2015, 2:31 pm
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Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers, we see Paypal acquire the domain name LifeMoment.com, Unilever Plc gains control over brand typo Hellmans.com (single n), CVS acquired typo CVVS.com from GoDaddy and many more corporate domain movers.
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Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers, we see Paypal acquire the domain name LifeMoment.com, Unilever Plc gains control over brand typo Hellmans.com (single n), CVS acquired typo CVVS.com from GoDaddy and many more corporate domain movers.
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August 28, 2015, 12:21 pm
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Can The FTC Sue You For Lax CyberSecurity ?
A couple years ago after some famous website hack, I was sitting in a Chipolte and said to a friend that somewhere down the road companies are going to get sued big time for getting hacked if they were lax in their security. My friend told me I was a...
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Can The FTC Sue You For Lax CyberSecurity ?
A couple years ago after some famous website hack, I was sitting in a Chipolte and said to a friend that somewhere down the road companies are going to get sued big time for getting hacked if they were lax in their security. My friend told me I was a...
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August 27, 2015, 7:39 pm
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Meet The Owners of The Domain Name Twins.com & It’s Not MLB But Actual Twins
Major League Baseball owns 27 of 30 team names as "domain names" and one of them not owned by MLB is Twins.com, that is actually owned by real twins.
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Meet The Owners of The Domain Name Twins.com & It’s Not MLB But Actual Twins
Major League Baseball owns 27 of 30 team names as "domain names" and one of them not owned by MLB is Twins.com, that is actually owned by real twins.
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August 27, 2015, 6:25 pm
