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New gTLD 1st Day Domain Names Totals: .Video 3,271 & .Sale 2,160
Rightside launched two new gTLD domain name extensions into general availability (GA) yesterday .Video and .Sale Including all domain name registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those that paid a higher fee during the Early Access ...
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New gTLD 1st Day Domain Names Totals: .Video 3,271 & .Sale 2,160
Rightside launched two new gTLD domain name extensions into general availability (GA) yesterday .Video and .Sale Including all domain name registered in the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and those that paid a higher fee during the Early Access ...
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May 7, 2015, 1:45 pm

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Beautiful People Magazine Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On BeautifulPeople.com
Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) The Magazine filed a UDRP on five domain names: BeautifulPeople.com BeautifulPeople.net beautifulwomenonly.com gaybeautifulpeople.com beautifulpeoplega...
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Beautiful People Magazine Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On BeautifulPeople.com
Beautiful People Magazine, Inc. has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) The Magazine filed a UDRP on five domain names: BeautifulPeople.com BeautifulPeople.net beautifulwomenonly.com gaybeautifulpeople.com beautifulpeoplega...
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May 7, 2015, 1:31 pm

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.Club Celebrates It’s 1st Birthday & You Get The Present: $1 Domains At Godaddy Today Only
It’s .Club 1 year birthday and in celebration Godaddy.com is offering .Club registrations for just $1 (plus $.18 ICANN Fee) for just today, with no limit. Here is the press release from .club celebrating its birthday: “While...
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.Club Celebrates It’s 1st Birthday & You Get The Present: $1 Domains At Godaddy Today Only
It’s .Club 1 year birthday and in celebration Godaddy.com is offering .Club registrations for just $1 (plus $.18 ICANN Fee) for just today, with no limit. Here is the press release from .club celebrating its birthday: “While...
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May 7, 2015, 12:40 pm

The Domains
Namecheap Launches Online Marketplace For Small Businesses
Namecheap is launching a new marketplace today for small businesses according to Tech.co Rick Kirkendall, the CEO of Namecheap is quoted saying “The Marketplace is similar to the Apple app store, where external developers can submit apps for pe...
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Namecheap Launches Online Marketplace For Small Businesses
Namecheap is launching a new marketplace today for small businesses according to Tech.co Rick Kirkendall, the CEO of Namecheap is quoted saying “The Marketplace is similar to the Apple app store, where external developers can submit apps for pe...
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May 6, 2015, 3:23 pm

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One Member UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GreatRun.com
Nova Holdings Limited, Nova International Limited, and G.R. Events Limited, of Newcastle upon Tyne, of the UK represented by Bond Dickinson LLP, the United Kingdom (the “Complainants”) was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijackin...
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One Member UDRP Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On GreatRun.com
Nova Holdings Limited, Nova International Limited, and G.R. Events Limited, of Newcastle upon Tyne, of the UK represented by Bond Dickinson LLP, the United Kingdom (the “Complainants”) was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijackin...
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May 6, 2015, 2:39 pm

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Alpnames.com Offering Free .Party New gTLD Domain Name Registrations
Alpnames.com the registrar who offered free and then $.49 domain names for .Science which just broke the 250,000 domain registration mark, announced today that is was now offering free .Party domains. Famous Four Media is the registry for both .Scien...
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Alpnames.com Offering Free .Party New gTLD Domain Name Registrations
Alpnames.com the registrar who offered free and then $.49 domain names for .Science which just broke the 250,000 domain registration mark, announced today that is was now offering free .Party domains. Famous Four Media is the registry for both .Scien...
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May 6, 2015, 1:32 pm

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Is Carly Fiorina Lying About a Domain Registration? Seems So
We published a post earlier today about the domain name CarlyFiorina.org in response to 100+ stories published on how Carly failed to register the domain name CarlyFiorina.org and allowed a hater to get the domain and use it against her. Today in res...
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Is Carly Fiorina Lying About a Domain Registration? Seems So
We published a post earlier today about the domain name CarlyFiorina.org in response to 100+ stories published on how Carly failed to register the domain name CarlyFiorina.org and allowed a hater to get the domain and use it against her. Today in res...
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May 5, 2015, 11:53 pm

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It’s Official: NameJet Will Only Report Pending Delete Domains With 3 Or More Bidders
NameJet.com, the domain auction platform, recently implemented a change to how they display backorder information for dropping domains; i.e. domains in “pending delete” status. Since late-April NameJet is no longer displaying ...
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It’s Official: NameJet Will Only Report Pending Delete Domains With 3 Or More Bidders
NameJet.com, the domain auction platform, recently implemented a change to how they display backorder information for dropping domains; i.e. domains in “pending delete” status. Since late-April NameJet is no longer displaying ...
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May 5, 2015, 10:08 pm

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Sedo Transactions Total $1.5 Million Led by Daikuan.cn At 75,000 Euros
Over the past week, 583 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5 Million 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by daikuan.cn for 75,000 Euro’s which seems to mean &l...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.5 Million Led by Daikuan.cn At 75,000 Euros
Over the past week, 583 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.5 Million 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by daikuan.cn for 75,000 Euro’s which seems to mean &l...
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May 5, 2015, 8:18 pm

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Campaigns And Cybersquatters Register Domains up to Decades in Advance
CNBC published an article an hour ago taking a look at the brisk action in candidate domain names. “They’re the modern-day real estate,” said Amichaim Abramson, an entrepreneur based in Brooklyn, New York, who bought a number of dom...
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Campaigns And Cybersquatters Register Domains up to Decades in Advance
CNBC published an article an hour ago taking a look at the brisk action in candidate domain names. “They’re the modern-day real estate,” said Amichaim Abramson, an entrepreneur based in Brooklyn, New York, who bought a number of dom...
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May 5, 2015, 7:58 pm