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The Domains
$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor, .Property., .MLS & .IMMO?
Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) ...
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$5.6 Million A Good Buy For .Realty To Compete with .Realestate, Realtor, .Property., .MLS & .IMMO?
Last night the highest priced paid for a new gTLD of the three that were at the ICANN last resort auction yesterday was .Realty at $5.6 million purchased by domain industry veteran Jay Westerdal’s company. (The exact price paid was $5,588,888) ...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 2:31 pm
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals Are .Brutal: .Healthcare 1,406; .Vet 649; .Army 196; .Navy 116 .Airforce 110
5 new gTLD went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis and the 5 combined for just over 2,500 registrations. Including registrations by trademark holders in Sunri...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals Are .Brutal: .Healthcare 1,406; .Vet 649; .Army 196; .Navy 116 .Airforce 110
5 new gTLD went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis and the 5 combined for just over 2,500 registrations. Including registrations by trademark holders in Sunri...
Discussion
October 23, 2014, 11:35 am
The Domains
UK Charity “Homeless International” With an annual budget £20 million Rebrands To An .XYZ
Homeless International a .UK based charity with an annual budget £20 million announced today they were re-branding from Homeless-International.org to Reall.xyz The NGO has been around since 1989 “focusing on ur...
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UK Charity “Homeless International” With an annual budget £20 million Rebrands To An .XYZ
Homeless International a .UK based charity with an annual budget £20 million announced today they were re-branding from Homeless-International.org to Reall.xyz The NGO has been around since 1989 “focusing on ur...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 5:59 pm
The Domains
VirnetX Gets Patent For “Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names”
VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Patent no. 8,8...
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VirnetX Gets Patent For “Secure Communications Using Secure Domain Names”
VirnetX™ Holding Corporation (NYSE MKT: VHC), an Internet security software and technology company, announced today that on October 21, 2014, it was granted a new patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO); Patent no. 8,8...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 4:43 pm
The Domains
Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st Video
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of “”short, humorous videos this month” “As any aspiring entrepreneu...
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Verisign Launches “Eureka” Campaign To Promote .Com/.Net Domains; Here the 1st Video
Verisign, the registry operator for .com, .net announced today it was launching a new campaign to promote .Com and .Net domain names including a series of “”short, humorous videos this month” “As any aspiring entrepreneu...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 3:15 pm
The Domains
Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns A Trademark
My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions filed by the same complainant Aeropostale Procurement Company, Inc. of New York, one of which...
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Houston We Have A Problem: 2 URS Examiners Can’t Agree If The Same Company Owns A Trademark
My man Raymond Hackney who writes posts for thedomains.com, as well as his own blog at tldinvestors.com, pointed out two diametrically opposed URS decisions filed by the same complainant Aeropostale Procurement Company, Inc. of New York, one of which...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 1:15 pm
The Domains
86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave 200K That Want One
My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: “83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer Or .Attorney Domains” Konstantinos which is doing a great job this year on his b...
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86% Of Lawyers Not “Eager” to Get a .Lawyer/.Attorney Name? That Only Leave 200K That Want One
My fellow domain Blogger Konstantinos Zournas of OnlineDomain.com cited a poll on his site today in a post entitled: “83% Of Lawyers Not Eager To Get .Lawyer Or .Attorney Domains” Konstantinos which is doing a great job this year on his b...
Discussion
October 22, 2014, 12:40 am
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million
Sedo.com Released its sale report and over the past week, 484 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · ...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million
Sedo.com Released its sale report and over the past week, 484 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · ...
Discussion
October 21, 2014, 9:26 pm
The Domains
.Vet, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce Launching Tomorrow Have a Total Of Less Than 250 Domains
In addition to .Healthcare, four other new gTLD’s are launching tomorrow into General Availability; three are focused on the military, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce & then there is .Vet which could mean Veterans as in those who served ...
Discussion
.Vet, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce Launching Tomorrow Have a Total Of Less Than 250 Domains
In addition to .Healthcare, four other new gTLD’s are launching tomorrow into General Availability; three are focused on the military, .Army, .Navy & .Airforce & then there is .Vet which could mean Veterans as in those who served ...
Discussion
October 21, 2014, 3:49 pm
The Domains
Afilias: Joins Minds + Machines & Centralnic To London AIM Exchange To Raise $100 Million
Afilias today announces its intention to apply for admission of its issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange (“Admission”) to raise $100 Million dollars. The $100 million wi...
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Afilias: Joins Minds + Machines & Centralnic To London AIM Exchange To Raise $100 Million
Afilias today announces its intention to apply for admission of its issued and to be issued Ordinary Shares to trading on AIM, a market operated by the London Stock Exchange (“Admission”) to raise $100 Million dollars. The $100 million wi...
Discussion
October 21, 2014, 2:21 pm
