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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT
I shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United Sta...
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT
I shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United Sta...
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June 20, 2014, 6:00 pm
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap
Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though ...
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap
Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though ...
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June 20, 2014, 5:31 pm
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted
I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” d...
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted
I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” d...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 3:06 pm
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br A...
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br A...
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June 20, 2014, 2:29 pm
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Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites WorldWide
We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the artic...
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Canadian Court Rules Google Must Remove Websites WorldWide
We wrote previously about a ruling by the European Union with regards to the “right to be forgotten”. Now a Canadian court has ordered Google to remove sites worldwide. Amy Gesenhues covered the story on Search Engine Land, from the artic...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 9:10 am
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Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com over New gTLD’s
The results of a su...
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Shocking: Verisign Backed Study Shows 80% Of Small Businesses Prefer .Com over New gTLD’s
The results of a su...
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June 19, 2014, 3:01 pm
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1st Day Of New gTLD Launches .Community 2,206; .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854; .Cleaning 751
For new gTLD launched yesterday and the total registrations for all four of Donuts strings after the 1st day of general availability came under 5,000 registrations including Sunrise and Early Access Program registrations. Here are the totals for the ...
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1st Day Of New gTLD Launches .Community 2,206; .Cards 1,027; .Catering 854; .Cleaning 751
For new gTLD launched yesterday and the total registrations for all four of Donuts strings after the 1st day of general availability came under 5,000 registrations including Sunrise and Early Access Program registrations. Here are the totals for the ...
Discussion
June 19, 2014, 12:55 pm
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Radix Announces Timeline for .Press “The Changing Face of Journalism”
Radix, announced today the timeline for rolling out their new gTLD .Press .Press will be available starting June 24th for Sunrise, the Landrush phase will follow starting on August 26th, 2014 “where anyone can register short and generic domain ...
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Radix Announces Timeline for .Press “The Changing Face of Journalism”
Radix, announced today the timeline for rolling out their new gTLD .Press .Press will be available starting June 24th for Sunrise, the Landrush phase will follow starting on August 26th, 2014 “where anyone can register short and generic domain ...
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June 18, 2014, 5:53 pm
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ReTweet.com Is Over $11K On Godaddy With 2+ Hours to Go
I just noticed a pretty interesting auction going on Godaddy.com right now The domain is ReTweet.com The high bid as of publication is $11,250 There are 127 bids as of the moment and 19 bidders The auction closes at 01:09 PM (PDT) subject to Godaddy&...
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ReTweet.com Is Over $11K On Godaddy With 2+ Hours to Go
I just noticed a pretty interesting auction going on Godaddy.com right now The domain is ReTweet.com The high bid as of publication is $11,250 There are 127 bids as of the moment and 19 bidders The auction closes at 01:09 PM (PDT) subject to Godaddy&...
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June 18, 2014, 5:31 pm
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DNA Asks Apple To Recognize New gTLD’s in It’s Safari Browser, Apple ID & Apple Devices
The Domain Name Association (DNA) asked Apple yesterday to update its Safari Browser to recognize new gTLD domain names. Writing on behalf of the Association Executive Director Kurt Pritz in a letter sent to Apple, ...
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DNA Asks Apple To Recognize New gTLD’s in It’s Safari Browser, Apple ID & Apple Devices
The Domain Name Association (DNA) asked Apple yesterday to update its Safari Browser to recognize new gTLD domain names. Writing on behalf of the Association Executive Director Kurt Pritz in a letter sent to Apple, ...
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June 18, 2014, 5:00 pm
