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Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP
s Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asser...
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Insurance.Pro Saved In UDRP
s Christopher Copeland (“Complainant”), just lost it bid to grab the domain name Insurance.Pro from Michael Silver who was represented by John Berryhil Here are the relevant facts and findings by the three member panel: Complainant asser...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 4:53 pm
The Domains
Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s
Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 ...
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Rightside Announces They Have Over 40 Registrars On Board To Carry Their New gTLD’s
Rightside™, the domain name services business of Demand Media (NYSE: DMD), today announced new partnerships with many of the world’s leading registrars to bring its portfolio of new Top Level Domains (TLDs) to market. More than 40 ...
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February 5, 2014, 3:58 pm
The Domains
Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in January 2014
NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: liu.com $155,688.00 bak.com $50,...
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Liu.com Leads NameJet Reported Sales in January 2014
NameJet reports $836,000 in reported sales for January. It was another strong month for short names as 34 out of the 83 reported names were 6 characters or less, including the top 7 sales. January sales above $2,000: liu.com $155,688.00 bak.com $50,...
Discussion
February 5, 2014, 10:10 am
The Domains
ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN...
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ICANN’s Sweetheart Of A Contract To PowerAuctions Covers All Costs & Gives Them 10′s Of Million In Upside
On 13 September 2013, ICANN entered into what may well be the most lucrative contract ever granted in ICANN’s history with Power Auctions LLC to conduct its Last Resort Auctions for new gTLD strings with more than one applicant. Under the ICANN...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 11:42 pm
The Domains
Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ?
Avi Dan wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes those people who had an ad running in the fourth quarter cringe. They paid the big bucks ...
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Are The Days Of Outrageously Expensive Super Bowl Commercials Over ?
Avi Dan wrote a piece for Forbes on whether the days of big money ads on Super Bowl Sunday are over. Of course looking at a game that was a blowout makes those people who had an ad running in the fourth quarter cringe. They paid the big bucks ...
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February 4, 2014, 9:37 pm
The Domains
Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.95 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/27/14 – 2/2/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,954,130. The top .com sale was lead by Crafting.com for $51,500, with the top non-com sale lead by Picnic.co & Random.co each for...
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Afternic/GoDaddy Sell $1.95 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 1/27/14 – 2/2/14 All sales for the week totalled $1,954,130. The top .com sale was lead by Crafting.com for $51,500, with the top non-com sale lead by Picnic.co & Random.co each for...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 8:48 pm
The Domains
Seddo Transactions Total $1.1 Million
Over the past week, 728 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $11 Million 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · &nbs...
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Seddo Transactions Total $1.1 Million
Over the past week, 728 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $11 Million 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · &nbs...
Discussion
February 4, 2014, 8:43 pm
The Domains
European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy
The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is “deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the p...
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European Commission Weights In On ICANN Last Resort Auction & They Are Not Happy
The European Commission filed a comment on the recently updated ICANN’s New gTLD Auction Rules. To summarize the European Commission is “deeply concerned about the implications that the Auction Rules in the gTLD program may have for the p...
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February 4, 2014, 5:57 pm
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UDRP Filed On Y8.Net; EntourageMovie.com; EntourageFilm.com
A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under privacy. UDRP filed on Two character domain names are pretty rare so we will keep on our eye ...
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UDRP Filed On Y8.Net; EntourageMovie.com; EntourageFilm.com
A few interesting UDRP filed today. Web Entertainment, LLC filed a UDRP on the domain name y8.net Y8.net is a gaming site, so is Y8.com which is owned under privacy. UDRP filed on Two character domain names are pretty rare so we will keep on our eye ...
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February 4, 2014, 3:17 pm
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Who Won The Super Bowl Of Search ?
Vanessa Fox wrote piece on MarketingLand.com that took a look at the Super Bowl of Search. In the article she started out with how long they have been covering the Super Bowl ads and their correlation to search. “It’s year number si...
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Who Won The Super Bowl Of Search ?
Vanessa Fox wrote piece on MarketingLand.com that took a look at the Super Bowl of Search. In the article she started out with how long they have been covering the Super Bowl ads and their correlation to search. “It’s year number si...
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February 4, 2014, 10:06 am
