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FreshDrop’s Pheenix Changes On Aug 1 To Accept Multiple Back orders & Provide For Drop Auctions
Freshdrop which officially rolled out their back order program out of Beta on April 23rd under the name of Pheenix, announced today that it will be changing their back order system effective August 1st from a one domain per back order system to one w...
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FreshDrop’s Pheenix Changes On Aug 1 To Accept Multiple Back orders & Provide For Drop Auctions
Freshdrop which officially rolled out their back order program out of Beta on April 23rd under the name of Pheenix, announced today that it will be changing their back order system effective August 1st from a one domain per back order system to one w...
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July 22, 2013, 8:24 am
The Domains
Shop.Org Study: U.S. Companies To Spend 40% Of Marketing Budget On Paid Search & 14% On SEO
As study cited by MediaPost.com conducted by Shop.org and Forrester Research entitled: State Of Retailing Online 2013: Marketing &; Merchandising, found that “U.S. companies will invest about 40% of their $7.6 million aggregate marketi...
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Shop.Org Study: U.S. Companies To Spend 40% Of Marketing Budget On Paid Search & 14% On SEO
As study cited by MediaPost.com conducted by Shop.org and Forrester Research entitled: State Of Retailing Online 2013: Marketing &; Merchandising, found that “U.S. companies will invest about 40% of their $7.6 million aggregate marketi...
Discussion
July 21, 2013, 10:59 am
The Domains
Apple Files 2 UDRP Seeking 28 Domains Including FindMyiPad.com & Macbook7.com
Apple Computers filed two UDRP’s today seeking 28 domain names in total with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Some of the domain names sort are typo’s like apole.com,appestore.com, applesore.com, applestpre.com, applest...
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Apple Files 2 UDRP Seeking 28 Domains Including FindMyiPad.com & Macbook7.com
Apple Computers filed two UDRP’s today seeking 28 domain names in total with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Some of the domain names sort are typo’s like apole.com,appestore.com, applesore.com, applestpre.com, applest...
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July 21, 2013, 10:25 am
The Domains
The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting...
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The ICA Forces ICANN To Issue A “Status Report on UDRP/URS Providers & Uniformity of Process”
ICANN issued a Status Report on UDRP Providers and Uniformity of Process, last night and the timing of it makes it look as a direct result of the criticism of Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) made public during the ICANN meeting...
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July 20, 2013, 8:53 am
The Domains
Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com
In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by Premier Models International Inc of New Y...
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Shocker? Publisher Of Vogue Loses UDRP ON The Domain Name VogueFashionModels.com
In one of the more interesting UDRP decision of the year the publisher of Vogue Magazine, Advance Magazine Publishers Inc. of New York, lost a UDRP on the domain VogueFashionModels.com which is owned by Premier Models International Inc of New Y...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 4:27 pm
The Domains
.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity; .Faith; .Brother; .Dupont; .WTF
Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application b...
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.Christmas Comes Early As 89 New gTLD Pass IE: .Madrid; .Nokia; .Audi; .Xfinity; .Faith; .Brother; .Dupont; .WTF
Christmas came early for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry whose new gTLD application for .Christmas was one of the 89 to pass ICANN’s Initial Evaluation (IE) today Other application passing IE of note today were: The Gergraphic application b...
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July 19, 2013, 4:00 pm
The Domains
RSS.COM Sold For $135,000
Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal priva...
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RSS.COM Sold For $135,000
Ron Sheridan just informed TheDomains.com that he has sold the domain name RSS.com for $135,000. Ron acquired the domain from Sedo.com in 2009 for $125,000. The lead for the sale came through DomainNameSales.com although Ron negotiated the deal priva...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 11:56 am
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2 Weeks After Seizing 46 Domains, Feds Allow Domains To Expire & Can They Can Go Back To The Previous Owner
On July 5th we told you that some agency of the federal government seized 46 domain names. We noted at the time all 46 were very close to expiration. Today the servers on all 46 domain names that were seized on July 4th have been switched back to Dom...
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2 Weeks After Seizing 46 Domains, Feds Allow Domains To Expire & Can They Can Go Back To The Previous Owner
On July 5th we told you that some agency of the federal government seized 46 domain names. We noted at the time all 46 were very close to expiration. Today the servers on all 46 domain names that were seized on July 4th have been switched back to Dom...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 10:21 am
The Domains
After Losing UDRP For WIIU.com, Nintendo Allows Domain Like Wiisport.com GamesforWii.com To Drop
After losing a well publicized UDRP decision on WiiU.com, Nintendo allowed other bang on Wii domain names to drop this week only to sit by and watch them be re-registered by companies other than Nintendo. We have pointed this corporate mentality many...
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After Losing UDRP For WIIU.com, Nintendo Allows Domain Like Wiisport.com GamesforWii.com To Drop
After losing a well publicized UDRP decision on WiiU.com, Nintendo allowed other bang on Wii domain names to drop this week only to sit by and watch them be re-registered by companies other than Nintendo. We have pointed this corporate mentality many...
Discussion
July 19, 2013, 9:55 am
The Domains
HuntingMoon Updates Its Site To Allows Domains To Be Listed For Sale For Free & Opens Marketplace For Apps
With over ten million dollars of domains and developed sites sales since 2006, HuntingMoon.com has made a dramatic update to its selling policies, enabling domain owners to list their domain names for sale and auction for free. Unlike other domain ma...
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HuntingMoon Updates Its Site To Allows Domains To Be Listed For Sale For Free & Opens Marketplace For Apps
With over ten million dollars of domains and developed sites sales since 2006, HuntingMoon.com has made a dramatic update to its selling policies, enabling domain owners to list their domain names for sale and auction for free. Unlike other domain ma...
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July 19, 2013, 8:14 am
