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SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks & Patents Pending
The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending” The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.com Here...
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SSL.com Hits The Market Including Operating Business, Trademarks & Patents Pending
The category killer domain name SSL.com has just hit the market. But the SSL.com is not just a domain sale. It includes a profitable business, federal trademarks and patents pending” The domain name is being brokered by MediaOptions.com Here...
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December 6, 2012, 8:48 am
The Domains
.Eu 3Q 2012 Report is Out & Registrations Increase By Over 7% To 3.67 Million; Renewal Rate 81%; 16K Domains Traded
EURID the company that manages the .Eu ccTLD issued its report this morning for the third quarter of 2012. Here are the relevant numbers: “The number of registered .eu domain names rose by 7.4% to 3.67 million when compared with Q3 2011.”...
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.Eu 3Q 2012 Report is Out & Registrations Increase By Over 7% To 3.67 Million; Renewal Rate 81%; 16K Domains Traded
EURID the company that manages the .Eu ccTLD issued its report this morning for the third quarter of 2012. Here are the relevant numbers: “The number of registered .eu domain names rose by 7.4% to 3.67 million when compared with Q3 2011.”...
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December 6, 2012, 8:34 am
The Domains
Brand Protection Companies Need To Do Better Job Protecting Their Clients On TM Dropping Domains
We have written many times about instances where Brand Protection companies fail to protect their clients by not registering or acquiring domain names before the launch of a new product or service. Today we are calling them out for not even attemptin...
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Brand Protection Companies Need To Do Better Job Protecting Their Clients On TM Dropping Domains
We have written many times about instances where Brand Protection companies fail to protect their clients by not registering or acquiring domain names before the launch of a new product or service. Today we are calling them out for not even attemptin...
Discussion
December 6, 2012, 8:33 am
The Domains
Congress Passes A Resolution Unanimously 397-0 Calling On The US To Oppose UN Control of the Internet
The House of representatives voted today unanimously to pass Senate resolution S.Con.Res. 50 that calls on the U.S. government to oppose United Nations control of the Internet. The Senate approved the resolution unanimously in September so the ...
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Congress Passes A Resolution Unanimously 397-0 Calling On The US To Oppose UN Control of the Internet
The House of representatives voted today unanimously to pass Senate resolution S.Con.Res. 50 that calls on the U.S. government to oppose United Nations control of the Internet. The Senate approved the resolution unanimously in September so the ...
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December 5, 2012, 5:46 pm
The Domains
If Your In Contention For a New gTLD Your Draw Number Is Only As Good As The Worst Number Picked By A Competing Applicant
As the ICANN draw of December 17th is less than two weeks away, one issue that has been debated on Facebook is the importance of the draw for those new gTLD’s strings in contention. Today ICANN settled one issue giving IDN applications preferen...
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If Your In Contention For a New gTLD Your Draw Number Is Only As Good As The Worst Number Picked By A Competing Applicant
As the ICANN draw of December 17th is less than two weeks away, one issue that has been debated on Facebook is the importance of the draw for those new gTLD’s strings in contention. Today ICANN settled one issue giving IDN applications preferen...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 3:53 pm
The Domains
The NBA’s New Orleans Hornets To Become The New Orleans Pelicans & A Cover Band May Strike It Rich
According to an ESPN report the New Orleans Hornets are going to become the New Orleans Pelicans, meaning that someone just won the domain name lottery with Pelicans.com The domain name Pelicans.com as fellow south Floridan Scott Ross points out on h...
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The NBA’s New Orleans Hornets To Become The New Orleans Pelicans & A Cover Band May Strike It Rich
According to an ESPN report the New Orleans Hornets are going to become the New Orleans Pelicans, meaning that someone just won the domain name lottery with Pelicans.com The domain name Pelicans.com as fellow south Floridan Scott Ross points out on h...
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December 5, 2012, 11:37 am
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Registration For Domaining Spain 2013 Is Now Opened: Here’s How You Can Save 50% Off The Registration Fee
The 2nd Domaining Spain conference is going to be held from April 25-27, 2013 in Valencia, Spain and follows on the heels of what was a very well received initial conference held earlier this year. The conference will be centered around ccTLD and the...
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Registration For Domaining Spain 2013 Is Now Opened: Here’s How You Can Save 50% Off The Registration Fee
The 2nd Domaining Spain conference is going to be held from April 25-27, 2013 in Valencia, Spain and follows on the heels of what was a very well received initial conference held earlier this year. The conference will be centered around ccTLD and the...
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December 5, 2012, 9:23 am
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Afternic.com Sells $1.15MM In Domains Led By Snipes.com For $50K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,146,186 for the week ending December 2nd, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Snipes.com at $50,000, followed by Calorease.com at $20,000. Below is the complete list...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.15MM In Domains Led By Snipes.com For $50K
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,146,186 for the week ending December 2nd, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Snipes.com at $50,000, followed by Calorease.com at $20,000. Below is the complete list...
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December 4, 2012, 6:48 pm
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.7 Million For The Week Led By HotelsGuide.com For $60K
Sedo.com just issued its weekly report and in all 928 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.7 million. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: &m...
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Sedo Transactions Total Over $1.7 Million For The Week Led By HotelsGuide.com For $60K
Sedo.com just issued its weekly report and in all 928 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.7 million. Over 41% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: &m...
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December 4, 2012, 4:05 pm
The Domains
Did Another Domain Parking Company Just Buy Internet-Traffic.com For $1K? Fair or Foul?
I just noticed an interesting domain name cross the Sedo.com sales wire today. The domain name is Internet-Traffic.com which is identical to Frank Schilling’s monetization company, InternetTraffic.com with the addition of a hyphen. The dom...
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Did Another Domain Parking Company Just Buy Internet-Traffic.com For $1K? Fair or Foul?
I just noticed an interesting domain name cross the Sedo.com sales wire today. The domain name is Internet-Traffic.com which is identical to Frank Schilling’s monetization company, InternetTraffic.com with the addition of a hyphen. The dom...
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December 4, 2012, 2:05 pm
