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Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
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Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
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October 4, 2012, 11:45 am
The Domains
Godaddy.com Kills Its Cloud Business As A Stand Alone Product
According to gigaom.com, Godaddy.com “has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product, according to an internal email shared with Gigaom.com by an anonymous ex-employee.” “After reviewing all of our hosting products, ...
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Godaddy.com Kills Its Cloud Business As A Stand Alone Product
According to gigaom.com, Godaddy.com “has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product, according to an internal email shared with Gigaom.com by an anonymous ex-employee.” “After reviewing all of our hosting products, ...
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October 4, 2012, 9:46 am
The Domains
The .Co Numbers Are In: Over 1.35 Million Registered .Co Domains: Our Chat With The COO
Its been just over two years since the .Co TLD launched and we reached out to Nicolai Bezsonoff, the Chief Operating Officer of .CO Internet, SAS the company that operates the .Co ccTLD to see if we could get some solid numbers on renewal rates and r...
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The .Co Numbers Are In: Over 1.35 Million Registered .Co Domains: Our Chat With The COO
Its been just over two years since the .Co TLD launched and we reached out to Nicolai Bezsonoff, the Chief Operating Officer of .CO Internet, SAS the company that operates the .Co ccTLD to see if we could get some solid numbers on renewal rates and r...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 7:35 am
The Domains
GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
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GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
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October 3, 2012, 8:27 am
The Domains
DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
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DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
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October 3, 2012, 7:47 am
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
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October 2, 2012, 5:00 pm
The Domains
240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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October 2, 2012, 3:43 pm
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
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Sedo.com Transactions For The Week Total $1.6 Million
Sedo just posted it weekly report. In all, 884 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totalling $1.6 million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ...
Discussion
October 2, 2012, 3:26 pm
The Domains
Hexonet Becomes The Lastest Registrar To Start Taking Pre-Registrations Of New gTLD’s
According to a press release out today Hexonet has become the latest registrar to start taking “pre-registrations” or really expressions of interest for new gTLD domain names. As normal there is no charge for submitting a pre-registration...
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Hexonet Becomes The Lastest Registrar To Start Taking Pre-Registrations Of New gTLD’s
According to a press release out today Hexonet has become the latest registrar to start taking “pre-registrations” or really expressions of interest for new gTLD domain names. As normal there is no charge for submitting a pre-registration...
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October 2, 2012, 11:59 am
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ContactCenters.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com & Audiophile.com Sells For $14K + More
A few notable sales from the drop auction houses. ContactCenters.com sold for $15,000 on Namejet.com Audiophile.com Sold for $14,000 on SnapNames.com Speaking of Snapnames.com another nice domain, replace.com sold for $9K as well Raceway.com which al...
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ContactCenters.com Sells For $15K On NameJet.com & Audiophile.com Sells For $14K + More
A few notable sales from the drop auction houses. ContactCenters.com sold for $15,000 on Namejet.com Audiophile.com Sold for $14,000 on SnapNames.com Speaking of Snapnames.com another nice domain, replace.com sold for $9K as well Raceway.com which al...
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October 2, 2012, 10:33 am
