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AFNIC Awarded New Contract To Run .FR Registry But Only After Open Bidding Results In Reduced Prices
I know that a lot of American’s complain about the French, but in this case they got it right and we got it wrong. Like Verisign which operates the .com/.net registry under contract, AFNIC is the company that run’s the .FR registry for Fr...
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AFNIC Awarded New Contract To Run .FR Registry But Only After Open Bidding Results In Reduced Prices
I know that a lot of American’s complain about the French, but in this case they got it right and we got it wrong. Like Verisign which operates the .com/.net registry under contract, AFNIC is the company that run’s the .FR registry for Fr...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 11:19 am
The Domains
Ukrainian Registrar Ukrnames Has Joined the SedoMLS Premium Network
Sedo announced this morning that Ukrainian registrar Ukrnames has joined the SedoMLS Premium network. “Full SedoMLS Premium partners like Ukrnames offer their customers the ability to purchase premium domains directly at their website, and to l...
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Ukrainian Registrar Ukrnames Has Joined the SedoMLS Premium Network
Sedo announced this morning that Ukrainian registrar Ukrnames has joined the SedoMLS Premium network. “Full SedoMLS Premium partners like Ukrnames offer their customers the ability to purchase premium domains directly at their website, and to l...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 9:55 am
The Domains
With An Original Registration Date Of 2007 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.com Can Soon Be Yours
As I go through the drop lists every day once in a while a name catches my eye. In this case I’m highlighting the domain name mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.com Yes the letter M repeated 24 times. The letter M repeated 23x .com is available but the l...
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With An Original Registration Date Of 2007 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.com Can Soon Be Yours
As I go through the drop lists every day once in a while a name catches my eye. In this case I’m highlighting the domain name mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.com Yes the letter M repeated 24 times. The letter M repeated 23x .com is available but the l...
Discussion
August 7, 2012, 8:27 am
The Domains
A One Person UDRP Panelist Comes To A Spilt Decision On 106 Domains Brought By Match.com
Match.com just won a UDRP on 104 of 106 domain names owned by one party, by a “split decision”. A split decision might be easy to understand if it was a three member panel, but in this case it wasn’t. A one member panel came t...
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A One Person UDRP Panelist Comes To A Spilt Decision On 106 Domains Brought By Match.com
Match.com just won a UDRP on 104 of 106 domain names owned by one party, by a “split decision”. A split decision might be easy to understand if it was a three member panel, but in this case it wasn’t. A one member panel came t...
Discussion
August 6, 2012, 9:13 pm
The Domains
Of.org Sells For $7,600 On NameJet.com; FacebookMobile.com Sells for $4K
Of.org sold for a pretty low price for a two letter .org which spells a word The closing auction price was only $7,603 on NameJet.com. There were almost 200 people in the auction but only 14 bid $1K or more for the domain. On the other hand a Tradema...
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Of.org Sells For $7,600 On NameJet.com; FacebookMobile.com Sells for $4K
Of.org sold for a pretty low price for a two letter .org which spells a word The closing auction price was only $7,603 on NameJet.com. There were almost 200 people in the auction but only 14 bid $1K or more for the domain. On the other hand a Tradema...
Discussion
August 6, 2012, 7:08 pm
The Domains
Turner Broadcasting Buys Bleacher Report for a Reported $175 Million
The BleacherReport.com has been sold to Turner Broadcasting for $175 Million dollars. The site was started just 6 years ago by four high school friends . The Wall Street Journal reported the price as “about $175 million.” TimeWarner owns ...
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Turner Broadcasting Buys Bleacher Report for a Reported $175 Million
The BleacherReport.com has been sold to Turner Broadcasting for $175 Million dollars. The site was started just 6 years ago by four high school friends . The Wall Street Journal reported the price as “about $175 million.” TimeWarner owns ...
Discussion
August 6, 2012, 3:10 pm
The Domains
TRAFFIC Opens Up Submissions For The Live Domains Auction Including Pay For Submission Domains
According an email sent out by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference they are formally opening up submission for the live domain name auction that will be held at the conference. Like last year there are several ways to get you domain submitted in...
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TRAFFIC Opens Up Submissions For The Live Domains Auction Including Pay For Submission Domains
According an email sent out by the organizers of the TRAFFIC conference they are formally opening up submission for the live domain name auction that will be held at the conference. Like last year there are several ways to get you domain submitted in...
Discussion
August 6, 2012, 10:39 am
The Domains
UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Navista.com, Owned By The Same Company That Owns UDRPSearch.com
A One person UDRP panel rejected the claim of Navista S.A. of Perpignan, France on the domain name Navista against the domain holder/Respondent, Virtual Point Inc. dba CrossPath, who was represented by Mike Rodenbaugh. Virtual Point, Inc. says it has...
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UDRP Panel Rejects Claim On Navista.com, Owned By The Same Company That Owns UDRPSearch.com
A One person UDRP panel rejected the claim of Navista S.A. of Perpignan, France on the domain name Navista against the domain holder/Respondent, Virtual Point Inc. dba CrossPath, who was represented by Mike Rodenbaugh. Virtual Point, Inc. says it has...
Discussion
August 6, 2012, 10:23 am
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Over 200 New Domain Registrations Point To A Las Vegas Sands Owned Casino In Canada
Over 200 new domain name registrations yesterday certainly indicate that Las Vegas Sands Corporation is looking to place a casino in Canada and it looks like Toronto is the target. Not only did Sands register domains for a casino with alternative nam...
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Over 200 New Domain Registrations Point To A Las Vegas Sands Owned Casino In Canada
Over 200 new domain name registrations yesterday certainly indicate that Las Vegas Sands Corporation is looking to place a casino in Canada and it looks like Toronto is the target. Not only did Sands register domains for a casino with alternative nam...
Discussion
August 4, 2012, 6:20 pm
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2 UDRP Panels Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Today on Mindo.com & SHA.com
In what be a record day, a two separate UDRP panels have found complainants guilt of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The first case involved the domain name Mindo.com The second case involved the three letter domain name SHA.com In the Mindo.co...
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2 UDRP Panels Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Today on Mindo.com & SHA.com
In what be a record day, a two separate UDRP panels have found complainants guilt of reverse domain name hijacking (RDNH). The first case involved the domain name Mindo.com The second case involved the three letter domain name SHA.com In the Mindo.co...
Discussion
August 3, 2012, 12:22 pm
