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Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
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Paul Sloan Writes For Cnet On Amazon New gTLD Applications: “We Want To Own Them All”
Paul Sloan just wrote a piece for Cnet.com about Amazon’s 76 new gTLD applications of which all Amazon plans to run as a closed registries, meaning that no one will be able to register any domain names under any string other than Amazon t...
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June 21, 2012, 6:47 pm
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Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
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Another Generic, The Spanish Word For Coast; Costa.com Gets Hit With A UDRP
Someone just filed a UDRP against the domain name Costa.com Costa is Spanish for the English word Coast. The domain name belongs to Electric Online, Inc. The domain goes to a parking page where results are showing for Costa Cruise Lines. Costa Cruise...
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June 21, 2012, 6:23 pm
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Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
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Afternic.com Adds China’s Largest Registrar HiChina To Its DLS Network
Afternic.com announced today that China’s largest registrar, HiChina will join the Afternic DLS Reseller Network, listing Afternic’s premium domains for sale on its website, www.net.cn. “This will add millions of high-quality premiu...
Discussion
June 21, 2012, 5:48 pm
The Domains
Vanity.com Lost In A UDRP Despite Pending Federal Court Case: Asking $1M For A Domain Is Bad Faith
In a case that should be VERY troubling for all domain holders the a one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name Vanity.com to a Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, Inc, a trademark holder, despite the fact that the domain holder already filed a case ...
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Vanity.com Lost In A UDRP Despite Pending Federal Court Case: Asking $1M For A Domain Is Bad Faith
In a case that should be VERY troubling for all domain holders the a one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name Vanity.com to a Vanity Shop of Grand Forks, Inc, a trademark holder, despite the fact that the domain holder already filed a case ...
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June 20, 2012, 7:35 pm
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Quick Poll: Pound For Pound Whose New gTLD Strings Are The Best
Now that all of the players who applied for multiple new gTLD strings are know and the strings they applied for are on the table I figured you might want to chime in on who you thought had the best set of new gTLD strings, pound for pound, dollar for...
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Quick Poll: Pound For Pound Whose New gTLD Strings Are The Best
Now that all of the players who applied for multiple new gTLD strings are know and the strings they applied for are on the table I figured you might want to chime in on who you thought had the best set of new gTLD strings, pound for pound, dollar for...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 8:15 am
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Sedo Joins With Brands-and-Jingles For Domain Auction Of 190 .Me Domains Including: Tagged.me; Follows.me, Shared.Me
According to a press release out tonight, “Sedo.com is running in partnership with Brands-and-Jingles is holding an auction of 190 premium .ME domain “at the level of the nominal prices ranging between $149 and $999.” Un...
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Sedo Joins With Brands-and-Jingles For Domain Auction Of 190 .Me Domains Including: Tagged.me; Follows.me, Shared.Me
According to a press release out tonight, “Sedo.com is running in partnership with Brands-and-Jingles is holding an auction of 190 premium .ME domain “at the level of the nominal prices ranging between $149 and $999.” Un...
Discussion
June 20, 2012, 4:34 am
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Afternic.com Sells $1.02MM In Domains Led By Sunless.com For $25K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,023,904 for the week ending June 17th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Sunless.com at $24,500, followed by yif.com at $22,000. Below is the complete list ...
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Afternic.com Sells $1.02MM In Domains Led By Sunless.com For $25K
Afternic.com just published its weekly report of domain name sales totalling $1,023,904 for the week ending June 17th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by Sunless.com at $24,500, followed by yif.com at $22,000. Below is the complete list ...
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June 19, 2012, 5:10 pm
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Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By Cruise.me for $28,500
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 18th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Cruise.me at $28,500. Other domains topping the list of public sales were festivals.de for €12,500 & kfzteile.n...
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Sedo.com Sells $1.4MM In Domains Led By Cruise.me for $28,500
Sedo.com just announced its weekly sales data ending June 18th, 2012. In all over $1.4MM of domains were sold. The top seller was Cruise.me at $28,500. Other domains topping the list of public sales were festivals.de for €12,500 & kfzteile.n...
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June 19, 2012, 4:16 pm
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Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
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Afternic Summer Auction Ends On Thurday & Hipster.com Leads The Way
The Afternic.com Summer Auction ends this Thursday at 3:15pm EST on SnapNames and at time of publication there are only a few domains past the reserve with bids. Hipsters.com leads the way on the auction at $8,250 with 4 bids. CityTrade.com has the m...
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June 19, 2012, 11:45 am
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Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
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Moniker.com/SnapNames.com Is the Lastest New gTLD Landrush/Sunrise Auction Provider
According to a press release just out Moniker® and SnapNames®, announced today they were going to provide Sunrise and Land Rush auction services for new gTLD registries “Leveraging industry expertise and patented technology, auction ser...
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June 19, 2012, 11:30 am
