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BustaRhymes.com Sells For $1,300 on NameJet.com: Now What?
The auction for the domain name BustaRhymes.com ended today on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $1,300. As we told you the other day the domain name BustaRhymes.com dropped when his management company apparently failed to renew the domain regi...
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BustaRhymes.com Sells For $1,300 on NameJet.com: Now What?
The auction for the domain name BustaRhymes.com ended today on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $1,300. As we told you the other day the domain name BustaRhymes.com dropped when his management company apparently failed to renew the domain regi...
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December 24, 2011, 5:50 pm
The Domains
ICANN Lays Out Actual Numbers To Three Year Reserve Requirement Number To Operate A New gTLD Registry
As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that meets ICANN qualifications which is also set out below. ICANN however has not put th...
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ICANN Lays Out Actual Numbers To Three Year Reserve Requirement Number To Operate A New gTLD Registry
As part of the new gTLD program, all new gTLD applicants are required to provide for three years of operating expenses, in the way of a cash deposit with a bank that meets ICANN qualifications which is also set out below. ICANN however has not put th...
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December 24, 2011, 11:51 am
The Domains
2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000
On Thursday as you probably know by now, a poster on Reditt.com called for people to move their domain names away from Godaddy calling December 29th as the day to do so. Yesterday Godaddy.com reversed it position in the early afternoon EST pulling it...
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2 Days Loss From Transfers Out Of Godaddy.com: 37,000
On Thursday as you probably know by now, a poster on Reditt.com called for people to move their domain names away from Godaddy calling December 29th as the day to do so. Yesterday Godaddy.com reversed it position in the early afternoon EST pulling it...
Discussion
December 24, 2011, 11:40 am
The Domains
Flippa.com Publishes Its Year In Review: 26K Sales & $31 Million In Sales
Flippa.com published today its 2011 Year-In-Review report. Here are the highlights from the report: There were 26,213 website and domain sales on Flippa.com this year, totaling just over $31 million. 659 sales were over $5,000 and 205 sales ove...
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Flippa.com Publishes Its Year In Review: 26K Sales & $31 Million In Sales
Flippa.com published today its 2011 Year-In-Review report. Here are the highlights from the report: There were 26,213 website and domain sales on Flippa.com this year, totaling just over $31 million. 659 sales were over $5,000 and 205 sales ove...
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December 23, 2011, 4:45 pm
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Breaking: Facing A Boycott Godaddy Caves In On SOPA & Now “No Longer Supports It”
Wow that was quick. One day after a post on Reddit called for a boycott of Godaddy.com due to its support of the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), Godaddy.com just issued a statement saying it no longer supports it. “”&qu...
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Breaking: Facing A Boycott Godaddy Caves In On SOPA & Now “No Longer Supports It”
Wow that was quick. One day after a post on Reddit called for a boycott of Godaddy.com due to its support of the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), Godaddy.com just issued a statement saying it no longer supports it. “”&qu...
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December 23, 2011, 2:01 pm
The Domains
UDRP Panelist & Lawyer Neil Brown Starts His Own Blog At DomainTimes.Info
Neil Brown, a frequent UDRP panelist and lawyer has started his own blog at DomainTimes.info. According to the site DomainTimes.info: “Is intended to keep you up to date with developments in domain names – especially the arbitration of di...
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UDRP Panelist & Lawyer Neil Brown Starts His Own Blog At DomainTimes.Info
Neil Brown, a frequent UDRP panelist and lawyer has started his own blog at DomainTimes.info. According to the site DomainTimes.info: “Is intended to keep you up to date with developments in domain names – especially the arbitration of di...
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December 22, 2011, 8:18 pm
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Verisign Domain Name Industry Report For 3rd Q Is Out: 220 Million Domains: 112 Million .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), just issued its Domain Name Industry Brief Report for the third quarter of 2011. As of September 30, 2011 there are nearly 220 million domain names registered worldwide across all extensions. The increase of ...
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Verisign Domain Name Industry Report For 3rd Q Is Out: 220 Million Domains: 112 Million .Com/.Net Domains
VeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), just issued its Domain Name Industry Brief Report for the third quarter of 2011. As of September 30, 2011 there are nearly 220 million domain names registered worldwide across all extensions. The increase of ...
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December 22, 2011, 4:31 pm
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Red Hot on Reddit.com: “Move Your Domain Away From Godaddy Day” Based Off Of Support Of SOPA
A red hot story on Reddit.com this morning started by one domain holder has already gotten over 4,500 comments. The post that started it all is only a little over 3 hours old on Reddit.com and is entitled: “GoDaddy supports SOPA, I’m tran...
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Red Hot on Reddit.com: “Move Your Domain Away From Godaddy Day” Based Off Of Support Of SOPA
A red hot story on Reddit.com this morning started by one domain holder has already gotten over 4,500 comments. The post that started it all is only a little over 3 hours old on Reddit.com and is entitled: “GoDaddy supports SOPA, I’m tran...
Discussion
December 22, 2011, 1:28 pm
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What Percentage of .XXX Domains Are Defensive; Two Stories Out Today: One says 48% The Other 83%
So what portion of .XXX domain name registrations were defensive that is purchased or registered to either block the domain name or for other reasons that to use the domain actively in the adult space. Two stories are out on the topic today. Accordin...
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What Percentage of .XXX Domains Are Defensive; Two Stories Out Today: One says 48% The Other 83%
So what portion of .XXX domain name registrations were defensive that is purchased or registered to either block the domain name or for other reasons that to use the domain actively in the adult space. Two stories are out on the topic today. Accordin...
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December 22, 2011, 12:09 pm
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ICANN Publishes It’s Annual Report & Reports $100 Million In Assets
ICANN just published its annual report for 2011 and god bless in the worst economy of our lifetimes they manged to get up to just short of $100 Million in cash, investments and accounts receivable for the year ending June 30, 2011. According to the r...
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ICANN Publishes It’s Annual Report & Reports $100 Million In Assets
ICANN just published its annual report for 2011 and god bless in the worst economy of our lifetimes they manged to get up to just short of $100 Million in cash, investments and accounts receivable for the year ending June 30, 2011. According to the r...
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December 21, 2011, 6:16 pm
