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Domain Name Wire
Electronic Frontier Foundation takes down spoof malware site
Site was spreading malware under “Pawn Storm”. It’s a bit ironic, really. Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends privacy and online freedoms, was itself spoofed in an attempt to spread malware. The organization has won contro...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation takes down spoof malware site
Site was spreading malware under “Pawn Storm”. It’s a bit ironic, really. Electronic Frontier Foundation, which defends privacy and online freedoms, was itself spoofed in an attempt to spread malware. The organization has won contro...
Discussion
November 17, 2015, 2:26 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD—> Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Stewsday Tuesday
It’s hard to believe that 6 weeks ago when I said I was mass registering 5L.com pattern domains that they would be eaten up so quickly. There were MILLIONS to be had. When I was registering them there were a few hundred thousand tha...
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DSAD—> Shane’s LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Stewsday Tuesday
It’s hard to believe that 6 weeks ago when I said I was mass registering 5L.com pattern domains that they would be eaten up so quickly. There were MILLIONS to be had. When I was registering them there were a few hundred thousand tha...
Discussion
November 17, 2015, 10:22 am
Domain Name Wire
9 years later, Twitter gets Twitter.com.au
Company finally gets hold of Australian domain name. Twitter has won a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the Australian domain name Twitter.com.au. The company filed the complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization. Jason Boyce...
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9 years later, Twitter gets Twitter.com.au
Company finally gets hold of Australian domain name. Twitter has won a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the Australian domain name Twitter.com.au. The company filed the complaint with World Intellectual Property Organization. Jason Boyce...
Discussion
November 17, 2015, 1:14 am
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: Mistake.com, Lengthy.com, 7 LLLL.com Hit Reserve, Creature.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Mistake.com – Perception.com is selling off one of their one word .com’s at no reserve. . Lengthy.com – This domain won’t make you rich, but it’s a one word .com that will continue to be in dema...
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Flippa – A Look Forward: Mistake.com, Lengthy.com, 7 LLLL.com Hit Reserve, Creature.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Mistake.com – Perception.com is selling off one of their one word .com’s at no reserve. . Lengthy.com – This domain won’t make you rich, but it’s a one word .com that will continue to be in dema...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 9:46 pm
The Domains
Report: All Chinese Premium LLLL.org Domains Registered
I have received a report that all Chinese Premium four letter .org domain names have been registered. Chinese Premium domain names are those without a Vowel or the letter “v” According to registrarstats.com .Org had a net gain of over 12,...
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Report: All Chinese Premium LLLL.org Domains Registered
I have received a report that all Chinese Premium four letter .org domain names have been registered. Chinese Premium domain names are those without a Vowel or the letter “v” According to registrarstats.com .Org had a net gain of over 12,...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 8:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: Save the .Earth, .Forex and more
Targeted to eco-friendly sites, .Earth launches on Thursday. Earlier today I wrote about two new top level domain names that launched today: .broker and .forex. Investment opportunities are limited since .broker will set you back about $700 and .Fore...
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This week’s new TLDs: Save the .Earth, .Forex and more
Targeted to eco-friendly sites, .Earth launches on Thursday. Earlier today I wrote about two new top level domain names that launched today: .broker and .forex. Investment opportunities are limited since .broker will set you back about $700 and .Fore...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 6:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Read this UDRP before registering Monte Carlo domain names
Group waits for gambling use before filing claims. Société des bains de mer de Monaco has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain names MonteCarlo.biz and MonteCarlo.ws. This is an interesting case. The complainant is primarily owned by...
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Read this UDRP before registering Monte Carlo domain names
Group waits for gambling use before filing claims. Société des bains de mer de Monaco has lost a UDRP it filed against the domain names MonteCarlo.biz and MonteCarlo.ws. This is an interesting case. The complainant is primarily owned by...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 4:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Monte Cahn – DNW Podcast #59
Moniker founder discusses domain name investing. Monte Cahn founded domain name registrar Moniker and later sold it, and now is a partner with domain name consultancy Right of the Dot. On today’s program, Monte talks about how the domain name b...
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Monte Cahn – DNW Podcast #59
Moniker founder discusses domain name investing. Monte Cahn founded domain name registrar Moniker and later sold it, and now is a partner with domain name consultancy Right of the Dot. On today’s program, Monte talks about how the domain name b...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 4:30 pm
The Domains
Drug Giant Merck Buys DogFlu.com: Had a BIN Price of $19K
The drug giant Merck just bought the domain name DogFlu.com. The domain name was listed in Afternic.com with a Buy It Now price of $19,000. The domain was owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration according to the whois as recently as May ...
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Drug Giant Merck Buys DogFlu.com: Had a BIN Price of $19K
The drug giant Merck just bought the domain name DogFlu.com. The domain name was listed in Afternic.com with a Buy It Now price of $19,000. The domain was owned by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration according to the whois as recently as May ...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 4:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
This new top level domain name costs $30,000 per year to register
$30,000 a year for a domain name registration? We’ve seen some sky-high prices for domain name registrations in new top level domain names. .Rich for about $2,500 a year comes to mind. But that’s nothing compared to the price for .Spreadb...
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This new top level domain name costs $30,000 per year to register
$30,000 a year for a domain name registration? We’ve seen some sky-high prices for domain name registrations in new top level domain names. .Rich for about $2,500 a year comes to mind. But that’s nothing compared to the price for .Spreadb...
Discussion
November 16, 2015, 3:19 pm
