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The Domains
DNF.com has sold
DNF.com has sold the domain which forwarded to DNForum.com is now owned by a registrant in China. Registrant Contact Name: ZHENGTIANBING Organization: ZHENG TIANBING Mailing Address: LONGGANG BANTIAN CHANGKENG 3XIANG 14HAO 1104, shen zhen shi guang d...
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DNF.com has sold
DNF.com has sold the domain which forwarded to DNForum.com is now owned by a registrant in China. Registrant Contact Name: ZHENGTIANBING Organization: ZHENG TIANBING Mailing Address: LONGGANG BANTIAN CHANGKENG 3XIANG 14HAO 1104, shen zhen shi guang d...
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October 21, 2015, 3:59 pm
The Domains
After Offering $400, Brian Fera Loses UDRP To Grab Two Letter Domain Wi.com
Brian Fera of Heppenheim, Germany, just lost its attempt to grab the two letter .com domain name of Wi.com in a UDRP The domain is owned by Media Options S.A.who was represented by Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC, The three member panel of Tony Willou...
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After Offering $400, Brian Fera Loses UDRP To Grab Two Letter Domain Wi.com
Brian Fera of Heppenheim, Germany, just lost its attempt to grab the two letter .com domain name of Wi.com in a UDRP The domain is owned by Media Options S.A.who was represented by Greenberg & Lieberman, LLC, The three member panel of Tony Willou...
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October 21, 2015, 3:45 pm
The Domains
New Study: 88% of Startups Have .Com Domain Names: 41% Are “Invented Names”
A new study out today by Clutch, a Washington, DC-based research firm, whose domain name is Clutch.co, shows that 41% of newer, venture-funded startups have invented names, almost three times the amount of invented names in comparison to other high g...
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New Study: 88% of Startups Have .Com Domain Names: 41% Are “Invented Names”
A new study out today by Clutch, a Washington, DC-based research firm, whose domain name is Clutch.co, shows that 41% of newer, venture-funded startups have invented names, almost three times the amount of invented names in comparison to other high g...
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October 21, 2015, 2:53 pm
The Domains
New Lender For Domains Lendvo.com Co-Founded By Ben Lichtman
There is a new lender for domain names, Lendvo.com. The co-founder of the company is Ben Lichtman who is the nephew of the late and legendary domain investor Igal Lichtman. The other co-founder of the company is Patrick Izzo Making loans on dom...
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New Lender For Domains Lendvo.com Co-Founded By Ben Lichtman
There is a new lender for domain names, Lendvo.com. The co-founder of the company is Ben Lichtman who is the nephew of the late and legendary domain investor Igal Lichtman. The other co-founder of the company is Patrick Izzo Making loans on dom...
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October 21, 2015, 2:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Does something suck about This.Sucks?
Vox Populi helped This.sucks get off the ground. Is there more to it than that? A couple weeks ago, a new company popped up on the scene called This.Sucks. The business model is remarkably similar to one that .Sucks registry Vox Populi hoped would be...
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Does something suck about This.Sucks?
Vox Populi helped This.sucks get off the ground. Is there more to it than that? A couple weeks ago, a new company popped up on the scene called This.Sucks. The business model is remarkably similar to one that .Sucks registry Vox Populi hoped would be...
Discussion
October 21, 2015, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company bringing multi-level marketing to domain names
Trademark filing reveals plans for RealDomains. Do multi-level marketing and domain names mix? A California company has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “RealDomains”, and the description of services is interesting. Multil...
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Company bringing multi-level marketing to domain names
Trademark filing reveals plans for RealDomains. Do multi-level marketing and domain names mix? A California company has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “RealDomains”, and the description of services is interesting. Multil...
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October 21, 2015, 1:21 pm
The Domains
Australia’s Domain Administration (auDA) Proposes To Allow Direct .au Registrations
According to smh.com.au, folowing the led of New Zealand and the Britain, Australia’s regulatory body for domain names, .au Domain Administration (auDA), recently announced its 2015 Names Policy Panel proposal that individuals and entitie...
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Australia’s Domain Administration (auDA) Proposes To Allow Direct .au Registrations
According to smh.com.au, folowing the led of New Zealand and the Britain, Australia’s regulatory body for domain names, .au Domain Administration (auDA), recently announced its 2015 Names Policy Panel proposal that individuals and entitie...
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October 21, 2015, 12:12 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
I wrote an article 6 years ago about how ridiculously tough it was to take names in and out of privacy at Godaddy. It is still not any easier. I think my favorite part of Uniregistry is their toggles. You can toggle pretty much everything...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Wednesday, October 21st, 2015
I wrote an article 6 years ago about how ridiculously tough it was to take names in and out of privacy at Godaddy. It is still not any easier. I think my favorite part of Uniregistry is their toggles. You can toggle pretty much everything...
Discussion
October 21, 2015, 10:12 am
The Domains
.Wang Adds 90K+ Domains in 1 Day: 160K in 3 Days: Becomes 3rd Largest New gTLD
The new gTLD .Wang gained some 90,000 new domain registrations in the last day or so and over 160,000 new domain registrations since October 17th which is an increase of 50% According to RegisteredToday.com, .Wang gained more than 90,000...
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.Wang Adds 90K+ Domains in 1 Day: 160K in 3 Days: Becomes 3rd Largest New gTLD
The new gTLD .Wang gained some 90,000 new domain registrations in the last day or so and over 160,000 new domain registrations since October 17th which is an increase of 50% According to RegisteredToday.com, .Wang gained more than 90,000...
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October 21, 2015, 2:59 am
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (PPKY.om, BII.net) and Flops (XUG.com, Contact.me, Worse.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips WYTF.com sold for 1,300 USD on 2015-10-15 at NameJet, vs 110 USD on 2014-06-13 at GoDaddy. These days you can count on a few LLLL.com for profitable f...
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Domain Flips (PPKY.om, BII.net) and Flops (XUG.com, Contact.me, Worse.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips WYTF.com sold for 1,300 USD on 2015-10-15 at NameJet, vs 110 USD on 2014-06-13 at GoDaddy. These days you can count on a few LLLL.com for profitable f...
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October 20, 2015, 10:07 pm
