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The Domains
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:39 pm
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
New gTLD Development Examples: .Help, .Photo, .Pics
Round two of the new gTLD development articles, with this week covering several small businesses. ISP.pics ISP in this case stands for In Style Photography, and the domain was utilized as part of a name change: “Through re-branding, La Moda (I...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 6:30 pm
The Domains
Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
Discussion
Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 4:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
Discussion
Hilton launching “True” Or “Tru” hotel brand
Domain name registrations point to name for new hotel brand. It seems that Hilton’s next hotel brand will be called True or Tru. The company just registered a number of domain names for this new brand yesterday: truebyhilton.com truehotelbyhilt...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 3:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
Discussion
Now this is a good UDRP panelist…
Panelist spends a few extra minutes to avoid an injustice. A UDRP panelist who doesn’t take the easy way out in a case where the respondent doesn’t reply? Meet Nick J. Gardner. Gardner decided a recent case in which German company MAGIX S...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 2:18 pm
The Domains
Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
Discussion
Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 1:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: DropCatch adds 300 more registrars, now has 752
Company increases stable of registrars going after dropping domains. The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is accord...
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Wow: DropCatch adds 300 more registrars, now has 752
Company increases stable of registrars going after dropping domains. The company behind expired domain name catching service DropCatch.com has adding 300 more accredited registrars to its arsenal, and now has a whopping 752 registrars. This is accord...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 1:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Gay fails community test, again
Queue the complaints about ICANN again…even though it’s not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it qu...
Discussion
.Gay fails community test, again
Queue the complaints about ICANN again…even though it’s not its fault. dotgay LLC, an applicant for the .Gay top level domain name that was seeking community status, has once again failed (pdf) to convince an independent panel that it qu...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 1:34 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday, October 9th, 2015
You want to know a common theme of all the great domain scams in the last 10 years? Website and minisite buildouts. Why? Because nobody has the time and/or ability to build out a quality site that will make money. And guess wh...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday, October 9th, 2015
You want to know a common theme of all the great domain scams in the last 10 years? Website and minisite buildouts. Why? Because nobody has the time and/or ability to build out a quality site that will make money. And guess wh...
Discussion
October 9, 2015, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
A Frank Schilling company owns more than 5% of Rightside
SEC filing discloses interest in company. Some people say the domain name business is an incestuous industry. They might be right. An SEC filing this afternoon discloses that a company associated with Frank Schilling now owns 5.5% of the company. The...
Discussion
A Frank Schilling company owns more than 5% of Rightside
SEC filing discloses interest in company. Some people say the domain name business is an incestuous industry. They might be right. An SEC filing this afternoon discloses that a company associated with Frank Schilling now owns 5.5% of the company. The...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 9:31 pm
