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Domain Name Wire
World Trade Centers wins 89 domain names, including 9/11 names
Group takes over domain names registered on and after 9/11. World Trade Centers Association, Inc. has won 89 domain names in a cybersquatting dispute. The group filed a cybersquatting complaint with Czech Arbitration Court over 90 domain names, all o...
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World Trade Centers wins 89 domain names, including 9/11 names
Group takes over domain names registered on and after 9/11. World Trade Centers Association, Inc. has won 89 domain names in a cybersquatting dispute. The group filed a cybersquatting complaint with Czech Arbitration Court over 90 domain names, all o...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 9:16 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
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Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
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October 8, 2015, 9:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
An update on the Adam Dicker allegations
Progress is being made settling issues brought to light earlier this week. Earlier this week I wrote about accusations made against domain name investor Adam Dicker. Since that time, a few things have happened that I think warrant posting an update. ...
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An update on the Adam Dicker allegations
Progress is being made settling issues brought to light earlier this week. Earlier this week I wrote about accusations made against domain name investor Adam Dicker. Since that time, a few things have happened that I think warrant posting an update. ...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 7:12 pm
The Domains
.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
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.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 5:07 pm
The Domains
CSC October’s New gTLD Utilization: 5,340 New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M
CSC’s Published Its October New gTLD Utilization Report, showing the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since their September report. The report was prepared by Vincent D’Angelo Director, Brand Advisory Te...
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CSC October’s New gTLD Utilization: 5,340 New gTLD Sites in Alexa Top 1M
CSC’s Published Its October New gTLD Utilization Report, showing the pace of .brand registrations accelerating with a 50% increase since their September report. The report was prepared by Vincent D’Angelo Director, Brand Advisory Te...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 4:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Here’s what those Amazon AWS domain name registrations were for
Amazon’s domain name registrations this week indeed were for AWS announcements, but some are still to come. On Monday I wrote about Amazon.com’s domain name registrations that foreshadowed services it was likely to announce at this week&r...
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Here’s what those Amazon AWS domain name registrations were for
Amazon’s domain name registrations this week indeed were for AWS announcements, but some are still to come. On Monday I wrote about Amazon.com’s domain name registrations that foreshadowed services it was likely to announce at this week&r...
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October 8, 2015, 3:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club to auction two letter domain names
Registry wants to tap into Chinese buyers with auction on EachNic.com. .Club is auctioning a number of two letter .club domain names, along with the single letter C.club, at auctions beginning later this month. Most of the two letter combinations, su...
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.Club to auction two letter domain names
Registry wants to tap into Chinese buyers with auction on EachNic.com. .Club is auctioning a number of two letter .club domain names, along with the single letter C.club, at auctions beginning later this month. Most of the two letter combinations, su...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 2:17 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: YN.com, Battlecast.com, Zpack.com + Twitter, Walmart & Disney Buys
In today's Domain Movers we see large corporations like Caterpillar Inc. register a bunch of "drone" domain names, Wells Fargo's mismanagement of the domain name asset Baib.com and Nike registering the domain name StrikingControl....
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Domain Movers: YN.com, Battlecast.com, Zpack.com + Twitter, Walmart & Disney Buys
In today's Domain Movers we see large corporations like Caterpillar Inc. register a bunch of "drone" domain names, Wells Fargo's mismanagement of the domain name asset Baib.com and Nike registering the domain name StrikingControl....
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 1:12 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, October 8th, 2015
I noticed a BIG CHANGE at Namejet yesterday when doing my picks. Looks like the just integrated Estibot into every auction. When you go to the individual page for each auction you can see an Estibot evaluation with a link to the Estibot l...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday, October 8th, 2015
I noticed a BIG CHANGE at Namejet yesterday when doing my picks. Looks like the just integrated Estibot into every auction. When you go to the individual page for each auction you can see an Estibot evaluation with a link to the Estibot l...
Discussion
October 8, 2015, 10:33 am
The Domains
Forbes.com Covers .Film & 1st Domains; February.film & Septembersofshiraz.film
Forbes.com just covered the launch of the new gTLD .Film “So far, two new movies will be the first to debut the .film web extension: Osgood Perkins’ February starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton (www.February.film); and ...
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Forbes.com Covers .Film & 1st Domains; February.film & Septembersofshiraz.film
Forbes.com just covered the launch of the new gTLD .Film “So far, two new movies will be the first to debut the .film web extension: Osgood Perkins’ February starring Emma Roberts, Kiernan Shipka and Lucy Boynton (www.February.film); and ...
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October 7, 2015, 6:23 pm
