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Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 11th of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of December Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com was $2,199.83 Auction Quick Recap Happy Friday. I hope everyone has a great weekend. LKJH.com &nbs...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 11th of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of December Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com was $2,199.83 Auction Quick Recap Happy Friday. I hope everyone has a great weekend. LKJH.com &nbs...
Discussion
December 12, 2015, 12:28 am
Domain Shane
New gTLD Development: Cypher.Audio, and a Chat With the Beard.Club and Shaving.Club Folks
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. This week includes one example of using a new G as a shortener, and two examples of companies using a new G for a specialty site, as part of an expansion of their network of sites. Scr...
Discussion
New gTLD Development: Cypher.Audio, and a Chat With the Beard.Club and Shaving.Club Folks
Below is another look at a few developed sites on the new gTLDs. This week includes one example of using a new G as a shortener, and two examples of companies using a new G for a specialty site, as part of an expansion of their network of sites. Scr...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 9:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
Constipated.com, Roper.com and more expired domain name sales
Last time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they’re clearly playi...
Discussion
Constipated.com, Roper.com and more expired domain name sales
Last time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they’re clearly playi...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 6:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
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ICA issues statement on horrible Camilla.com UDRP decision
Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtm...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 4:56 pm
The Domains
For The 1st Time Registry Reserved .POKER Domains In Auction
According to a press release we just received, Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, and RightOfTheDot (“ROTD”), a leader in Internet domain name auctions, sales and consulting, have partnered to offer Super Premium .Poker (“...
Discussion
For The 1st Time Registry Reserved .POKER Domains In Auction
According to a press release we just received, Afilias, a leading domain registry operator, and RightOfTheDot (“ROTD”), a leader in Internet domain name auctions, sales and consulting, have partnered to offer Super Premium .Poker (“...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 3:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
Discussion
Google files complaint to take down Adsense click fraud site
Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. Until recently, the website at ...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
Discussion
It was just a bug: .Com shortcut is back in iOS 9.2
Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, ...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 2:37 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 11th
You hear every day about Chaomi.com. It’s like the Beckett’s of short domain names. You remember Beckett’s? If you collected baseball cards you do. It came out every month and hit had the going prices for eve...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Big List of Domain Auctions for Friday the 11th
You hear every day about Chaomi.com. It’s like the Beckett’s of short domain names. You remember Beckett’s? If you collected baseball cards you do. It came out every month and hit had the going prices for eve...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 9:51 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 10th of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of December We went and cut down our Christmas tree this evening. The place we buy the tree makes it a nice experience, with hot chocolate, a fire, free hot dogs and marshmallows to roast...
Discussion
Auction Recap, 10th of December
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 10th of December We went and cut down our Christmas tree this evening. The place we buy the tree makes it a nice experience, with hot chocolate, a fire, free hot dogs and marshmallows to roast...
Discussion
December 11, 2015, 4:43 am
The Domains
Donuts: We are not Going To Deleted New gTLD Extensions
Donuts has responded to last Friday’s cybersecurity consulting firm Internet Identity (IID) report predicting “the eventual demise of any number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and the websites populated within them—primari...
Discussion
Donuts: We are not Going To Deleted New gTLD Extensions
Donuts has responded to last Friday’s cybersecurity consulting firm Internet Identity (IID) report predicting “the eventual demise of any number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and the websites populated within them—primari...
Discussion
December 10, 2015, 6:54 pm
