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The Domains
ICANN Releases Results of Its 1st Global Registrant Survey
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the findings of its first Global Registrant Survey, which was conducted on its behalf by Nielsen. Here are the key findings: Awareness of new gTLDs is higher among registrants ...
Discussion
ICANN Releases Results of Its 1st Global Registrant Survey
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) published the findings of its first Global Registrant Survey, which was conducted on its behalf by Nielsen. Here are the key findings: Awareness of new gTLDs is higher among registrants ...
Discussion
September 28, 2015, 11:17 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Review – Sept 28: DGT.com, NoPrisoners.com, FloridaPools.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: DGT.com, NoPrisoners.com, RCKC.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Lancets.com, BloodG...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Review – Sept 28: DGT.com, NoPrisoners.com, FloridaPools.com…
What do successful domain name investors think when they value domain names?In this show:• We learn what the Sherpas bought or sold recently: DGT.com, NoPrisoners.com, RCKC.com• An investor's portfolio is appraised: Lancets.com, BloodG...
Discussion
September 28, 2015, 7:05 am
The Domains
Amazon Turns On AmazonRegistry.com To Sell New gTLD Domain Names
Amazon Technologies has launched AmazonRegistry.com which is offering new generic top level domain names (gTLD's) that are owned by Amazon. .book for an example and many more will be available directly from Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
Discussion
Amazon Turns On AmazonRegistry.com To Sell New gTLD Domain Names
Amazon Technologies has launched AmazonRegistry.com which is offering new generic top level domain names (gTLD's) that are owned by Amazon. .book for an example and many more will be available directly from Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
Discussion
September 27, 2015, 12:29 pm
The Domains
Domain Holding Brokers The Sale Of Bluestar.com for $90K: A Very Interesting Story
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the sale of the domain name Bluestar.com Hobi Michalec wrote a post giving a lot of details about the sale, how it was negotiated and the different price points that were offered by two different companies along the wa...
Discussion
Domain Holding Brokers The Sale Of Bluestar.com for $90K: A Very Interesting Story
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the sale of the domain name Bluestar.com Hobi Michalec wrote a post giving a lot of details about the sale, how it was negotiated and the different price points that were offered by two different companies along the wa...
Discussion
September 26, 2015, 6:06 pm
The Domains
20 year Old Bart.net Lost in UDRP to Owner of Bart.org & Bart.Gov
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (“Complainant”), which is known As BART and owns the domain Bart.org and Bart.gov, just won the rights to the domain name Bart.net The sole panelist Dennis A. Foster awarded that the domai...
Discussion
20 year Old Bart.net Lost in UDRP to Owner of Bart.org & Bart.Gov
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District (“Complainant”), which is known As BART and owns the domain Bart.org and Bart.gov, just won the rights to the domain name Bart.net The sole panelist Dennis A. Foster awarded that the domai...
Discussion
September 26, 2015, 2:43 pm
The Domains
Blackjack.com UDRP Thrown Out With Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling
Complainant Cary Pinkowski, Darren Little, and Joe Whitney (together the “Complainant”), which were represented by Eric Misterovich of Revision Legal, Michigan, USA, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain nam...
Discussion
Blackjack.com UDRP Thrown Out With Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Ruling
Complainant Cary Pinkowski, Darren Little, and Joe Whitney (together the “Complainant”), which were represented by Eric Misterovich of Revision Legal, Michigan, USA, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain nam...
Discussion
September 26, 2015, 2:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
Volkswagen registers “sucks” and “blows” domain names
Here come the defensive domain name registrations… This week I wrote about how Volkswagen registered a number of domain names related to its diesel emissions scandal. The domains, such as VWdieselinfo.com, were likely registered to disseminate...
Discussion
Volkswagen registers “sucks” and “blows” domain names
Here come the defensive domain name registrations… This week I wrote about how Volkswagen registered a number of domain names related to its diesel emissions scandal. The domains, such as VWdieselinfo.com, were likely registered to disseminate...
Discussion
September 26, 2015, 2:21 pm
The Domains
New gTLD Totals This Week .Rent 540; .Tickets 523; .Courses 447
Three new TLD extensions went live this week and here are the numbers .Rent which was bought to you by the .XYZ guys has around 540 registrations. .Tickets which is a one off registry, has a retail cost of around $500 per domain and has 523 reigstrat...
Discussion
New gTLD Totals This Week .Rent 540; .Tickets 523; .Courses 447
Three new TLD extensions went live this week and here are the numbers .Rent which was bought to you by the .XYZ guys has around 540 registrations. .Tickets which is a one off registry, has a retail cost of around $500 per domain and has 523 reigstrat...
Discussion
September 25, 2015, 7:39 pm
Domain Name Wire
The new and improved Expired Domains Report!
Now with SnapNames, too. Domains expire all over the place, day in day out. Some expirations are shadowed by backorders, which can lead to auctions. Depending on the TLD, the registrar, and – yes – even chance, those auctions may tak...
Discussion
The new and improved Expired Domains Report!
Now with SnapNames, too. Domains expire all over the place, day in day out. Some expirations are shadowed by backorders, which can lead to auctions. Depending on the TLD, the registrar, and – yes – even chance, those auctions may tak...
Discussion
September 25, 2015, 4:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
InternetX Lambo Races to First Place
Car finishes first…at first. This past weekend the InternetX race team had strong podium finishes at the ADAC GT Masters in Zandvoort. InterNetX Reiter Engineering had two cars (initially) place in first and third place. Here’s a picture...
Discussion
InternetX Lambo Races to First Place
Car finishes first…at first. This past weekend the InternetX race team had strong podium finishes at the ADAC GT Masters in Zandvoort. InterNetX Reiter Engineering had two cars (initially) place in first and third place. Here’s a picture...
Discussion
September 25, 2015, 4:37 pm
