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Domain Name Wire
ICANN postpones .org decision after California AG says sale shouldn’t happen
Deadline pushed back two weeks to May 4. ICANN’s due date to decide if it should allow Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company that runs the .org domain, to be sold to a private equity company has been delayed again. ICANN and PIR agreed to...
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ICANN postpones .org decision after California AG says sale shouldn’t happen
Deadline pushed back two weeks to May 4. ICANN’s due date to decide if it should allow Public Interest Registry (PIR), the company that runs the .org domain, to be sold to a private equity company has been delayed again. ICANN and PIR agreed to...
Discussion
April 17, 2020, 1:58 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains GoodRx and other end users bought
GoodRx and several manufacturing companies bought domain names. GoodRx has become a popular app because of the rising cost of prescription drugs. The company purchased GDRX.com through Sedo this past week. Sure seems like it would make a good stock t...
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What domains GoodRx and other end users bought
GoodRx and several manufacturing companies bought domain names. GoodRx has become a popular app because of the rising cost of prescription drugs. The company purchased GDRX.com through Sedo this past week. Sure seems like it would make a good stock t...
Discussion
April 16, 2020, 5:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domains that will appeal to this Chinese end user
This company is ripe for a domain upgrade. I was reading VC news a few days ago and came across an interesting company that may need to upgrade its corporate domain. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) is a Chinese printing company with lots of awards rec...
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Domains that will appeal to this Chinese end user
This company is ripe for a domain upgrade. I was reading VC news a few days ago and came across an interesting company that may need to upgrade its corporate domain. Shi Ji Kai Yuan (世纪开元) is a Chinese printing company with lots of awards rec...
Discussion
April 16, 2020, 1:26 pm
The Domains
Flippa partners with Squadhelp
Flippa has partnered with Squadhelp. On their blog Flippa announced the partnership as Branded Domains. From the post: Complementary logo Included with each domain is a free, professionally designed logo and color scheme. Want to try a different logo...
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Flippa partners with Squadhelp
Flippa has partnered with Squadhelp. On their blog Flippa announced the partnership as Branded Domains. From the post: Complementary logo Included with each domain is a free, professionally designed logo and color scheme. Want to try a different logo...
Discussion
April 16, 2020, 3:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon plans AI integration for one of its top level domains
Company eyes artificial intelligence engineers for one of its 52 domains. Amazon is trying to hire software engineers to work on one of its new top level domains, with a focus on artificial intelligence and chatbots. The job listing states: We are lo...
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Amazon plans AI integration for one of its top level domains
Company eyes artificial intelligence engineers for one of its 52 domains. Amazon is trying to hire software engineers to work on one of its new top level domains, with a focus on artificial intelligence and chatbots. The job listing states: We are lo...
Discussion
April 15, 2020, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
The 2 remaining issues on .Org’s sale
ICANN wants more information about ownership and debt. ICANN has asked (pdf) Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages .org, for more information about its proposed acquisition by Ethos Capital. PIR has responded to one of the requests by updatin...
Discussion
The 2 remaining issues on .Org’s sale
ICANN wants more information about ownership and debt. ICANN has asked (pdf) Public Interest Registry (PIR), which manages .org, for more information about its proposed acquisition by Ethos Capital. PIR has responded to one of the requests by updatin...
Discussion
April 15, 2020, 4:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
Upside of the downturn: Ad networks are on sale
Advertising through networks is now more affordable. Online advertising networks are reporting a slump due to the pandemic. Companies that are closed have no reason to advertise! This is impacting major ad platforms such as Google and Facebook. Ad ra...
Discussion
Upside of the downturn: Ad networks are on sale
Advertising through networks is now more affordable. Online advertising networks are reporting a slump due to the pandemic. Companies that are closed have no reason to advertise! This is impacting major ad platforms such as Google and Facebook. Ad ra...
Discussion
April 15, 2020, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
National Arbitration Forum phones its in on WellPath.com
Panel returns a terse decision. At least it correctly denied the case. Perhaps the panel though it was deciding a Uniform Rapid Suspension case, not a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy case. That’s the only explanation I can come up...
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National Arbitration Forum phones its in on WellPath.com
Panel returns a terse decision. At least it correctly denied the case. Perhaps the panel though it was deciding a Uniform Rapid Suspension case, not a Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy case. That’s the only explanation I can come up...
Discussion
April 15, 2020, 2:55 pm
The Domains
What they do right – what do they do wrong – GoDaddy
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
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What they do right – what do they do wrong – GoDaddy
Over the last few years we have published a series The good, the bad and the ugly. Readers have been able to leave their feedback and some companies have reached out over the years and let me know they took the posts to heart. This year I want to try...
Discussion
April 15, 2020, 12:40 am
Domain Name Wire
Amazon slashes affiliate payouts up to 80%
Website owners to receive up to 80% less for each sale on Amazon. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reducing the commissions it pays to affiliates by up to 80%. The company sent an email to members of the Amazon Associates program today with the subject l...
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Amazon slashes affiliate payouts up to 80%
Website owners to receive up to 80% less for each sale on Amazon. Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reducing the commissions it pays to affiliates by up to 80%. The company sent an email to members of the Amazon Associates program today with the subject l...
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April 14, 2020, 8:13 pm
