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Domain Name Wire
.Jobs Operator Says ICANN “Publicly Defamed” It
Employ Media says ICANN “publicly defamed” it in breach notice. .Jobs registry Employ Media has struck back at ICANN after the latter sent it a breach notice. In a letter to ICANN, Employ Media Vice‐President & General Counsel Brian...
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.Jobs Operator Says ICANN “Publicly Defamed” It
Employ Media says ICANN “publicly defamed” it in breach notice. .Jobs registry Employ Media has struck back at ICANN after the latter sent it a breach notice. In a letter to ICANN, Employ Media Vice‐President & General Counsel Brian...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 4:59 pm
The Domains
BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
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BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Approves New .XXX Top Level Domain
ICANN Board approves new .xxx domain name. Today the ICANN Board of Directors authorized the CEO of ICANN to execute the proposed registry agreement for the .xxx sTLD with ICM Registry. ICANN’s Board of Directors didn’t agree with GAC adv...
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ICANN Approves New .XXX Top Level Domain
ICANN Board approves new .xxx domain name. Today the ICANN Board of Directors authorized the CEO of ICANN to execute the proposed registry agreement for the .xxx sTLD with ICM Registry. ICANN’s Board of Directors didn’t agree with GAC adv...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:47 pm
The Domains
ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
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ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Plans to Vote on Final New TLD Guidebook in June
New TLD approval won’t come until June at the earliest. Today the ICANN Board of Directors provided a timeline for approving the new top level domain applicant guidebook. The new planned date for “board consideration” of the guidebo...
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ICANN Plans to Vote on Final New TLD Guidebook in June
New TLD approval won’t come until June at the earliest. Today the ICANN Board of Directors provided a timeline for approving the new top level domain applicant guidebook. The new planned date for “board consideration” of the guidebo...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:49 pm
Elliot's Blog
My Current Strategy With Hand Registrations
I am feeling a bit more bearish about the short term domain aftermarket than I have in a while, so I’ve found myself hand registering domain names more frequently than in the past. Aside from privately acquiring domain names like BikeTours.com,...
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My Current Strategy With Hand Registrations
I am feeling a bit more bearish about the short term domain aftermarket than I have in a while, so I’ve found myself hand registering domain names more frequently than in the past. Aside from privately acquiring domain names like BikeTours.com,...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:19 pm
Domain Shane
A Review of Some of My Latest Domain Purchases
I would imagine that the guys that buy hundreds of names a week would have much more exciting domains to talk about but for me, each purchase is a little step towards building a million dollar portfolio. My entire portfolio has been built from ...
Discussion
A Review of Some of My Latest Domain Purchases
I would imagine that the guys that buy hundreds of names a week would have much more exciting domains to talk about but for me, each purchase is a little step towards building a million dollar portfolio. My entire portfolio has been built from ...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 12:36 pm
Domain Shane
Friday’s Daily Domain Drops and Auctions: March Madness Edition
I hope you got in some of the names yesterday. If you like high search result names, yesterday was money. Not as many today but enough to hold you off. I am going to do a post about the names I’ve purchased in the last month.&...
Discussion
Friday’s Daily Domain Drops and Auctions: March Madness Edition
I hope you got in some of the names yesterday. If you like high search result names, yesterday was money. Not as many today but enough to hold you off. I am going to do a post about the names I’ve purchased in the last month.&...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:41 am
Elliot's Blog
Great Day Today!
It’s been a really great day today, and I want to share a bit about why it’s been so good… BTW, it has nothing to do with St. Patty’s Day, although I plan to celebrate later on tonight. - While writing this morning’s ar...
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Great Day Today!
It’s been a really great day today, and I want to share a bit about why it’s been so good… BTW, it has nothing to do with St. Patty’s Day, although I plan to celebrate later on tonight. - While writing this morning’s ar...
Discussion
March 17, 2011, 7:45 pm
The Domains
NameJet.com Lowers minimum bid On Pending Delete Domains to $59
Just weeks after SnapNames.com increase it minimum bid on pending delete domains to $69, Namejet.com just annoucned it “”Ready to save money? NameJet just lowered our minimum bids on all pending delete domain names to $59*! In addition, N...
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NameJet.com Lowers minimum bid On Pending Delete Domains to $59
Just weeks after SnapNames.com increase it minimum bid on pending delete domains to $69, Namejet.com just annoucned it “”Ready to save money? NameJet just lowered our minimum bids on all pending delete domain names to $59*! In addition, N...
Discussion
March 17, 2011, 7:28 pm
