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Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: Feel.com, ASZ.com, WMD.com, Suga.com, Cabs.net, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Hundred.net – We all know numerics are on fire, but how about when the number is spelled out? I have no idea….but for a .net, it’s doing better than I’d expect. Bells.org – I doubt there is an...
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Flippa – A Look Forward: Feel.com, ASZ.com, WMD.com, Suga.com, Cabs.net, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell Hundred.net – We all know numerics are on fire, but how about when the number is spelled out? I have no idea….but for a .net, it’s doing better than I’d expect. Bells.org – I doubt there is an...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 4:58 pm

Domain Name Wire
Bring out the Pinata: Fiesta.com UDRP fails
Panel rules domain name not registered in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of the Fiesta.com domain name in a UDRP, although just one of three panelist found the complainant to have engaged i...
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Bring out the Pinata: Fiesta.com UDRP fails
Panel rules domain name not registered in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of the Fiesta.com domain name in a UDRP, although just one of three panelist found the complainant to have engaged i...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 4:29 pm

The Domains
Owners of C.UK Generating 100,000 Uniques a month
Mike stumbled upon a very interesting use of a typo domain in the .UK extension. If you go to ebay.c.uk like Mike did, or any domain where you leave off the o in .co.uk, you get a page that explains that the company behind the domain is Claims.co.uk....
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Owners of C.UK Generating 100,000 Uniques a month
Mike stumbled upon a very interesting use of a typo domain in the .UK extension. If you go to ebay.c.uk like Mike did, or any domain where you leave off the o in .co.uk, you get a page that explains that the company behind the domain is Claims.co.uk....
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 3:34 pm

Domain Name Wire
Domain investing success story with Michael Castello – DNW Podcast #28
Michael Castello’s twenty year journey in domain names. Michael Castello, CEO of Castello Cities Internet Network, discusses the amazing story of how he got into the domain name business and picked up great domains like Nashville.com and Whisky...
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Domain investing success story with Michael Castello – DNW Podcast #28
Michael Castello’s twenty year journey in domain names. Michael Castello, CEO of Castello Cities Internet Network, discusses the amazing story of how he got into the domain name business and picked up great domains like Nashville.com and Whisky...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
WIPO panel finds chemical company engaged in RDNH
Panel determines that company submitted “selective and incomplete story”. A three person WIPO panel has found NH Resources LLC of Texas to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name No-Heat.net. It’s a bizarr...
Discussion
WIPO panel finds chemical company engaged in RDNH
Panel determines that company submitted “selective and incomplete story”. A three person WIPO panel has found NH Resources LLC of Texas to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name No-Heat.net. It’s a bizarr...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 2:27 pm

The Domains
Flashlights.com, Gobe.com and More Domain Movers
In this latest Domain Movers series we uncover newly registered domains by large companies, as well as many domain acquisitions. Flashlights.com has been acquired by Streamlight for an example but many more findings are inside!
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Flashlights.com, Gobe.com and More Domain Movers
In this latest Domain Movers series we uncover newly registered domains by large companies, as well as many domain acquisitions. Flashlights.com has been acquired by Streamlight for an example but many more findings are inside!
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 2:17 pm

Domain Name Wire
Brands missing the mark with .Sucks defensive registrations
Knee-jerk reaction doesn’t make sense and leaves companies vulnerable. I’m not a fan of .sucks business model. I’m not a fan of charging big brands a premium to protect their brands with the veiled threat of someone creating a gripe...
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Brands missing the mark with .Sucks defensive registrations
Knee-jerk reaction doesn’t make sense and leaves companies vulnerable. I’m not a fan of .sucks business model. I’m not a fan of charging big brands a premium to protect their brands with the veiled threat of someone creating a gripe...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 2:17 pm

The Domains
Panel Makes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding Without Domain Holder Asking For It
NH Resources LLC and Vaughn Crowe of Southlake, Texas, were just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name no-heat.net, despite the fact that the domain holder didn’t even ask the panel to make a RDNH finding. The ...
Discussion
Panel Makes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding Without Domain Holder Asking For It
NH Resources LLC and Vaughn Crowe of Southlake, Texas, were just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name no-heat.net, despite the fact that the domain holder didn’t even ask the panel to make a RDNH finding. The ...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 2:14 pm

The Domains
.Poker Passes 500 Registrations In Sunrise & Landrush
.Poker will launch into general availability on April 21. Through Sunrise and Landrush there are already over 500 .poker domain registrations (506) to be exact I do not thing domain names that got more than one landrush application and therefore head...
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.Poker Passes 500 Registrations In Sunrise & Landrush
.Poker will launch into general availability on April 21. Through Sunrise and Landrush there are already over 500 .poker domain registrations (506) to be exact I do not thing domain names that got more than one landrush application and therefore head...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 1:45 pm

Domain Name Wire
See which new top level domain names are deleting
Check out which domains people are letting go. Want to take a second stab at domains registered under new top level domains a year ago? Curious what types of domain names people are giving up on after a year? Domain Punch has a new section that shows...
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See which new top level domain names are deleting
Check out which domains people are letting go. Want to take a second stab at domains registered under new top level domains a year ago? Curious what types of domain names people are giving up on after a year? Domain Punch has a new section that shows...
Discussion
April 13, 2015, 1:26 pm