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Domain Name Wire
Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
Discussion
Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 7:12 pm
The Domains
Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ?
Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. They wrote about Verisign yesterday and w...
Discussion
Can Verisign Maintain Its Leadership Moving Forward ?
Trefis is a financial analysis site, they describe themselves as an interactive financial community structured around trends, forecasts and insights related to some of the most popular stocks in the US. They wrote about Verisign yesterday and w...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 4:47 pm
The Domains
FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four
The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last r...
Discussion
FIBA Wins .Basketball Beating Donuts & Famous Four
The Fédération Internationale de Basketball (FIBA) has won the new gTLD .Basketball. The two other applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media have withdrawn their applications with ICANN. .Basketball was scheduled to go to the ICANN last r...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
Discussion
Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 3:50 pm
The Domains
ICANN Opens Comment Period For Its Move Out of US Control: Deadline Is December 22nd
ICANN has opened the comment period for the issue of the year, the transition of ICANN of key Internet domain name functions away from oversight control of the United States to the “global multistakeholder community.” “This draft tr...
Discussion
ICANN Opens Comment Period For Its Move Out of US Control: Deadline Is December 22nd
ICANN has opened the comment period for the issue of the year, the transition of ICANN of key Internet domain name functions away from oversight control of the United States to the “global multistakeholder community.” “This draft tr...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
Discussion
Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
The Domains
Tucows Ting Cell Service Rated Number 1 By Consumers Report
According to fool.com, Tucows.com (TCX) owned Ting service was rated as as the top cellular phone carrier. “When it comes to what Consumer Reports refers to as traditional service — what others refer to as postpaid service — t...
Discussion
Tucows Ting Cell Service Rated Number 1 By Consumers Report
According to fool.com, Tucows.com (TCX) owned Ting service was rated as as the top cellular phone carrier. “When it comes to what Consumer Reports refers to as traditional service — what others refer to as postpaid service — t...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:25 pm
The Domains
.Auction Sunrise Winds Up With Over 220 Registrations & Over 1/4 Are From Major League Baseball
.Auction which goes into general availability next Wednesday December 10th, Sunrise period just ended for trademark holders and wound up with 228 Sunrise registrations. Major League Baseball, including many of its member teams applied for a over 1/4 ...
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.Auction Sunrise Winds Up With Over 220 Registrations & Over 1/4 Are From Major League Baseball
.Auction which goes into general availability next Wednesday December 10th, Sunrise period just ended for trademark holders and wound up with 228 Sunrise registrations. Major League Baseball, including many of its member teams applied for a over 1/4 ...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:20 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday December 2nd
There are so many emails, tweets and notifications about CyberMonday that I normally ignore them all but hats of to Namecheap.com for their marketing and deals yesterday. I didn’t take advantage of any of them but I sure got a million twe...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday December 2nd
There are so many emails, tweets and notifications about CyberMonday that I normally ignore them all but hats of to Namecheap.com for their marketing and deals yesterday. I didn’t take advantage of any of them but I sure got a million twe...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 11:42 am
The Domains
Are Ad Agencies and Marketing Professionals Proficient in the Domain Game ?
Dima Beitzke the chief sales officer at Sedo wrote a piece for iMediaconnection.com that asked if ad agencies and marketing professionals are equipped to play the domain game ? The article did not get much engagement with only 4 twitter shares and 2 ...
Discussion
Are Ad Agencies and Marketing Professionals Proficient in the Domain Game ?
Dima Beitzke the chief sales officer at Sedo wrote a piece for iMediaconnection.com that asked if ad agencies and marketing professionals are equipped to play the domain game ? The article did not get much engagement with only 4 twitter shares and 2 ...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 9:28 am
