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Domain Name Wire
2 very odd UDRP cases claim “technological confusion”
Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothi...
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2 very odd UDRP cases claim “technological confusion”
Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothi...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 2:53 pm

Domain Name Wire
4 subscription domain name services I use
Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to so...
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4 subscription domain name services I use
Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to so...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 2:35 pm

The Domains
Porn.com Stolen? UDRP Filed By Company That Paid $9.5 Million For It
A UDRP has been filed on the grandfather of adult generic domains, Porn.com The company filing the complaint MXN Limited bought the domain name back in 2007 for more than $9.5 Million dollars. The domain name porn.com was registered at Moniker.com fo...
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Porn.com Stolen? UDRP Filed By Company That Paid $9.5 Million For It
A UDRP has been filed on the grandfather of adult generic domains, Porn.com The company filing the complaint MXN Limited bought the domain name back in 2007 for more than $9.5 Million dollars. The domain name porn.com was registered at Moniker.com fo...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 1:35 pm

The Domains
WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names
The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27.99 for a domain registrations, for a non-premium domain and yes there are some .WTF domains ...
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WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names
The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27.99 for a domain registrations, for a non-premium domain and yes there are some .WTF domains ...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 1:09 pm

The Domains
Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter compared to $1.3 Mil...
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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter compared to $1.3 Mil...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 12:40 pm

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 8/6
Demand Media had a good day in the stock market rising by more than 11% Rightside didn’t do quite as well and closed 1% down. If you bought at close you’re already down quite a bit as it opened yesterday at almost 16 and ...
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Wednesday 8/6
Demand Media had a good day in the stock market rising by more than 11% Rightside didn’t do quite as well and closed 1% down. If you bought at close you’re already down quite a bit as it opened yesterday at almost 16 and ...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 11:15 am

The Domains
Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ?
It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involv...
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Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ?
It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involv...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 9:46 am

The Domains
With the Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down
Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of J...
Discussion
With the Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down
Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of J...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 9:05 am

Domain Name Wire
Gmail adds IDN support
Google will support non-Latin characters and accented characters. Non-Latin characters will now work with email addresses when using Gmail. Gmail has added support for internationalized domain names in email addresses, in what is certainly big news f...
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Gmail adds IDN support
Google will support non-Latin characters and accented characters. Non-Latin characters will now work with email addresses when using Gmail. Gmail has added support for internationalized domain names in email addresses, in what is certainly big news f...
Discussion
August 6, 2014, 1:42 am

The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might ...
Discussion
Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million
Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might ...
Discussion
August 5, 2014, 9:18 pm