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The Domains
5 Domains That Have Hit Reserve and Will Sell At HA.com
The Heritage Auction domain name live auction is tomorrow at 2PM EST with live online bidding. The Ha.com, prebidding system is open until 10pm tonight. The auction features some great domains including Bitcoins.com and Bitcoin.club and you can read ...
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5 Domains That Have Hit Reserve and Will Sell At HA.com
The Heritage Auction domain name live auction is tomorrow at 2PM EST with live online bidding. The Ha.com, prebidding system is open until 10pm tonight. The auction features some great domains including Bitcoins.com and Bitcoin.club and you can read ...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 4:19 pm

The Domains
MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me
The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMa...
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MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me
The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMa...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 3:59 pm

The Domains
gTLD’s: Now It Gets Interesting: .Pics, .Pictures, Photo, .Photos
Tomorrow the new gTLD .Pictures launches into general availability status meaning it can be registered on a first come first served basis. We have been chatting about plural and singular new gTLD’s for a while as well as vertical competit...
Discussion
gTLD’s: Now It Gets Interesting: .Pics, .Pictures, Photo, .Photos
Tomorrow the new gTLD .Pictures launches into general availability status meaning it can be registered on a first come first served basis. We have been chatting about plural and singular new gTLD’s for a while as well as vertical competit...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 3:26 pm

The Domains
Dealhunter A/S of Denmark Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On DealHunter.com
A three member UDRP panel has found Dealhunter A/S of Frederiksberg, Denmark, represented by Aumento, Denmark guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DealHunter.com The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jas...
Discussion
Dealhunter A/S of Denmark Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On DealHunter.com
A three member UDRP panel has found Dealhunter A/S of Frederiksberg, Denmark, represented by Aumento, Denmark guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DealHunter.com The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jas...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 2:50 pm

Domain Name Wire
An interesting dates question in a UDRP
What if you registered a domain long ago, let it expire, and then registered it again? The date you first registered a domain name is a critical factor in a UDRP. Generally speaking, if your registration predates the complainant’s rights in a t...
Discussion
An interesting dates question in a UDRP
What if you registered a domain long ago, let it expire, and then registered it again? The date you first registered a domain name is a critical factor in a UDRP. Generally speaking, if your registration predates the complainant’s rights in a t...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 1:32 pm

Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 23rd
I feel like I’m starting to get a crush on the two girls in the Uniregistry ad on all the domain blogs. I especially like the girl on the left with her long brown hair and inquisitive look. I actually am starting to reload the page just t...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 23rd
I feel like I’m starting to get a crush on the two girls in the Uniregistry ad on all the domain blogs. I especially like the girl on the left with her long brown hair and inquisitive look. I actually am starting to reload the page just t...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 11:18 am

The Domains
.Moe Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibility With 1K Domains & Only Has 199,998,930 To Go
The .Moe registry predicted that .Moe would get 200 Million domain name registrations in short order, blowing past .Com registration which are at over 113,500,000 registrations. Well after the first day .Moe is well on its way after racking up 1,070 ...
Discussion
.Moe Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibility With 1K Domains & Only Has 199,998,930 To Go
The .Moe registry predicted that .Moe would get 200 Million domain name registrations in short order, blowing past .Com registration which are at over 113,500,000 registrations. Well after the first day .Moe is well on its way after racking up 1,070 ...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 7:10 am

The Domains
Netsol .XYZ Registrations Top 300,000, Back Over 85% of all .XYZ Registrations
ntldstats.com updated once again today and the number of .XYZ domain names registered at Network Solutions topped 301,000 registrations. The total number of .XYZ registrations is at over 355,000 However the share of .XYZ registrations attributable to...
Discussion
Netsol .XYZ Registrations Top 300,000, Back Over 85% of all .XYZ Registrations
ntldstats.com updated once again today and the number of .XYZ domain names registered at Network Solutions topped 301,000 registrations. The total number of .XYZ registrations is at over 355,000 However the share of .XYZ registrations attributable to...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 6:30 am

The Domains
I’ll Say It, 10K .Tokyo Domain Registrations Is Not Good
.Tokyo launched and taking into account the 80+ Sunrise and Landrush application I would say a first day total of less than 10,000 registrations isn’t great. The price of a .Tokyo domain name registration was very reasonable priced at around $1...
Discussion
I’ll Say It, 10K .Tokyo Domain Registrations Is Not Good
.Tokyo launched and taking into account the 80+ Sunrise and Landrush application I would say a first day total of less than 10,000 registrations isn’t great. The price of a .Tokyo domain name registration was very reasonable priced at around $1...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 6:14 am

Domain Name Wire
.Tokyo domain name nears 10,000 registrations
Geo domain has a pretty good first day with nearly 10,000 domain name registrations. .Tokyo launched earlier today and now has 9,598 domain names in the zone file. That means day one adds were near 9,000. This is by far the largest city to launch a n...
Discussion
.Tokyo domain name nears 10,000 registrations
Geo domain has a pretty good first day with nearly 10,000 domain name registrations. .Tokyo launched earlier today and now has 9,598 domain names in the zone file. That means day one adds were near 9,000. This is by far the largest city to launch a n...
Discussion
July 23, 2014, 4:22 am