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Domain Name Wire
Domain name auction services should rethink auto extensions
The current method of preventing bid sniping leads to bidder fatigue. Last Friday GoDaddy sent out a somewhat confusing notice about a change to GoDaddy Auctions and auto extensions. Previously, any bid placed within the last five minutes of an aucti...
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Domain name auction services should rethink auto extensions
The current method of preventing bid sniping leads to bidder fatigue. Last Friday GoDaddy sent out a somewhat confusing notice about a change to GoDaddy Auctions and auto extensions. Previously, any bid placed within the last five minutes of an aucti...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 2:38 pm
The Domains
Largest Russian Search Engine Yandex Preparing To Launch .Yandex
According to a press release out today Russia’s largest search engine, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced it will be launching its new Brand gTLD .Yandex shortly on a closed basis except for trademark holders. “The ICANN has really app...
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Largest Russian Search Engine Yandex Preparing To Launch .Yandex
According to a press release out today Russia’s largest search engine, Yandex (NASDAQ: YNDX) announced it will be launching its new Brand gTLD .Yandex shortly on a closed basis except for trademark holders. “The ICANN has really app...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 2:33 pm
The Domains
SeekingAlpha Issues Brutal Opinion On Demand Media/Rightside: “Titanic Will Hit The Iceberg”
SeekingAlpha.com published what can only be described as a brutal assessment on shares of Demand Media, Inc last yesterday after Demand said it would spin off its Rightside division into a separate public company on August 1st as well as on Rightside...
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SeekingAlpha Issues Brutal Opinion On Demand Media/Rightside: “Titanic Will Hit The Iceberg”
SeekingAlpha.com published what can only be described as a brutal assessment on shares of Demand Media, Inc last yesterday after Demand said it would spin off its Rightside division into a separate public company on August 1st as well as on Rightside...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 1:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
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.Bar picks up 1,000+ registrations, .rest a bit slower
.Bar has decent first day while .rest struggles out of the gate. The .Bar domain name added 1,116 names to its zone on the first day of general availability. That’s about the same number of domain names that .pub got when it launched last week....
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 12:30 pm
The Domains
.Bar Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibity With 2,464; .Rest 307
According to ntldstats.com, .Bar had a respectable showing ended its first day of General Availability, with 2,464 .Rest not so much ending with 307 domain names. Remember .Bar is priced on the high side at $99,95 on Godaddy. .Bar is now the 10...
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.Bar Ends 1st Day Of General Avalibity With 2,464; .Rest 307
According to ntldstats.com, .Bar had a respectable showing ended its first day of General Availability, with 2,464 .Rest not so much ending with 307 domain names. Remember .Bar is priced on the high side at $99,95 on Godaddy. .Bar is now the 10...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 12:24 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 15th
I’ve been picking up quite a few .cc domains over the past year. I see all these new gTLDs I can register and then I see the dot cc for $12 and I just feel more comfortable with dot cc. I like it for two reasons. One, the Chin...
Discussion
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 15th
I’ve been picking up quite a few .cc domains over the past year. I see all these new gTLDs I can register and then I see the dot cc for $12 and I just feel more comfortable with dot cc. I like it for two reasons. One, the Chin...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 11:10 am
The Domains
USPTO Refuses Apple Trademark Application on Touch ID
Patently Apple posted a piece about the USPTO refusing the trademark application of Apple for the term “Touch ID.” Apparently the application was denied over likelihood of confusion. The domain name TouchId.com is registered to a co...
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USPTO Refuses Apple Trademark Application on Touch ID
Patently Apple posted a piece about the USPTO refusing the trademark application of Apple for the term “Touch ID.” Apparently the application was denied over likelihood of confusion. The domain name TouchId.com is registered to a co...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 10:49 am
The Domains
Argentina and France Looking to Require Identity Verification for Bitcoin Users
There was an interesing article on Coin Buzz written by Andrew Moran, the article is about governments looking to find new ways and rules to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Argentina and France will both be requiring identity verificatio...
Discussion
Argentina and France Looking to Require Identity Verification for Bitcoin Users
There was an interesing article on Coin Buzz written by Andrew Moran, the article is about governments looking to find new ways and rules to regulate Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Argentina and France will both be requiring identity verificatio...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 10:09 am
The Domains
Secret.ly Bought For $3,500 On Sedo 9 Months Ago Raises $25 Million At $100M Valuation
It was just back in March that the New York Times chatted about, what was at that time, a 5 week old app called Secret which uses the domain name Secret.ly Today the company announced it has raised an additional $25 Million dollars, on top of the $8....
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Secret.ly Bought For $3,500 On Sedo 9 Months Ago Raises $25 Million At $100M Valuation
It was just back in March that the New York Times chatted about, what was at that time, a 5 week old app called Secret which uses the domain name Secret.ly Today the company announced it has raised an additional $25 Million dollars, on top of the $8....
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 6:17 am
Domain Shane
Flippa Recap: Tiky.com, Workouts.org, ExtremeFail.com, iMugs.com, HM4.com, XSO.net
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. Some domains that sold Tiky.com – $2,500 – A domain-only listing, although a site is live. “Brandable 4-letter pronouncable domain with great webs...
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Flippa Recap: Tiky.com, Workouts.org, ExtremeFail.com, iMugs.com, HM4.com, XSO.net
Listed below are some notable domain and website sales over the past week at Flippa. Some domains that sold Tiky.com – $2,500 – A domain-only listing, although a site is live. “Brandable 4-letter pronouncable domain with great webs...
Discussion
July 15, 2014, 4:35 am
