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The Domains
New gTLD .Website “The First True Alternative To .Com”” Announces Launch Timeline
Radix the registry operator of .Website just announced the timeline for the release of the new gTLD extension which they are calling “The first true alternative to .co...
Discussion
New gTLD .Website “The First True Alternative To .Com”” Announces Launch Timeline
Radix the registry operator of .Website just announced the timeline for the release of the new gTLD extension which they are calling “The first true alternative to .co...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 7:28 pm

The Domains
.Bid/.Trade Auction Ends On Sedo Tommrow & 8 Domains Have Bids Led By PPC.bid
Sedo’s auction of Premium .Bid and .Trade domain names ends tomorrow Tuesday at Noon EST. As of publication 8 domains out of the 35 in auction have bids. The auction is led by PPC.bid which has a high bid $1,050 while both LiveAuction.bid and o...
Discussion
.Bid/.Trade Auction Ends On Sedo Tommrow & 8 Domains Have Bids Led By PPC.bid
Sedo’s auction of Premium .Bid and .Trade domain names ends tomorrow Tuesday at Noon EST. As of publication 8 domains out of the 35 in auction have bids. The auction is led by PPC.bid which has a high bid $1,050 while both LiveAuction.bid and o...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 5:19 pm

Domain Name Wire
HP employees threatened competitor Splunk?
Competitor says HP employees and consultant set up websites and social media accounts to disparage it…and then crossed the line with physical threats. I’ve read a lot of bizarre domain name disputes, but two recent ones involving an HP e...
Discussion
HP employees threatened competitor Splunk?
Competitor says HP employees and consultant set up websites and social media accounts to disparage it…and then crossed the line with physical threats. I’ve read a lot of bizarre domain name disputes, but two recent ones involving an HP e...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 3:23 pm

The Domains
Mrs. Jello Loses UDRP On Milly.com After Rejecting Offer To Sell & Not Filing An Answer
Milly LLC of New York, New York, just won control of the domain name Milly.com in a UDRP which was owned by Mrs. Jello, LLC which of course the company owned by the late Igal Lichtman. Sadly no one responded to the UDRP on behalf of Mrs. Jello, LLC, ...
Discussion
Mrs. Jello Loses UDRP On Milly.com After Rejecting Offer To Sell & Not Filing An Answer
Milly LLC of New York, New York, just won control of the domain name Milly.com in a UDRP which was owned by Mrs. Jello, LLC which of course the company owned by the late Igal Lichtman. Sadly no one responded to the UDRP on behalf of Mrs. Jello, LLC, ...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 3:19 pm

Domain Name Wire
.CEO marketing goes from silly to…
New TLD not doing so well? It doesn’t suck, it’s just “limited release”. By all measures, PeopleBrowsr’s two top level domain name launches have been flops. .CEO has 1,244 domains in the zone file. .Best has 434. This is...
Discussion
.CEO marketing goes from silly to…
New TLD not doing so well? It doesn’t suck, it’s just “limited release”. By all measures, PeopleBrowsr’s two top level domain name launches have been flops. .CEO has 1,244 domains in the zone file. .Best has 434. This is...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 2:52 pm

Domain Name Wire
Will .Berlin be #1 this week? Domains are free for next 5 days.
Free domains will boost total .Berlin registration numbers. .Berlin got off to a nice start thanks to a free .Berlin promotion. A new promotion may propel the domain name to the #1 slot on the new top level domain name charts. Officially, 20 registra...
Discussion
Will .Berlin be #1 this week? Domains are free for next 5 days.
Free domains will boost total .Berlin registration numbers. .Berlin got off to a nice start thanks to a free .Berlin promotion. A new promotion may propel the domain name to the #1 slot on the new top level domain name charts. Officially, 20 registra...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 1:57 pm

The Domains
Auto.Ru Bought By Russian Search Engine Yandex For $175 Million
According to TechCrunch.com, Yandex, the search engine often called the Google of Russia, announced they are buying Auto.ru, for $175 million in cash. Auto.Ru is a site not just a domain name. Auto.ru has been around since 1996 and currently has some...
Discussion
Auto.Ru Bought By Russian Search Engine Yandex For $175 Million
According to TechCrunch.com, Yandex, the search engine often called the Google of Russia, announced they are buying Auto.ru, for $175 million in cash. Auto.Ru is a site not just a domain name. Auto.ru has been around since 1996 and currently has some...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 1:31 pm

The Domains
This Is Why There Needs To Be A Penalty For Someone Bringing A Groundless URS
Talk about a waste of time and money. You probably will never find a better case for providing a penalty for someone who brings a groundless Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding than this one. As you may know unlike the UDRP which at least carri...
Discussion
This Is Why There Needs To Be A Penalty For Someone Bringing A Groundless URS
Talk about a waste of time and money. You probably will never find a better case for providing a penalty for someone who brings a groundless Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) proceeding than this one. As you may know unlike the UDRP which at least carri...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 1:24 pm

The Domains
Francois Launces Lend.me Putting Borrowers & Lenders Together At 12% Interest
Francois Carrillo who is the Founder and C.E.O of Cybertonic which also publishes domaining.com has rolled out his newest site, Lend.me. The site puts together lenders and borrowers together which are willing to lend and borrow using domain nam...
Discussion
Francois Launces Lend.me Putting Borrowers & Lenders Together At 12% Interest
Francois Carrillo who is the Founder and C.E.O of Cybertonic which also publishes domaining.com has rolled out his newest site, Lend.me. The site puts together lenders and borrowers together which are willing to lend and borrow using domain nam...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 12:49 pm

Domain Name Wire
Taking a look a May’s NameJet sales
An deeper look at some of last month’s sales on NameJet. If you didn’t catch Andrew Allemann’s insightful take on April sales at NameJet, it’s worth a read. This time, I’m filling in with some observations on last ...
Discussion
Taking a look a May’s NameJet sales
An deeper look at some of last month’s sales on NameJet. If you didn’t catch Andrew Allemann’s insightful take on April sales at NameJet, it’s worth a read. This time, I’m filling in with some observations on last ...
Discussion
June 16, 2014, 12:45 pm