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Domain Name Wire
Why no RDNH for Thingify.com?
A classic abuse-of-proceeding case, but no RDNH finding. A WIPO panel just handed down a decision in a UDRP for Thingify.com. It follows a familiar story line: 1. Person starts company, but matching .com domain is taken. 2. Company opts to use a diff...
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Why no RDNH for Thingify.com?
A classic abuse-of-proceeding case, but no RDNH finding. A WIPO panel just handed down a decision in a UDRP for Thingify.com. It follows a familiar story line: 1. Person starts company, but matching .com domain is taken. 2. Company opts to use a diff...
Discussion
June 11, 2014, 1:25 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 11th, 2014
I’ve been reading DN Journal for a long time and I don’t ever remember Ron calling out anyone out like he called Daniel Negari out last night. When Ron calls you out, you truly are doing wrong. I don’t think I’ve e...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on June 11th, 2014
I’ve been reading DN Journal for a long time and I don’t ever remember Ron calling out anyone out like he called Daniel Negari out last night. When Ron calls you out, you truly are doing wrong. I don’t think I’ve e...
Discussion
June 11, 2014, 10:52 am
Domain Shane
Call Me Crazy……I See Numerics Going Up From Here…….
Take a look at the prices below. Back in 2012 I was preaching 4 number dot coms and this was a NNNN.com sales result list I posted. Many people then and even now, don’t understand why a company or person would brand their site using numb...
Discussion
Call Me Crazy……I See Numerics Going Up From Here…….
Take a look at the prices below. Back in 2012 I was preaching 4 number dot coms and this was a NNNN.com sales result list I posted. Many people then and even now, don’t understand why a company or person would brand their site using numb...
Discussion
June 11, 2014, 12:36 am
The Domains
Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total Just Over $1.3 Million
Godaddy/Afternic reported its weekly sales which totaled just over $1.3 Million dollars. All sales were led by Suzies.com for $62,050 which was owned by a Scottcraft Label Co. out of Marlton, NJ .COM Sales Price suzies.com $62,050 flyaway.com ...
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Godaddy/Afternic Sales Total Just Over $1.3 Million
Godaddy/Afternic reported its weekly sales which totaled just over $1.3 Million dollars. All sales were led by Suzies.com for $62,050 which was owned by a Scottcraft Label Co. out of Marlton, NJ .COM Sales Price suzies.com $62,050 flyaway.com ...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 10:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Co.com drops pricing on “Premium” domain names, releases reserved
Company will slash prices on premium domains and offer many reserved domains at regular prices. .Co.com, a new third level domain name option, is dropping prices on premium domain names and has removed tens of thousands of domain names from its reser...
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.Co.com drops pricing on “Premium” domain names, releases reserved
Company will slash prices on premium domains and offer many reserved domains at regular prices. .Co.com, a new third level domain name option, is dropping prices on premium domain names and has removed tens of thousands of domain names from its reser...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 9:00 pm
The Domains
.Co.Com Releases “Tens Of Thousands” Premium Domains For Landrush
The .Co.Com registry just announced on their blog, that they were dropping “tens of thousands” premium domains from their reserved list and placing them into availability where they can be immediately registered in the Landr...
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.Co.Com Releases “Tens Of Thousands” Premium Domains For Landrush
The .Co.Com registry just announced on their blog, that they were dropping “tens of thousands” premium domains from their reserved list and placing them into availability where they can be immediately registered in the Landr...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 7:23 pm
The Domains
Network Solutions Promotion For .Events; 2 of 3 Featured Domains Are Reserved and NA
NetworkSolutions.com has done it again. Its current promotion going out to its customer marketing the new gTLD .events features three domains, two of which are reserved by the registry thereby not available. We have written about this iss...
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Network Solutions Promotion For .Events; 2 of 3 Featured Domains Are Reserved and NA
NetworkSolutions.com has done it again. Its current promotion going out to its customer marketing the new gTLD .events features three domains, two of which are reserved by the registry thereby not available. We have written about this iss...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 6:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy gets patent for “Domain name hijack protection”
Patent is mostly about whois proxy email services. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,751,685 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Domain name hijack protection”. The patent, applied for in 2010, is actually a divisional pa...
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GoDaddy gets patent for “Domain name hijack protection”
Patent is mostly about whois proxy email services. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,751,685 (pdf) to GoDaddy for “Domain name hijack protection”. The patent, applied for in 2010, is actually a divisional pa...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 4:41 pm
The Domains
Linton’s Fashion Metric Selected As 1 of 11 Out of 1,500 For Techstars Austin
Morgan and Daina Linton’s FashionMetric.com, which uses big data to enhance fit and sizing for men’s clothing is one of 11 startups selected for latest class of Techstars Austin. FashionMetric was founded in 2012 by Morgan and Daina and w...
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Linton’s Fashion Metric Selected As 1 of 11 Out of 1,500 For Techstars Austin
Morgan and Daina Linton’s FashionMetric.com, which uses big data to enhance fit and sizing for men’s clothing is one of 11 startups selected for latest class of Techstars Austin. FashionMetric was founded in 2012 by Morgan and Daina and w...
Discussion
June 10, 2014, 4:23 pm
The Domains
Google Greatly Limiting Adult Advertisers on Adwords Starting Later This Month
Xbiz.com is reporting that Google has sent out letters to adult content marketers warning that they are greatly limiting their ability to advertise on Google AdWords starting later this month: “Beginning in the coming weeks, we’ll no long...
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Google Greatly Limiting Adult Advertisers on Adwords Starting Later This Month
Xbiz.com is reporting that Google has sent out letters to adult content marketers warning that they are greatly limiting their ability to advertise on Google AdWords starting later this month: “Beginning in the coming weeks, we’ll no long...
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June 10, 2014, 3:32 pm
