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Domain Name Wire
.Club lands among Top 10 new TLDs on first day
.Club is now one of the top ten new TLDs. The .Club domain name is now among the top 10 most registered new TLDs after launching this morning. The exact number of registrations (based on the zone file) won’t be available until tomorrow. It take...
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.Club lands among Top 10 new TLDs on first day
.Club is now one of the top ten new TLDs. The .Club domain name is now among the top 10 most registered new TLDs after launching this morning. The exact number of registrations (based on the zone file) won’t be available until tomorrow. It take...
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May 7, 2014, 5:32 pm
The Domains
Dots.com Auction Has $250,000 Stalking Horse Bidder
Hilco Streambank announced today that Rainbow Shops will be the stalking horse bidder in the Chapter 11 auction of Dots LLC intellectual property assets at an opening purchase price in the amount of $250,000. The bid deadline has been extended to 11:...
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Dots.com Auction Has $250,000 Stalking Horse Bidder
Hilco Streambank announced today that Rainbow Shops will be the stalking horse bidder in the Chapter 11 auction of Dots LLC intellectual property assets at an opening purchase price in the amount of $250,000. The bid deadline has been extended to 11:...
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May 7, 2014, 5:31 pm
The Domains
Go Daddy issues release on Dot Club Entering General Availability
.Club is now available to everyone Go Daddy put out a press release today on .Club entering general availability. They included a Godaddy.club – GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, is helping cu...
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Go Daddy issues release on Dot Club Entering General Availability
.Club is now available to everyone Go Daddy put out a press release today on .Club entering general availability. They included a Godaddy.club – GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology provider dedicated to small businesses, is helping cu...
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May 7, 2014, 4:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
ParkingCrew integrates Bounce.io email monetization
ParkingCrew customers could get more revenue with Bounce.io integration. Domain name owners have been monetizing web traffic to domain names for a long time. But few monetize e-mails sent to their parked domain names. ParkingCrew announced today that...
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ParkingCrew integrates Bounce.io email monetization
ParkingCrew customers could get more revenue with Bounce.io integration. Domain name owners have been monetizing web traffic to domain names for a long time. But few monetize e-mails sent to their parked domain names. ParkingCrew announced today that...
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May 7, 2014, 4:01 pm
The Domains
Russell Pangborn in as new CEO at Marksmen
Marksmen Names Russell Pangborn new CEO Brand protection firm Marksmen, Inc. announced that founder Ken Taylor will become a consultant to the company as Russell Pangborn takes over at the helm. Pangborn previously had been at Microsoft where h...
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Russell Pangborn in as new CEO at Marksmen
Marksmen Names Russell Pangborn new CEO Brand protection firm Marksmen, Inc. announced that founder Ken Taylor will become a consultant to the company as Russell Pangborn takes over at the helm. Pangborn previously had been at Microsoft where h...
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May 7, 2014, 3:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 reasons domain name registries should think twice before reserving premiums
Holding back premiums for resale might not be in the best interests of domain registries. Last month there was quite an uproar about Uniregistry withholding thousands of premium domain names. Some people believe Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling mi...
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4 reasons domain name registries should think twice before reserving premiums
Holding back premiums for resale might not be in the best interests of domain registries. Last month there was quite an uproar about Uniregistry withholding thousands of premium domain names. Some people believe Uniregistry founder Frank Schilling mi...
Discussion
May 7, 2014, 3:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
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Company loses UDRP against 20-year-old-domain, but maybe is shouldn’t have.
Panel believes registrant registered domain name over 20 years ago. It didn’t. German company Softway AG has lost a UDRP it filed against the 20-year-old domain name Softway.com. On the surface it appears to be a particularly egregious case. Al...
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May 7, 2014, 12:42 pm
Domain Shane
THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 7th, 2014
A reader emailed me yesterday and let me know of a glitch in the Godaddy auction system. I’ve never had this problem but he said that Godaddy wouldn’t let him put a decent reserve on his 7 day auctions because Godaddy thought his re...
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THE BIG AFTERMARKET LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on May 7th, 2014
A reader emailed me yesterday and let me know of a glitch in the Godaddy auction system. I’ve never had this problem but he said that Godaddy wouldn’t let him put a decent reserve on his 7 day auctions because Godaddy thought his re...
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May 7, 2014, 11:27 am
The Domains
Alibaba Group Files For Potentially The Biggest IPO in U.S. History
Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba files for IPO The Chinese company is kind of a big deal when it comes to e-Commerce in China, accounting for 80 % of sales. The company has garnered a lot of press over the last two days. Forbes covered it: Chinese ...
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Alibaba Group Files For Potentially The Biggest IPO in U.S. History
Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba files for IPO The Chinese company is kind of a big deal when it comes to e-Commerce in China, accounting for 80 % of sales. The company has garnered a lot of press over the last two days. Forbes covered it: Chinese ...
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May 7, 2014, 9:04 am
The Domains
Orgasms.com Sells Very Quietly On SnapNames.com For $38K: Did It Drop?
The domain name Orgasms.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for $38,166 without much fanfare and without a blog post written about it during or after the auction, which is pretty unusual for a domain that sells for that amount. The domain has an Esti...
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Orgasms.com Sells Very Quietly On SnapNames.com For $38K: Did It Drop?
The domain name Orgasms.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for $38,166 without much fanfare and without a blog post written about it during or after the auction, which is pretty unusual for a domain that sells for that amount. The domain has an Esti...
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May 6, 2014, 7:44 pm
