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The Domains
ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be impleme...
Discussion
ICANN: Implementing the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan
On 7 October 2013 the ICANN Board’s New gTLD Program Committee approved resolutions directing staff to implement the New gTLD Collision Occurrence Management Plan (“The Plan”) Tonight ICANN released details on how it will be impleme...
Discussion
October 17, 2013, 12:36 am
Domain Name Wire
Over 7,000 .LA domains registered at GoDaddy since June
GoDaddy registers over 7,000 .LA domain names since promoting the domain for Los Angeles. A reader who invested in .la domain names asked me this week if I knew how the domain name was doing since GoDaddy put some of its marketing weight behind the d...
Discussion
Over 7,000 .LA domains registered at GoDaddy since June
GoDaddy registers over 7,000 .LA domain names since promoting the domain for Los Angeles. A reader who invested in .la domain names asked me this week if I knew how the domain name was doing since GoDaddy put some of its marketing weight behind the d...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 10:00 pm
The Domains
OMG: .XYZ Hits Top 5 Pre-Regsitered New gTLD’s at 1and1.com
Tonight 1and1.com top 5 new gTLD pre-reservation list changed and amazingly .XYZ is now sitting at number 5 with over 45,000 pre-reservations. The top five are now pre-rese...
Discussion
OMG: .XYZ Hits Top 5 Pre-Regsitered New gTLD’s at 1and1.com
Tonight 1and1.com top 5 new gTLD pre-reservation list changed and amazingly .XYZ is now sitting at number 5 with over 45,000 pre-reservations. The top five are now pre-rese...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 9:14 pm
The Domains
Report: Chase To Limit Cash WIthdrawals, Deposits & Prohibits Outgoing International Wire Transfers Nov 17th
So this is well beyond the domain industry and bordering on disastrous if true. Let me be clear that I’m not a customer of Chase and have no independent verification if any of this is true and lets hope its not. The Drudge Report has a link to...
Discussion
Report: Chase To Limit Cash WIthdrawals, Deposits & Prohibits Outgoing International Wire Transfers Nov 17th
So this is well beyond the domain industry and bordering on disastrous if true. Let me be clear that I’m not a customer of Chase and have no independent verification if any of this is true and lets hope its not. The Drudge Report has a link to...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 6:22 pm
The Domains
What Is The Matching .Com Domain Of Twitter’s Stock Symbol Worth: TWTR.com
Now that Twitter has selected to go public on the New York Stock Exchange and has picked the stock symbol TWTR to be traded under, the questions becomes what is the value of TWTR.com What was the value of the domain name before the announcement and w...
Discussion
What Is The Matching .Com Domain Of Twitter’s Stock Symbol Worth: TWTR.com
Now that Twitter has selected to go public on the New York Stock Exchange and has picked the stock symbol TWTR to be traded under, the questions becomes what is the value of TWTR.com What was the value of the domain name before the announcement and w...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ .Shopping found too similar to .shop, will be placed in contention set
Once again, who the string confusion panelist is determines the outcome of an objection. A string confusion objection panelist has ruled that having both .shop and .shopping as top level domain names will confuse the average internet user, and thus b...
Discussion
Donuts’ .Shopping found too similar to .shop, will be placed in contention set
Once again, who the string confusion panelist is determines the outcome of an objection. A string confusion objection panelist has ruled that having both .shop and .shopping as top level domain names will confuse the average internet user, and thus b...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Polo sport beats Polo brand in .Polo top level domain name dispute
.Polo brand top level domain name application killed off by polo sport association. A panel has upheld a community objection (pdf) filed by The United States Polo Association against Ralph Lauren Corporation’s application to run the .polo top l...
Discussion
Polo sport beats Polo brand in .Polo top level domain name dispute
.Polo brand top level domain name application killed off by polo sport association. A panel has upheld a community objection (pdf) filed by The United States Polo Association against Ralph Lauren Corporation’s application to run the .polo top l...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 1:33 pm
The Domains
Moniker.com Sends Out emails Promoting .Biz Registrations; You Have To See This One (If Your Over 18)
Moniker.com is sending out emails to customer promoting .Biz domain name registrations. Fair enough. The ad is promoting a 35% savings off the list price of $10.59 and selling registrations for $6.79. Of course the extension .Biz is meant to re...
Discussion
Moniker.com Sends Out emails Promoting .Biz Registrations; You Have To See This One (If Your Over 18)
Moniker.com is sending out emails to customer promoting .Biz domain name registrations. Fair enough. The ad is promoting a 35% savings off the list price of $10.59 and selling registrations for $6.79. Of course the extension .Biz is meant to re...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 12:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
15 end user domain name sales
Sedo’s end user sales last week include a three letter .org that sold for $56,000. I’m trying a different format for this week’s end user domain name sales report. The format is domain / price / buyer. Let me know if you prefer this...
Discussion
15 end user domain name sales
Sedo’s end user sales last week include a three letter .org that sold for $56,000. I’m trying a different format for this week’s end user domain name sales report. The format is domain / price / buyer. Let me know if you prefer this...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Would CatchJeremy.com be different with new TLDs?
T-Mobile’s advertising campaign includes a unique domain used just for the campaign. The commercial embedded below has been playing frequently during the National League Championship Series on TBS (Go Cards!). You’ll see that it prominent...
Discussion
Would CatchJeremy.com be different with new TLDs?
T-Mobile’s advertising campaign includes a unique domain used just for the campaign. The commercial embedded below has been playing frequently during the National League Championship Series on TBS (Go Cards!). You’ll see that it prominent...
Discussion
October 16, 2013, 10:49 am
