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The Domains
.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint
According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11, 2013, the .Lu registry will “freeze” a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute...
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.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint
According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11, 2013, the .Lu registry will “freeze” a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 1:20 pm

Elliot's Blog
Ryan Colby Starts Domain Aftermarket Insights Newsletter
At the end of 2011, Domain Holdings hired Ryan Colby as its Senior Vice President of Product Management. Lately, Ryan has been working quite a bit on the brokerage side of the business, and he just started a periodic newsletter called “Domain A...
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Ryan Colby Starts Domain Aftermarket Insights Newsletter
At the end of 2011, Domain Holdings hired Ryan Colby as its Senior Vice President of Product Management. Lately, Ryan has been working quite a bit on the brokerage side of the business, and he just started a periodic newsletter called “Domain A...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 12:36 pm

The Domains
According To Estibot.com TRAFFIC Auction List Is Valued At $1,850,000
Today the organizers of TRAFFIC released the list of domain names to be auctioned off during the TRAFFIC Vegas conference. The auction will be held on May 30th from 2PM-4PM Local time, in Las Vegas. “More than 50% of the list has NO RESER...
Discussion
According To Estibot.com TRAFFIC Auction List Is Valued At $1,850,000
Today the organizers of TRAFFIC released the list of domain names to be auctioned off during the TRAFFIC Vegas conference. The auction will be held on May 30th from 2PM-4PM Local time, in Las Vegas. “More than 50% of the list has NO RESER...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 11:25 am

Domain Name Wire
Would you like more Domain Name Wire instructional videos?
Are DNW videos valuable content? Last month I posted a handful of instructional videos to Domain Name Wire and YouTube: How to submit an invalid WHOIS complaint How to set up and use two-factor authentication at GoDaddy.com How to learn more about yo...
Discussion
Would you like more Domain Name Wire instructional videos?
Are DNW videos valuable content? Last month I posted a handful of instructional videos to Domain Name Wire and YouTube: How to submit an invalid WHOIS complaint How to set up and use two-factor authentication at GoDaddy.com How to learn more about yo...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 11:15 am

The Domains
Sedo Reports: Domain Revenue Down 14%; Domains For Sale Up Tp 16.6 M
Sedo Holding AG published its consolidated financial results for first three months 2013. Revenue grew of 7.3% to EUR 36.9 million. This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment. “The Domain Marketing segment remai...
Discussion
Sedo Reports: Domain Revenue Down 14%; Domains For Sale Up Tp 16.6 M
Sedo Holding AG published its consolidated financial results for first three months 2013. Revenue grew of 7.3% to EUR 36.9 million. This growth was particularly driven by the Affiliate Marketing segment. “The Domain Marketing segment remai...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 10:40 am

Domain Name Wire
Responsive design is another blow to .mobi
Responsive web design is a much more efficient approach to mobile browsing than a separate domain name. I really liked the idea of .mobi before it was launched. It was the only “new” top level domain that made sense to me. The idea of cre...
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Responsive design is another blow to .mobi
Responsive web design is a much more efficient approach to mobile browsing than a separate domain name. I really liked the idea of .mobi before it was launched. It was the only “new” top level domain that made sense to me. The idea of cre...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 10:35 am

Elliot's Blog
TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction List Announced
Rick Schwartz emailed out the list of domain names that will be up for auction during the TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas later this month. The live auction is scheduled for May 30th from 2PM-4PM. Although the reserve prices weren’t shared, hal...
Discussion
TRAFFIC Las Vegas Auction List Announced
Rick Schwartz emailed out the list of domain names that will be up for auction during the TRAFFIC conference in Las Vegas later this month. The live auction is scheduled for May 30th from 2PM-4PM. Although the reserve prices weren’t shared, hal...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 9:07 am

Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
Some decent names on the board but as we’ve all seen there aren’t very many good names coming up in the reseller market this spring. But why would there be? People aren’t letting the good names accidentally expire or dro...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 13th
Some decent names on the board but as we’ve all seen there aren’t very many good names coming up in the reseller market this spring. But why would there be? People aren’t letting the good names accidentally expire or dro...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 6:34 am

The Domains
Radix Withdraws New gTLD Application For .Movie
Radix which had applied for 31 new gTLD’s has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Movie. Radix application for .Movie had a prioritization number of 592. There are 7 other applicants for the .movie new gTLD including Google, Amazon, Fam...
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Radix Withdraws New gTLD Application For .Movie
Radix which had applied for 31 new gTLD’s has withdrawn its application for the new gTLD .Movie. Radix application for .Movie had a prioritization number of 592. There are 7 other applicants for the .movie new gTLD including Google, Amazon, Fam...
Discussion
May 14, 2013, 2:15 am

Domain Name Wire
Angry Birds maker files its first UDRP
Company goes after site selling Angry Birds merchandise. Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the wildly popular Angry Birds franchise, has filed its first ever domain dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The com...
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Angry Birds maker files its first UDRP
Company goes after site selling Angry Birds merchandise. Rovio Entertainment, the company behind the wildly popular Angry Birds franchise, has filed its first ever domain dispute under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). The com...
Discussion
May 13, 2013, 5:13 pm