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The Domains
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
US Dept Of Commerce: Us Govt Doesn’t Agree With Postal Service Objections To .Mail
In a letter sent to ICANN by The US Commerce Department’s Lawrence Strickling to Steve Crocker, Commerce made it clear that the US Government was not backing the United States Postal Service (USPS) objections to the new gTLD applications for .M...
Discussion
April 4, 2013, 12:06 am
The Domains
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
39th New gTLD & 3rd IDN Application Withdrawn
Bridgestone Corporation has withdrawn an application for the new gTLD IDN string of 普利司通 with ICANN. The application which has a prioritization number of 1769. According to the application: .普利司通 are the Chinese characters representin...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 8:31 pm
Domain Shane
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
Do You Treat Your Domains As Assets or An Expense on Your Taxes?
I am going to start off this article by saying that none of this is tax advice. You need to consult with an accountant or tax consultant, not listen to me. This is an article for discussion only. I have talked to several diff...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 7:44 pm
The Domains
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
32 Objections To New gTLD Applications Filed; 13 By Verisign, 9 By Google
32 objections filed with the International Centre For Dispute Resolution based string confusion, are now reflected on their website. Some of the objections as we noted a couple of weeks ago were filed by Verisign,Inc. who is up objecting to 13 new gT...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 6:18 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Brokerage Listings – 4/3
Here are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers and brokerages. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or have any questions about one of the domain names that is for sale, please contact the broker directly....
Discussion
Domain Brokerage Listings – 4/3
Here are this week’s domain brokerage listings from various domain brokers and brokerages. If you want to purchase one of the domain names or have any questions about one of the domain names that is for sale, please contact the broker directly....
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 5:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
Discussion
34 smart end user domain buys
34 companies add to their online presence with aftermarket domain purchases. Afternic had a better-than-usual sales week last week with close to $1.5 million in sales. Here are 34 end user domain sales I found on its list. American Association of You...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 1:38 pm
Elliot's Blog
The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away
This is a guest post about the Internet Commerce Association from domain investor Nat Cohen, President of Telepathy, Inc. For the domain industry, the part of the Lord is played by the U.S. Government and ICANN. In the early days of the Internet, the...
Discussion
The Lord Giveth and the Lord Taketh Away
This is a guest post about the Internet Commerce Association from domain investor Nat Cohen, President of Telepathy, Inc. For the domain industry, the part of the Lord is played by the U.S. Government and ICANN. In the early days of the Internet, the...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 11:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
Discussion
Top 5 must read domain articles from March
Here are the top five stories from Domain Name Wire last month. March saw the first batch of new TLD objections, a warning from Verisign, and a high profile company found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. 1. United States Postal Services just ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 11:28 am
Domain Name Wire
The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
Discussion
The Verisign pile on effect
Last week Verisign dropped a bomb on ICANN by releasing a report that said that ICANN was not yet ready for the rollout of new top level domains. Critics have suggested that Verisign has financial motives for slowing out the rollout of new TLDs, and ...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 10:48 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
Discussion
What domains DropBox and 15 other companies bought last week
Dropbox buys an India ccTLD and other end user domain sales. Sedo sold 704 domains for over $1.25 million last week. I’ve identified 16 of the publicly reported sales as end user sale. There are certainly more, but these are the ones that stood...
Discussion
April 3, 2013, 10:21 am
