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Elliot's Blog
Richard Lau Guest Post: RL.com – An Inside View of The Million Dollar Battle
Guest contributor Richard Lau has generated millions in revenue in the domain industry and has a background that includes: forming/managing/buying/selling/brokering over 90 ICANN Registrars, the 2004 “Domainer of the Year” award, DomainMa...
Discussion
Richard Lau Guest Post: RL.com – An Inside View of The Million Dollar Battle
Guest contributor Richard Lau has generated millions in revenue in the domain industry and has a background that includes: forming/managing/buying/selling/brokering over 90 ICANN Registrars, the 2004 “Domainer of the Year” award, DomainMa...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 12:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owners of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com duke it out in court
1stDibs.com says owner of FirstDibs.com is cybersquatting. The registrants of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com are embroiled in a court battle, with the latter saying that FirstDibs.com infringes its trademarks. The owner of FirstDibs.com is seafood who...
Discussion
Owners of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com duke it out in court
1stDibs.com says owner of FirstDibs.com is cybersquatting. The registrants of FirstDibs.com and 1stDibs.com are embroiled in a court battle, with the latter saying that FirstDibs.com infringes its trademarks. The owner of FirstDibs.com is seafood who...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 10:44 am
Domain Name News
Banks.com, Inc. acquisition by Remark Media completed
Remark Media (Nasdaq:MARK) has completed the acquisition of Banks.com, Inc. (OTCQB:BNNX) as reported in a press release. The company sold look.com in 2011 for $400,000. With this acquisition, Remark Media will expand its online personal finance ecosy...
Discussion
Banks.com, Inc. acquisition by Remark Media completed
Remark Media (Nasdaq:MARK) has completed the acquisition of Banks.com, Inc. (OTCQB:BNNX) as reported in a press release. The company sold look.com in 2011 for $400,000. With this acquisition, Remark Media will expand its online personal finance ecosy...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 10:21 am
Domain Name Wire
Apple begins forwarding iPad3.com to its web site — and it’s tracking it, too
Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple...
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Apple begins forwarding iPad3.com to its web site — and it’s tracking it, too
Apple smartly measures traffic to recently recovered domain name. Late last month Apple filed a cybersquatting complaint over the domain name iPad3.com. Shortly after filing the complaint the owner of the domain acquiesced, giving the domain to Apple...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 9:50 am
The Domains
With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
Discussion
With The Domain Space Only Growing By 17 Million A Year, Where Will All The Registrations For New gTLD’s Come From?
We know that .com/.net registrations as of the last report sits at 116 million registrations is growing at the rate 8 million new registrations a year. We also know including the 116 million .com/.net registrations, there are 225 million domains nam...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 9:18 am
Domain Shane
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 7-12-12
I actually had a Rick Schwartz moment yesterday when looking over my parking stats yesterday. I hand registered a name. Something I hardly every do unless its a plant name. It was making a few dollars a day which I was very happy with but a few weeks...
Discussion
Thursday’s Big List of Names at Auction or Dropping Around the Net 7-12-12
I actually had a Rick Schwartz moment yesterday when looking over my parking stats yesterday. I hand registered a name. Something I hardly every do unless its a plant name. It was making a few dollars a day which I was very happy with but a few weeks...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 6:28 am
The Domains
Apple Gets iTunes.net in UDRP
Apple Was awarded the domain name iTunes.net today in a UDRP decision. The decision will be handed down later today. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished the domain. In ...
Discussion
Apple Gets iTunes.net in UDRP
Apple Was awarded the domain name iTunes.net today in a UDRP decision. The decision will be handed down later today. Last week Apple gained control of the domain iPad3.com after it filed a UDRP and the domain holder relinquished the domain. In ...
Discussion
July 12, 2012, 1:27 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa is Looking for a Producer
If you watch the weekly DomainSherpa interviews religiously and want to get to know more people within the domain name industry, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for.Read the Entire Article on DomainSherpa.comSponsors of DomainSher...
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DomainSherpa is Looking for a Producer
If you watch the weekly DomainSherpa interviews religiously and want to get to know more people within the domain name industry, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for.Read the Entire Article on DomainSherpa.comSponsors of DomainSher...
Discussion
July 11, 2012, 8:12 pm
The Domains
.Org Passes 10 Million Domain Names Milestone
According to a press release tonight the .Org registry has passed the 10 Million domain name mark. PIR “the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain announced tonight that it has reached a major milestone with the registration of its 10 milli...
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.Org Passes 10 Million Domain Names Milestone
According to a press release tonight the .Org registry has passed the 10 Million domain name mark. PIR “the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain announced tonight that it has reached a major milestone with the registration of its 10 milli...
Discussion
July 11, 2012, 6:23 pm
Elliot's Blog
Domain Infographic from Domain Market
I want to share a neat infographic created by Mike Mann’s Domain Market. The infographic contains a brief history of domain names, and it includes information about registrations, usage around the world, and significant domain sales. It’s...
Discussion
Domain Infographic from Domain Market
I want to share a neat infographic created by Mike Mann’s Domain Market. The infographic contains a brief history of domain names, and it includes information about registrations, usage around the world, and significant domain sales. It’s...
Discussion
July 11, 2012, 4:30 pm
