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Domain Name Wire
Berken’s company sues musician Bryan Adams over bizarre trademark claims
Musician’s “sheriff” tries to scare the wrong guy. Domain investor Michael Berkens’ company Worldwide Media, Inc. has sued (pdf) musician Bryan Adams and his company Adams Communications Inc after the musician’s represen...
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Berken’s company sues musician Bryan Adams over bizarre trademark claims
Musician’s “sheriff” tries to scare the wrong guy. Domain investor Michael Berkens’ company Worldwide Media, Inc. has sued (pdf) musician Bryan Adams and his company Adams Communications Inc after the musician’s represen...
Discussion
July 11, 2017, 2:33 pm
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa is Looking for a Producer
If you watch the weekly DomainSherpa interviews religiously and want to increase your knowledge, network and influence within the domain name industry, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for.This is your opportunity to place yourself...
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DomainSherpa is Looking for a Producer
If you watch the weekly DomainSherpa interviews religiously and want to increase your knowledge, network and influence within the domain name industry, you’re the kind of person we’re looking for.This is your opportunity to place yourself...
Discussion
July 11, 2017, 7:01 am
The Domains
.Shop wins most popular new gTLD of China
.Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the “The most popular new gTLD of China” award from @gdschina What an honor – thank you! #GDS pic.twitter.com/QG...
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.Shop wins most popular new gTLD of China
.Shop (an advertiser on TheDomains) won most popular new gtld of China at the Global Domain Summit. Proud to bring home the “The most popular new gTLD of China” award from @gdschina What an honor – thank you! #GDS pic.twitter.com/QG...
Discussion
July 11, 2017, 3:05 am
The Domains
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It’s a very interesting post a...
Discussion
Taking over four of the seven authoritative nameservers for the .io TLD
Matthew Bryant @IAmMandatory of TheHackerBlog.com wrote a very detailed post on how he was able to register domains in .io that would essentially allow him to take over authoritative nameservers for the .io cctld. It’s a very interesting post a...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 10:21 pm
Domain Name Wire
Misled panel finds reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist used the wrong dates in finding RDNH, but the complainant might not have known. A single-member National Arbitration Forum panel has found Tupelo Honey Hospitality Corporation to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for filing a cyb...
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Misled panel finds reverse domain name hijacking
Panelist used the wrong dates in finding RDNH, but the complainant might not have known. A single-member National Arbitration Forum panel has found Tupelo Honey Hospitality Corporation to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for filing a cyb...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
Using Twitter to Review Web Hosts – DNW Podcast #143
How one domain investor figured out an ideal way to review web hosts. Kevin Ohashi lives the “digital nomad” life. We got connected through his activities in the domain investing world, but today we discuss his venture ReviewSignal, a sit...
Discussion
Using Twitter to Review Web Hosts – DNW Podcast #143
How one domain investor figured out an ideal way to review web hosts. Kevin Ohashi lives the “digital nomad” life. We got connected through his activities in the domain investing world, but today we discuss his venture ReviewSignal, a sit...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 3:30 pm
The Domains
New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations
The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening,...
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New gTLD .Health Ends Sunrise Period With 287 Registrations
The .health registry ended their 60-day Sunrise period on Friday, June 7th, with a total of 287 total applications, none of which were in contention, so there will be no sunrise auctions for .health. All domains will be provisioned on Monday evening,...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Club reports “topline” Q2 premium sales of $2.7 million
Registry gets huge uptake on its five-year payment plan deal. The .Club registry has released its quarterly report of premium domain name sales, including $2.7 million “topline value”. “Topline value” is in quotes because $2.5...
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.Club reports “topline” Q2 premium sales of $2.7 million
Registry gets huge uptake on its five-year payment plan deal. The .Club registry has released its quarterly report of premium domain name sales, including $2.7 million “topline value”. “Topline value” is in quotes because $2.5...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 12:58 pm
DomainSherpa
Smart Investment: SmartMonday.com $69→$14,488 in 3 Months – With Logan Flatt
If you think like your customers think and price them within their budget, then you're more likely to be more successful in domain name investing.That's how today's investor turned a $69 SnapNames purchase into a $14,488 buy-it-now sal...
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Smart Investment: SmartMonday.com $69→$14,488 in 3 Months – With Logan Flatt
If you think like your customers think and price them within their budget, then you're more likely to be more successful in domain name investing.That's how today's investor turned a $69 SnapNames purchase into a $14,488 buy-it-now sal...
Discussion
July 10, 2017, 7:01 am
The Domains
Domain Research Group takes a look at emoji domains in .com
Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in .com. There are 233 in total, (currently emojis are unable to be registered in gtlds like com,net and ...
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Domain Research Group takes a look at emoji domains in .com
Domain Research Group the people behind I❤️.ws, was nice enough to go through the .com zone file and identify all the emoji names that exist in .com. There are 233 in total, (currently emojis are unable to be registered in gtlds like com,net and ...
Discussion
July 8, 2017, 9:44 am
