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Domain Name Wire
Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
Discussion
Cybersquatting and RDNH w/ Jason Schaeffer – DNW Podcast #120
Learn the ins and outs of cybersquatting UDRP cases and reverse domain name hijacking. How can you defend yourself against claims of cybersquatting, and what’s Reverse Domain Name Hijacking? Jason Schaeffer and his firm ESQwire.com have won lot...
Discussion
January 23, 2017, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
Discussion
MMX drops expensive renewals on premium domain names
Domain names will only have a premium for the first year. New top level domain name company MMX has dropped premium renewals on its inventory of wholly-owned top level domain names. Previously, its premium domain names came with a higher-than-usual f...
Discussion
January 23, 2017, 3:32 pm
The Domains
.Club Announces New Broker Program & Financing Plans For 2017: Sells Nearly $1 Million in Premium Domains In 2016
.Club announced today New Broker Program & Financing Plans for 2017, while reporting its Premium .Club Name sales for 2016 and detailed sales information for the Q4 of 2016. As for the Premium Domain name Sales for 2016: “During 2016 ...
Discussion
.Club Announces New Broker Program & Financing Plans For 2017: Sells Nearly $1 Million in Premium Domains In 2016
.Club announced today New Broker Program & Financing Plans for 2017, while reporting its Premium .Club Name sales for 2016 and detailed sales information for the Q4 of 2016. As for the Premium Domain name Sales for 2016: “During 2016 ...
Discussion
January 23, 2017, 8:00 am
The Domains
The Top 5 for 1-21-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. One of the lightest days of 2017 on Saturday, that might in part be due to people leaving for NamesCon. Holiday.info closed at $3,560 on F...
Discussion
The Top 5 for 1-21-17
The Top 5 is a daily look at the top 5 sales from the previous day. These are sales recorded by Namebio. One of the lightest days of 2017 on Saturday, that might in part be due to people leaving for NamesCon. Holiday.info closed at $3,560 on F...
Discussion
January 22, 2017, 5:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
Solomon Amoako joins MMX as VP Channel Management
Amoaka back in the domain name industry in new role at MMX. Solomon Amoako has joined new top level domain company MMX (formerly known as Minds + Machines) as VP of Channel Management. Amoako will be responsible for sales in the Americas and Europe. ...
Discussion
Solomon Amoako joins MMX as VP Channel Management
Amoaka back in the domain name industry in new role at MMX. Solomon Amoako has joined new top level domain company MMX (formerly known as Minds + Machines) as VP of Channel Management. Amoako will be responsible for sales in the Americas and Europe. ...
Discussion
January 22, 2017, 5:31 pm
The Domains
With several days to go before the live domain name auction from Namescon over $525,000 in domains have already received bids at or above reserve at Namejet.com; meaning they will sell according to Monte Cahn President of RightoftheDot . Here is the ...
Discussion
With several days to go before the live domain name auction from Namescon over $525,000 in domains have already received bids at or above reserve at Namejet.com; meaning they will sell according to Monte Cahn President of RightoftheDot . Here is the ...
Discussion
January 22, 2017, 3:28 am
Domain Name Wire
CADNA pushes to change anticybersquatting law
Group wants to model law after Utah legislation. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pushing to amend the 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) to include provisions in a 2010 Utah cybersquatting law. Phil Corwin, counsel...
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CADNA pushes to change anticybersquatting law
Group wants to model law after Utah legislation. Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) is pushing to amend the 1999 Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA) to include provisions in a 2010 Utah cybersquatting law. Phil Corwin, counsel...
Discussion
January 20, 2017, 4:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tucows acquires eNom from Rightside
Tucows consolidates domain reseller platforms in $83.5 million transaction. Earlier this week I warned you to be on the lookout for big news over the next few days. Here it is. Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) has acquired Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) eNom bus...
Discussion
Tucows acquires eNom from Rightside
Tucows consolidates domain reseller platforms in $83.5 million transaction. Earlier this week I warned you to be on the lookout for big news over the next few days. Here it is. Tucows (NASDAQ:TCX) has acquired Rightside’s (NASDAQ:NAME) eNom bus...
Discussion
January 20, 2017, 2:30 pm
The Domains
Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows For $76.7 Million Cash
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME), today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of eNom to Tucows Inc. (TCX) for $83.5 million, less a net working capital adjustment of $6.8 million, resulting in net cash at closing of $76.7 mill...
Discussion
Rightside Sells Enom to Tucows For $76.7 Million Cash
Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME), today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement for the sale of eNom to Tucows Inc. (TCX) for $83.5 million, less a net working capital adjustment of $6.8 million, resulting in net cash at closing of $76.7 mill...
Discussion
January 20, 2017, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: My NamePros interview at NamesCon last year
The tables are turns as I get interviewed. A year ago I sat down with Kevin Fink (who was with Flippa at the time) for an interview during NamesCon. I wasn’t interviewing him; he had me in the hot seat instead. NamePros just published the video...
Discussion
Video: My NamePros interview at NamesCon last year
The tables are turns as I get interviewed. A year ago I sat down with Kevin Fink (who was with Flippa at the time) for an interview during NamesCon. I wasn’t interviewing him; he had me in the hot seat instead. NamePros just published the video...
Discussion
January 19, 2017, 9:37 pm