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Domain Name Wire
.Gay Trademark Application Filed
Trademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.gay” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just...
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.Gay Trademark Application Filed
Trademark frontrunning continues. A Washington man has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “.gay” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Thomas Petersen DBA Creighton Investments, LLC filed the application on June 20 just...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 11:27 am
Domain Name Wire
Adam Dicker Dishes on Domain Industry and DNForum
DNForum founder discusses the state of domain investing and his popular forum. I last interviewed DNForum owner Adam Dicker over five years ago. A lot has changed in the domain industry since then, so I thought it would be a good time to connect agai...
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Adam Dicker Dishes on Domain Industry and DNForum
DNForum founder discusses the state of domain investing and his popular forum. I last interviewed DNForum owner Adam Dicker over five years ago. A lot has changed in the domain industry since then, so I thought it would be a good time to connect agai...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 11:05 am
Domain Name Wire
My Thoughts on a Go Daddy Buyout
What a Go Daddy sale would mean. If the chatter is to be believed, The Go Daddy Group could announce a multi-billion dollar buyout sometime this week. While neither Go Daddy nor the buyers will confirm or deny this, it’s typical for bankers inv...
Discussion
My Thoughts on a Go Daddy Buyout
What a Go Daddy sale would mean. If the chatter is to be believed, The Go Daddy Group could announce a multi-billion dollar buyout sometime this week. While neither Go Daddy nor the buyers will confirm or deny this, it’s typical for bankers inv...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 10:52 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Could Shake Up Domain Registry Market
Registrar could take a big chunk of back end services business for new top level domain names. Last week new TLD consultancy Minds + Machines announced flat rate registry services pricing of $100,000 per year. Apparently this is the first time there&...
Discussion
Go Daddy Could Shake Up Domain Registry Market
Registrar could take a big chunk of back end services business for new top level domain names. Last week new TLD consultancy Minds + Machines announced flat rate registry services pricing of $100,000 per year. Apparently this is the first time there&...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 9:58 am
Elliot's Blog
Make Money With a Forum: Sell It
From what I’ve heard, it’s often hard to make money from a forum. Like other websites, the owner of a forum has two options to make money – find advertisers who want to reach out to the same group of people who visit the forum...
Discussion
Make Money With a Forum: Sell It
From what I’ve heard, it’s often hard to make money from a forum. Like other websites, the owner of a forum has two options to make money – find advertisers who want to reach out to the same group of people who visit the forum...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 9:53 am
The Domains
New York Passes Gay Marriage (.com): Will .Gay Be Approved As A Community Application Or Will It Go To The Highest Bidder?
As most of you know by now, New York has become the newest state to legalize gay marriage. As the owner of GayMarriage.com we have been following the story closely and now all eyes in the domain world will turn towards the new gTLD .Gay. Its no secre...
Discussion
New York Passes Gay Marriage (.com): Will .Gay Be Approved As A Community Application Or Will It Go To The Highest Bidder?
As most of you know by now, New York has become the newest state to legalize gay marriage. As the owner of GayMarriage.com we have been following the story closely and now all eyes in the domain world will turn towards the new gTLD .Gay. Its no secre...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 9:00 am
Domain Shane
Monday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
It’s funny how you start caring more about things after you own a domain name related the subject. For instance. As the owner of civilunions.com I love seeing New York officially allowing gay marriage starting this past week. ...
Discussion
Monday’s Daily Domain Drop and Auction Picks
It’s funny how you start caring more about things after you own a domain name related the subject. For instance. As the owner of civilunions.com I love seeing New York officially allowing gay marriage starting this past week. ...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 3:01 am
DomainSherpa
What Type of Domainer Are You?
The millions of domain names that are bought and sold every year has given rise to an industry of countless domain name investors. However, despite their vast numbers, most domainers fall into one of four types: Freshmen, Hustlers, Builders and Arist...
Discussion
What Type of Domainer Are You?
The millions of domain names that are bought and sold every year has given rise to an industry of countless domain name investors. However, despite their vast numbers, most domainers fall into one of four types: Freshmen, Hustlers, Builders and Arist...
Discussion
June 27, 2011, 12:00 am
Domain Shane
Sunday’s “Better Late than Never” Daily Drop and Auction Picks
Running a little late today. Family, work, and triathlons keep getting in the way of domaining but I do have some names I love and wanted to get them up. They’re all namejet because I was too late for Godaddy today Freshy.com Love the nam...
Discussion
Sunday’s “Better Late than Never” Daily Drop and Auction Picks
Running a little late today. Family, work, and triathlons keep getting in the way of domaining but I do have some names I love and wanted to get them up. They’re all namejet because I was too late for Godaddy today Freshy.com Love the nam...
Discussion
June 26, 2011, 4:17 pm
Elliot's Blog
2011 ccTLD UDRP Cases at WIPO
With .CO domain names now available to register for almost a year, I did some research on the number of UDRP cases for ccTLD domain names filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization so far in 2011. These numbers don’t reflect the actu...
Discussion
2011 ccTLD UDRP Cases at WIPO
With .CO domain names now available to register for almost a year, I did some research on the number of UDRP cases for ccTLD domain names filed at the World Intellectual Property Organization so far in 2011. These numbers don’t reflect the actu...
Discussion
June 26, 2011, 12:12 pm
