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The Domains
LogicBoxes Passes 5 Million Domain Mark
LogicBoxes a Directi company, announced this week that its now power over 5 million domain names. LogicBoxes powers the back end of many registrars and resellers. “Over 20% of the world’s ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accred...
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LogicBoxes Passes 5 Million Domain Mark
LogicBoxes a Directi company, announced this week that its now power over 5 million domain names. LogicBoxes powers the back end of many registrars and resellers. “Over 20% of the world’s ICANN Accredited Registrars have been accred...
Discussion
March 19, 2011, 8:49 am
The Domains
Will Sun.com Hit The Sales Block? Oversee.net Predicts $1 Million – $2 Million; Godaddy $800-$900K
The domain name Sun.com is owned by Oracle which got the domain when they bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. Last Thursday, Oracle, announced in a blog post that it “will decommission Sun.com on June 1, and move the remaining c...
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Will Sun.com Hit The Sales Block? Oversee.net Predicts $1 Million – $2 Million; Godaddy $800-$900K
The domain name Sun.com is owned by Oracle which got the domain when they bought Sun Microsystems last year for $7.4 billion. Last Thursday, Oracle, announced in a blog post that it “will decommission Sun.com on June 1, and move the remaining c...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 7:50 pm
The Domains
ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry”
In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted on TheDomains.com “The approval grants ICM...
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ICM: “.XXX Domain Names Will Only Be Available To The Adult Entertainment Industry”
In a press release by the ICM Registry just hours after winning ICANN’s approval to run the .XXX registry, some clarification has come to light which will answer some questions people have posted on TheDomains.com “The approval grants ICM...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 6:24 pm
Domain Name News
Internet Real Estate Group Puts Chocolate.com Up For Sale
Internet Real Estate Group has engaged website broker David Fairley of Website Properties LLC in order to sell their Chocolate.com business for $6MM USD. Andrew Miller of IREG told DNN: “Chocolate.com continues to see double digit growth as a l...
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Internet Real Estate Group Puts Chocolate.com Up For Sale
Internet Real Estate Group has engaged website broker David Fairley of Website Properties LLC in order to sell their Chocolate.com business for $6MM USD. Andrew Miller of IREG told DNN: “Chocolate.com continues to see double digit growth as a l...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 5:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Jobs Operator Says ICANN “Publicly Defamed” It
Employ Media says ICANN “publicly defamed” it in breach notice. .Jobs registry Employ Media has struck back at ICANN after the latter sent it a breach notice. In a letter to ICANN, Employ Media Vice‐President & General Counsel Brian...
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.Jobs Operator Says ICANN “Publicly Defamed” It
Employ Media says ICANN “publicly defamed” it in breach notice. .Jobs registry Employ Media has struck back at ICANN after the latter sent it a breach notice. In a letter to ICANN, Employ Media Vice‐President & General Counsel Brian...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 4:59 pm
The Domains
BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
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BREAKING NEWS: After 7 Years & Over $12 Million Dollars, ICM Gets The .XXX Extension
Today at the ICANN meeting in San Francisco, the ICANN Board voted 9-3 with 4 board members absenting, to approve ICM application to run the .XXX registry. There was substantial opposition to .XXX on the Board itself and the resolut...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Approves New .XXX Top Level Domain
ICANN Board approves new .xxx domain name. Today the ICANN Board of Directors authorized the CEO of ICANN to execute the proposed registry agreement for the .xxx sTLD with ICM Registry. ICANN’s Board of Directors didn’t agree with GAC adv...
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ICANN Approves New .XXX Top Level Domain
ICANN Board approves new .xxx domain name. Today the ICANN Board of Directors authorized the CEO of ICANN to execute the proposed registry agreement for the .xxx sTLD with ICM Registry. ICANN’s Board of Directors didn’t agree with GAC adv...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 2:47 pm
The Domains
ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
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ICANN Lays out The Timeline & Promises A Vote On New gTLD Program At The June Singapore Meeting
The ICANN board laid out a new time table for the new gTLD program at its meeting in San Francisco this morning. Bottom line final response to the Government Advisory Counsel will be published out on April 15th, there will be a 30 day comment p...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Plans to Vote on Final New TLD Guidebook in June
New TLD approval won’t come until June at the earliest. Today the ICANN Board of Directors provided a timeline for approving the new top level domain applicant guidebook. The new planned date for “board consideration” of the guidebo...
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ICANN Plans to Vote on Final New TLD Guidebook in June
New TLD approval won’t come until June at the earliest. Today the ICANN Board of Directors provided a timeline for approving the new top level domain applicant guidebook. The new planned date for “board consideration” of the guidebo...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:49 pm
Elliot's Blog
My Current Strategy With Hand Registrations
I am feeling a bit more bearish about the short term domain aftermarket than I have in a while, so I’ve found myself hand registering domain names more frequently than in the past. Aside from privately acquiring domain names like BikeTours.com,...
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My Current Strategy With Hand Registrations
I am feeling a bit more bearish about the short term domain aftermarket than I have in a while, so I’ve found myself hand registering domain names more frequently than in the past. Aside from privately acquiring domain names like BikeTours.com,...
Discussion
March 18, 2011, 1:19 pm
