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The Domains
1st Reverse Domain Hijacking Finding of The Year & Bretzel Ditsch GmbH Of Germany is Guilty
Bretzel Ditsch GmbH from Mainz, Germany, represented by Horak Attorneys, Germany was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Ditsch.com which was registered on June 28, 1998. To the best of our knowledge this is the first RDN...
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1st Reverse Domain Hijacking Finding of The Year & Bretzel Ditsch GmbH Of Germany is Guilty
Bretzel Ditsch GmbH from Mainz, Germany, represented by Horak Attorneys, Germany was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Ditsch.com which was registered on June 28, 1998. To the best of our knowledge this is the first RDN...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 5:14 pm
Domain Name Wire
PIR CEO Brian Cute – DNW Podcast #65
CEO of non-profit that runs .org discusses the past, present and future of domain names. Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit that operates the popular .Org domain name. CEO Brian Cute explains the unique nature of his registry, as well as it...
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PIR CEO Brian Cute – DNW Podcast #65
CEO of non-profit that runs .org discusses the past, present and future of domain names. Public Interest Registry is a not-for-profit that operates the popular .Org domain name. CEO Brian Cute explains the unique nature of his registry, as well as it...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Stanley Pace sues for alleged Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Pace sues after losing UDRP to dancewear company. Stanley Pace, a Texas resident who has faced his fair share of UDRP complaints, lost another one last month. A three member UDRP panel ordered the domain name Yumiko.com transferred to dancewear compa...
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Stanley Pace sues for alleged Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Pace sues after losing UDRP to dancewear company. Stanley Pace, a Texas resident who has faced his fair share of UDRP complaints, lost another one last month. A three member UDRP panel ordered the domain name Yumiko.com transferred to dancewear compa...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 3:46 pm
The Domains
Reserve Dropped On 8 Domains In The ROTD Auction: All Have Bids, Which Are Now The High Bid
We have more news on the RightoftheDot.com auction being held a week from today at Namescon at 2PM PST. An owner of 8 domain names in the auction, all of which already have bids in pre-bidding at Namejet.com has removed the reserve price. By removing...
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Reserve Dropped On 8 Domains In The ROTD Auction: All Have Bids, Which Are Now The High Bid
We have more news on the RightoftheDot.com auction being held a week from today at Namescon at 2PM PST. An owner of 8 domain names in the auction, all of which already have bids in pre-bidding at Namejet.com has removed the reserve price. By removing...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 3:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Another UDRP that should have never been filed
iCloak.com was registered many years before the complainant had rights to iCloak. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has rejected a UDRP for the domain name iCloak.com. It’s another example of a case that was dead on arrival, and ...
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Another UDRP that should have never been filed
iCloak.com was registered many years before the complainant had rights to iCloak. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has rejected a UDRP for the domain name iCloak.com. It’s another example of a case that was dead on arrival, and ...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 2:37 pm
Domain Shane
DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for January 4th
Some interesting names again on today’s list. If you’re trying to build a portfolio of 6N.coms then you’ll like today. Like most people in domain investing I love reading about technology but I am pretty sick of the wor...
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DSAD.com Domain Shane’s Big List of Domains at Auction for January 4th
Some interesting names again on today’s list. If you’re trying to build a portfolio of 6N.coms then you’ll like today. Like most people in domain investing I love reading about technology but I am pretty sick of the wor...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 10:40 am
DomainSherpa
Hardcore Hustling Tactics to Buy and Sell LLLL .com Domains – With Jeffrey Emerick
Think you can only make money in domain name investing if you got into the industry 5, 10 or 20 years ago? Think again.Today's guest entered the industry about a year ago and earned enough profit in that time for a down payment on his lakefront ...
Discussion
Hardcore Hustling Tactics to Buy and Sell LLLL .com Domains – With Jeffrey Emerick
Think you can only make money in domain name investing if you got into the industry 5, 10 or 20 years ago? Think again.Today's guest entered the industry about a year ago and earned enough profit in that time for a down payment on his lakefront ...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 8:05 am
Domain Shane
Auction Recap, 3rd of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,446.80 Auction Quick Recap I Bought my plane ticket to Vegas last night. I use...
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Auction Recap, 3rd of January 2016
The Daily recap of Shane’s Auction Picks, the 3rd of January Yesterday’s Average 4L Chip Sales as listed on Namebio.com and LLLLsales.com was $2,446.80 Auction Quick Recap I Bought my plane ticket to Vegas last night. I use...
Discussion
January 4, 2016, 3:55 am
Domain Shane
CHINESE AUCTION RESULTS & TRENDS FOR JANUARY 3, 2016
Bonus view today is a doughnut chart showing volume sold by category. More than 50% of the volume is made up of 4i (.cc, .biz, .org) in that order. That surprised me. I hadn’t been paying attention to the 4i.org market at...
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CHINESE AUCTION RESULTS & TRENDS FOR JANUARY 3, 2016
Bonus view today is a doughnut chart showing volume sold by category. More than 50% of the volume is made up of 4i (.cc, .biz, .org) in that order. That surprised me. I hadn’t been paying attention to the 4i.org market at...
Discussion
January 3, 2016, 9:47 pm
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (33512.com, DNG.net, JPHL.com) and Flops (Commission.net, ServiceDepot.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips LAGR.com sold recently for 1,850 USD at Flippa, vs 1,152 USD on 2015-08-26 at Sedo. This transaction didn’t make the seller rich, but a 35% gain ...
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Domain Flips (33512.com, DNG.net, JPHL.com) and Flops (Commission.net, ServiceDepot.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips LAGR.com sold recently for 1,850 USD at Flippa, vs 1,152 USD on 2015-08-26 at Sedo. This transaction didn’t make the seller rich, but a 35% gain ...
Discussion
January 3, 2016, 7:29 pm
