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Domain Name Wire
Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
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Sedo GreatDomains auction launches with 2 and 3 letter .coms
One domain name has a $425,000 bid already, but hasn’t met its reserve. If you want to have a successful domain name auction these days, stuff it full of two and three character .com domain names. Sedo just started its monthly GreatDomains auct...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 2:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
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Afilias acquires 101Domain
Hello, vertical integration. Domain name registry Afilias has acquired domain name registrar 101Domain. Afilias, which manages the .info and .mobi domain names as well as a bunch of new TLDs, now owns a registrar known for carrying every domain name ...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 12:23 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday, October 16th, 2015
You know there is some company looking to upgrade to an LLLL.com that is thinking. When the Hell did LLLL.coms get so expensive. This guy quotes me half that last year and now he wants that much? Same thing as LLL.com over the last...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Friday, October 16th, 2015
You know there is some company looking to upgrade to an LLLL.com that is thinking. When the Hell did LLLL.coms get so expensive. This guy quotes me half that last year and now he wants that much? Same thing as LLL.com over the last...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 10:21 am
The Domains
Twitter is interested in the second round of new gtld applications
TrademarksandBrandsOnline.com published an article that Twitter plans to participate in the second round of new gtld expansion. Stephen Coates is trademark counsel for the social media giant, he told the website that he doesn’t know exactly whi...
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Twitter is interested in the second round of new gtld applications
TrademarksandBrandsOnline.com published an article that Twitter plans to participate in the second round of new gtld expansion. Stephen Coates is trademark counsel for the social media giant, he told the website that he doesn’t know exactly whi...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 8:16 am
The Domains
Blackstone’s B2R Holdings Rebrands As Lending.com
B2R Holdings, a portfolio company of a Blackstone Group (LPBX ) , announced today that B2R rebranded itself as Lending.com and said it hoped to extend $10 billion in loans over the next three years. According to Jason Hogg, the CEO of Lending.c...
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Blackstone’s B2R Holdings Rebrands As Lending.com
B2R Holdings, a portfolio company of a Blackstone Group (LPBX ) , announced today that B2R rebranded itself as Lending.com and said it hoped to extend $10 billion in loans over the next three years. According to Jason Hogg, the CEO of Lending.c...
Discussion
October 16, 2015, 12:24 am
The Domains
Tim Schoon Auctioned off 118 four letter.coms on 4.cn
Tim Schoon of PEJ.com auctioned off 118 four letter .com domains on 4.CN. The auction ended yesterday, some wondered why Tim auctioned them all off on the same day ? There was a discussion about it on Namepros and Tim gave his rationale. Jen-Sin said...
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Tim Schoon Auctioned off 118 four letter.coms on 4.cn
Tim Schoon of PEJ.com auctioned off 118 four letter .com domains on 4.CN. The auction ended yesterday, some wondered why Tim auctioned them all off on the same day ? There was a discussion about it on Namepros and Tim gave his rationale. Jen-Sin said...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 7:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
Discussion
How I did on the .Miami domain name launch
.Miami is growing quickly, and I’m pleased to have picked up a number of good domains in it. The .Miami top level domain name launched on October 2. It’s off to a good start, with nearly 10,000 domain names in the zone file. It’s gr...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 5:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
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ICANN Board to rethink .Hospital decision next week
.Hospital has been on life support since bad objection decision. ICANN’s Board of Directors will consider the fate of a .Hospital top level domain name when it meets on Sunday. It’s a chance for the board to right a wrong. .Hospital was k...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 3:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
Discussion
University of Cambridge withdraws trademark challenge after UDRP loss
Tail between the legs. University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name. As I reported earlier this week, a UDRP panel admonished the 800-year-old unive...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 1:46 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, October 15th, 2015
There was a HUGE winner in the Shane Bellone vs Adam Dicker battle on Namepros. The winner was ImageAuthors. During one of my comments I used the word “Reputationally” A word I made up but still used it well in a sente...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Auction Picks: Thursday, October 15th, 2015
There was a HUGE winner in the Shane Bellone vs Adam Dicker battle on Namepros. The winner was ImageAuthors. During one of my comments I used the word “Reputationally” A word I made up but still used it well in a sente...
Discussion
October 15, 2015, 10:24 am
