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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...
Discussion
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...
Discussion
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 University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name.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 University of Cambridge has withdrawn a challenge to a trademark application for a Cambridge.com logo after losing a UDRP for the same domain name.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
Domain Shane
Domain Flips (CloudCommerce.com, Fertilize.com) and Flops (BillCollection.com, Fertilizing.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips CloudCommerce.com sold for 20,000 USD on 2015-10-04 in a private sale, vs 10,000 USD on 2013-11-03 at Afternic. A site is live already, and the domain...
Discussion
Domain Flips (CloudCommerce.com, Fertilize.com) and Flops (BillCollection.com, Fertilizing.com)
Below is another look at a few recent domain flips and flops, with data courtesy of NameBio. Flips CloudCommerce.com sold for 20,000 USD on 2015-10-04 in a private sale, vs 10,000 USD on 2013-11-03 at Afternic. A site is live already, and the domain...
Discussion
October 14, 2015, 9:02 pm
The Domains
Former Adult Site VS.com Is The 3rd Reported Two Letter Domain Sale Today
The domain name VS.com appears to have sold. The domain name was registered to a VS Media, Inc. of Calabasas, California until a couple of months ago when it went under privacy at Godaddy. However the servers did not change and the domain was r...
Discussion
Former Adult Site VS.com Is The 3rd Reported Two Letter Domain Sale Today
The domain name VS.com appears to have sold. The domain name was registered to a VS Media, Inc. of Calabasas, California until a couple of months ago when it went under privacy at Godaddy. However the servers did not change and the domain was r...
Discussion
October 14, 2015, 8:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
Calvin Harris wins cybersquatting claim for CalvinHarris.com
Famous musician gets .com domain name. DJ and Taylor Swift boyfriend Calvin Harris has won rights to the domain name CalvinHarris.com through a World Intellectual Property Organization proceeding. Harris, whose real name is Adam R. Wiles, successfull...
Discussion
Calvin Harris wins cybersquatting claim for CalvinHarris.com
Famous musician gets .com domain name. DJ and Taylor Swift boyfriend Calvin Harris has won rights to the domain name CalvinHarris.com through a World Intellectual Property Organization proceeding. Harris, whose real name is Adam R. Wiles, successfull...
Discussion
October 14, 2015, 3:55 pm
The Domains
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com: PT.com Appears To Have Been Sold
The domain name PT.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by a Mark Conrad of Rochester New York for many years and his former company Performance Technologies, who owned the domain since at least 2001. The domain has an original ...
Discussion
There Goes Another Two Letter .Com: PT.com Appears To Have Been Sold
The domain name PT.com appears to have been sold. The domain was owned by a Mark Conrad of Rochester New York for many years and his former company Performance Technologies, who owned the domain since at least 2001. The domain has an original ...
Discussion
October 14, 2015, 3:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
What’s inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails?
What is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here’s the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emai...
Discussion
What’s inside 1 Month of Network Solutions emails?
What is Network Solutions pitching to its customers in all of that email? Here’s the answer. Anyone who has registered a domain name with Web.com registrars Network Solutions and Register.com know that the company sends lots of promotional emai...
Discussion
October 14, 2015, 2:55 pm
