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Confirmed: IDNs will be prioritized in new TLD queue
IDN backers get their wish. Applicants for internationalized domain names will get prioritized to the front of the new top level domain name queue, ICANN confirmed today. ICANN confirmed this information in a webinar about the gTLD prioritization dra...
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Confirmed: IDNs will be prioritized in new TLD queue
IDN backers get their wish. Applicants for internationalized domain names will get prioritized to the front of the new top level domain name queue, ICANN confirmed today. ICANN confirmed this information in a webinar about the gTLD prioritization dra...
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December 5, 2012, 3:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
28 end user domain sales
28 end user sales from Afternic and Sedo this past week. Below is a selection of end user domain name sales from Afternic and Sedo last week. Afternic I’m curious who paid $50,000 for Snipes.com. The domain is still in escrow, but I imagine it&...
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28 end user domain sales
28 end user sales from Afternic and Sedo this past week. Below is a selection of end user domain name sales from Afternic and Sedo last week. Afternic I’m curious who paid $50,000 for Snipes.com. The domain is still in escrow, but I imagine it&...
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December 5, 2012, 11:18 am
Domain Name Wire
A shady domain broker practice
Telling a domain owner you have a buyer for their domain when you don’t is unethical. I want to highlight a domain broker practice that gives the industry a bad name. I’ll call it the “phantom buyer”. Here’s how it works...
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A shady domain broker practice
Telling a domain owner you have a buyer for their domain when you don’t is unethical. I want to highlight a domain broker practice that gives the industry a bad name. I’ll call it the “phantom buyer”. Here’s how it works...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Good domain strategy: eBay DealMint
Service runs on eBayDealMint.com, but eBay bought DealMint.com too. I’m a bit confused about eBay’s new DealMint service, but I give the comapny props for locking in the necessary domain names. eBay switched the DNS on DealMint.com and eB...
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Good domain strategy: eBay DealMint
Service runs on eBayDealMint.com, but eBay bought DealMint.com too. I’m a bit confused about eBay’s new DealMint service, but I give the comapny props for locking in the necessary domain names. eBay switched the DNS on DealMint.com and eB...
Discussion
December 5, 2012, 9:29 am
Domain Name Wire
When it makes sense to sell a domain name you actually use
You might want more money, but there’s usually a price at which it makes sense. Domainers typically sell domain names they aren’t using. They’re parked or have a minisite, but no real business. But sometimes domain name owners are a...
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When it makes sense to sell a domain name you actually use
You might want more money, but there’s usually a price at which it makes sense. Domainers typically sell domain names they aren’t using. They’re parked or have a minisite, but no real business. But sometimes domain name owners are a...
Discussion
December 4, 2012, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
New API allows registrars to connect to Google Apps much more easily
Updated API now available to all domain name registrars. Google has long partnered with GoDaddy and eNom to make registering a domain and connecting it to Google Apps easy. Google is working to expand the number of registrars with this functionality ...
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New API allows registrars to connect to Google Apps much more easily
Updated API now available to all domain name registrars. Google has long partnered with GoDaddy and eNom to make registering a domain and connecting it to Google Apps easy. Google is working to expand the number of registrars with this functionality ...
Discussion
December 4, 2012, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
An open letter to contractors
Get some sort of online presence. And return phone calls. I’ll be first to admit, I have no idea what the life of a contractor is like. By contractor, I mean people who build and repair stuff. Like fences, landscapes, and windows. I’m in ...
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An open letter to contractors
Get some sort of online presence. And return phone calls. I’ll be first to admit, I have no idea what the life of a contractor is like. By contractor, I mean people who build and repair stuff. Like fences, landscapes, and windows. I’m in ...
Discussion
December 4, 2012, 10:37 am
Domain Name Wire
Top 5 domain name stories of November
From karaoke to Marchex, here are the top 5stories on Domain Name Wire last month. I typically send an advance version of my top 5 stories list to newsletter subscribers toward the end of the month. I always include the caveat that the results, which...
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Top 5 domain name stories of November
From karaoke to Marchex, here are the top 5stories on Domain Name Wire last month. I typically send an advance version of my top 5 stories list to newsletter subscribers toward the end of the month. I always include the caveat that the results, which...
Discussion
December 4, 2012, 10:18 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN asks court to dismiss Name.Space lawsuit over top level domains
ICANN claims Name.Space released ICANN from claims when it applied for top level domains in 2000. ICANN has (not surprisingly) filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit brought by Name.Space against ICANN for its new top level domain program. Name.Space ...
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ICANN asks court to dismiss Name.Space lawsuit over top level domains
ICANN claims Name.Space released ICANN from claims when it applied for top level domains in 2000. ICANN has (not surprisingly) filed a Motion to Dismiss the lawsuit brought by Name.Space against ICANN for its new top level domain program. Name.Space ...
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December 4, 2012, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions sells 32,151 domains in November
MyModa.com and Funlife.com lead the way. Go Daddy has updated its Auctions Domain Market Report with results from last month. Last month Go Daddy auctions sold sold 32,151 domain names, which is down just slightly from the month before. Monthly domai...
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Go Daddy Auctions sells 32,151 domains in November
MyModa.com and Funlife.com lead the way. Go Daddy has updated its Auctions Domain Market Report with results from last month. Last month Go Daddy auctions sold sold 32,151 domain names, which is down just slightly from the month before. Monthly domai...
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December 3, 2012, 12:36 pm
