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Experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What should domain investors think about as new TLDs come to market? Companies have submitted close to 2,000 applications to ICANN to run new top level domains covering everything from .app to .zippo. What will this mean for domainers as we watch a f...
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Experts weigh in: what do new TLDs mean for domainers?
What should domain investors think about as new TLDs come to market? Companies have submitted close to 2,000 applications to ICANN to run new top level domains covering everything from .app to .zippo. What will this mean for domainers as we watch a f...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 12:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fate of new TLD order determined by click of a button and location
ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD ap...
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Fate of new TLD order determined by click of a button and location
ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD ap...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
Apple wins aplestore.com, its first UDRP victory of the year
Apple wins its first domain arbitration case of the year. Apple has won a dispute over the domain name aplestore.com as a World Intellectual Property Organization panel ordered the domain name transferred to the iPhone maker. The typo of AppleStore.c...
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Apple wins aplestore.com, its first UDRP victory of the year
Apple wins its first domain arbitration case of the year. Apple has won a dispute over the domain name aplestore.com as a World Intellectual Property Organization panel ordered the domain name transferred to the iPhone maker. The typo of AppleStore.c...
Discussion
June 7, 2012, 10:03 am
Domain Name Wire
An interesting UDRP decision against a criticism site
Dar Al-Arkan gets a domain, but doesn’t solve its problem. So-called gripe sites, which are critical of a company or person, are handled differently by various UDRP panels. A recent case brought by Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate ...
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An interesting UDRP decision against a criticism site
Dar Al-Arkan gets a domain, but doesn’t solve its problem. So-called gripe sites, which are critical of a company or person, are handled differently by various UDRP panels. A recent case brought by Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
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Chicago.com applies for dotchicago trademark
…but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for t...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
16 end user domain sales from the past week
Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 ...
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16 end user domain sales from the past week
Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 ...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 11:34 am
Domain Name Wire
Set your alarm clocks for the “big reveal”
Over 1,900 new TLD applications to be revealed June 13. ICANN today announced details about reveal day, when it reveals over 1,900 applied-for top level domain names. A reveal news conference is set for Kings Place in London at 1 p.m. local time (noo...
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Set your alarm clocks for the “big reveal”
Over 1,900 new TLD applications to be revealed June 13. ICANN today announced details about reveal day, when it reveals over 1,900 applied-for top level domain names. A reveal news conference is set for Kings Place in London at 1 p.m. local time (noo...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 9:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Vint Cerf: I think a only a few new TLDs will be notably successful
Cerf discusses new TLDs and Google’s involvement. Vint Cerf, former chairman of ICANN’s board and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist, has dished out a bit of opinion on new top level domains. CNET asked Cerf this question: Namespace...
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Vint Cerf: I think a only a few new TLDs will be notably successful
Cerf discusses new TLDs and Google’s involvement. Vint Cerf, former chairman of ICANN’s board and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist, has dished out a bit of opinion on new top level domains. CNET asked Cerf this question: Namespace...
Discussion
June 6, 2012, 9:41 am
Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy sold 35,094 aftermarket domains last month
Go Daddy releases monthly stats about aftermarket domain sales. The Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report for May is out. Last month the company sold 35,094 domain names through its aftermarket platform. That’s down slightly from 36,103 in Apr...
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Go Daddy sold 35,094 aftermarket domains last month
Go Daddy releases monthly stats about aftermarket domain sales. The Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report for May is out. Last month the company sold 35,094 domain names through its aftermarket platform. That’s down slightly from 36,103 in Apr...
Discussion
June 5, 2012, 4:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
A tasty conversation with Donuts, which just applied for 307 TLDs
Donuts rolls in a lot of dough, but you’ll have to wait another week to see which domains they applied for. This morning Donuts, a new TLD applicant founded by eNom founder Paul Stahura, announced the most ambitious public new TLD plans to date...
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A tasty conversation with Donuts, which just applied for 307 TLDs
Donuts rolls in a lot of dough, but you’ll have to wait another week to see which domains they applied for. This morning Donuts, a new TLD applicant founded by eNom founder Paul Stahura, announced the most ambitious public new TLD plans to date...
Discussion
June 5, 2012, 12:39 pm
