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How big is the new TLD opportunity? TLDH valued at $60 million
Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Top Level Domain Holdings, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 million. That’s over $60 million USD. We’re talking about a c...
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How big is the new TLD opportunity? TLDH valued at $60 million
Publicly traded new TLD company has a solid market value. Top Level Domain Holdings, a pure play company focused on new top level domains, has a market cap of around £ 39 million. That’s over $60 million USD. We’re talking about a c...
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May 22, 2012, 12:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Viacom company buys Film.com
NextMovie picks up Film.com. MTV Networks site NextMovie has acquired Film.com, the company announced last week. MTV Networks is part of publicly traded Viacom. This was not a domain name purchase; it was a full fledged web business. Film.com has a U...
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Viacom company buys Film.com
NextMovie picks up Film.com. MTV Networks site NextMovie has acquired Film.com, the company announced last week. MTV Networks is part of publicly traded Viacom. This was not a domain name purchase; it was a full fledged web business. Film.com has a U...
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May 21, 2012, 9:48 pm
Domain Name Wire
Baylor Sucks (again) with BaylorSucks.com
Baylor University gets “sucks” domain back after letting it expire. It’s pretty easy to sit down here in Austin and say that Baylor sucks. You can get on its case for yanking a gay student’s scholarship. And for waiting until ...
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Baylor Sucks (again) with BaylorSucks.com
Baylor University gets “sucks” domain back after letting it expire. It’s pretty easy to sit down here in Austin and say that Baylor sucks. You can get on its case for yanking a gay student’s scholarship. And for waiting until ...
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May 21, 2012, 5:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
How NOT to name your company and secure your domain
When you know it’s time to select a different company name… A Colorado company just lost a UDRP for Qwizzle.com, and it’s a great example of botched company naming. The company, Qwizzle, LLC, knew that Qwizzle.com was taken when it...
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How NOT to name your company and secure your domain
When you know it’s time to select a different company name… A Colorado company just lost a UDRP for Qwizzle.com, and it’s a great example of botched company naming. The company, Qwizzle, LLC, knew that Qwizzle.com was taken when it...
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May 21, 2012, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
My picks for Sedo’s Great Domains auction
Great Domains auction ends Thursday. Here’s what I like. This month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo ends on Thursday. The lineup doesn’t include as many big ticket domains as usual; there’s only one domain with a reserve over ...
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My picks for Sedo’s Great Domains auction
Great Domains auction ends Thursday. Here’s what I like. This month’s Great Domains auction at Sedo ends on Thursday. The lineup doesn’t include as many big ticket domains as usual; there’s only one domain with a reserve over ...
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May 21, 2012, 12:21 pm
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Domain registrar offers UDRP insurance
Registration service offers free insurance against expensive but unfounded UDRP filings. Francois Carrillo, the guy behind Domaining.com, has launched a new domain registrar (an eNom reseller) with an innovative twist: “UDRP insurance”. B...
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Domain registrar offers UDRP insurance
Registration service offers free insurance against expensive but unfounded UDRP filings. Francois Carrillo, the guy behind Domaining.com, has launched a new domain registrar (an eNom reseller) with an innovative twist: “UDRP insurance”. B...
Discussion
May 21, 2012, 10:07 am
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TLDH adds .budapest to its location top level domains
TLDH adds to its stable of geo top level domains with .budapest. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), parent company of Minds + Machines, announced today that it has applied for the .budapest domain name with the blessing of the city of Bu...
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TLDH adds .budapest to its location top level domains
TLDH adds to its stable of geo top level domains with .budapest. Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH.L), parent company of Minds + Machines, announced today that it has applied for the .budapest domain name with the blessing of the city of Bu...
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May 21, 2012, 9:54 am
Domain Name Wire
Did Google just buy G.me?
G.me now registered to brand protection company. The whois record for the domain name G.me recently changed to DNStination Inc., which is the proxy service for brand protection company Mark Monitor: The change was just triggered on DomainTools yester...
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Did Google just buy G.me?
G.me now registered to brand protection company. The whois record for the domain name G.me recently changed to DNStination Inc., which is the proxy service for brand protection company Mark Monitor: The change was just triggered on DomainTools yester...
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May 19, 2012, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain acquisition email misfire
Received yesterday… Subject: Website Purchase Inquiry Hi, I am interested in setting up a new blogging website on your domain name. My name is Adam and I located your contact information through a domain look up and I understand that you are t...
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Domain acquisition email misfire
Received yesterday… Subject: Website Purchase Inquiry Hi, I am interested in setting up a new blogging website on your domain name. My name is Adam and I located your contact information through a domain look up and I understand that you are t...
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May 19, 2012, 10:35 am
Domain Name Wire
BitTorrent files its own intellectual property lawsuit
File sharing company files IP lawsuit over trademarks. BitTorrent (and especially its users) are familiar with intellectual property lawsuits. But usually they’re on the receiving end. Now the tables are turned. BitTorrent, Inc. has filed a fed...
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BitTorrent files its own intellectual property lawsuit
File sharing company files IP lawsuit over trademarks. BitTorrent (and especially its users) are familiar with intellectual property lawsuits. But usually they’re on the receiving end. Now the tables are turned. BitTorrent, Inc. has filed a fed...
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May 18, 2012, 11:02 am
