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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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The EFF Finally Weights In On The ICANN Transition & So Do We
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF.com) has finally weighted in on the ICANN transition in a story entitled “Oversight Transition Isn’t Giving Away the... Read more
Posted on 03 October 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
A Look Back at Some 2009 Predictions
With the U.S. giving up control to ICANN I thought it might be fun to take a look back to predictions for 2009. Michael mentioned the U.S. Read more
Posted on 01 October 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
What Do You Have for $100 ?
Over the summer we did a couple of posts that allowed readers to post their best name and what they had for sale for $2,500 or less. Read more
Posted on 30 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Dot Club Will No Longer Recapture Deleting Names as the Registry
Dot Club wrote on their blog today that they will no longer scoop up deleting .club names that they deem as valuable. The only exception being registry... Read more
Posted on 30 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
2016 Could Be a Record Year for Domain Disputes at the WIPO
Doug Isenberg, Attorney Founder of The GigaLaw Firm published an article today on Circle ID with regard to UDRP disputes at the WIPO. Read more
Posted on 29 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
An Illustrated Look at the .Shop Launch
The folks over at NtldStats.com published an infographic on InfoGr.Am that delves into the numbers on .Shop. Some of the numbers include: 19,291 people... Read more
Posted on 29 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Wired.com: .Com Is The Choice of VC Backed Startups
Wired.com just published a post entitled “Why .Com is the Venture Capital Community’s Power Player” highlighting the use of .Com by VC backed startups. Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts Launches DPML Plus To Protect Trademarks & 3 Typos for $9,999 For 10 Yrs
The largest new gTLD operator in terms of number of new domain extensions, Donuts Inc. today announced DPML Plus, an enhancement to its existing Domains... Read more
Posted on 28 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by StarWorld.com at $35,000
Sedo reported their weekly sales and StarWorld.com was the top sale. The domain sold for $35,000. This is a week where you did not have to have a premium name t... Read more
Posted on 27 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Must Read Story: Nominet Overcharges .UK Customers To Pay For Cheaper New gTLD’s
Kieren McCarthy published a post yesterday entitled “The Great British domain name rip-off: Overcharged .uk customers help pay for cheaper . Read more
Posted on 27 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Snapchat Rebrands to Snap; Acquired Snap.com Back in June; Spectacles.com in May
Snapchat has rebranded to Snap, Inc. It appears the domain name Snap.com was acquired back in June 2016 when the domain moved over to the corporate domain... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Huntsville TV Station: “Squatters Are Hijacking Expired Domain Names”
WHNT a television station in Huntsville Alabama doesn’t seem to know much about domain names, at least when it comes to domain names that expire. In a story... Read more
Posted on 24 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Registrations Point To a Downton Abbey Attraction At Universal Studios
Domain registrations by NBC Universal Media, LLC yesterday indicate some sort of attraction maybe coming to Universal Studio Parks based on the television show... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Battle Between Dating Sites CheekyLovers.com & CheekyDevil.com Results in...
Together Networks Holdings Limited which owns the domain name CheekyLovers.com and a trademark on the term CheekyLovers lost a UDRP to grab the domain... Read more
Posted on 23 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bitcoin.com Owner Sues For $10K a Month In Lost Revenue
According to cryptocoinsnews.com, Bitcoin investor and early evangelist Roger Ver is suing a Hong Kong website operator for $567,000 USD, over an alleged... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Registrations By Sony Indicate Movie Maybe Coming on Puff Daddy
Several domain name registrations made by Sony yesterday, through corporate domain registrar and brand manager Mark Monitor, indicate a movie my be in the... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Rightside Launches .Games & Shares Rise Over 5%
Rightside Group LTD (NASDAQ: NAME) launched the .GAMES domain extension today. The Sunrise Phase where trademark holders could preregister names, . Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
.NYC to Hold 1st Ever Premium Name Domain Name Auction of 20 .NYC Domain Names
.NYC announced it would be holding its 1st premium domain auction to begin on October 24th. Only businesses, organizations and individuals with a physical... Read more
Posted on 22 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Led by Smiile.com
Sedo reported their weekly sales and Smiile.com was the top sale at $18,000. These kinds of names have been trending at BrandBucket over the last few months. Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH -
TV Station Loses Bid To Get WDBJ.com Domain Name Through UDRP
Gray Television Group, Inc. just lost a UDRP in an attempt to grab the domain name wdbj.com. The Complainant is the owner of numerous television stations in... Read more
Posted on 20 September 2016 BUSINESS, TECH
