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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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UDRP Filed on Recently Sold $18,400 Three Letter Domain Name Zic.com
The 3 letter domain name Zic.com sold at Heritage Auctions in February 2015 and now a URDP has been filed on the domain name by SK Lubricants Americas. Read more
Posted on 03 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Any Squatting on Paypal.me Names ? You Betcha – Here Are Some Availables
Mike wrote on Wednesday about Paypal rolling out Paypal.me and your chance to reserve a novelty name that will be associated with your account. It is important... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Apple Inc. Registers 4 .org “Apple News” Domains 87 Days AFTER Announcing It’s...
Apple Inc. has registered 4 new .org domain names relating to the new "News app" they publicly announced on June 8, 2015... some 87 days AFTER they announced an... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Paypal Launches New Branded Site on Paypal.Me: Get Your Vanity Address Now
According to Gizmodo.co.uk, Paypal wants “Paypal.Me to Become a Catchphrase” Paypal has launched a site on Paypal.me to allows users to set up a vanity address... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
.SEX is Now Available: .XXX, .Porn & .Sex Premiums Go Tiered-Pricing on...
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT domain names announced that the new gTLD .SEX opened up yesterday for Trademark holders. .SE... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1Million Led by Zoff.com
There were 480 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
FireHost Rebrands As Armor After Purchasing The Domain Name Armor.com
FireHost is rebranding to Armor after securing the exact match premium domain name Armor.com and Armour.com. Armor is a cyber security service with a fully... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Kylie Jenner & Kendall Jenner Both Get Their Matching .Com Domains
Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner just got control of their matching .Com domain names from a UDRP panel, kyliejenner.com and kendalljenner. Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
4.CN/RightoftheDot Auction Gets A 7 Figure Bid & 7 More Domains Have Bids Over...
The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction that is running on 4.CN that is part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has gotten a seven figure bid and seven more... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
BlueCoat Study: Top 10 Shady Sites in New gTLD’s Is Flawed as Unlaunched .Zip...
Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Over 100 Kanye West President Domains Registered Today In Many Extensions Even...
Since announcing he is running for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Music Video Awards last night, people have been registering domain names... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
What Do Big Brands Spend On Domains? Wikileaks Publishes Sony/MarkMonitor...
What are big brands paying to protect and buy domain names? Well, we have uncovered some invoices released by Wikileaks that give us some clues what domain... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency: “Everyon...
Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
After The Run Off: Here Is THE Domain Conference Official Domain Industry Award...
The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Amazon Registers Amazon3Dprinting.com – Filed a Patent Back in February
3D Printing has certainly been one of the hotter trends to take off over the years. Back in 2010 is when domainers really started talking about all things 3D... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Amazon Getting In 3D Printing Biz? Registers Amazon3DPrinting.com: Filed a Paten...
Is Amazon.com (AMZN) about to get into the 3D Printing business? Amazon just registered the domain name Amazon3Dprinting.com, after filing a Patent back in... Read more
Posted on 30 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google’s Domain Buying Spree Continues With ABCAlphabet.com & Alphabet.kr
Google Inc. continues it’s onslaught of buying and registering domain names relating to its announcement on August 10, 2015 of it’s new holding company, Alphabe... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest:...
Apple Inc. has registered 11 new domain names relating to a music festival and also announced on September 18, 2015 the rebranding of iTunes Music Festival to... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers, we see Paypal acquire the domain name LifeMoment.com, Unilever Plc gains control over brand typo Hellmans.com (single n), CVS... Read more
Posted on 28 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Can The FTC Sue You For Lax CyberSecurity ?
A couple years ago after some famous website hack, I was sitting in a Chipolte and said to a friend that somewhere down the road companies are going to get... Read more
Posted on 27 August 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
