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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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PayPal Fined $25million Related to the Pay Later Button
PayPal got hit with a $25 million fine for deceiving their customers. The pay later button is at the root of the problem, I know when I first started seeing it ... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Enom.com Informs Customers of “Very Sophisticated Attack” But No Domains Were...
In an email to tonight from Taryn Naidu CEO of Enom.com told its customers that they “recently became the subject of what appears to be a very sophisticated... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
This Guy Want You To Pay A Tax On “Parked” ‘Unused” Or “Idle” Domains
In a story published by Circleid.com written by Alex Tajirian, CEO at DomainMart, Mr. Tajirian suggests that all parked, “unused” or “idle” pages need to have... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales Total $1.3 Million .TV and .Net Top The Charts
Over the past week, 607 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 57% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Rick Schwartz Maybe “Retired” But He Is Still The Domain King & Still Schooling...
A lot of people in the domain world miss Rick Schwartz since he retired. His “Biggest Fan” who writes onlinedomain.com openly stated last week he was eagerly... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Filed on SoapBoxDerby.com Domain
A UDRP has been filed on the domain name SoapBoxDerby.com. The domain domain name has been registered since 2001 but a live trademark was filed in 1976! Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Apple Inc. Secures AppleID.com Domain Name
Apple Inc. has secured the domain name AppleID.com according to whois records from a Hiroshi Kaneko of Toyko. The domain name was registered May 26, 2004 and... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts To Release Over 1 Million New gTLD Domains Starting June 10th
According to an email we received tonight Donuts is going to release more than one million previously unavailable new gTLD domain names, including permissible... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
With 10 Applicants .Art Gets Scheduled For An ICANN Last Resort Auction
The new gTLD .Art just got on the ICANN schedule for a last resort auction. There are 10 applicants for .Art and the ICANN auction is scheduled tentatively for... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
CNBC.com: Covers New gTLD’s: 1and1 Says New gTLD Account For 15% of Their New Biz
CNBC.com just covered the new gTLD roll out once again in a story entitled “Dot-com to .pizza: Welcome to the Web domain Rush” with a subtitle of “The Internet’... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Eiffel Tower Has Moved; Well On The Internet From .Com To a .Paris
One of the most prominent landmarks on this planet has changed its address on the Internet. The official site for the Eiffel Tower has changed the domain name... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
4 New gTLD Launches This Week & Registrations To Date; .Style; .Chat; .Bingo &...
This is a busy week for new gTLD Launches with 4 new domain extensions. All four new gTLD went through a Early Access Program (EAP) for those that were willing... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Movers: 31.com, KD.com, Swiggy.com and Many More Domains
In the latest Domain Movers in which we detect domain name registrations, acquisitions and sales of domain name by some of the largest companies in the world! W... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Blacknight Launches Jelastic Powered Next Generation Cloud Platform: Offers a...
We received a press release from Irish domain name registrar and hosting company, Blacknight which announced today they have launched their Jelastic powered nex... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google to Add Buy Buttons to Mobile Search
Google is planning on launching buy buttons in mobile search only, there will not be buttons when someone searches on desktop. One has to wonder how all the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Looks Likes Coupons.com Got $4.8 Million For Withdrawing Its .Coupons New gTLD...
According to Tweets from George Kirikos and Daniel Negari it appears that Coupons.com made a cool $4.8 Million dollars for withdrawing its application for the... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
ICANN Could Be Privatized by the End of the Year
PCTechMag.com wrote an article that discussed ICANN being on its own by the end of the year. Fadi Chehade gave comments on Thursday that all the parts were in... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch
This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King has also founded... Read more
Posted on 16 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Panel Finds Laches & Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on CanDoCanines.org
Alan M. Peters / Can Do Canines represented by Paul Schwarzkopf, Minnesota, has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Mayor Of New York Brags On .NYC: 97% Of Registrants Own 10 Or Less Domains
The Mayor of New York Bill de Blasio today announced “that just six months after its historic public launch, the. nyc top-level domain has become the... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
