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• Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & Rick Schwartz Last...

  Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC domain name conference and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were

  

  I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New...

  Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individuall... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de

  TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service als... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Group On’s Ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As Ideel.com

  ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• This Weeks 1st Day New gTLD Totals; .Dental 1,971; .Clinic 1,447; .Care 1,395;...

  Four new gTLD’s went into general availability yesterday, meaning domain names could be registered on a first come first served basis. Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Overstock Sees Positive Earnings Impact from Accepting Bitcoin

  

  Overstock sees Bitcoin having a postitive effect on earnings for 2014. The company told Reuters they expect Bitcoin to add 4 cents per share, they are... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• For The 1st Time, There Are More Than 114 Million .Com Domain Names Registered

  

  According to Verisign, which operates the .Com and .Net registry the number of .Com domain names passed the 114 Million mark for the first time in history today... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Suit Filed Against BestRegistrar Over “Ransom” to Transfer Over 5K Domains Out

  A company has filed a federal lawsuit against the company that owns the ICANN accredited registrar, BestRegistrar.com a few alleged resellers of BestRegistrar... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Verisign: Only 3% of New gTLD Domain Names Are Resolving To Business Websites

  

  Verisign issued a report on new gTLD registrations through June 29, 2014, finding that 41% of all new gTLD registrations are parked and only 3% of New gTLD... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Sedo Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Chat.Fr for 99,999 Euro; Ecal.com...

  Sedo reported that over the past week, 527 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million, 52% of total sales were the... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Warning: WOI.com Reported Stolen

  The three letter domain name WOI.com has been reported stolen. The domain name was at Godaddy until just a few days ago registered to a Bernard Naiborhu of... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• 1 & 2 Character.GD and .VG Domains Will Be Charged A Higher Registration Fee

  The registry for the .GD and .VG ccTLD announced today that beginning on September 2, 2014, all 1 and 2 character domains under .GD and . Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Tucows Earnings Call: gTLD’s & ccTLD’s Increase Margins & They Bank Money Off...

  

  In the earnings call Tucows (TCX) which reported earnings yesterday revealed some interest facts and figures. In general profit margins from domain name is... Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• As .Clinic Launches Into General Availability Tomorrow Here Are The Taken Domains

  The new gTLD .Clinic launches tomorrow into general availability here are the more interesting domains that were taken in Sunrise or Early Access Program (EAP)... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Warning: Some Registrars (Godaddy) Are Making The Radix $160 Landrush Fee...

  

  Radix a new gTLD registry, landrush for three new gTLDs .Host, .Website and .Press opens up on August 26th and runs until September 15th. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• From Buying Guns with Bitcoin to Consumer Protection Warnings Its the Crypto...

  

  A lot of news over the last two days on the crypto currency front, from guns for Bitcoin to Consumer warnings about the dangers and risks of virtual currencies. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Robin Williams Domains Regged in the Aftermath of His Passing

  Hollywood and fans around the world lost one of its most popular and famous icons on Monday. Robin Williams passed away from an apparent suicide at the age of... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Demand Media Names New CEO Shares Sink Now Down 20% From Last Week

  Demand Media, Inc, named one-time Ticketmaster Chief Executive Sean Moriarty as its new CEO and the market didn;t like the news sending shares down over 8% to... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH

• Google Wins Control Of GlassForSnap.com Based On Its Trademark on Glass in UDRP

  Google Inc. (“Complainant”), just won the rights to the domain name GlassforSnap.com. The one member panel of James A. Carmody, Esq., found the domain name... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2014 BUSINESS, TECH