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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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Sunrise .Expert Registrations Include Mac.Expert & .Bowling.Expert
I just went through the .Expert Zone file which contains Sunrise registrations which are available to those having valid trademark which filed with the Trademar... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Now Owned By Disney, Maker Studios to Launch Maker.tv
Maker Studios recently got acquired by Disney for at least $500 million back in March. Disney Chairman and CEO, Bob Iger explained why Disney acquired the... Read more
Posted on 09 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Demand Reports: Registrar Revenue Up 11% But eHow & Content Continues To Decline
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2014 today after the market closed Its our personal opinion that the... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Did Two Domain Sherpa’s Change The New gTLD Registrar Market?
As most domain investors know myself, Adam Dicker, Rick Schwartz and Page Howe have had a weekly show on DomainSherpa.com for many months were we discuss news... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Maccabim.com Partners With DomainTools To “Identify Serial Cybersquatters”
According to a press release out today, Maccabim.com, a “researcher and developer of cybercrime solutions to protect brands and IP assets, today announced the... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Wiki Landrush Starts Today; Here Are Domains Suggested By The Registry That...
The new top-level domain (TLD) .wiki has Landrush today. The Landrush phase is a brief 2 week period when the you can register a .wiki domain on an early... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Hassle.com Bought For $16K on Afternic In September Raises $6 Million
Back in September 2013, we reported that the domain name Hassle.com was bought on Afternic for $16,000. Today comes the news via the Term Sheet that: “Hassle. Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Holdon.com 1st Registered in 1997; Transfered To New Owner in 2013 Lost In UDRP
Amicus Trade AB of Båstad, Sweden just won control of the domain name HoldOn.com This is the third recent case where a UDRP panel found the transfer of a... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
CentralNic Reports: Almost £4M In Revenue; £1M in Earnings & Has £4.93 In The...
CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), today announces its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2013. Share of the company are down slightly trading at 62.5P. The... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Special Rights for IGOs and INGOs Could Lead To Registrant Rights Disappearing...
A slight change of one word could open the door for domain registrant rights to evaporate over time. Currently ICANN is looking at a Preliminary Issue Report... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Club Registers Over 25,000 Domains On 1st Day To #6; New gTLD’s Totals Over 711K
.Club which just went into general availability today had over 25,000 registrations in less than its 1st full day, according to the zone files that were just... Read more
Posted on 08 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Afternic/GoDaddy Sells $1.87 Million In Domain Names
Afternic/GoDaddy released its sales report for the week of 4/28/14 – 5/4/14. All sales for the week totalled $1,878,819. The top .com sale was lead by... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Video: Watch The Live Launch Of .Club; Which Will Be Well Within The Top 10 Of...
.Club went live earlier today for general availability and here is the video of the live countdown and launch of the .Club extension. The video was shot at... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Over $300K In Bids The Snapnames.com Spring Premium Auction Closes Thursday
The Snapnames.com Spring Premium domain name Auction closes tomorrow on Thursday May 8th at 3:15pm EST in accordance with Snapnames closing rules. Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Investor In Minds + Machines Sells Over 22.5 Million Shares Representing 2.8%...
According to a press release just out, it seems a major investor in Minds + Machines has sold over 22.5 Million shares in the past 2 weeks. Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Dots.com Auction Has $250,000 Stalking Horse Bidder
Hilco Streambank announced today that Rainbow Shops will be the stalking horse bidder in the Chapter 11 auction of Dots LLC intellectual property assets at an... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Go Daddy Issues Release on Dot Club Entering General Availability
.Club is now available to everyone Go Daddy put out a press release today on .Club entering general availability. – GoDaddy, the world’s largest technology... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Russell Pangborn in as New CEO at Marksmen
Marksmen Names Russell Pangborn new CEO Brand protection firm Marksmen, Inc. announced that founder Ken Taylor will become a consultant to the company as Russel... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Alibaba Group Files For Potentially The Biggest IPO in U.S. History
Chinese e-Commerce company Alibaba files for IPO The Chinese company is kind of a big deal when it comes to e-Commerce in China, accounting for 80 % of sales.... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
UPDATED Orgasms.com Sells Very Quietly On SnapNames.com For $38K: Did It Drop?
The domain name Orgasms.com sold yesterday on SnapNames.com for $38,166 without much fanfare and without a blog post written about it during or after the... Read more
Posted on 06 May 2014 BUSINESS, TECH
