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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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.Eu Issues 2nd Quarter Report & Ends Quarter with 3.7 Million Registered Domain...
Eurid,the company behind .EU extension,released its Q2 2013 progress report tonight.(pdf) The report shows that .EU registrations increased in 13 of the 28 EU... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Is ICANN Looking To Move From US Jurisdiction to Switzerland?
According to a taped interview with the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehade at the Asia-Pacific Regional IGF in Seoul, ICANN is looking to “Become an International... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
American Airlines Files UDRP Over F Bomb Domain Name
American Airline filed a UDRP on the domain name f*ckamericanairlines.com. While we are use to seeing companies going after “sucks” domains its pretty rare to... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Guest Post: No Summer Slowdown in .TV! Legacy Fund Closes NF.tv for $20,000!
This is a guest post by Ammar Rangwala who has been invested in .TV since December 2005. Ammar owns 250+ top .TV generic properties between both of his... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Islamic Republic of Iran Wants .Islam and .Halal Managed and Operated by the...
The Islamic Republic of Iran in a letter to ICANN said that the new gTLD applications of .ISLAM and .HALAL “should be managed and operated by the Muslim... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Medium.com: “Trading Domain Names Should Be Banned”
In a blog post that appeared in Medium.com entitled “Trading domain names should be banned ; Why? Because it hurts businesses and does not generate any value... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Share.TV and KeepSmart.com Hit With UDRP’s
Two generic domain names got hit with UDRP’s today Share.tv which has a creation date of 2010 was hit with a UDRP. While the complainant is not yet listed I’m... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Killer Domain Tv.Org Dropping Tomorrow; BSF.com In Auction Already
A couple of Dropping domains worth noting. A truly great domain name is on the drop list for tomorrow, Tv.Org The domain was owned by TSL of Panama which... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Check.Me At Auction In 2010 For $2,500, Raises $24 Million More in Funding
The domain name Check.me was at a Sedo auction with a reserve price of $2,500 back in 2010. Today according to to The Term Sheet, Check (f.k.a. Pageonce), a Pal... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Org Registrations up 13.6% in 1st Half of 2013 to 10.3 Million
Public Interest Registry – the not-for-profit operator of the .ORG domain – today released the results of its bi-annual domain name report, “The Dashboard,”... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
CommonBond.Co Raises Over $100 Million
According to the Term Sheet, CommonBond, a New York-based student lending platform, has raised over $100 million in new equity and debt financing. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
GongShow.com Lost In UDRP After Domain Holder Trys To Sell It For $18,000
Gongshow Gear Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name GongShow.com, after the domain holder asked for $18,000 to sell the domain. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
CheckCashing.com Up For Sale Reserve Range $500K-$750K
Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, announced today that they have been selected as the... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
ABC Liquors Gains Control Of 14 Year Old Domain ABCLiquors.com In UDRP
ABC Liquors, Inc. of Florida, just won a UDRP on the domain name abcliquor.com. Its an interesting case, although living in Florida I know ABC Liquor to be the... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Fox Gains Control of 22 Domains Related To Fox Sports 1, Including Foxsport1.com...
Fox gained control of 22 domain names around its new network, Fox Sports 1 which just launched a few weeks ago through a UDRP. Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
WTR: Chats About How Radix Is Planning on Marketing Its New gTLD’s
The WorldTrademarkReview.com, published a story on Radix this morning and applicant for 29 new gTLD’s and spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani, business head of Radix... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Wow: Check Out Verisign’s Scathing Letter To ICANN
In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 “examples of ICANN’s Unaccountable Actions... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Demand Increases Credit Facility From $105 Million To $225 Million
Demand Media (DMD) announced today that it has entered into a new $225 million credit facility comprised of a $125 million revolving credit facility and a $100... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google Buys Smart Watch Maker WIMM & Gets Category Killer SmartWatch.com Along...
Google acquired WIMM Labs a maker of “smart watches” last year according to TechCrunch.com and Gigaom.com. “Google has some smartwatch development projects of... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
FirstHotel.com Saved In UDRP: Domainer Also Owns CheapHotels.com & CheapRooms.com
First Hotels AS of Oslo, Norway just lost a UDRP on the domain name FirstHotel.com which is owned by Klaudia Kruzicevic of Split, Croatia, who was represented... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2013 BUSINESS, TECH