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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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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.04M Led By LiveSafe.com For $65K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/01/13 – 07/07/13 totaling $1.04M. The highest priced transaction was LiveSafe.com at $65,000... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
CBS News Covers The Domain Aftermarket & Puts DomainAgency.com In The Spotlight
CBS News just published a story on the domain name aftermarket getting all their information from the story from husband and wife team Brian and Meghan Berke... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Asia Passes 500,000 Registrations Relaunches Redesigned Site Dot.Asia
DotAsia announce today that the “.Asia” gTLD has reached over 500,000 domain names under management. “Since the successful Sunrise launch in 2007 the “.Asia”... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Rabbi’s Say ICANN Unequal Treatment Of .Halal Is Not .Kosher
In a letter to ICANN, several Kosher certification organizations, responsible for certification of approximately 63% of kosher ingredients worldwide, objected t... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
IFFOR Publishes Two Years Of Tax Returns Showing 85% Of .XXX Domains Don’t...
The International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR) a not-for-profit organization which was set up as part of ICM application to operate the . Read more
Posted on 08 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google’s .App Draws Fire From The Association for Competitive Technology
Google’s new gTLD application to operate the .APP new gTLD come under fire yesterday by the The Association for Competitive Technology (ACT). In a a letter to... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Demand Media Withdraws 1st New gTLD Application: .Bar
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) withdrew its first new gTLD application, .Bar. The application had a prioritization number of 1,689. According to the ICANN website,... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Comcast / NBC Sports Sells Versus.com For Six Figures to Startup Versus.io
The domain name Versus.com the former name of the NBC Sports Network has been sold by Comcast/NBC Sports for a “six figure sum” According to a story in... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Godaddy To Rebrand .La Domain Names & Market Them In Los Angeles
According to The LA Times, GoDaddy, will kick off a marketing campaign Monday to re-brand .LA as the Web suffix for Los Angeles after partnering with ... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Feds Seize 46 Domain Names To Celebrate Independence Day
It appears some agency of the Federal Government seized 46 domain names, all using Godaddy.com servers at DomainControl.com yesterday, on Independence Day in... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
TM Nightmare: 977 .Com/.Net Google Domains Registered Last Month Only 8 By Google
Over the years we have chatted about over reaching trademark holders and trademark group pushing for great protections and while we have been on the side of... Read more
Posted on 05 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD Program Committee Tells ICANN Not To Contract With Apps For Strings Wit...
In a resolution tonight, the New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) told ICANN to “defer moving forward with the contracting process for applicants who have applied... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
98 New gTLD’s Pass IE: .HBO; .Jaguar; .Yahoo; . Bugatti; .Delta; .Marriott;...
98 new gTLD’s passed ICANN initial evaluation (IE) today. Highlighting this week was Google’s application for .App and the brand applications for .Jaguar;... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
AllState Withdraws 2 New gTLD Applications
Two more new gTLD application were withdrawn today as reflected on the ICANN site. Allstate Insurance withdrew .carinsurance and . Read more
Posted on 04 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
75 Stories Published By Mainstream Media On .NYC in Less Than 24 Hours
Since the city of New York let everyone know yesterday, that their application for .NYC passed ICANN Initial Evaluation (IE), which actually occurred on May... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
123-Reg UK Largest Registrar Becomes Premier SME Partner of Google AdWords In UK
According to a press release we received this morning, 123-reg, the UK’s largest accredited domain registrar, has today announced that it has entered into a... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Trademark Holder Since 1997 Loses UDRP To Domain “Registered on August 23, 2013″
In a decision sure to drive the trademark groups crazy, a one member UDRP panel reject the trademark holders claim to the domain name Segis. Read more
Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
LaunchRock Switches From .Com to .Co
LauchRock.co which bills itself as “A Platform For New Startups” has switched its main URL from LaunchRock.com to LaunchRock.co effective July 1, 2013. In a... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
4 More New gTLD Apps Withdrawn Including Dish Networks Application For .Movie
Four more New gTLD applications have been withdrawn today on ICANN website. All four were either brand or closed generic applications. Dish Network dropped... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Decision Is Published: Nintendo Loses UDRP on 10 Year Old Wiiu.com
The UDRP decision on the domain name Wiiu.com has been published by WIPO. It appears the three member panel was very close to find Reverse Domain Name Hijackin... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2013 BUSINESS, TECH