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• The “Real” Sky Waitress Is Quite The Domainer: SkyWaitress.com

  If you watched the Godaddy.Co Super Bowl Commercial you know that the star of the ad was the “Sky Waitress”. Well it looks like the real Sky Waitress is quite... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN Opens Comment Period On Closed Generic New gTLD’s

  Well ICANN is addressing what has become the hottest topic of the new gTLD program by just opened the comment period on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Microsoft Is Latest to Come Out Against Closed Generic New gTLD’s In Letter To...

  ICANN just published a letter it received from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from  the Assistant General... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN Opens Up The Comment Period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement

  ICANN has just opened up the comment period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement. “The New gTLD Registry Agreement is the contractual document between successful... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 23% 4th Q 34% in 2012

  Neustar (NSR) reported its earnings  for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 and provided guidance for 2013 after the market closed today. Neustar is... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• NewgTLDSite.com Starts Petition Asking ICANN To Stop Closed Generic New gTLD’s...

  Tom Gilles of NewgTLDSite.com just started an online petition to be sent to ICANN to stop closed generic strings from being awarded and is hoping to get... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications

  Its seems pretty clear that the New gTLD committee of ICANN doesn’t know what they should do about what is fast becoming one of the biggest issues of the new... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Vertical Axis Loses UDRP on The Typo Pheonixcontact.com After Trying To Give It...

  The Ham Brothers, Vertical Axis just lost a UDRP on the typo pheonixcontact.com to Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG of German. As a UDRP the case is a slam dun... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Inc.com On Value of Killer Domain: Purchased For $12K Turned Into $19 Million...

  Inc.com just published the story of Jesse Stein who bought the domain SportsMemorabilia.com for just $12,500 and turned it into a $19.5 million retail... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• SnapNames Become Exclusive Drop House For DomainMonster.com & Host Europe

  

  Host Europe, a one of the top three hosting company  in Europe and owner of the largest registrar in the UK, is as of now sending all of their expiring domains... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Moniker/SnapNames.com To Auction Off “Premium .Dm” Domains At Webfest

  Although the WebFest conference got underway today, there is a late addition to the live and extended auction. Today Moniker.com/SnapNames announced that it wil... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Icm Sells Mobile.xxx For $160,000?

  According to xBiz.com an adult company, SexGoesMobile has acquired the domain name Mobile.xxx for $160,000 from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX domain nam... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• According to Tivo Godaddy’s Ad Was A Winner

  According to TechCrunch.com, citing data from Tivo, Godaddy.com Ad was one of the top 10 most “engaging” ads. The data based on “second-by-second audience... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Godaddy.com Commercial Is Last On The USA Today’s Ad Meter, But Might Have Won...

  USA Today published the results of its Super Bowl Ad Meter which tracks which ads that aired during the Super Bowl voters liked the most and disliked the most.... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Now We Know Why Apple Didn’t Apply For .App As They Open AppStore.com For...

  

  When the applicants  for new gTLD’s were announced by ICANN in what was called the “big reveal” one of the biggest surprises we noted was the absence of an Appl... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Chicago.com To Auction Off 100-300 Subdomains & 1 Is Outranking Established Site

  We have been following the selling of dotChicago(sm) domain names, since Josh Metnick  the owner of Chicago.com first started chatting about selling subdomains... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Search.XXX Ad Program Launches March 31, Current Holders Get Credit

  The Search.XXX Ad Program is scheduled to launch by March 31, 2013. Search.XXX launched last year as a search engine for .XXX sites but it looks like ICM,... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Are The .Net Costumes Domains At Webfest The Best In The Auction? Here’s The...

  When we published our poll a few days ago asking what domain name at Webfest, with a reserve price of $100K or more would sell, we notice 3 of the domain names... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Fairwinds Chat About What Brands Are Going To Do With Their gTLD’s

  There has been a lot of speculation in the domain channel on what exactly big brands are going to do with their new gTLD’s. While many think that brands just... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH

• Manwin Hit With UDRP On The Domain Name Xart.com

  Manwin International the owner of some of the most visited adult sites on the net, including Youporn.com and PornHub.com, which has filed a couple of  UDRP of... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH