Category Archives: EN

Tue 10th February 2015
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Domain registrars should supplement confidence check for transfers to eName - Registrar has become a haven for stolen domain names. Over the weekend I received an email from the (former) owner of ShadesDaddy.com, an online sunglasses seller. He said his domain name had been stolen. I didn’t have to read on to make a prediction: the domain name was transferred to domain name registrar eName. Indeed, it was. How did I make this prediction? Well, a couple months ago someone in Austin was connected to me after their domain name was stolen. It was stolen from their eNom account ... read more ...
 
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Online Candidate Offers Special Pricing On .Republican And .Democrat Domain … - Submit |RSS|Print|Comments Loading... Campaign website design service OnlineCandidate.com announces special pricing for political domain name extensions.Montgomery, NY (PRWEB) February 10, 2015 - Campaign website design service OnlineCandidate.com announces special pricing for political domain name extensions. Right now, clients can register .DEMOCRAT or .REPUBLICAN domain names with Online Candidate for a special price of $7.99. With consumers being exposed to more than 1,000 top level ... read more ...
 
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Domain Retailer iDotz.Net Offers Special One Year Anniversary Bitcoin Deal. – Virtual - Get 10% off on all domain services using Bitcoin digital currency as payment for services. San Francisco CA (PRWEB) February 10, 2015 iDotz.Net, a full feature domain retailer offering names in over 500 New and Legacy TLD Extensions, announces today a 10% special discount on all domain services, using Bitcoin as payment on the retail website https://idotz.net. iDotz.Net began accepting Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency, in February 2014, and the response has been phenomenal. Offering ... read more ...
 
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Domain Retailer iDotz.Net Offers Special One Year Anniversary Bitcoin Deal. - Get 10% off on all domain services using Bitcoin digital currency as payment for services. San Francisco CA (PRWEB) February 10, 2015 iDotz.Net, a full feature domain retailer offering names in over 500 New and Legacy TLD Extensions, announces today a 10% special discount on all domain services, using Bitcoin as payment on the retail website https://idotz.net. iDotz.Net began accepting Bitcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency, in February 2014, and the response has been phenomenal. ... read more ...
 
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Cremation.com Sues Cremations.com, Sold By FMA For TM Infringement & Seeks Transfer of Domain - In a pretty unusual case, Directors Advantage, Inc., of Clinton NC, owner of the domain name Cremation.com filed a federal lawsuit yesterday against Cremations.com, for cybersquatting under the Federal Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), “stemming from wide-ranging aggressive, unethical, and unlawful sales practices and bad faith actions of the registrant of CREMATIONS.COM seeking transfer of the Defendant domain name.” In the Complaint the owner of Cremation.com ... read more ...
Mon 9th February 2015
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Architelos Reports New gTLD’s Have 1/4 of the Level Of Abuse Found In Legacy … - Architelos, says that Approximately 50% of all new gTLDs have had one or more domains listed for abuse, with 99% being spam. The sequence of abuse follows an expected pattern where spam is the first to enter, followed by phishing and malware later once the TLDs are more established. Abusive domains were being registered slowly across approximately 20-25% of TLDs in general availability for the first six months of 2014. However, in August the number of gTLDs having domains listed for abuse significantly ... read more ...
 
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Facing the Future of the Internet Together - A Greek philosopher famously insisted that nothing is permanent except change. That statement couldn’t be truer today, especially in the real estate industry. Change is a double-edged sword: It creates new opportunities, but also introduces new challenges. For real estate professionals, technology developments have been—and will continue to be—one of the most potent and rapid forces of change, reshaping the way consumers shop for homes and seek help with their real estate transactions. ... read more ...
 
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Vertical Axis Hit With UDRP on Three Letter .Com NAE.com - Vertical Axis has just been Hit With a UDRP on Three Letter .Com domain name NAE.com. The domain has been owned by the company since at least 2007. When it comes to trademarks filed in the USPTO there is no shortage for NAE National Automotive Experts, L.L.C. filed in 2014. National Association Of Evangelicals filed in 1952 and then again in 2010 National Apartment Exchange filed in 2007 NORTH AMERICAN ENCLOSURES, INC filed in 1978 The parked page is very generic and does not target any of those ... read more ...
 
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Architelos Reports New gTLD's Have 1/4 of a Level Of Abuse Found In Legacy Extensions, But… - Architelos, says that Approximately 50% of all new gTLDs have had one or more domains listed for abuse, with 99% being spam. The sequence of abuse follows an expected pattern where spam is the first to enter, followed by phishing and malware later once the TLDs are more established. Abusive domains were being registered slowly across approximately 20-25% of TLDs in general availability for the first six months of 2014. However, in August the number of gTLDs having domains listed for abuse significantly ... read more ...
 
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Web.com strikes understanding with investors, Rightside extends understanding with NameCheap - Web.com and Rightside reveal deals. Here’s some news about two publicly traded domain name companies. Web.com has struck a deal with Okumus Fund Management, which owns about 15% of the company’s shares, to add two new members to the board of directors. John Giuliani, the former CEO of Conversant and Rick Rudman, the former CEO of Vocus will join the board. Shares in Web.com (NASDAQ: WWWW) are down about 2% today, slightly above their 52 week low. In other news, competitor Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME) ... read more ...
 
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Figaro.club Saved In UDRP Against Societe du Figaro, Which Publishes a Daily Newspaper - A one member World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel of Christopher J. Pibus has denied the attempt of the Societe du Figaro S.A. of Paris, France, to grab the domain name figaro.club The domain name is owned by Cognac Inc., Juan Hervada of Florida. It’s an interesting case because the term “Figaro” is heavily trademarked by the Complainant, Societe du Figaro, which has has been publishing a daily newspaper under the historic name LE FIGARO in France since the 1800’s. The Complainant ... read more ...
 
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Roasting Coffee & Selling Flowers with Bill McClure – DNW Podcast #19 - Bill McClure explains his web business strategy. Bill McClure has run a number of successful online businesses, including a couple he sold to FTD for millions of dollars. In this episode, learn about how he develops businesses on great domain names…and whether owning the .com domain name matters. Bill has also passed along a coupon code that you can use on his sites Coffee.org, Bouquet.com and Coffee.club. Just use coupon code DNW by Valentine’s Day to save. Also: Record breaking domain name ... read more ...
 
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Vice.com Covers Gary Millin of World.com "The Man Squatting on Millions of Dollars Worth of Domains" -                   Vice.com just did a story of about Gary Millin of World.com who has one of the great domain name Portfolio’s in the world. Unfortunately the author of the story, Jason Koebler chose to go with the “S” word to describe the amazing portfolio of assets they have put together (“Squatting”) rather using the proper term Domain Investor. World Media Group, LLC is the owner of such amazing domain names as Teacher.com,  Accountant.com, Post.com, and World.com to name ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs this week: .LGBT and dual inexpensive domains - LGBT will be the most talked about, but don’t overlook these others. Domain Names are sure to get a lot of press this week as .LGBT “comes out” on Tuesday. Although many of the target buyers are still miffed over the current status of .gay, .LGBT offers them the opportunity to get a domain name with a related meaning and purpose. Also this Tuesday, Minds + Machines is taking a different approach than before with the launches of .casa and .work. The big difference? They’re cheap. Very cheap. Many ... read more ...
 
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Popular Torrent Site Kickass Torrents has the Somalian Web Address Seized. - Kickass Torrents is a very popular torrent website, the traffic probably totals in the seven figures daily, but according to Torrent Freak they just had their domain seized. They were using the Somalian extension of .So and resided at Kickass.so. ***Update*** 10:22 It looks like they have brought the site back up on the old Kickass.to. From the article: With millions of unique visitors per day KickassTorrents (KAT) is one the most used torrent sites on the Internet. The site’s popularity has made ... read more ...
 
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HA.com domain name auction is currently & 8.co will sell for $100k+ - 8.co tops six figures and has met its reserve. Heritage Auctions is holding a domain name auction today at the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, simulcast on HA.com. The auction begins at 11 am EST. As of the time of writing this morning, the most expensive domain name to meet its reserve is 8.co. One of the few non-.com domain names on the list, the domain has already hit $115,000 (with buyer’s premium). Other domain names have attracted higher bids — including NL.com, Quick.com, Mouse.com, ... read more ...
Sun 8th February 2015
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Report: Web.com Largest Shareholder Could Be Activist & Shake Up The Board - According to TheFly.com FBR Capital says Okumus Fund Management, Web.com’s (WWWW) largest shareholder, could potentially take a more activist stance going forward. “FBR added that it would not be surprised if announcements were made soon, potentially including a change in the board composition, a review of the company’s operations, accelerating share buyback activity, or the exploration of strategic alternatives. FBR Co. (Nasdaq:FBRC) provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, ... read more ...
 
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Former AFRINIC CEO Adiel Akplogan joins ICANN to Aid Global Outreach - ICANN has selected the  former  CEO of AFRINIC (Africa’s Regional Internet Registry) Adiel Akplogan as its vice president for technical engagement, a newly created role expected to deepen the organization’s efforts to improve its international presence and participation. Akplogan headed AFRINIC, from its creation in 2005. His role as AFRINIC CEO ended at the end of last month, and he is expected to start work at ICANN  on March 1st and will be  based in Montreal, Canada. Akplogan has been ... read more ...
 
Sat 7th February 2015
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Flippa Domain Sales for The Past Week Led by Pharmaceuticals.com during $50,000 - Flippa had a nice week and they released their sales numbers on their blog and Pharmaceuticals.com was the top sale. Pharmaceuticals gets 6600 exact searches a month according to the Google Keyplanner Tool. CasinoDeals.com at $10,000 is a nice name that I think could do really good with all the affiliate programs for online casinos, combined with selling direct advertising to land based casinos all around the world. Notable Flippa Domain Sales from This Past Week Pharmaceuticals.com  @ $50,000  ... read more ...
 
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Above.com Holding Radix Auction With a Twist - Victor Pitts from Above.com shared some information about an auction the company is running with new gTLD domain names from Radix. Opening bids start at $200 and go up to $1,000. The auction features .Website, .Host, and .Press domain names. One interesting aspect of this auction is that there is a buy it now option on all of the auctions. For people who don’t want to risk losing an auction, they can click the buy it now button to pay a higher price but avoid an auction. Buy it now prices ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Hit with a UDRP on The Domain eBottle.com By Owner of eBottles.com -       Marchex has been hit with a UDRP on the domain name eBottle.com The Complaint was filed by Lerman Container Corporation. Marchex has owned the domain name since at least 2009. The Complainant Lerman Container Corporation, has a federally registered trademark on the term eBottles.com which is applied for on May 21, 2013, which was Published for Opposition on October 28, 2014 and was finally granted 3 weeks ago on January 13, 2015. The domain name eBottles.com is registered to a Josh Erlanger, ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed on 15 Year Old Domain GreatRun.com By Owner Of GreatRun.org -   A UDRP has been filed on what seems to be a very generic term GreatRun.com which was has been owned by the same owner, Product Reports, Inc which has owned the domain name since at least 2007 by the owner of the non-profit GreatRun.org Actually the only change in the ownership of GreatRun.com since November, 2007, is that the owner moved its address from to Melville, New York to Levittown, New York in 2010. The domain name GreatRun.com currently does not resolve and according to Screenshots, ... read more ...
 
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.Com Top 116 Million Active Domain Names For The 1st Time & Is Up 600K Registrations Since Dec 31 - The number of active .Com domain names has passed the 116 million mark for the firs time in history. At the end of 2014 there were 15.3 million .Com domain registered in the active zone file, meaning that .Com registrations have increase 600,000 domain names in the first 5 weeks of 2015. The number of new gTLD’s is stilling at 4,288,778 according to ntldstats.com up from the 3,650,000 new gTLD domain names registered at the end of 2014, which appears to be a gain of almost 600,000 domain registrations However ... read more ...
 
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Google vs a Mississippi A.G. Could Set A Precedent for a State's Right to Regulate Online Content - Matt Schruers wrote an article yesterday on an upcoming legal battle that could set a precedent for content censorship. This is Google going up against the Attorney General of the State of Mississippi. Schruers makes the point that this is like SOPA at the state level. From the article: Far from Washington or any other place associated with Internet policy-making, a federal district court in Jackson, Mississippi is considering a case that could dramatically alter the regulation of Internet speech. ... read more ...