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Mon 4th May 2015
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New gTLD .Sale Gets 165 EAP Day 5 Domain Name Registrations; .Video 125 - The new gTLD .Sale which launches into general availability (GA) on Wednesday got 165 registrations on the 5th day of the Early Access program which allows registrants to pay an extra fee to get to register domain names ahead of GA. The list of domain name registered yesterday for both .Sale and .Video comes from Registered.Today As you can see it looks like trademark holders that either missed Sunrise or saved a few bucks by grabbing domain names in the 5th day of EAP registered domain names ahead ... read more ...
 
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Company That Bought Brand.com For $500K Sells It For $300K & Files Bankruptcy - According to technical.ly, after spending $500,000 for the domain name Brand.com, the company formerly known as Reputation Changer filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last month. Technical.ly says according to the filing, Brand.com sold its domain for $300,000 . The domain name is currently in escrow.com at Igloo.com Technical.ly  also reports that the company sold the domain name NHQ.com, the domain for its content marketing identity News Headquarters, for $10,000. The Brand.com Twitter account has ... read more ...
 
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Radix Partners With the International Center for Journalists’ (ICFJ) Press … - SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 4, 2015) - Radix, a leading new gTLD registry, announced today that it has partnered with the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) to support its Press Freedom initiative. As part of the partnership, Radix will donate a portion of its revenue generated from .press domain registrations from the month of May to ICFJ. World Press Freedom day, held on May 3, celebrates the fundamental principles of press freedom and pays tribute to journalists who ... read more ...
 
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IDN.auction Launches Free Domain Name Auction Site - FRANKLIN, Tenn., May 4, 2015 /SATPR.COM/ — IDN.auction launched today, offering web professionals a totally free auction site for Internet domains, including all Top-Level Domains (TLDs).   The site, which does not charge listing fees, gives web entrepreneurs an economical, easy way to get the right web address for the right price.  For domainers, the site offers maximum profitability for sale of URLs.  In honor of the launch, the site is waiving all closing fees for a limited time. “Don’t ... read more ...
 
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People wasting income on Princess Charlotte Domain Names - I’m not sure why people are wasting money on these domain names. People register domain names whenever a celebrity baby is born, and the news of the latest British royal baby is Princess Charlotte is no exception. So far today, about 100 Charlotte-related domain names have been registered in .com and .net, according to Verisign’s DomainView tool. This only includes domain names with “Charlotte” in them (excluding any related to the city of Charlotte and other people name Charlotte). What ... read more ...
 
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30 More Big Brand Fails: Bang On Trademarked Domains Continue To Drop To Third Parties - This is another post in our continuing series of bang on trademarked domain names that drop and the continuing failure of brand holders to catch them on the drop allowing third parties to register them and control them. All of these domains were owned by someone other than the trademark holder then dropped and could have been picked up by the trademark holder if they pursed the domain in the drop. Instead of the trademark holder registering these domains when they dropped, third parties, picked up ... read more ...
 
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The value of brief domain names with Andrew Rosener – DNW Podcast #31 - Andrew Rosener discusses the value of short domain names and his brokerage Media Options. Andrew Rosener, founder of domain name brokerage Media Options, discusses the rapid price appreciation of short domain names including 2 and 3-character domains (and even longer). Why are they shooting up in value? How much are they worth? Andrew also explains why the letters that many of us prized in these domain names a couple years ago aren’t necessarily the most valuable today. He also discusses his brokerage ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Skills.com, Nurse.com, CarClub.com and More Domains - Domain Movers digs deep to find domain names that have been acquired by large companies. Some domains may have simply been registered and others are moving around for some other reason. These are often early detections into new startups, new brands, new products and much more. Enjoy the domain data! Skills.com has been acquired with the help of domain broker Bill Sweetman of NameNinja.com for Skills.com Inc. The domain name was acquired on October 9, 2013 according to whois records and later went ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .Sale Gets 165 EAP Day 5 Domain Name Registrations; .Video 125 - The new gTLD .Sale which launches into general availability (GA) on Wednesday got 165 registrations on the 5th day of the Early Access program which allows registrants to pay an extra fee to get to register domain names ahead of GA. The list of domain name registered yesterday for both .Sale and .Video comes from Registered.Today As you can see it looks like trademark holders that either missed Sunrise or saved a few bucks by grabbing domain names in the 5th day of EAP registered domain names ahead ... read more ...
 
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.Org Opens Nominations For 7 To Serve On The .Org Advisory Council - Public Interest Registry, the nonprofit operator of the .org domain, today opened the call for nominations to identify seven new members to serve on the .org Advisory Council. Today through June 5, 2015, individuals may submit nominations – including self-nominations – detailing the applicant’s experience in leading a noncommercial organization, commitment to promoting the noncommercial use of the Internet and desire to ensure .org remains the domain of choice for any person, corporation or ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Featured on HBO's Silicon Valley - Tech company on show creates division using .xyz domain name. The .XYZ domain name was featured on HBO’s Silicon Valley last night. A big tech company featured in the show, Hooli, creates a new experimental division for moonshot projects called Hooli XYZ, hosted at Hooli.xyz. The show created a website on Hooli.xyz. The site says: HooliXYZ = who? A select team of “XYZeniuses.” It also list a bunch of the projects Hooli XYZ will work on: Self-driving cars? Flying cars? Self-flying cars? A space ... read more ...
 
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Here Are The Winners Of $5K For The 2nd Month #Internetofficial Verisign .Com Contest - Verisign announced today the winners of the 2nd month of the Verisign .Com contest and has awarded $5,000 in prizes. KidsCookDinner.com Registered March 26th 2015 is an active site already a website is blog that encouraging kids to cook and eat healthy dinners. LastSecondFlights.com was registered February 3, 2015. SeniorBride.com was registered on March 1, 2015 SkinnyLa.com was registered on March 5th 2015 SoldiersOnly.COM was registered on January 28,2015 Unfortunately as one of the judges of ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs (.XYZ?) boost Web.com's bookings - “Very aggressive” new TLD promotions paying off for Web.com. Many in the domain name community blasted Web.com and .xyz for the hundreds of thousands of free domain names Web.com gave away last year through Network Solutions. Was it, perhaps, a brilliant business move? Web.com reported a bookings boost this past quarter, and the company says this is due to higher-than-expected renewal rates on new TLDs. Here’s Web.com CEO David Brown on last week’s conference call: Yes, I want to be very ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes partners with Domains.green to setup Retail and Wholesale … - (MILITARY-TECHNOLOGIES.NET) May 04, 2015 - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs ccTLDs, today announced that it has partnered with Domains.green LLC to establish wholesale retail channels for .green domains; thus helping Domains.green LLC get closer to the global green community and serve it better. The .GREEN domain namespace is a collective symbol that identifies supports global internet users who strive to build a greener future. Domains.green LLC is a .Green ... read more ...
Sun 3rd May 2015
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Beyonce; Britney Spears, Blake Shelton; Rihanna, Jennifer Lopez All Register Their .Porn Domain - It looks like Taylor Swift was not by far the only celebrity to register a .Porn new gTLD domain name extension in the recently concluded Sunrise period. Lots of the biggest names in the music business joined Taylor Swift in registering their .porn domain including;  Beyonce, Katy Perry, Justin Bieber, Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus, Cher,  Britney Spears,  Blake Shelton, Brad Paisley, Faith Hill, Ed Sheeran, Sheryl Crow,  James Blunt, The Band Perry, The Beach Boys. Jennifer Lopez registered ... read more ...
 
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It’s all a matter of logistics - At one time, there were companies that just hauled things and companies that mainly just stored things in warehouses. But more and more, companies called third-party logistics (3PL) providers are combining those services and others to give other companies an efficiency advantage. Full story available to subscribers ... read more ...
Sat 2nd May 2015
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Behind the Story of Netnopolis - You probably noticed the new banners on DomainInvesting.com advertising “The Story of Netnopolis.” If you clicked through, you learned it was an advertising campaign created by new gTLD registry and applicant, Radix. I reached out to Namrata Arya, one of my contacts at Radix, and she shared more details about this new marketing campaign and what Netnopolis means: “We’re running a never before ran sort of a campaign. It’s meant to create a metaphoric representation of the current ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Top 900,000 Registrations - .XYZ has become the first new gTLD new domain extension to have topped 900,000 registrations. According to new ntldstats.com .XYZ has 900,739, domain registered. There are only 6 new gTLD extension to have broken the six figure mark (excluding the IDN .网址 (xn--ses554g) which are all registry owned) and here they are in order: .XYZ .Science .Club .Berlin .Wang .Link Here are the top 10 domain name registrars for .XYZ,  with the number of domain names registered by each and the percentage for ... read more ...
 
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Why Namecoin never took off - Namecoin has been an idea that has got some press in the past but never really totally caught on. The idea of a decentralized DNS system, kind of like domain names working on the same premise as Bitcoin. Coin Telegraph sat down with Michael Dean one of the biggest proponents of Namecoin. In the interview Dean says that Namecoin is pretty much dead. From the article: CoinTelegraph: You used to be one of Namecoin’s biggest cheerleaders. What happened? Michael Dean: So here’s my opinion, which is ... read more ...
Fri 1st May 2015
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Consumer Education, Awareness Key to Combating Rogue Online Drug Sellers - MOUNT PROSPECT, Ill., May 1, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Yesterday, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy® (NABP®) issued a report that profiles the continued pervasiveness of illegal online drug seller activity and the need for increased awareness about the risks such activity presents to public health. As detailed in the Internet Drug Outlet Identification Program Progress Report for State and Federal Regulators: April 2015, the threat posed by illegal online drug sellers ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Data Breach Could Result in Unfair Competitive Advantage for New … - Private data entered into the ICANN portals for new gTLD applicants and the GDD (Global Domains Division) was viewable in at least 36 log in sessions since April 2013, according to an ICANN statement issued on Thursday. “The results of the investigation currently indicate that the portal users were able to view data that was not their own,” said the release. The portals store data about applicants to the ICANN new gTLD program and gTLD registry operators. In December ICANN announced that ... read more ...
 
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SMALL CAP SHARE IDEAS: Domain name firm CentralNic doubles revenues in … - By Ian Lyall, Proactive Investors, For Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 13:50 GMT, 1 May 2015 | Updated: 13:55 GMT, 1 May 2015 View comments Internet platform business CentralNic intends to keep its foot down after doubling revenue in 2014.The group, which made its name as a registry services provider - keeping a database of top level domains assigned by registrars - finished ... read more ...
 
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New domain name registry asks trademark owners to pay up or risk the … - In recent years, the Internet has seen the launch of numerous new top level domain names, i.e., the letter strings to the right of the "dot" such as ".wedding" and "country" that, when combined with a second level domain (the name to the left of the dot) form the domain name as a whole.  This Advisory focuses on one such top level domain, or gTLD: ".sucks".  The .sucks gTLD is especially noteworthy for two reasons.  First, the allocation of .sucks names by the registry chosen ... read more ...
 
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Marksmen and Com Laude, Launch MCL Domains To Be Based In Seattle - Marksmen and Com Laude, announce the launch of MCL Domains “offering efficient, reliable corporate domain name management services for North America. MCL Domains opens for business this week at the 2015 International Trademark Association’s annual meeting in San Diego. MCL Domains combines Marksmen’s strategic and investigative acumen with Com Laude’s advanced technical platform, global registrar services, and noted focus on client service. Com Laude currently manages domain name portfolios ... read more ...
 
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HolidayRentals.com Saved In UDRP For The 2nd Time - HomeAway, Inc. of Austin, Texas lost its bid to grab the generic domain name holidayrentals.com in a UDRP. The domain name HolidayRentals.com was saved in a UDRP back in 2002. The domain holder Timothy Hall of the United Kingdom was represented by UDRP POLICE DBS, United Kingdom and was the domain holder for the 2002 UDRP decision as well Here are the highlights of the three panel decision of Nicholas Smith, Tony Willoughby and Adam Taylor: The Complainant is a US company, incorporated in Delaware ... read more ...