Tag Archives: three character domains

Thu 9th July 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Do 3 minute domains have any genuine value? - Is a domain name worth something if it’s just traded amongst investors with limited potential value to an end user? Three letter .com domain names are very popular right now, with prices increasing significantly over the past year. Much of the demand comes from domain traders in China. China itself is experiencing a bubble in tech stocks that rivals (or surpasses) the NASDAQ 15 years ago…perhaps including the ensuing bust. Will the value of three letter .com domains face a similar fate to other ... read more ...
Mon 9th August 2010
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NameDrive’s NDX Market Gears Up for Auction of 3 Character ccTLDs - Domain marketplace gets ready for another three character auction. Fresh on the heels of a three character .eu domain name auction in which all 771 domain names sold, NameDrive’s NDX Market is getting ready for a follow on auction. Starting tomorrow, NDX Market will run an auction for 300 three character country code domain names. The domain names will be in these country codes: .AT, .BE, .CH, .CO.UK, .DE, .ES, .FR, .NL, .PL, .SE. The auction will run until approximately ... read more ...
Wed 24th March 2010
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MEC.com Hits $41,000 in Great Domains Auction - Three character domain in the spotlight. Sedo’s monthly Great Domains auction ends tomorrow, and a three character domain in the auction is attracting a lot of attention. MEC.com is up to $41,000 with its reserve met. Four different bidders are in on the action. There are a number of companies and acronyms for MEC, and the domain name appears to get substantial traffic. It was just parked on March 18, and Sedo’s stats show over 3,000 visitors to the domain ... read more ...
Tue 19th January 2010
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German Lottery Provider Gets NKL.com Back 3 Years After Theft - Lottery wins domain name it says was stolen in 2006. German state-owned lotto company NKL Nordwestdeutsche Klassenlotterie has won the transfer of the NKL.com domain name, three years after the domain name was allegedly stolen. NKL won the domain name through a WIPO proceeding. In a strange series of events, it appears the domain name may have been stolen in 2006 but NKL didn’t realize this until 2009. The domain name was set to expire on October 10, 2006. In ... read more ...
Wed 5th November 2008
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Gregory Ricks Loses LTI.com; Doesn’t Respond to Complaint - Rewe Touristik Hotels Investment GmbH picks up domain at arbitration. Here’s an interesting UDRP in which the respondent didn’t file his response on a three character domain. Domainer Gregory Ricks just lost the three character domain name LTI.com to a hotel company after failing to respond the the UDRP at World Intellectual Property Association (WIPO). Something is certainly fishy here, since Ricks has gone out of his way to protect three character domain ... read more ...
Wed 11th June 2008
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Canadian Broadcaster CTV Loses Battle for CTV.com - CTV goes after valuable generic domain name through UDRP and loses. Murat Yikilmaz has successfully defended an attempt by Canadian broadcasting company CTV to take away his three character domain name. CTV currently uses CTV.ca as its domain name. In a 2-1 decision at National Arbitration Forum, the panel found that CTV doesn’t have worldwide exclusive rights to the term “CTV”, and that Yikilmaz’s purchase of the domain to attract traffic was a legitimate ... read more ...
Mon 24th March 2008
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How to Protect Your 3 Character Domain Names - Own a three character domain? You need to play defense. Three letter domain names are valuable. But owning them carries risk: since so many companies have three character acronyms, they often feel they are entitled to your domain. The number of pending and recently settled claims on three character domains is staggering. Here are just a handful I found today: Ace.com Ace.us Dsn.com Rcu.net (claim denied) Own.tv Ucp.com (transferred, domain may have been stolen) Pao.com Kpn.info Tcn.com Cbq.com Cbq.net Cbq.org All.com It’s ... read more ...