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Domain Name Wire
Dude, Seriously! What Were You Thinking? The legal panel at NamesCon
A recap of the legal panel at NamesCon. A legal panel is a mainstay at domain name conferences. Earlier this month at NamesCon was no different. Perhaps trying to jazz up a panel full of lawyers, the session was titled “Dude, Seriously?!?? What...
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Dude, Seriously! What Were You Thinking? The legal panel at NamesCon
A recap of the legal panel at NamesCon. A legal panel is a mainstay at domain name conferences. Earlier this month at NamesCon was no different. Perhaps trying to jazz up a panel full of lawyers, the session was titled “Dude, Seriously?!?? What...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 8:32 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN Labs takes a breather to focus on new ICANN website
Group pauses other activities to work on new website. Since making a post on November 20 about working on a new ICANN.org website, the ICANN Labs initiative has been radio silent. ICANN Labs launched last summer as a way to improve communications and...
Discussion
ICANN Labs takes a breather to focus on new ICANN website
Group pauses other activities to work on new website. Since making a post on November 20 about working on a new ICANN.org website, the ICANN Labs initiative has been radio silent. ICANN Labs launched last summer as a way to improve communications and...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 5:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts’ EAP opens today, but only some domain name registrars support it
GoDaddy and eNom are offering Donuts’ domains today, but other big registrars are not. Seven of Donuts new top level domain names, including .guru and .clothing, are available starting today under the company’s “Early Access Program...
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Donuts’ EAP opens today, but only some domain name registrars support it
GoDaddy and eNom are offering Donuts’ domains today, but other big registrars are not. Seven of Donuts new top level domain names, including .guru and .clothing, are available starting today under the company’s “Early Access Program...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 3:47 pm
Domain Shane
Working Godaddy Renewal and New Registration Codes I Just Used
Godaddy codes seem to be slowly dwindling but there are still plenty out there. I had a bunch of renewal, transfers, and even a few hand registrations I needed to take care of today. Here are the codes I used today (January 9th, 201...
Discussion
Working Godaddy Renewal and New Registration Codes I Just Used
Godaddy codes seem to be slowly dwindling but there are still plenty out there. I had a bunch of renewal, transfers, and even a few hand registrations I needed to take care of today. Here are the codes I used today (January 9th, 201...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Uno wants to be the domain of choice for Spanish speakers
.Uno top level domain name to cater to Spanish-speaking internet users. A lot of new top level domain name applicants have suffered through years of ups and downs waiting for the new top level domain name program to launch. Not Shaul Jolles. Jolles, ...
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.Uno wants to be the domain of choice for Spanish speakers
.Uno top level domain name to cater to Spanish-speaking internet users. A lot of new top level domain name applicants have suffered through years of ups and downs waiting for the new top level domain name program to launch. Not Shaul Jolles. Jolles, ...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 2:52 pm
The Domains
Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) “Founded in 1984, NCI...
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Public Company Files UDRP On Generic 15 Year Old Domain SteelBuildings.com
A UDRP was just filed on the domain name SteelBuildings.com by a public company in the metal building business: The UDRP was filed by NCI Group, Inc. which is publicly traded as NCI Building Systems Inc. (NYSE: NCS) “Founded in 1984, NCI...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
End user domain name purchases up to $350,000
Sedo brokers sale of True.com to car sals data company. This week’s Sedo end user sales list includes the big $350,000 sale of True.com to car sales data company TrueCar. If you’ve never checked out TrueCar.com, it’s a really cool s...
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End user domain name purchases up to $350,000
Sedo brokers sale of True.com to car sals data company. This week’s Sedo end user sales list includes the big $350,000 sale of True.com to car sales data company TrueCar. If you’ve never checked out TrueCar.com, it’s a really cool s...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 2:12 pm
The Domains
Start up Defense.net Covered on Tech Crunch
Its not everyday you see a start up built on a .net, I usually see more built on a .co or .me. Defense.net is a start up focused on DDOS mitigation services. The company got a write up this morning on Tech Crunch. According to Crunchbase the co...
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Start up Defense.net Covered on Tech Crunch
Its not everyday you see a start up built on a .net, I usually see more built on a .co or .me. Defense.net is a start up focused on DDOS mitigation services. The company got a write up this morning on Tech Crunch. According to Crunchbase the co...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 1:16 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 29th, 2014
Yesterday I got a big kick out of the articles about the tickers selling out on Domaining and TheDomains. It’s bad enough I can’t sell all my advertising but I have the two best sites out there bragging about how they sell the...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on January 29th, 2014
Yesterday I got a big kick out of the articles about the tickers selling out on Domaining and TheDomains. It’s bad enough I can’t sell all my advertising but I have the two best sites out there bragging about how they sell the...
Discussion
January 29, 2014, 10:37 am
The Domains
$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
Discussion
$1277 seems to be a magic number this week, but something does not seem right
In the Sedo weekly sales report it seems a lot of names that should fetch a price far greater than $1277 sold this week. As astutely pointed out in the comments by Dan, Jose and Todd Finlay there seems to be something odd here. Thighs, Their, Byline,...
Discussion
January 28, 2014, 11:49 pm
