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The Domains
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issues fifth and last chapter in its five part series of “issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. ” Bottom line Verisign Concluded wi...
Discussion
Verisign Publishes “New gTLD Security, Stability, Resiliency Update: Exploratory Consumer Impact Analysis”
Verisign issues fifth and last chapter in its five part series of “issues related to security, stability, and resilience of the DNS ecosystem, particularly as we approach the rollout of new gTLDs. ” Bottom line Verisign Concluded wi...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 6:29 pm
The Domains
Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By MicroBusiness.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 7/29/13 – 8/4/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,294,035. The highest sale was MicroBusiness.com which sold for $10,165 followed by Fa...
Discussion
Afternic.com Sells $1.3MM In Domains Led By MicroBusiness.com For $10K
Afternic.com just released its domain sales for the period of 7/29/13 – 8/4/13. Domain sales including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,294,035. The highest sale was MicroBusiness.com which sold for $10,165 followed by Fa...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 5:33 pm
The Domains
Marchex’s Archeo Sells 70 Domains For $1.3 Million & Spinoff Is Set For 4th Q
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), a leader in mobile performance advertising, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Highlights: Revenue was $39.0 million for the second q...
Discussion
Marchex’s Archeo Sells 70 Domains For $1.3 Million & Spinoff Is Set For 4th Q
Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), a leader in mobile performance advertising, today announced its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Highlights: Revenue was $39.0 million for the second q...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 5:30 pm
The Domains
Sedo.com Transactions Total Over $1MM Led By WaterTreatment.com For $30K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/29/13 – 08/04/13 totaling over $1MM. The highest priced transaction was watertreatment.com at $30,000 followed by hometests.com at $22,000. Over the past week, 663 transactions to...
Discussion
Sedo.com Transactions Total Over $1MM Led By WaterTreatment.com For $30K
Sedo.com just released their domain transactions for the week 07/29/13 – 08/04/13 totaling over $1MM. The highest priced transaction was watertreatment.com at $30,000 followed by hometests.com at $22,000. Over the past week, 663 transactions to...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 4:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
After sweeping it under the rug, Name Collisions come back to haunt new TLD program
Name collisions derail new top level domain name timeline. Everyone in the executive suite at Verisign must have been smiling this morning. That’s because ICANN dropped a bombshell, delaying a big portion of new top level domain names due to &l...
Discussion
After sweeping it under the rug, Name Collisions come back to haunt new TLD program
Name collisions derail new top level domain name timeline. Everyone in the executive suite at Verisign must have been smiling this morning. That’s because ICANN dropped a bombshell, delaying a big portion of new top level domain names due to &l...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:57 pm
Domain Name Wire
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
Del Monte v. Del Monte: first new TLD objection to be upheld
Objector wins .delmonte Legal Rights Objection. If you look at the list of filed Legal Rights Objections for new top level domains, only a few stand out as plausible cases. One of those was Del Monte Corporation v. Del Monte International GmbH for .d...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:31 pm
Domain Shane
A Letter To The Editor From the Owner of Apples.com and Onions.com
Yesterday the owner of Apples.com an Onions.com took offense to my list saying that there could be legal problems regarding apples.com and that onions would have the same problems. While I merely meant that the new owner would have to continually mak...
Discussion
A Letter To The Editor From the Owner of Apples.com and Onions.com
Yesterday the owner of Apples.com an Onions.com took offense to my list saying that there could be legal problems regarding apples.com and that onions would have the same problems. While I merely meant that the new owner would have to continually mak...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 2:14 pm
The Domains
Breaking: WIPO Upholds 1st Legal Rights Objection On .Delmonte
A WIPO panel has just upheld its first Legal Rights Objection (LRO). The WIPO panel upheld the objection of the Del Monte Corporation of San Francisco to the new gTLD application for .Delmonte Here is the discussion of the panel In order to ...
Discussion
Breaking: WIPO Upholds 1st Legal Rights Objection On .Delmonte
A WIPO panel has just upheld its first Legal Rights Objection (LRO). The WIPO panel upheld the objection of the Del Monte Corporation of San Francisco to the new gTLD application for .Delmonte Here is the discussion of the panel In order to ...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 1:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
What the heck is a “premium domain”?
A domain that would qualify as premium in .com may not be premium under different extensions. Just like grade inflation, the quality of what people are labeling a “premium domain” has been slipping in recent years. That’s because an...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 12:25 pm
The Domains
ICANN’s Name Collision Study Could Derail 20% Of All Applied For New gTLD Strings
ICANN released the Name Collision Study it commission, which suggests the the applications for the new gTLD’s .Corp and .Home be indefinitely delayed and that 20% of all new gTLD applied for strings be delayed for at least 3-6 months a...
Discussion
ICANN’s Name Collision Study Could Derail 20% Of All Applied For New gTLD Strings
ICANN released the Name Collision Study it commission, which suggests the the applications for the new gTLD’s .Corp and .Home be indefinitely delayed and that 20% of all new gTLD applied for strings be delayed for at least 3-6 months a...
Discussion
August 6, 2013, 11:58 am
