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The Domains
.Co Puts Over 1,000 Two Character Domains Up For Sale At Godaddy
According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale with GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and ...
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.Co Puts Over 1,000 Two Character Domains Up For Sale At Godaddy
According to the .Co Registry, effective immediately, the .CO Registry has listed approximately 1,100, two-character premium .CO domain names for sale with GoDaddy. The two-character domain names are available through GoDaddy’s Aftermarket and ...
Discussion
June 6, 2013, 12:10 am
Domain Name Wire
Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales
Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that sale and many other end us...
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Microsoft buys ToDoApp.com and 16 other domain name sales
Microsoft and Magazines.com among end user buyers at Sedo last week. Is Microsoft about to release an organization app a la Evernote and Google’s Keep? It bought ToDoApp.com last week on Sedo. Here are details on that sale and many other end us...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:41 pm
The Domains
ICANN: Trademark Clearning House Update
ICANN during its Webinar today gave some updated data on the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) Today 636 trademark holders have filed marks with the TMCH. A total of 3,027 trademark records have been filed of which 1,380 have been verified. There are a...
Discussion
ICANN: Trademark Clearning House Update
ICANN during its Webinar today gave some updated data on the Trademark Clearing House (TMCH) Today 636 trademark holders have filed marks with the TMCH. A total of 3,027 trademark records have been filed of which 1,380 have been verified. There are a...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:25 pm
The Domains
1st New gTLD’s Could Be Delegated As Soon As Aug 28th w/ Sunrise Ending Oct 27th
As part of its Webinar today ICANN laid out a “best case scenario” for when the first new gTLD’s might roll out. According to a time line laid out by ICANN the first new gTLD could be delegated to the root by as early as Augus...
Discussion
1st New gTLD’s Could Be Delegated As Soon As Aug 28th w/ Sunrise Ending Oct 27th
As part of its Webinar today ICANN laid out a “best case scenario” for when the first new gTLD’s might roll out. According to a time line laid out by ICANN the first new gTLD could be delegated to the root by as early as Augus...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:09 pm
Elliot's Blog
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
Discussion
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 1:04 pm
Elliot's Blog
Ghost Domain Capital Fund Launched
I read a press release in the Wall Street Journal announcing the launch of a venture capital fund called the Ghost Domain Capital Fund. The business “invests in ‘category killer’ Internet domains that are mostly oriented toward B2B ...
Discussion
Ghost Domain Capital Fund Launched
I read a press release in the Wall Street Journal announcing the launch of a venture capital fund called the Ghost Domain Capital Fund. The business “invests in ‘category killer’ Internet domains that are mostly oriented toward B2B ...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 12:41 pm
The Domains
ICANN New gTLD Applications To Start In October
ICANN intends to have the first round of its Last Resort auction starting in October for those Contention sets which DO NOT include community applications. Auction are also not expected for string that have outstanding objections. Much more informati...
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ICANN New gTLD Applications To Start In October
ICANN intends to have the first round of its Last Resort auction starting in October for those Contention sets which DO NOT include community applications. Auction are also not expected for string that have outstanding objections. Much more informati...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 12:38 pm
Domain Name Wire
A subtle (yet big) change in GoDaddy’s ads
Verisign paying to include .com in GoDaddy ad. I was watching the Cardinals game last night when I noticed ads for GoDaddy.com behind the batter. This is nothing new. GoDaddy frequently advertises on baseball broadcasts. But something about the ad lo...
Discussion
A subtle (yet big) change in GoDaddy’s ads
Verisign paying to include .com in GoDaddy ad. I was watching the Cardinals game last night when I noticed ads for GoDaddy.com behind the batter. This is nothing new. GoDaddy frequently advertises on baseball broadcasts. But something about the ad lo...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 11:29 am
The Domains
TechCrunch Covers Twitch.Tv Which Gets 35 Million Viewers a Month
TechCrunch.com covered the “E-sports streaming startup Twitch.TV this morning. The site according to TechCrunch “has already seen massive growth in its audience since launching to the public just about two years ago and gets “more t...
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TechCrunch Covers Twitch.Tv Which Gets 35 Million Viewers a Month
TechCrunch.com covered the “E-sports streaming startup Twitch.TV this morning. The site according to TechCrunch “has already seen massive growth in its audience since launching to the public just about two years ago and gets “more t...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 10:59 am
Domain Name Wire
Scammy survey site beats Tumblr in domain dispute
Lawyers don’t provide enough evidence to convince panel that domain was registered in bad faith. Tumblr, the company that Yahoo is acquiring for $1.1 billion, has lost a cybersquatting claim for the domain name tublr.com. In its complaint filed...
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Scammy survey site beats Tumblr in domain dispute
Lawyers don’t provide enough evidence to convince panel that domain was registered in bad faith. Tumblr, the company that Yahoo is acquiring for $1.1 billion, has lost a cybersquatting claim for the domain name tublr.com. In its complaint filed...
Discussion
June 5, 2013, 10:05 am
