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DomainSherpa
Domain Name News: September 28 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: September 28, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Music.com and Music.net For Sale..., Buy.Me Domain Name Sells For..., ESQwire.com Wins UDRP for Client..., Sedo and Go Daddy Expand..., NameMedia Lau...
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Domain Name News: September 28 Week in Review
The Week of Domaining In Review: September 28, 2012.The latest domain name news, hand-picked for you.Music.com and Music.net For Sale..., Buy.Me Domain Name Sells For..., ESQwire.com Wins UDRP for Client..., Sedo and Go Daddy Expand..., NameMedia Lau...
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September 28, 2012, 3:05 am

Domain Name Wire
Wall Street Journal names new TLD company Donuts to Top 50 Startups
WSJ ranks Donuts #14 on list of top startups. The Wall Street Journal just released its rankings of the top 50 venture-capital-backed companies, and new top level domain name company Donuts made the cut. It actually did better than just make the cut,...
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Wall Street Journal names new TLD company Donuts to Top 50 Startups
WSJ ranks Donuts #14 on list of top startups. The Wall Street Journal just released its rankings of the top 50 venture-capital-backed companies, and new top level domain name company Donuts made the cut. It actually did better than just make the cut,...
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September 27, 2012, 10:32 pm

Domain Name Wire
People like porn: search.xxx gets 500k searches in a day
New search engine for sites on .xxx domains get lots of traffic within first 24 hours. Yesterday at about this time ICM Registry switched on its new .xxx search engine, search.xxx. Now, about 24 hours later, the company says it has already served 500...
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People like porn: search.xxx gets 500k searches in a day
New search engine for sites on .xxx domains get lots of traffic within first 24 hours. Yesterday at about this time ICM Registry switched on its new .xxx search engine, search.xxx. Now, about 24 hours later, the company says it has already served 500...
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September 27, 2012, 3:34 pm

The Domains
Buy.me Sells For $150K on Sedo.com
Buy.Me just sold on Sedo for 115,000 Euro’s or almost $150,000 Its another great verb.me domain and a nice price .Me continues to be a highly brandable domain with a great verb behind it…
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Buy.me Sells For $150K on Sedo.com
Buy.Me just sold on Sedo for 115,000 Euro’s or almost $150,000 Its another great verb.me domain and a nice price .Me continues to be a highly brandable domain with a great verb behind it…
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September 27, 2012, 2:13 pm

The Domains
Radix Responds To Attack Letter on New gTLD Applications By Publishing Threat Letters From Attorneys
We wrote earlier today about the comment filed by the global law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP to ICANN saying that Radix’s applications for new gTLD should be denied by ICANN based on the activity of Directi. I just received this response f...
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Radix Responds To Attack Letter on New gTLD Applications By Publishing Threat Letters From Attorneys
We wrote earlier today about the comment filed by the global law firm of Winston & Strawn LLP to ICANN saying that Radix’s applications for new gTLD should be denied by ICANN based on the activity of Directi. I just received this response f...
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September 27, 2012, 1:57 pm

Domain Name Wire
Sedo boosts domain auctions with “Last Call”
New auction option will increase activity in Sedo’s auctions. Sedo announced a new auction option this morning called “Last Chance Auctions”. The more I learn about it, the more I like the idea. Last Chance Auctions allow Sedo users...
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Sedo boosts domain auctions with “Last Call”
New auction option will increase activity in Sedo’s auctions. Sedo announced a new auction option this morning called “Last Chance Auctions”. The more I learn about it, the more I like the idea. Last Chance Auctions allow Sedo users...
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September 27, 2012, 1:55 pm

Domain Name Wire
EU group calls proposed Whois changes “unlawful”
EU data protection group says law enforcement’s wish list would be unlawful in European Union. In May I wrote about some of the requests law enforcement agencies were making for the new ICANN registrar accreditation agreement. Some of the reque...
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EU group calls proposed Whois changes “unlawful”
EU data protection group says law enforcement’s wish list would be unlawful in European Union. In May I wrote about some of the requests law enforcement agencies were making for the new ICANN registrar accreditation agreement. Some of the reque...
Discussion
September 27, 2012, 1:27 pm

Elliot's Blog
5 With… Phil McKegney, Co-Founder of DomainAgents
DomainAgents is a negotiation platform that was built to help domain buyers and domain owners come to terms on their domain name transactions. Although DomainAgents is a relatively new company, the founders have considerable domain industry experienc...
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5 With… Phil McKegney, Co-Founder of DomainAgents
DomainAgents is a negotiation platform that was built to help domain buyers and domain owners come to terms on their domain name transactions. Although DomainAgents is a relatively new company, the founders have considerable domain industry experienc...
Discussion
September 27, 2012, 12:10 pm

The Domains
Directi’s Media.net Teams Up With Yahoo To Launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Media.net announced today “a long-term agreement to launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads, powered by Media.net.” “The program aims to provide web publishers with a powerful and effective new solut...
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Directi’s Media.net Teams Up With Yahoo To Launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads
Yahoo! (NASDAQ:YHOO) and Media.net announced today “a long-term agreement to launch Yahoo! Bing Network Contextual Ads, powered by Media.net.” “The program aims to provide web publishers with a powerful and effective new solut...
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September 27, 2012, 11:44 am

Domain Name Wire
Kate Spade files complaints over .co and .xxx domains
Company upset over Kate Spade domain names. Fashion brand Kate Spade, LLC has filed UDRP complaints at World Intellectual Property Organization against the owners of two domain names: KateSpade.co and KateSpade.xxx. KateSpade.co resolves to a page an...
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Kate Spade files complaints over .co and .xxx domains
Company upset over Kate Spade domain names. Fashion brand Kate Spade, LLC has filed UDRP complaints at World Intellectual Property Organization against the owners of two domain names: KateSpade.co and KateSpade.xxx. KateSpade.co resolves to a page an...
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September 27, 2012, 11:43 am