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Domain Name Wire
Google Domains is renewing domain names for free
Select customers who turn on auto renew by July 11 get a free one year renewal. Google Domains, Google’s newish domain name registration service, is renewing domain names for free. The company sent an email to some of its customers today, offer...
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Google Domains is renewing domain names for free
Select customers who turn on auto renew by July 11 get a free one year renewal. Google Domains, Google’s newish domain name registration service, is renewing domain names for free. The company sent an email to some of its customers today, offer...
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June 23, 2015, 2:00 pm

The Domains
Namecheap Launches Respectourprivacy.com To Save Private Whois Registrations
Namecheap.com, in association with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight For The Future (FFTF), launched the website Respectourprivacy.com to allow people to file a comment with ICANN letting them know they object to the proposed rule th...
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Namecheap Launches Respectourprivacy.com To Save Private Whois Registrations
Namecheap.com, in association with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Fight For The Future (FFTF), launched the website Respectourprivacy.com to allow people to file a comment with ICANN letting them know they object to the proposed rule th...
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June 23, 2015, 1:06 pm

The Domains
.XYZ Buys The New gTLD .Security From Symantec
According to a post on its Corporate blog last night .XYZ announced that it acquired the new gTLD .Security “Coming to you in late-2015, .Security will be the domain for security-related entities, professionals, and all companies that would lik...
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.XYZ Buys The New gTLD .Security From Symantec
According to a post on its Corporate blog last night .XYZ announced that it acquired the new gTLD .Security “Coming to you in late-2015, .Security will be the domain for security-related entities, professionals, and all companies that would lik...
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June 23, 2015, 11:42 am

Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Another day with some solid names. And its not all LLLL.coms either. In a rush out the door to get a big run in so no chit chat today. Here are today’s names FarmCraft.com 18 years old. Sounds like a type of tractor of mower....
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DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
Another day with some solid names. And its not all LLLL.coms either. In a rush out the door to get a big run in so no chit chat today. Here are today’s names FarmCraft.com 18 years old. Sounds like a type of tractor of mower....
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June 23, 2015, 11:22 am

Domain Shane
DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. My comments are in Bold. GoDaddy RSGI.com 19 years old and I for International. Good English LLLL.com RSGI.COM: $425. ReSearch Group Initiative DeadEye.com Good brand that brings thought of accuracy. A good buy at under $50...
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DSAD DAILY AUCTION RECAP
Welcome to the Recap. My comments are in Bold. GoDaddy RSGI.com 19 years old and I for International. Good English LLLL.com RSGI.COM: $425. ReSearch Group Initiative DeadEye.com Good brand that brings thought of accuracy. A good buy at under $50...
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June 23, 2015, 7:01 am

The Domains
Information-Age.com: Will Google Switch To .Google & .YouTube By The End Of The Year
Information-Age.com just published a story written by Russell Haworth, the CEO of Nominet which runs the .UK registry about the Branded Internet. The story talks about the beginning of brands using their new gTLD domain names in lieu of their .com&rs...
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Information-Age.com: Will Google Switch To .Google & .YouTube By The End Of The Year
Information-Age.com just published a story written by Russell Haworth, the CEO of Nominet which runs the .UK registry about the Branded Internet. The story talks about the beginning of brands using their new gTLD domain names in lieu of their .com&rs...
Discussion
June 22, 2015, 6:28 pm

Domain Name Wire
This license plate email reminds me of new domain names
Reserved plates being released, just like reserved domains… I received an email a few days ago from MyPlates, the company that administers the personalized (vanity) license plate program for Texas. Notice a similarity to what a lot of new top ...
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This license plate email reminds me of new domain names
Reserved plates being released, just like reserved domains… I received an email a few days ago from MyPlates, the company that administers the personalized (vanity) license plate program for Texas. Notice a similarity to what a lot of new top ...
Discussion
June 22, 2015, 6:14 pm

Domain Name Wire
Selling domains on Flippa with Kevin Fink – DNW Podcast #38
Learn about the Flippa marketplace and its acquisition of Domain Holdings. Learn the best way to get started selling domain names on Flippa in this week’s podcast. Kevin Fink, Director of Domains for Flippa, also discusses what the company&rsqu...
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Selling domains on Flippa with Kevin Fink – DNW Podcast #38
Learn about the Flippa marketplace and its acquisition of Domain Holdings. Learn the best way to get started selling domain names on Flippa in this week’s podcast. Kevin Fink, Director of Domains for Flippa, also discusses what the company&rsqu...
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June 22, 2015, 3:30 pm

Domain Name Wire
DOMAINfest.Asia to be held in Macau in September
Domain name conference heads to China in a few months. I’ve been a bit confused by NamesCon’s strategy with DOMAINfest after acquiring the brand. The one day add-ons to existing domain name conferences haven’t made much sense to me....
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DOMAINfest.Asia to be held in Macau in September
Domain name conference heads to China in a few months. I’ve been a bit confused by NamesCon’s strategy with DOMAINfest after acquiring the brand. The one day add-ons to existing domain name conferences haven’t made much sense to me....
Discussion
June 22, 2015, 2:52 pm

Domain Name Wire
This week: .Irish and .Bank
Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week. Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week, although one won’t be generally available to the public. .Bank domain names become available on Wednesday,...
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This week: .Irish and .Bank
Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week. Two new top level domain names enter general availability this week, although one won’t be generally available to the public. .Bank domain names become available on Wednesday,...
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June 22, 2015, 2:26 pm