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Domain Name Wire
Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
Discussion
Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
Discussion
June 16, 2015, 1:03 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
A fellow domain investor and friend of mine Mike Sallese has made it to the final Round of 15 of Verisign’s 30th Anniversary Contest. It comes with big prizes ($30,000) and I’m sure Mike and the kids would love it if you&rsquo...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Tuesday, June 16th, 2015
A fellow domain investor and friend of mine Mike Sallese has made it to the final Round of 15 of Verisign’s 30th Anniversary Contest. It comes with big prizes ($30,000) and I’m sure Mike and the kids would love it if you&rsquo...
Discussion
June 16, 2015, 11:22 am
The Domains
Uniregistry Announces Sale Of Pro.Flowers For $50K To FTD
On today’s DomainSherpa.com show, Frank Schilling the CEO of Uniregistry announced that the registry sold the new gTLD domain name Pro.Flowers To FTD for $50,000. The domain name transferred from Uniregistry to FTD on April 10th. The domain app...
Discussion
Uniregistry Announces Sale Of Pro.Flowers For $50K To FTD
On today’s DomainSherpa.com show, Frank Schilling the CEO of Uniregistry announced that the registry sold the new gTLD domain name Pro.Flowers To FTD for $50,000. The domain name transferred from Uniregistry to FTD on April 10th. The domain app...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 5:59 pm
Domain Shane
Flippa – A Look Forward: DOBI.com, MUI.com, Gyrate.com, DropCatcher.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell DOBI.com – Most of the Domain Holdings listings that I’ve seen on Flippa haven’t met reserve — nice to see this LLLL.com hit reserve with a week to go. IOJO.com – Another LLLL.com that has hit ...
Discussion
Flippa – A Look Forward: DOBI.com, MUI.com, Gyrate.com, DropCatcher.com, More
Reserve Met and Will Sell DOBI.com – Most of the Domain Holdings listings that I’ve seen on Flippa haven’t met reserve — nice to see this LLLL.com hit reserve with a week to go. IOJO.com – Another LLLL.com that has hit ...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 5:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
Discussion
GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
Discussion
Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
Discussion
This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 3:20 pm
The Domains
Domain Movers: LeapButton.com, Bra.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where Jamie Zoch detects recently registered domain names, acquired domain names and simply moving domain names by some of the largest companies in the world like Sony Music, Staples Inc and many more.
Discussion
Domain Movers: LeapButton.com, Bra.com and More Domains
Domain Movers is a series where Jamie Zoch detects recently registered domain names, acquired domain names and simply moving domain names by some of the largest companies in the world like Sony Music, Staples Inc and many more.
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 3:09 pm
The Domains
DOMAINfest is Coming to South Florida As Part Of THE Domain Conference
The organizers of THE Domain Conference announced today that DOMAINfest will be held on Sunday, September 27th as part of its conference, from Saturday, September 26 through Tuesday, September 29 Jothan Frakes, co-founder of ...
Discussion
DOMAINfest is Coming to South Florida As Part Of THE Domain Conference
The organizers of THE Domain Conference announced today that DOMAINfest will be held on Sunday, September 27th as part of its conference, from Saturday, September 26 through Tuesday, September 29 Jothan Frakes, co-founder of ...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 12:30 pm
The Domains
Some of Kim Dotcom’s Mega Domains Expired and are up for sale
According to TorrentFreak.com some of the domains belonging to Kim Dotcom have expired and are now listed for sale. Kim Dotcom told TorrentFreak the domains were not supposed to expire. “This should not have happened,” he says, adding tha...
Discussion
Some of Kim Dotcom’s Mega Domains Expired and are up for sale
According to TorrentFreak.com some of the domains belonging to Kim Dotcom have expired and are now listed for sale. Kim Dotcom told TorrentFreak the domains were not supposed to expire. “This should not have happened,” he says, adding tha...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 12:12 pm
