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The Domains
Record? Owner of Braindumps.com Loses 4 Separate UDRP’s In One Day
Earlier today we wrote about the owner of the domain name braindumps.com losing a UDRP to grab the 13 year old domain braindumps.biz. The owner of Braindumps.com, Certplex, Ltd also lost three more UDRP’s yesterday. It maybe some sort of record...
Discussion
Record? Owner of Braindumps.com Loses 4 Separate UDRP’s In One Day
Earlier today we wrote about the owner of the domain name braindumps.com losing a UDRP to grab the 13 year old domain braindumps.biz. The owner of Braindumps.com, Certplex, Ltd also lost three more UDRP’s yesterday. It maybe some sort of record...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:49 pm
The Domains
Owner Of Braindumps.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab 13 Year Old Braindumps.biz
Certplex, Ltd. (“Complainant”), who owns the domain name Braindumps.com just lost its attempt to grab the domain name Braindumps.biz after waiting 13 years to bring the UDRP. The one member panel of R. Glen Ayers while explicated not deci...
Discussion
Owner Of Braindumps.com Loses UDRP Bid To Grab 13 Year Old Braindumps.biz
Certplex, Ltd. (“Complainant”), who owns the domain name Braindumps.com just lost its attempt to grab the domain name Braindumps.biz after waiting 13 years to bring the UDRP. The one member panel of R. Glen Ayers while explicated not deci...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:05 pm
Domain Shane
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/11
I’ve been a little hard on Sedo the last few years and I’m going to continue the trend today. It really is tough love. They are (or maybe were) one of the premier domain auction houses in the world. But every month that goes b...
Discussion
DomainShane’s BIG LIST of Domain Name Auction Picks: Thursday 9/11
I’ve been a little hard on Sedo the last few years and I’m going to continue the trend today. It really is tough love. They are (or maybe were) one of the premier domain auction houses in the world. But every month that goes b...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 11:45 am
The Domains
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371
4 New gTLD’s went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark ...
Discussion
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Digital 2,658; .Finance 1,057; .Insure 788; .Accountants 371
4 New gTLD’s went into the 1st day of general availability (GA) yesterday. Here are the number of new gTLD registrations after the 1st day of General Availability (GA) for the 4 extensions which includes the domain name registered by Trademark ...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 11:35 am
DomainSherpa
DomainSherpa Discussion: i+Domain Death Knell?; 0 & o Domains; .London Confusion…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Happy birthday, Adam Dicker!• Is Apple calling it quits on i+domains and what does it mean for investors?• Reader question: 0 and o domain typos - is there value?• Carlos Rojas from Registration.U...
Discussion
DomainSherpa Discussion: i+Domain Death Knell?; 0 & o Domains; .London Confusion…
In this DomainSherpa Discussion:• Happy birthday, Adam Dicker!• Is Apple calling it quits on i+domains and what does it mean for investors?• Reader question: 0 and o domain typos - is there value?• Carlos Rojas from Registration.U...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 7:02 am
Domain Shane
Does Your Psychology Shift When A Privacy Protection Firm Reaches Out To Buy Your Domain?
I admit I don’t have the most valuable portfolio on the planet, so I don’t frequently get contacted by the big privacy protection firms like Mark Monitor, CSC, and NetNames on behalf of their confidential (and sometimes big $$) buyers. H...
Discussion
Does Your Psychology Shift When A Privacy Protection Firm Reaches Out To Buy Your Domain?
I admit I don’t have the most valuable portfolio on the planet, so I don’t frequently get contacted by the big privacy protection firms like Mark Monitor, CSC, and NetNames on behalf of their confidential (and sometimes big $$) buyers. H...
Discussion
September 11, 2014, 12:12 am
Domain Name Wire
An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
Discussion
An example of new TLD channel marketing courtesy of Minds + Machines
Getting registrars excited about promoting new TLDs is key to each registry’s success. I’ve written numerous times about what new TLD companies are doing to promote their domain names to end users. Just as important is marketing them to d...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
Discussion
.Radio contention set settled through CPE, .Art claims denied
.Radio contention set resolved and .art still up in the air. European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has won the contention set for .Radio after prevailing in a Community Priority Evaluation (CPE) for the string. That means Donuts, Afilias and BRS Media (w...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 7:08 pm
The Domains
Globeway LLC Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Globeway LLC of West Virgina was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Globleway.com The domain is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. who was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com The three m...
Discussion
Globeway LLC Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Globeway LLC of West Virgina was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name Globleway.com The domain is owned by Vertical Axis Inc. who was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of Esqwire.com The three m...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big news: GoDaddy now fully functional with Afternic
Fast Transfer integration is good news for all domainers that sell domains with fixed prices. It’s been almost a year since GoDaddy acquired Afternic, and domainers can finally realize a huge benefit of the acquisition. Starting today, GoDaddy ...
Discussion
Big news: GoDaddy now fully functional with Afternic
Fast Transfer integration is good news for all domainers that sell domains with fixed prices. It’s been almost a year since GoDaddy acquired Afternic, and domainers can finally realize a huge benefit of the acquisition. Starting today, GoDaddy ...
Discussion
September 10, 2014, 4:40 pm
