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Domain Name Wire
Power of Press: London Standard’s front page article about .London
London Evening Standard dedicates half of front page to .london web address. .City domain names are popular with local press, and here’s a great example. Michael Blend (formerly with Demand Media) snapped this photo in London today. It’s ...
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Power of Press: London Standard’s front page article about .London
London Evening Standard dedicates half of front page to .london web address. .City domain names are popular with local press, and here’s a great example. Michael Blend (formerly with Demand Media) snapped this photo in London today. It’s ...
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April 16, 2014, 7:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
With just 22 domains registered, .Rich is the biggest bomb in new TLDs. Or is it?
.Rich zone file only has 22 names in it. Last week the .rich top level domain name quietly launched in general availability. And I mean quietly. .Rich registry I-Registry’s website is still promoting the January launch of the .rich sunrise. The...
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With just 22 domains registered, .Rich is the biggest bomb in new TLDs. Or is it?
.Rich zone file only has 22 names in it. Last week the .rich top level domain name quietly launched in general availability. And I mean quietly. .Rich registry I-Registry’s website is still promoting the January launch of the .rich sunrise. The...
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April 16, 2014, 6:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales
3D printing company among end user domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were sold to end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. sa3at....
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18 end user domain name sales
3D printing company among end user domain name buyers last week. Afternic and GoDaddy combined to sell over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here are some that were sold to end users. You can view previous end user sales lists here. sa3at....
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April 16, 2014, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Uniregistry activates thousands of reserved domains per TLD
Company held back thousands of domains and has not activated and parked them. If you take a look at Uniregistry’s zone files for its TLD launches so far, you might think yesterday was a huge day. After all, its previously launched .sexy domain ...
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Uniregistry activates thousands of reserved domains per TLD
Company held back thousands of domains and has not activated and parked them. If you take a look at Uniregistry’s zone files for its TLD launches so far, you might think yesterday was a huge day. After all, its previously launched .sexy domain ...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 1:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
A new TLD just canceled its landrush citing “little engagement”
.Best says registrars suggested little benefit to holding a landrush. The applicant for the .best top level domain name has canceled the landrush phase of its new top level domain name launch. The company says that “registrars have given us fee...
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A new TLD just canceled its landrush citing “little engagement”
.Best says registrars suggested little benefit to holding a landrush. The applicant for the .best top level domain name has canceled the landrush phase of its new top level domain name launch. The company says that “registrars have given us fee...
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April 16, 2014, 1:18 pm
The Domains
After 50 ICANN Meetings, Its Amazing ICANN Never Held A Meeting In These 10 Places
ICANN is about to hold its 50th meeting in London from June 21st. June 25, 2014. Looking back at the previous 49 ICANN general meetings and where they have been held. I figured I would point out 10 spots around the globe that its pretty hard to...
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After 50 ICANN Meetings, Its Amazing ICANN Never Held A Meeting In These 10 Places
ICANN is about to hold its 50th meeting in London from June 21st. June 25, 2014. Looking back at the previous 49 ICANN general meetings and where they have been held. I figured I would point out 10 spots around the globe that its pretty hard to...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 12:35 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 16th, 2014
Yesterday was a good day. I changed my domain sales strategy once again. I started accepting offers under $1000 for names I paid less than $25. Yesterday I sold MasonSand dot com for $500 to a company of the same name. Could ...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Wednesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 16th, 2014
Yesterday was a good day. I changed my domain sales strategy once again. I started accepting offers under $1000 for names I paid less than $25. Yesterday I sold MasonSand dot com for $500 to a company of the same name. Could ...
Discussion
April 16, 2014, 12:30 pm
The Domains
Yahoo Beats Estimates and Stock Pops After Hours
Yahoo was up after hours as the company showed growth for the first time in a year. Yahoo posted earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $1.09 billion in the first quarter, just beating Wall Street estimates for earnings of $0.37 a share on ...
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Yahoo Beats Estimates and Stock Pops After Hours
Yahoo was up after hours as the company showed growth for the first time in a year. Yahoo posted earnings of $0.38 per share on revenue of $1.09 billion in the first quarter, just beating Wall Street estimates for earnings of $0.37 a share on ...
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April 16, 2014, 7:38 am
The Domains
Mr.Berkens Regs The First Uniregistry Domain of the Day on What Was A Busy Day
It was a busy day today for Frank Schilling and his company Uniregistry, as five uncontested strings went live at around 12 noon Eastern time. The strings that went live today were the following: .Pics, .Photo, .Gift, .Link and .Guitars. Out the gate...
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Mr.Berkens Regs The First Uniregistry Domain of the Day on What Was A Busy Day
It was a busy day today for Frank Schilling and his company Uniregistry, as five uncontested strings went live at around 12 noon Eastern time. The strings that went live today were the following: .Pics, .Photo, .Gift, .Link and .Guitars. Out the gate...
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April 16, 2014, 4:46 am
The Domains
Hershey’s Files UDRP On 16 Year Old ChocolateWorld.com; 17 Year old NewBody.com Also Hit
A couple of interesting UDRP filings today Hershey’s just filed a UDRP on the domain name ChocolateWorld.com The domain name was registered in back in 1997 however it is going to a blank page and according to Screenshots the domain may never ha...
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Hershey’s Files UDRP On 16 Year Old ChocolateWorld.com; 17 Year old NewBody.com Also Hit
A couple of interesting UDRP filings today Hershey’s just filed a UDRP on the domain name ChocolateWorld.com The domain name was registered in back in 1997 however it is going to a blank page and according to Screenshots the domain may never ha...
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April 15, 2014, 11:02 pm
