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The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By Mkt.com For $35,000
Sedo just published its weekly list of domain name transaction and in all 693 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. “This amounts to $43,2m in year-to-date sales revenue. “Over 43% of total sal...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1 Million Led By Mkt.com For $35,000
Sedo just published its weekly list of domain name transaction and in all 693 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. “This amounts to $43,2m in year-to-date sales revenue. “Over 43% of total sal...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 3:22 pm
The Domains
Adidas/Reebok Files Federal Lawsuit Over 372 Domain Names Under ACPA
Sports equipment maker Adidas which owns Reebok filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of 372 domain names including .com’s, .net’s .org’s .info’s .biz and even co.uk and .Eu domain names in the Florida Southern District C...
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Adidas/Reebok Files Federal Lawsuit Over 372 Domain Names Under ACPA
Sports equipment maker Adidas which owns Reebok filed a federal lawsuit against the owners of 372 domain names including .com’s, .net’s .org’s .info’s .biz and even co.uk and .Eu domain names in the Florida Southern District C...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 2:43 pm
The Domains
Tucows.com Shares Hit 52 Week High
Shares of Tucows.com (TCX) hit a 52 week high in trading today. Shares of Tucows.com traded as high as $2.31 which is a 52 week high. As of publication Tucows.com is trading at $2.26 up $.10 on the day and has a trading range today of $2.10 to ...
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Tucows.com Shares Hit 52 Week High
Shares of Tucows.com (TCX) hit a 52 week high in trading today. Shares of Tucows.com traded as high as $2.31 which is a 52 week high. As of publication Tucows.com is trading at $2.26 up $.10 on the day and has a trading range today of $2.10 to ...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Who owns the domain names ICANN Labs is using?
ICANN Labs is rolling out experimental websites, but it isn’t the registrant of the domain names it’s using. ICANN Labs is ICANN’s attempt to introduce innovation in four areas: discovery, conversation, communication, and education....
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Who owns the domain names ICANN Labs is using?
ICANN Labs is rolling out experimental websites, but it isn’t the registrant of the domain names it’s using. ICANN Labs is ICANN’s attempt to introduce innovation in four areas: discovery, conversation, communication, and education....
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 12:24 pm
The Domains
ICANN Screwed Up By Not Requiring Joining All Objections By One Objector Against the Same String Into 1 Proceeding
Last nights news that a International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) panelist ruled (pdf) that .cam and .com are too confusingly similar to coexist after two different panels ruled days earlier that the strings were not similar confusing,...
Discussion
ICANN Screwed Up By Not Requiring Joining All Objections By One Objector Against the Same String Into 1 Proceeding
Last nights news that a International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR) panelist ruled (pdf) that .cam and .com are too confusingly similar to coexist after two different panels ruled days earlier that the strings were not similar confusing,...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 11:57 am
Domain Name Wire
ICANN needs to throw TLD applicants a bone on name collisions
If delays are necessary, ICANN should pitch in for monitoring and notification system. A couple weeks ago new top level domain name applicants received some very unwelcome news: many of their TLDs could be significantly delayed due to security concer...
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ICANN needs to throw TLD applicants a bone on name collisions
If delays are necessary, ICANN should pitch in for monitoring and notification system. A couple weeks ago new top level domain name applicants received some very unwelcome news: many of their TLDs could be significantly delayed due to security concer...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 11:25 am
Elliot's Blog
Domain For Sale Landing Page Test
One thing I’ve found interesting when sending emails to end user buyers is that they often visit the domain name that is being sold and contact me through the contact form on the landing page. I don’t know if they are doing this to verify...
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Domain For Sale Landing Page Test
One thing I’ve found interesting when sending emails to end user buyers is that they often visit the domain name that is being sold and contact me through the contact form on the landing page. I don’t know if they are doing this to verify...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 11:04 am
Domain Name Wire
Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
After integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about ...
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Partnership leads to acquisition by GoDaddy
After integrating Locu into web site building product, GoDaddy buys the whole company. I took yesterday afternoon off to spend with my daughter before school starts again on Wednesday. As we hung out I scanned my tweet stream and saw something about ...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 10:32 am
Domain Name Wire
Is this GoDaddy’s new slogan?
Company files two intent-to-use trademark applications. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed two intent-to-use trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, possibly tipping off slogans it plans to use in the future. Applicatio...
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Is this GoDaddy’s new slogan?
Company files two intent-to-use trademark applications. Domain name registrar GoDaddy has filed two intent-to-use trademark applications with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, possibly tipping off slogans it plans to use in the future. Applicatio...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
TLDH walked away from auction with 2 strings plus cash
New top level domain applicant settles contention sets and walks away with more cash than it spent. Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle top level domain name contention sets. That changed, and...
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TLDH walked away from auction with 2 strings plus cash
New top level domain applicant settles contention sets and walks away with more cash than it spent. Top Level Domain Holdings (TLDH) was initially opposed to the private auction model to settle top level domain name contention sets. That changed, and...
Discussion
August 20, 2013, 9:40 am
