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The Domains
How To Blow $140,000 In Domain Registrations
Yesterday we pointed out the case of Virtual Planet of Mill Valley, CA which is dropping 103 domain names all registered at NetworkSolutions.com for 13 years. At $35 a year it came to almost $50,000 in registration/renewal fees. Today we seeing a hug...
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How To Blow $140,000 In Domain Registrations
Yesterday we pointed out the case of Virtual Planet of Mill Valley, CA which is dropping 103 domain names all registered at NetworkSolutions.com for 13 years. At $35 a year it came to almost $50,000 in registration/renewal fees. Today we seeing a hug...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 12:23 pm
Elliot's Blog
New gTLDs Will…
New gTLD domain names are a source of discussion and debate throughout the domain investment space. Off the top of my head, I can’t really think of a more polarizing topic related to domain names. Last week, I reached out to a random group of c...
Discussion
New gTLDs Will…
New gTLD domain names are a source of discussion and debate throughout the domain investment space. Off the top of my head, I can’t really think of a more polarizing topic related to domain names. Last week, I reached out to a random group of c...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 12:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
Yahoo gets patent for prioritizing cybersquatting cases
Patent covers discovering and prioritizing cybersquatting issues. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,499,032 (pdf) to Yahoo for a “System and method for compiling a set of domain names to recover”. The invent...
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Yahoo gets patent for prioritizing cybersquatting cases
Patent covers discovering and prioritizing cybersquatting issues. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has granted patent number 8,499,032 (pdf) to Yahoo for a “System and method for compiling a set of domain names to recover”. The invent...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 11:52 am
Domain Name Wire
3 ways to track new TLD applications
Three resources for tracking and reviewing new top level domain applications. As of right now there are 1,824 active new top level domain name applications covering 1,353 different strings. If tracking and reviewing them is important to your business...
Discussion
3 ways to track new TLD applications
Three resources for tracking and reviewing new top level domain applications. As of right now there are 1,824 active new top level domain name applications covering 1,353 different strings. If tracking and reviewing them is important to your business...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 10:28 am
The Domains
You Know About UDRP’s; Have You Ever Heard Of A TDRP?
Have you ever heard of a TDRP? Until yesterday I didn’t when I ran into the NameCheap.com case which decision is still pending which apparently denied NameCheap.com’s claim to 7 domain names that a US federal judge ordered transferred to ...
Discussion
You Know About UDRP’s; Have You Ever Heard Of A TDRP?
Have you ever heard of a TDRP? Until yesterday I didn’t when I ran into the NameCheap.com case which decision is still pending which apparently denied NameCheap.com’s claim to 7 domain names that a US federal judge ordered transferred to ...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 10:05 am
The Domains
Sedo Launches In Portuguese For Brazilian Market: Sedo.com.br
Sedo, today launched a new website in Portuguese to introduce a site for the Brazilian market, with over 80 million internet users. The e-commerce market in Brazil has been growing steadily, especially in recent years, when the economic strength of t...
Discussion
Sedo Launches In Portuguese For Brazilian Market: Sedo.com.br
Sedo, today launched a new website in Portuguese to introduce a site for the Brazilian market, with over 80 million internet users. The e-commerce market in Brazil has been growing steadily, especially in recent years, when the economic strength of t...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 9:46 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 30th, 2013
Jeppo.com I just sold koppo.com for $200 and this one is similar Football.biz Football or soccer make this one valuable MBGU.com Under $50 at presstime. Great price for all good letters and ending in a vowel Featured Offer – 32% off new product...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on July 30th, 2013
Jeppo.com I just sold koppo.com for $200 and this one is similar Football.biz Football or soccer make this one valuable MBGU.com Under $50 at presstime. Great price for all good letters and ending in a vowel Featured Offer – 32% off new product...
Discussion
July 30, 2013, 6:53 am
The Domains
NameCheap Wins $1.3 Million CyberSquatting Judgement
A Federal District Court has awarded NameCheap.com $1.3 Million Dollars in a cybersquatting suit. The judgement (Judgment) was entered back in January 2013 but it does not appear to have been reported on before. The United States District Court...
Discussion
NameCheap Wins $1.3 Million CyberSquatting Judgement
A Federal District Court has awarded NameCheap.com $1.3 Million Dollars in a cybersquatting suit. The judgement (Judgment) was entered back in January 2013 but it does not appear to have been reported on before. The United States District Court...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 7:30 pm
The Domains
Wow: NameCheap.com Loses UDRP On 7 Typo’s Including namechea.com & mamecheap.com
NameCheap.com has lost a UDRP on what appear to be 7 typo’s of their domain name. The UDRP was filed on: namechea.com naecheap.com namehceap.com nameceap.com nmecheap.com mamecheap.com namecehap.com 5 of the 7 The domain names were registered i...
Discussion
Wow: NameCheap.com Loses UDRP On 7 Typo’s Including namechea.com & mamecheap.com
NameCheap.com has lost a UDRP on what appear to be 7 typo’s of their domain name. The UDRP was filed on: namechea.com naecheap.com namehceap.com nameceap.com nmecheap.com mamecheap.com namecehap.com 5 of the 7 The domain names were registered i...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 5:26 pm
The Domains
16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a “a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies…an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Mana...
Discussion
16 Year Old Model Esther Heesch Awarded EstherHeesch.com In A UDRP Based On Her Fame
A one member UDRP panel awarded the domain name EstherHeesch.com to what the panel found to be a “a rising star in the fashion and modeling agencies…an international supermodel represented by the prestigious agency, Next Model Mana...
Discussion
July 29, 2013, 5:14 pm
