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UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
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UDRP panel: listen to John Berryhill
Grocer fails to heed John Berryhill’s good advice. A New York grocery chain has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after it filed a cybersquatting case against the domain name dagostino.com. D’Agostinos Markets, Inc. filed...
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May 5, 2020, 3:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
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English domains have great future in China
Chinese companies often choose English domain names. I read VC news almost every day, which gives me a good understanding of what domains the future business leaders in corporate China prefer. A number of years ago, I followed the popular wisdom that...
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May 5, 2020, 1:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
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.Symantec heads to the trash bin after rebranding
NortonLifeLock has no need for .Symantec. .Symantec is the latest dot-brand domain name to be dropped by its owner (pdf). But it’s not only because the brand owner isn’t using the top level domain. Online security company Symantec changed...
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May 4, 2020, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
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MarkMonitor parent Clarivate cuts costs and revenue guidance for Covid
Company will slash costs this year to keep earnings on track. Clarivate Analytics (NYSE: CCC), parent company of MarkMonitor’s domain name business, released earnings today. Revenues were up 2.8% year-over-year for the first quarter of 2020, co...
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May 4, 2020, 4:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
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Building and selling websites – DNW Podcast #284
Learn how Marc Andre sold four websites for over $1 million in total. Many domain investors talk about building their domains into websites and selling them. Today, I interview Marc Andre of VitalDollar, who has done just that. Marc has built four di...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: Not opposed to private equity-owned registries
Despite .org decision, ICANN not opposed to private equity companies in the domain name business. Last Thursday, ICANN’s Board of Directors decided to nix a deal for Internet Society to sell the .org registry to a private equity company. The do...
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ICANN: Not opposed to private equity-owned registries
Despite .org decision, ICANN not opposed to private equity companies in the domain name business. Last Thursday, ICANN’s Board of Directors decided to nix a deal for Internet Society to sell the .org registry to a private equity company. The do...
Discussion
May 4, 2020, 1:26 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brooklyn Nine-Nine domain name humor
Boyle buys a domain name for $11,000 and Terry ends up selling the domain for him. Characters in sitcoms sometimes mention domain names during episodes, and the studios usually register these ahead of the air date. That’s the case with a funny ...
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Brooklyn Nine-Nine domain name humor
Boyle buys a domain name for $11,000 and Terry ends up selling the domain for him. Characters in sitcoms sometimes mention domain names during episodes, and the studios usually register these ahead of the air date. That’s the case with a funny ...
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May 3, 2020, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
ISOC: .Org no longer for sale
Internet Society says it doesn’t plan to sell .org after ICANN rejects Ethos deal. Internet Society (ISOC) has poured cold water on the idea that Ethos Capital might still be able to pull off a purchase of the .org top level domain. In a post o...
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ISOC: .Org no longer for sale
Internet Society says it doesn’t plan to sell .org after ICANN rejects Ethos deal. Internet Society (ISOC) has poured cold water on the idea that Ethos Capital might still be able to pull off a purchase of the .org top level domain. In a post o...
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May 1, 2020, 9:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
Breaking: ICANN rejects .org sale to private equity company
ICANN denies controversial $1.135 billion sale. ICANN’s Board of Directors today decided to withhold consent on the sale of the .org registry to private equity company Ethos Capital. The deal would have seen the .org registry transfer from non-...
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Breaking: ICANN rejects .org sale to private equity company
ICANN denies controversial $1.135 billion sale. ICANN’s Board of Directors today decided to withhold consent on the sale of the .org registry to private equity company Ethos Capital. The deal would have seen the .org registry transfer from non-...
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May 1, 2020, 3:02 am
Domain Name Wire
UDRP: Joking .com was stolen
Former owner will get domain back through UDRP challenge. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Joking(.)com be transferred back to its previous owner. A man who said he’s owned the domain name since 1997 filed a cybers...
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UDRP: Joking .com was stolen
Former owner will get domain back through UDRP challenge. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Joking(.)com be transferred back to its previous owner. A man who said he’s owned the domain name since 1997 filed a cybers...
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April 30, 2020, 3:42 pm
