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10 more end user sales
Here are some of the end users that bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was OneHome.com for $70,000. It’s not yet clear who bought it, but a Google search uncovers several candidates. Here’s a look at som...
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10 more end user sales
Here are some of the end users that bought domain names at Sedo. Sedo’s top public sale of the week was OneHome.com for $70,000. It’s not yet clear who bought it, but a Google search uncovers several candidates. Here’s a look at som...
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December 12, 2019, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Steve Jobs gets his domain name, twenty years later
National Arbitration Forum orders SteveJobs.com to be transferred. The Steve Jobs Archive, LLC, an organization formed by Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs, has obtained the domain name SteveJobs.com through a dispute. The company filed a c...
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Steve Jobs gets his domain name, twenty years later
National Arbitration Forum orders SteveJobs.com to be transferred. The Steve Jobs Archive, LLC, an organization formed by Steve Jobs’ widow Laurene Powell Jobs, has obtained the domain name SteveJobs.com through a dispute. The company filed a c...
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December 11, 2019, 11:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Non-Commercial users ask for three change to .Org contract
Constituency addresses pricing and censorship issues. The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) has sent a letter to ICANN, asking it to make three changes to the .org registry contract if it is to be sold to Ethos Capital. The group points out th...
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Non-Commercial users ask for three change to .Org contract
Constituency addresses pricing and censorship issues. The Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) has sent a letter to ICANN, asking it to make three changes to the .org registry contract if it is to be sold to Ethos Capital. The group points out th...
Discussion
December 11, 2019, 8:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Abbott doesn’t want you to say that its new CEO sucks
Company registers deragatory domains about its new CEO. Pharmaceutical company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has named a new CEO and, with the announcement, snapped up a bunch of defensive domain name registrations. Last month, the company announced that curren...
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Abbott doesn’t want you to say that its new CEO sucks
Company registers deragatory domains about its new CEO. Pharmaceutical company Abbott (NYSE: ABT) has named a new CEO and, with the announcement, snapped up a bunch of defensive domain name registrations. Last month, the company announced that curren...
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December 11, 2019, 5:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
China loves .Com
Kassey Lee examines the market for .com domain names in China. In my series of articles to study the Chinese domain market, I have already covered the big picture and .cn. Today, let’s look at .com. This analysis is based on data I have collect...
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China loves .Com
Kassey Lee examines the market for .com domain names in China. In my series of articles to study the Chinese domain market, I have already covered the big picture and .cn. Today, let’s look at .com. This analysis is based on data I have collect...
Discussion
December 11, 2019, 4:13 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Com Winners & Losers: NameSilo enters top 10 overall
NameSilo bumps GMO off the list. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers August 2019. NameSilo has broken into the top 10 for .com domains under man...
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.Com Winners & Losers: NameSilo enters top 10 overall
NameSilo bumps GMO off the list. ICANN has published the latest official data from Verisign (NASDAQ: VRSN) about the .com namespace. This registrar-by-registrar report covers August 2019. NameSilo has broken into the top 10 for .com domains under man...
Discussion
December 11, 2019, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Namecheap adds cool new feature to domain search
Customers will understand more about the domain’s history. The message domain searchers get when a domain they want is taken is usually just “not available”. The customer then needs to move on. Namecheap just launched a nifty featur...
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Namecheap adds cool new feature to domain search
Customers will understand more about the domain’s history. The message domain searchers get when a domain they want is taken is usually just “not available”. The customer then needs to move on. Namecheap just launched a nifty featur...
Discussion
December 10, 2019, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
Should GoDaddy acquire .Org?
Other companies should now circle .org, and GoDaddy is one of them. There’s a lot of consternation about Ethos Capital’s proposed takeover of the .org registry. It will move from a non-profit entity that’s out to help organizations ...
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Should GoDaddy acquire .Org?
Other companies should now circle .org, and GoDaddy is one of them. There’s a lot of consternation about Ethos Capital’s proposed takeover of the .org registry. It will move from a non-profit entity that’s out to help organizations ...
Discussion
December 10, 2019, 5:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN delays .Org sale approval, calls for more transparency
Sale to Ethos delayed as ICANN requests more information. ICANN has delayed its approval of the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos Capital by requesting more information. According to its contract with Public Interest Registry (PIR) to run ...
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ICANN delays .Org sale approval, calls for more transparency
Sale to Ethos delayed as ICANN requests more information. ICANN has delayed its approval of the sale of .Org to private equity company Ethos Capital by requesting more information. According to its contract with Public Interest Registry (PIR) to run ...
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December 10, 2019, 4:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Video: watch the Q&A with Ethos, Internet Society and PIR
Ethos tries to assuage concerns, but non-profits have more questions. Last week NTEN, a group that helps non-profits use technology, held a Q&A with the three parties involved with the sale of .org: Private equity firm Ethos, Internet Society (IS...
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Video: watch the Q&A with Ethos, Internet Society and PIR
Ethos tries to assuage concerns, but non-profits have more questions. Last week NTEN, a group that helps non-profits use technology, held a Q&A with the three parties involved with the sale of .org: Private equity firm Ethos, Internet Society (IS...
Discussion
December 10, 2019, 1:11 pm
