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Court denies Donuts’ request to delay .web auction
Judge faults Donuts on procedural grounds and the merits, so auction will go ahead today as planned. An auction to resolve the .web top level domain name contention set will go forward today as originally planned. United States District Judge Percy A...
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Court denies Donuts’ request to delay .web auction
Judge faults Donuts on procedural grounds and the merits, so auction will go ahead today as planned. An auction to resolve the .web top level domain name contention set will go forward today as originally planned. United States District Judge Percy A...
Discussion
July 27, 2016, 12:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
A smart brokerage pitch from Afternic
Better lead follow up is worth the commission. Domainers tend to gripe about paying commissions to marketplaces, especially when the lead was generated from a link on their own parking page. This makes sense. If you, the domainer, generated the lead,...
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A smart brokerage pitch from Afternic
Better lead follow up is worth the commission. Domainers tend to gripe about paying commissions to marketplaces, especially when the lead was generated from a link on their own parking page. This makes sense. If you, the domainer, generated the lead,...
Discussion
July 26, 2016, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Poll: How much will .web domain name sell for?
How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated auction to settle the .web top level domain contention set will take place on Wednesday. Thankfully for industry watchers, the fi...
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Poll: How much will .web domain name sell for?
How much money will the .web contention set be settled for? Barring a last-minute court decision, the highly-anticipated auction to settle the .web top level domain contention set will take place on Wednesday. Thankfully for industry watchers, the fi...
Discussion
July 26, 2016, 2:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN: Wednesday’s .Web auction must go on
Group responds to lawsuit and argues auction should take place on Wednesday as planned. ICANN has responded (pdf) to Donuts’ lawsuit over the .web top level domain name auction, saying that Donuts’ allegations are unfounded and that the a...
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ICANN: Wednesday’s .Web auction must go on
Group responds to lawsuit and argues auction should take place on Wednesday as planned. ICANN has responded (pdf) to Donuts’ lawsuit over the .web top level domain name auction, saying that Donuts’ allegations are unfounded and that the a...
Discussion
July 26, 2016, 1:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
14 domain names to backorder this week
Here are 14 domain names you might want to buy this week. It’s been a while since I’ve run my column featuring domain names you might want to backorder on services like GoDaddy, NameJet and SnapNames. This week I’m featuring 14 doma...
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14 domain names to backorder this week
Here are 14 domain names you might want to buy this week. It’s been a while since I’ve run my column featuring domain names you might want to backorder on services like GoDaddy, NameJet and SnapNames. This week I’m featuring 14 doma...
Discussion
July 25, 2016, 6:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
How James Booth went from zero to $5 million in 6 months – DNW Podcast #94
James Booth sold $5 million in domain names within six months of opening his brokerage firm. James Booth had a bit of an “in” when he got into the domain name business. His brother Andy Booth is a very successful domain name investor. Sti...
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How James Booth went from zero to $5 million in 6 months – DNW Podcast #94
James Booth sold $5 million in domain names within six months of opening his brokerage firm. James Booth had a bit of an “in” when he got into the domain name business. His brother Andy Booth is a very successful domain name investor. Sti...
Discussion
July 25, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts sues ICANN over .web domain
New top level domain applicant unhappy with ICANN’s response thus far, so it takes its complaint to court. One of new top level domain name company Donuts’ subsidiaries has sued ICANN in an effort to postpone the auction for .web and pote...
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Donuts sues ICANN over .web domain
New top level domain applicant unhappy with ICANN’s response thus far, so it takes its complaint to court. One of new top level domain name company Donuts’ subsidiaries has sued ICANN in an effort to postpone the auction for .web and pote...
Discussion
July 25, 2016, 1:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Facebook registers domain names for WorkPlace service
Is it getting ready to expand its corporate offerings? Facebook has registered a handful of domain names suggesting it’s working on a service called WorkPlace…or a rebrand. The social media company registered the domain names facebookwor...
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Facebook registers domain names for WorkPlace service
Is it getting ready to expand its corporate offerings? Facebook has registered a handful of domain names suggesting it’s working on a service called WorkPlace…or a rebrand. The social media company registered the domain names facebookwor...
Discussion
July 22, 2016, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN denies request to delay .web auction (again)
.Web auction should still take place this month, ICANN determines. ICANN has quickly responded (pdf) to a reconsideration request filed by Radix and Donuts that requested this month’s .web top level domain auction be postponed. The two companie...
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ICANN denies request to delay .web auction (again)
.Web auction should still take place this month, ICANN determines. ICANN has quickly responded (pdf) to a reconsideration request filed by Radix and Donuts that requested this month’s .web top level domain auction be postponed. The two companie...
Discussion
July 22, 2016, 1:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Interesting data on domain growth and cybersquatting
Charts in ICANN report reveal interesting trends. ICANN published the beta (pdf) of its gTLD Marketplace Health Index today. Here are some graphs I found interesting. These graphs only refer to gTLDs, not ccTLDs. Growth in second level domain additio...
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Interesting data on domain growth and cybersquatting
Charts in ICANN report reveal interesting trends. ICANN published the beta (pdf) of its gTLD Marketplace Health Index today. Here are some graphs I found interesting. These graphs only refer to gTLDs, not ccTLDs. Growth in second level domain additio...
Discussion
July 21, 2016, 4:57 pm
