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Email for your domain names: Google and Rackspace
While Google Apps is a great service, Rackspace email might be better for some users. More and more web hosting services, especially ones that provide WordPress hosting, are separating email service from site hosting. For example, one of the biggest ...
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Email for your domain names: Google and Rackspace
While Google Apps is a great service, Rackspace email might be better for some users. More and more web hosting services, especially ones that provide WordPress hosting, are separating email service from site hosting. For example, one of the biggest ...
Discussion
March 30, 2016, 3:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Fliers for $20k and more expired domain name sales
In the movie “Mary Poppins”, kids delightedly follow their father as he skips out the front door singing: Let’s go fly a kite up to the highest height! Kites are a perennial pleasure; since China invented them 2500 years ago, t...
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Fliers for $20k and more expired domain name sales
In the movie “Mary Poppins”, kids delightedly follow their father as he skips out the front door singing: Let’s go fly a kite up to the highest height! Kites are a perennial pleasure; since China invented them 2500 years ago, t...
Discussion
March 30, 2016, 2:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Holding a domain name hostage in a partnership dispute
One partner in a business alleges another partner is holding a domain name hostage. Business partnerships have a bad habit of ending badly. When they do, control over key domain names can become an issue. Here’s a example. A partnership over th...
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Holding a domain name hostage in a partnership dispute
One partner in a business alleges another partner is holding a domain name hostage. Business partnerships have a bad habit of ending badly. When they do, control over key domain names can become an issue. Here’s a example. A partnership over th...
Discussion
March 29, 2016, 5:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Google begins using domains.google domain name
Company shifts registrar landing pages to .google domain name. Google has begun using a domain name under its .brand top level domain name, .google, for its domain name registrar. The company announced today that you can find its registrar at domains...
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Google begins using domains.google domain name
Company shifts registrar landing pages to .google domain name. Google has begun using a domain name under its .brand top level domain name, .google, for its domain name registrar. The company announced today that you can find its registrar at domains...
Discussion
March 29, 2016, 5:33 pm
Domain Name Wire
ApproveMe.me tries to get Approve.me in UDRP. It’s not approved.
Company that uses a confusing .me domain name wants a better .me. The owner of ApproveMe.me has lost a cybersquatting complaint if filed against the owner of Approve.me. A single-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that Approv...
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ApproveMe.me tries to get Approve.me in UDRP. It’s not approved.
Company that uses a confusing .me domain name wants a better .me. The owner of ApproveMe.me has lost a cybersquatting complaint if filed against the owner of Approve.me. A single-member World Intellectual Property Organization panel found that Approv...
Discussion
March 29, 2016, 4:56 pm
Domain Name Wire
This is what can go wrong when you buy a developed website
Buying an established website comes with many risks. Buying established websites on sites like Flippa or through a broker can be a great way to acquire a cashflow-generating business. But it’s not without risk, and both buyers and sellers need ...
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This is what can go wrong when you buy a developed website
Buying an established website comes with many risks. Buying established websites on sites like Flippa or through a broker can be a great way to acquire a cashflow-generating business. But it’s not without risk, and both buyers and sellers need ...
Discussion
March 29, 2016, 1:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
What domain names to buy this week
It’s time for Domain Name Wire’s “What to Buy This Week”, where I list domain names that might be worth purchasing on the aftermarket. Explanations are added when warranted. I haven’t run trademark checks on any of these...
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What domain names to buy this week
It’s time for Domain Name Wire’s “What to Buy This Week”, where I list domain names that might be worth purchasing on the aftermarket. Explanations are added when warranted. I haven’t run trademark checks on any of these...
Discussion
March 28, 2016, 4:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
The John Berryhill Show – DNW Podcast #77
Domain name lawyer John Berryhill shares his wisdom. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today. He talks about (1) things going on at ICANN that domainers need to be aware of (one of them really surprised me), (2) general trends in domain disputes and t...
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The John Berryhill Show – DNW Podcast #77
Domain name lawyer John Berryhill shares his wisdom. Attorney John Berryhill joins us today. He talks about (1) things going on at ICANN that domainers need to be aware of (one of them really surprised me), (2) general trends in domain disputes and t...
Discussion
March 28, 2016, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Rightside’s net cost of 39 TLDs: $16 million
Company has spent $52 million acquiring new names, but its net cost is much lower. We’ve all seen some shockingly high auction results for new top level domain name auctions. How can companies make a profit on these domains? One thing to keep i...
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Rightside’s net cost of 39 TLDs: $16 million
Company has spent $52 million acquiring new names, but its net cost is much lower. We’ve all seen some shockingly high auction results for new top level domain name auctions. How can companies make a profit on these domains? One thing to keep i...
Discussion
March 28, 2016, 3:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Amazon registers a bunch of .com domains for its new top level domains
Amazon loads up on domain names related to its new TLDs. Amazon.com has registered a bunch of defensive .com domain registrations related to its new top level domain names. The names mostly take the form of TLDDomain.com, TLDDomains.com, TLDtld.com a...
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Amazon registers a bunch of .com domains for its new top level domains
Amazon loads up on domain names related to its new TLDs. Amazon.com has registered a bunch of defensive .com domain registrations related to its new top level domain names. The names mostly take the form of TLDDomain.com, TLDDomains.com, TLDtld.com a...
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March 25, 2016, 1:25 pm
