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10 new domain names you can register for $1.50 or less
Register these domain names without burning a hole in your wallet. Want some inexpensive domain names? You’re in luck. At least 10 new TLDs can be registered today for just $1.50 or less, and only two of them have any sort of limits on registra...
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10 new domain names you can register for $1.50 or less
Register these domain names without burning a hole in your wallet. Want some inexpensive domain names? You’re in luck. At least 10 new TLDs can be registered today for just $1.50 or less, and only two of them have any sort of limits on registra...
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June 16, 2015, 6:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
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Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid
Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Lik...
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June 16, 2015, 1:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
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GoDaddy vs. Uniregistry – the Great Debate
Uniregistry is increasingly competing with GoDaddy, and stronger competition is good for everybody. Last week Doron Vermaat, a domain investor who writes the blog DNGeek, wrote a post explaining why he was moving his 600 domain names from GoDaddy to ...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 5:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
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Neustar’s Sean Kaine on .US, .Co, new TLDs and ICANN – DNW Podcast #37
What’s the future of .US? What effect are new TLDs having on legacy domains? Find out in this podcast. Neustar has lots of experience with non-.com domains. It operates the registry for .co, .us and .biz, and is also the back end registry provi...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 3:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Sucks and .Markets
.Sucks hits general availability and the company that spent $4.7 million for a .com launches a new top level domain name. It will be a controversial week for new top level domain names, assuming Vox Populi doesn’t delay the start of .sucks gene...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy: Alleged discriminatory email not authentic
GoDaddy says it didn’t send email calling job applicant an obese Christian. GoDaddy has formally denied allegations that it sent an email to a job applicant explaining that it wouldn’t hire him because he was an obese Christian. The denia...
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GoDaddy: Alleged discriminatory email not authentic
GoDaddy says it didn’t send email calling job applicant an obese Christian. GoDaddy has formally denied allegations that it sent an email to a job applicant explaining that it wouldn’t hire him because he was an obese Christian. The denia...
Discussion
June 15, 2015, 1:35 am
Domain Name Wire
These keywords saw a spike in registrations last month
Options, Limos among popular keywords in new .com domains. Verisign has published its monthly “trending” keywords report, which finds keywords that have suddenly become more popular in .com domain name registrations. Based on the results,...
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These keywords saw a spike in registrations last month
Options, Limos among popular keywords in new .com domains. Verisign has published its monthly “trending” keywords report, which finds keywords that have suddenly become more popular in .com domain name registrations. Based on the results,...
Discussion
June 12, 2015, 3:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire
Domains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. Interestingly...
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Kevin Ham and Mike Mann let these prize-winning domain names expire
Domains that won $5,000 in Verisign contest used to be owned by well-known domain name investors. Verisign found some great domains for the final five $5,000 winners in its Internet Official contest. All five were previously registered. Interestingly...
Discussion
June 12, 2015, 2:11 pm
Domain Name Wire
Canada responds to ICANN about .Sucks
Move along, now… John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Industry Canada, has responded (pdf) to the letter ICANN sent to both the U.S. FTC and Canada regarding the .sucks domain name. Knubley basically states that this is not a matter for the govern...
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Canada responds to ICANN about .Sucks
Move along, now… John Knubley, Deputy Minister of Industry Canada, has responded (pdf) to the letter ICANN sent to both the U.S. FTC and Canada regarding the .sucks domain name. Knubley basically states that this is not a matter for the govern...
Discussion
June 11, 2015, 7:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Baotou.com sells for $62,000 and other expired domain name sales
A whopper of a sale at NameJet, as Joseph Peterson reports. This week it’s no contest. Between the top expired auction at NameJet and its runner up there yawns a chasm – a 7:1 ratio. At $9k, GameStars.com would be an impressive sale &hell...
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Baotou.com sells for $62,000 and other expired domain name sales
A whopper of a sale at NameJet, as Joseph Peterson reports. This week it’s no contest. Between the top expired auction at NameJet and its runner up there yawns a chasm – a 7:1 ratio. At $9k, GameStars.com would be an impressive sale &hell...
Discussion
June 11, 2015, 4:44 pm
