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27 End User Domain Name Sales
A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my...
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27 End User Domain Name Sales
A weekly run-down of end user domain name sales at Sedo. Sedo’s top reported sale last week was SuperSeats.com, which Michael Berkens sold for a staggering $48,888. With Sedo still in possession of the domain, I can’t confirm my...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 4:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
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GoDaddy’s Super Bowl ad switcheroo: planned or not?
GoDaddy, once again, is getting a lot of press for its Super Bowl ad. How much of it was planned? If you pay for a Super Bowl commercial and no one talks about it before or after the big game, you got ripped off. GoDaddy discovered this many years ag...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 3:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
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.Space wins this week’s new TLD releases
.Space tops in registrations with about 1,700 on first day. When it comes to most registrations, .space appears to have topped the list of this week’s new top level domain name launches. That doesn’t come as a big surprise since it’...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 2:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
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Owner of Good.com sues business that uses Good.co
Company miffed that consumers may be confused by Good.co vs. Good.com. Good Technology Corporation, a mobility services company that uses the domain name Good.com, has sued (pdf) a career app and social network company using the name Good.co. I suspe...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Was Michele.watch registered for Porn or for Watches?
Domain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I’ve got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put...
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Was Michele.watch registered for Porn or for Watches?
Domain name registrant came up with a creative defense in UDRP. A National Arbitration Forum panel has ordered the domain name Michele.watch transferred to watchmaker Fossil Group, Inc. I’ve got to hand it to the respondent in this case. He put...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 2:37 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy to change controversial Super Bowl Commercial
GoDaddy won’t run controversial “Journey Home” commercial. GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial, which it just released this morning, won’t air on Sunday after all. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted this afternoon: In man...
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GoDaddy to change controversial Super Bowl Commercial
GoDaddy won’t run controversial “Journey Home” commercial. GoDaddy’s 2015 Super Bowl commercial, which it just released this morning, won’t air on Sunday after all. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving tweeted this afternoon: In man...
Discussion
January 27, 2015, 10:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial will be its most controversial yet [Watch]
Here’s proof you can have controversy without nudity. GoDaddy made a name for itself with controversial Super Bowl commercials. If you thought its move from sexy commercials to one featuring a puppy dog meant the company was shying away from co...
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GoDaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial will be its most controversial yet [Watch]
Here’s proof you can have controversy without nudity. GoDaddy made a name for itself with controversial Super Bowl commercials. If you thought its move from sexy commercials to one featuring a puppy dog meant the company was shying away from co...
Discussion
January 27, 2015, 3:08 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new TLDs: .Space, Google’s .How and .RIP
5 new top level domain names will be released on Wednesday. A number of new top level domain names are being launched in general availability this week, all on Wednesday. Radix’s .Space hits registrars’ shelves at a price of about $10. It...
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This week’s new TLDs: .Space, Google’s .How and .RIP
5 new top level domain names will be released on Wednesday. A number of new top level domain names are being launched in general availability this week, all on Wednesday. Radix’s .Space hits registrars’ shelves at a price of about $10. It...
Discussion
January 27, 2015, 2:58 pm
Domain Name Wire
A look back at last month’s NameJet sales
Joseph Peterson reviews last month’s sales on NameJet. What a difference a month makes (to misquote Dinah Washington)! During November, NameJet reported only 61 domain sales over $2,000 with just 1 solitary auction up in the 5 figures; but...
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A look back at last month’s NameJet sales
Joseph Peterson reviews last month’s sales on NameJet. What a difference a month makes (to misquote Dinah Washington)! During November, NameJet reported only 61 domain sales over $2,000 with just 1 solitary auction up in the 5 figures; but...
Discussion
January 26, 2015, 7:47 pm
Domain Name Wire
Photo.com — sold for over $1 million twice — saved in UDRP
Complainant makes interesting allegations in UDRP. A three person WIPO panel has handed down a decision in a UDRP for Photo.com in a case I wrote about in October. The complainant owns Foto.com, but there’s a lot more to the story than just a c...
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Photo.com — sold for over $1 million twice — saved in UDRP
Complainant makes interesting allegations in UDRP. A three person WIPO panel has handed down a decision in a UDRP for Photo.com in a case I wrote about in October. The complainant owns Foto.com, but there’s a lot more to the story than just a c...
Discussion
January 26, 2015, 5:40 pm
