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Domain Name Wire
New TLDs with Donuts’ Richard Tindal – DNW Podcast #017
A discussion about new top level domain names with the biggest new TLD company. Donuts Inc doesn’t sell baked goods by the dozen — it sells new domain names. But like Krispy Kreme, it sells a lot of varieties of its product. In this episo...
Discussion
New TLDs with Donuts’ Richard Tindal – DNW Podcast #017
A discussion about new top level domain names with the biggest new TLD company. Donuts Inc doesn’t sell baked goods by the dozen — it sells new domain names. But like Krispy Kreme, it sells a lot of varieties of its product. In this episo...
Discussion
January 26, 2015, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Buying Bids at Flippa: A look at marketplace integrity
Joseph Peterson explores the problem of shill bidding at Flippa. Are you paying more than you should to buy a domain name at auction? That might be the case at some online venues. Throughout 2014, it was possible to purchase fake bids and endorsement...
Discussion
Buying Bids at Flippa: A look at marketplace integrity
Joseph Peterson explores the problem of shill bidding at Flippa. Are you paying more than you should to buy a domain name at auction? That might be the case at some online venues. Throughout 2014, it was possible to purchase fake bids and endorsement...
Discussion
January 26, 2015, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
Discussion
New TLD company Architelos sued after threatening IP Law Firm
Architelos sent cease and desist letter to intellectual property law firm, with a predictable result. What happens when you send a cease & desist letter alleging trademark infringement to an intellectual property law firm? You get sued. That&rsqu...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
SelfieSticks.com sells for $29,100 and more expired domain name sales
Joseph Peterson runs down the latest expired domain name sales at NameJet. If you’re as un-with-it as uncool me, then you’ll look at the $29.1k high bid for SelfieSticks.com and say, “Huh?” Apparently, selfie sticks are r...
Discussion
January 23, 2015, 2:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Trademark Clearinghouse bundles Porn domains with service at discount
Deal with ICM Registry cuts pricing if you sign up for TMCH and protect a brand in adult domain names. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will cut you a deal on its services, if you take a little T&A with it. On a webinar about the new ICM Regist...
Discussion
Trademark Clearinghouse bundles Porn domains with service at discount
Deal with ICM Registry cuts pricing if you sign up for TMCH and protect a brand in adult domain names. The Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) will cut you a deal on its services, if you take a little T&A with it. On a webinar about the new ICM Regist...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 8:18 pm
Domain Name Wire
.XXX registry releases Domain Check for brand owners
Tool checks brand across more than just ICM Registry’s top level domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the forthcoming .porn and .adult domain names, has released an online tool for companies to check their brands across hundr...
Discussion
.XXX registry releases Domain Check for brand owners
Tool checks brand across more than just ICM Registry’s top level domain names. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the forthcoming .porn and .adult domain names, has released an online tool for companies to check their brands across hundr...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 7:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Do we need new domain names for real estate?
Many domain names used in real estate are still available in .com. There are lots of new top level domain names coming out (or already released) for real estate purposes: .Realtor, .realty, .realestate, .casa, .immobilien, .immo and probably a few ot...
Discussion
Do we need new domain names for real estate?
Many domain names used in real estate are still available in .com. There are lots of new top level domain names coming out (or already released) for real estate purposes: .Realtor, .realty, .realestate, .casa, .immobilien, .immo and probably a few ot...
Discussion
January 22, 2015, 3:06 pm
Domain Name Wire
Investment firm RVK engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on RVK.com
Company changed its brand last year, filed UDRP to get matching three letter domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found investment advisory firm RVK (formerly R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.) guilty of engaging in rever...
Discussion
Investment firm RVK engaged in Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on RVK.com
Company changed its brand last year, filed UDRP to get matching three letter domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found investment advisory firm RVK (formerly R.V. Kuhns & Associates, Inc.) guilty of engaging in rever...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 5:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
22 End User Domain Name Sales
Recent domain buyers include TrueCar, HomeAway and a company that sells herbs for kids. Sedo handled 603 transactions last week for a total of $1 million in domain name sales. The top reported sale was BabyCity.com, which was sold to an herbal supple...
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22 End User Domain Name Sales
Recent domain buyers include TrueCar, HomeAway and a company that sells herbs for kids. Sedo handled 603 transactions last week for a total of $1 million in domain name sales. The top reported sale was BabyCity.com, which was sold to an herbal supple...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 5:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
The wild story about how the domain name CM.com was just registered
Verisign just allowed the reserved domain name CM.com to be registered. Here’s why. In 2013, the longtime registrant of CM.com lost his domain name. The domain name had been registered to Satoshi Shimoshita since 2004. Yet the domain name was d...
Discussion
The wild story about how the domain name CM.com was just registered
Verisign just allowed the reserved domain name CM.com to be registered. Here’s why. In 2013, the longtime registrant of CM.com lost his domain name. The domain name had been registered to Satoshi Shimoshita since 2004. Yet the domain name was d...
Discussion
January 21, 2015, 3:17 pm
