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Exhibit 1: Why Whois verification for domain registrations is so stupid
Whois verification is just begging for phishers. A lot has been made about the new requirement this year for domain name registrars to verify certain aspects of Whois contact information provided by registrations. Over a million domain names have bee...
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Exhibit 1: Why Whois verification for domain registrations is so stupid
Whois verification is just begging for phishers. A lot has been made about the new requirement this year for domain name registrars to verify certain aspects of Whois contact information provided by registrations. Over a million domain names have bee...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 2:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Minds + Machines pockets another $4.4 million from losing new TLD auctions
Company now has $45 million in cash. New top level domain name applicant Minds + Machines continues to add to its pile of cash by losing new TLD contention set auctions. In a release out this morning, the company said it received $4.4 million for wit...
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Minds + Machines pockets another $4.4 million from losing new TLD auctions
Company now has $45 million in cash. New top level domain name applicant Minds + Machines continues to add to its pile of cash by losing new TLD contention set auctions. In a release out this morning, the company said it received $4.4 million for wit...
Discussion
December 3, 2014, 1:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
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Name Collision domain names – is there opportunity for domainers?
The release of blocked second level strings is good for the domain name industry. Is there opportunity for domainers to profit from it? Today, .XYZ will release 18,000 second level domain name options that previously could not be registered. They joi...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 7:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
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Top Clicks and Domain Name News Stories from November
A look back at November in the domain name business. November was a super-busy month here on Domain Name Wire. The DNW Podcast had a bunch of great shows, one of my stories hit the mainstream press, and we learned that a big domain name company excha...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 3:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
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Cyber Monday propels .Rocks to 17% daily gain
Rightside markets .rocks heavily as it finds an audience. It’s interesting watching for anomalies in new top level domain name registrations. Consider yesterday, when the zone for Rightside’s .rocks top level domain grew by almost 17% (3,...
Discussion
December 2, 2014, 2:46 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs this week: .Paris, .Moscow, .LTDA and more
Four geo domains among those releasing this week. It’s a fairly busy week for new top level domain names, especially for those watching geographic top level domain names. Monday .МОСКВА and .Moscow launched today, and they will be very in...
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New TLDs this week: .Paris, .Moscow, .LTDA and more
Four geo domains among those releasing this week. It’s a fairly busy week for new top level domain names, especially for those watching geographic top level domain names. Monday .МОСКВА and .Moscow launched today, and they will be very in...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 9:34 pm
Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales up to $35,000
Two Heineken breweries among end user domain name buyers. I was too busy eating turkey last week to do the end user sales report, so I’m publishing this a week late. Sedo closed $1.2 million worth of domain name transactions the week-before-las...
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23 end user domain name sales up to $35,000
Two Heineken breweries among end user domain name buyers. I was too busy eating turkey last week to do the end user sales report, so I’m publishing this a week late. Sedo closed $1.2 million worth of domain name transactions the week-before-las...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 7:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Parking with Michael Gilmour – DNW Podcast #9
Why are you making less from domain name parking? Can you do anything about it? If you’ve been in the domain name industry for any length of time, odds are you’re making less from domain name parking now than you did many years ago. In th...
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Domain Name Parking with Michael Gilmour – DNW Podcast #9
Why are you making less from domain name parking? Can you do anything about it? If you’ve been in the domain name industry for any length of time, odds are you’re making less from domain name parking now than you did many years ago. In th...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 4:30 pm
Domain Name Wire
Lawsuit alleges 3 number domain names stolen
Lawsuit says three three-number domain names were stolen from an eNom account. A federal lawsuit alleges that the domain names 224.com, 605.com and 452.com have been stolen. Ian Andrew of Traffic Names, Ltd filed an in rem action (pdf) against the do...
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Lawsuit alleges 3 number domain names stolen
Lawsuit says three three-number domain names were stolen from an eNom account. A federal lawsuit alleges that the domain names 224.com, 605.com and 452.com have been stolen. Ian Andrew of Traffic Names, Ltd filed an in rem action (pdf) against the do...
Discussion
December 1, 2014, 3:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
“Trademark King” wants Apple.com, YouTube.com, Target.com, Google.com, Elton John trademarks
Guy files trademarks matching names of celebrities, major brands and their domain names. A couple weeks ago I wrote about Trademark King, Inc. The Indiana company had filed a trademark on Trademarking.com, a domain name owned by domain investor Rick ...
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“Trademark King” wants Apple.com, YouTube.com, Target.com, Google.com, Elton John trademarks
Guy files trademarks matching names of celebrities, major brands and their domain names. A couple weeks ago I wrote about Trademark King, Inc. The Indiana company had filed a trademark on Trademarking.com, a domain name owned by domain investor Rick ...
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December 1, 2014, 3:10 pm
