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GetFixed.me upgrades to Fixed.com for $40k and other end user domain name sales
Fixed app fixes its domain name problem. I’m behind on last week’s end user domain name sales list since I was at the ICANN conference last week. This list is for sales taking place the week before last. The top reported sale was GoldPay....
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GetFixed.me upgrades to Fixed.com for $40k and other end user domain name sales
Fixed app fixes its domain name problem. I’m behind on last week’s end user domain name sales list since I was at the ICANN conference last week. This list is for sales taking place the week before last. The top reported sale was GoldPay....
Discussion
October 20, 2014, 8:31 pm
Domain Name Wire
YourNeighborhood.co owner tries to “pull a fast one” in UDRP
Trademark disclaims rights to “YourNeighborhood”. Eric Levy, who runs the neighborhood information site YourNeighborhood.co, has lost a UDRP against the domain name YourNeighborhood.com. He’s lucky the panelist didn’t bother t...
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YourNeighborhood.co owner tries to “pull a fast one” in UDRP
Trademark disclaims rights to “YourNeighborhood”. Eric Levy, who runs the neighborhood information site YourNeighborhood.co, has lost a UDRP against the domain name YourNeighborhood.com. He’s lucky the panelist didn’t bother t...
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October 20, 2014, 3:28 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Name Wire Podcast #3: Tessa Holcomb on Igloo’s big domain name sales
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #3. Every week, you read about domain name sales here on Domain Name Wire and on sites like DNJournal. These public sales just scratch the surface of total transactions taking place each week. Most sales, including ...
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Domain Name Wire Podcast #3: Tessa Holcomb on Igloo’s big domain name sales
Listen to Domain Name Wire Podcast #3. Every week, you read about domain name sales here on Domain Name Wire and on sites like DNJournal. These public sales just scratch the surface of total transactions taking place each week. Most sales, including ...
Discussion
October 20, 2014, 2:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
2 character domains get green light under new TLDs
ICANN Board approves resolution paving way for two character second level domains. Last week’s ICANN meeting started with good news for new top level domain name applicants: governments said they weren’t concerned about two letter second ...
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2 character domains get green light under new TLDs
ICANN Board approves resolution paving way for two character second level domains. Last week’s ICANN meeting started with good news for new top level domain name applicants: governments said they weren’t concerned about two letter second ...
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October 20, 2014, 2:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s new tlds: Military, .Realtor and sooome other domain
Rightside launches three military-themed domains, NAR launches .realtor, and a strange generic goes live. Here’s a run down of this week’s new top level domain name launches. On Wednesday, Rightside releases three military-themed domain n...
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This week’s new tlds: Military, .Realtor and sooome other domain
Rightside launches three military-themed domains, NAR launches .realtor, and a strange generic goes live. Here’s a run down of this week’s new top level domain name launches. On Wednesday, Rightside releases three military-themed domain n...
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October 20, 2014, 1:42 pm
Domain Name Wire
This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
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This week’s TLDs: a Google launch and .Okinawa
A couple domains hit general availability, but hardly anyone notices. I was so busy at ICANN this week that I neglected to do my weekly preview of top level domain name launches… …but I didn’t miss much. Only two domain names hit ...
Discussion
October 17, 2014, 2:52 pm
Domain Name Wire
Governments weigh in on community and two-letter domain names
ICANN GAC concerned about community priority evaluations but not two-letter domain names. The Governmental Advisory Committee to ICANN has issued its GAC Communique (pdf) from this week’s meeting in Los Angeles. There are a couple notable items...
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Governments weigh in on community and two-letter domain names
ICANN GAC concerned about community priority evaluations but not two-letter domain names. The Governmental Advisory Committee to ICANN has issued its GAC Communique (pdf) from this week’s meeting in Los Angeles. There are a couple notable items...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 5:59 pm
Domain Name Wire
Expired Domain Report: A Chinese Takeover!
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain sales. Pretty soon, not speaking Chinese will disqualify me from reporting on the domain market altogether! So many of the big-ticket domain sales look eastward — numerical doma...
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Expired Domain Report: A Chinese Takeover!
Joseph Peterson reviews the past week’s expired domain sales. Pretty soon, not speaking Chinese will disqualify me from reporting on the domain market altogether! So many of the big-ticket domain sales look eastward — numerical doma...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 4:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 photos from ICANN 51
A quick visual look at this week’s ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. It has been a busy, busy week in Los Angeles. I’ll have more thoughts on ICANN 51 later. For now, I have a collection of photos from in and around the event. Captions are be...
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10 photos from ICANN 51
A quick visual look at this week’s ICANN meeting in Los Angeles. It has been a busy, busy week in Los Angeles. I’ll have more thoughts on ICANN 51 later. For now, I have a collection of photos from in and around the event. Captions are be...
Discussion
October 16, 2014, 4:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
Oooh: .ooo domain name takes over front page of Times of India
New top level domain pays for front page impact. The backers of the new .ooo domain name have crazy predictions for how many domain names they’ll sell. I’ll tip my hat to them for at least backing it up with some crazy advertising. Indian...
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Oooh: .ooo domain name takes over front page of Times of India
New top level domain pays for front page impact. The backers of the new .ooo domain name have crazy predictions for how many domain names they’ll sell. I’ll tip my hat to them for at least backing it up with some crazy advertising. Indian...
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October 16, 2014, 2:03 pm
