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Expired Domain Report: 4 letter domain sells for $31.5k
Chinese container shipping — which is to say global freight – must account for last week’s $22.6k sale of QianWan.com. The Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal Co., Ltd. manages one of the world&rsq...
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Expired Domain Report: 4 letter domain sells for $31.5k
Chinese container shipping — which is to say global freight – must account for last week’s $22.6k sale of QianWan.com. The Qingdao Qianwan Container Terminal Co., Ltd. manages one of the world&rsq...
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September 19, 2014, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
Donuts wants to patent Domain Protected Marks List
Registry files patent application for brand protection tool. Donuts wants to patent the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML), a service that helps brand owners prevent their trademarks from being registered across multiple top level domains. The compan...
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Donuts wants to patent Domain Protected Marks List
Registry files patent application for brand protection tool. Donuts wants to patent the Domain Protected Marks List (DPML), a service that helps brand owners prevent their trademarks from being registered across multiple top level domains. The compan...
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September 18, 2014, 9:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Buzz discovers that its registrants enjoy the high life
New TLD .Buzz found a customer base it wasn’t targeting. When Bill Doshier decided to apply for the .buzz top level domain name, he had a vision for how it would be used: entertainment, social media, fashion…you get the idea. Once the do...
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.Buzz discovers that its registrants enjoy the high life
New TLD .Buzz found a customer base it wasn’t targeting. When Bill Doshier decided to apply for the .buzz top level domain name, he had a vision for how it would be used: entertainment, social media, fashion…you get the idea. Once the do...
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September 18, 2014, 7:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Igloo acquires Aftermarket.com
Domain broker acquires domain name marketplace. Igloo, a fast growing domain name broker, has acquired domain name marketplace Aftermarket.com from Thought Convergence. The move makes sense for Igloo. While its focus in the past has been on larger, h...
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Igloo acquires Aftermarket.com
Domain broker acquires domain name marketplace. Igloo, a fast growing domain name broker, has acquired domain name marketplace Aftermarket.com from Thought Convergence. The move makes sense for Igloo. While its focus in the past has been on larger, h...
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September 18, 2014, 3:00 pm
Domain Name Wire
New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
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New TLDs find their religion: .Church wins the day
.Church was the top TLD launch yesterday. Going into yesterday, I bet that .guide would be Donuts’ top domain name launch of the week. It’s a fairly generic domain that works with a number of second level domains, similar to .tips (which ...
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September 18, 2014, 12:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
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Wow: Amazon.com buys .Buy for $4.6 million, .Tech sells for $6.8 million
You might think new top level domain names aren’t meeting early expectations, but applicants still apparently value the opportunity very high. ICANN held its second “auction of last resort” for new top level domain names today. Thre...
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September 18, 2014, 2:18 am
Domain Name Wire
WWE accepts the challenge, fights for WWE.org
Domain name owner makes preemptive defense against UDRP. A UDRP for WWE.org was just filed with National Arbitration Forum. You’ll see a curious message when you visit the domain name: Disclaimer: wwe.org (Western Women Entrepreneurs) is not as...
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WWE accepts the challenge, fights for WWE.org
Domain name owner makes preemptive defense against UDRP. A UDRP for WWE.org was just filed with National Arbitration Forum. You’ll see a curious message when you visit the domain name: Disclaimer: wwe.org (Western Women Entrepreneurs) is not as...
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September 17, 2014, 8:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
CoolMath.com files cybersquatting suit against leased domain name
Company wants control of CoolMathGames.com, which Vertical Axis might have leased to another party. If you’ve ever stumbled upon a site in the CoolMath.com network of websites, you probably thought you had taken a trip back to the 1990s. With b...
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CoolMath.com files cybersquatting suit against leased domain name
Company wants control of CoolMathGames.com, which Vertical Axis might have leased to another party. If you’ve ever stumbled upon a site in the CoolMath.com network of websites, you probably thought you had taken a trip back to the 1990s. With b...
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September 17, 2014, 7:55 pm
Domain Name Wire
Radix delays new TLD launches until tomorrow
Pricing configuration issue delays launch of three top level domain names. New top level domain name applicant Radix has delayed the launch of its first three domain names until tomorrow. .Website, .Press and .Host will all launch tomorrow at noon ED...
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Radix delays new TLD launches until tomorrow
Pricing configuration issue delays launch of three top level domain names. New top level domain name applicant Radix has delayed the launch of its first three domain names until tomorrow. .Website, .Press and .Host will all launch tomorrow at noon ED...
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September 17, 2014, 6:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Vegas launches with strong support from local businesses
.Vegas off to solid start with lots of locals registering domain name. The .Vegas domain name launched on Monday and generated about 3,000 domain name registrations in the first hours of availability, plus another 1,400 registrations on Tuesday. .Veg...
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.Vegas launches with strong support from local businesses
.Vegas off to solid start with lots of locals registering domain name. The .Vegas domain name launched on Monday and generated about 3,000 domain name registrations in the first hours of availability, plus another 1,400 registrations on Tuesday. .Veg...
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September 17, 2014, 6:07 pm
