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Some of these new TLDs are doing quite well
Applicants with low overhead or a smart growth strategy are poised to make a healthy return. There are a lot of new top level domain names I’d like to own as a business right now. Many of them. Consider .guru, which has about 57,000 domains reg...
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Some of these new TLDs are doing quite well
Applicants with low overhead or a smart growth strategy are poised to make a healthy return. There are a lot of new top level domain names I’d like to own as a business right now. Many of them. Consider .guru, which has about 57,000 domains reg...
Discussion
May 20, 2014, 2:16 pm
Domain Name Wire
FlyPrivate.com owner sues FlyPrvt.com over missing vowels
Company alleges competitor is infringing its trademarks by using vowel-less version of its own name. One of strangest ways companies have tried to cope with the lack of cheap available domain names in the past decade is to drop vowels. A prime exampl...
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FlyPrivate.com owner sues FlyPrvt.com over missing vowels
Company alleges competitor is infringing its trademarks by using vowel-less version of its own name. One of strangest ways companies have tried to cope with the lack of cheap available domain names in the past decade is to drop vowels. A prime exampl...
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May 19, 2014, 5:15 pm
Domain Name Wire
Will DNA’s new TLD auction proposal kickstart contention set resolution?
New top level domain name applicants in contention sets have two remaining options for resolving who gets to “own” each string: Settle it amongst themselves or participate in an ICANN “auction of last resort”. So far a trickle...
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Will DNA’s new TLD auction proposal kickstart contention set resolution?
New top level domain name applicants in contention sets have two remaining options for resolving who gets to “own” each string: Settle it amongst themselves or participate in an ICANN “auction of last resort”. So far a trickle...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Big new TLDs week: .Luxury, Rightside and Travel Bonanza
An $800-per-year domain launches, Rightside hits GA, Donuts has a travel-focused week, and .best tries not to be .worst. Another big week is on tap for new top level domain including some new faces. Things get rolling today with general availability ...
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Big new TLDs week: .Luxury, Rightside and Travel Bonanza
An $800-per-year domain launches, Rightside hits GA, Donuts has a travel-focused week, and .best tries not to be .worst. Another big week is on tap for new top level domain including some new faces. Things get rolling today with general availability ...
Discussion
May 19, 2014, 2:05 pm
Domain Name Wire
EDR: Guru renewals, NameJet, GoDaddy and more
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson takes a look at renewals of domains including the term “guru”, hits and misses in this week’s expired domain sales, and some domains to backorder for next week. Proba...
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EDR: Guru renewals, NameJet, GoDaddy and more
In this week’s Expired Domain Report (EDR), Joseph Peterson takes a look at renewals of domains including the term “guru”, hits and misses in this week’s expired domain sales, and some domains to backorder for next week. Proba...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 2:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Domain Holdings reports $3.4M domain name sales in Q1
Company releases sales data for first time ever. Domain name broker Domain Holdings has released statistics about its sales for the first time ever. The company plans to release data every quarter going forward. While not disclosing specific sale pri...
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Domain Holdings reports $3.4M domain name sales in Q1
Company releases sales data for first time ever. Domain name broker Domain Holdings has released statistics about its sales for the first time ever. The company plans to release data every quarter going forward. While not disclosing specific sale pri...
Discussion
May 16, 2014, 12:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
See Tucows’ new sales-focused parked page landers
Tucows pushes the envelope on sales-focused domain name landing pages. Yesterday domain name registrar and portfolio holder Tucows told analysts it was trying something new to generate more aftermarket domain name sales. CEO Elliot Noss said the comp...
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See Tucows’ new sales-focused parked page landers
Tucows pushes the envelope on sales-focused domain name landing pages. Yesterday domain name registrar and portfolio holder Tucows told analysts it was trying something new to generate more aftermarket domain name sales. CEO Elliot Noss said the comp...
Discussion
May 15, 2014, 6:07 pm
Domain Name Wire
Booking.com launches Villas.com to compete in vacation rental market
Site launches after company goes on domain name buying spree. Travel booking company Booking.com has launched Villas.com to offer vacation rental properties. This answers the question I’ve been asking for almost a year: who has been registering...
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Booking.com launches Villas.com to compete in vacation rental market
Site launches after company goes on domain name buying spree. Travel booking company Booking.com has launched Villas.com to offer vacation rental properties. This answers the question I’ve been asking for almost a year: who has been registering...
Discussion
May 15, 2014, 5:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Chicago Cubs among those buying domain names last week
MLB buys domain name for Cubs and other end user domain name purchases. The Chicago Cubs (technically MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) were among those companies buying domain names last week. The team and Major League Baseball paid $1,700 for MyCubs.com. T...
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Chicago Cubs among those buying domain names last week
MLB buys domain name for Cubs and other end user domain name purchases. The Chicago Cubs (technically MLB Advanced Media, L.P.) were among those companies buying domain names last week. The team and Major League Baseball paid $1,700 for MyCubs.com. T...
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May 15, 2014, 2:45 pm
Domain Name Wire
4 interesting things Tucows said on its conference call yesterday
Selling domains, letting some expire, and the impact of new top level domain names. Domain name registrar Tucows released its first quarter 2014 earnings yesterday. The investor conference call included four interesting comments/facts about the domai...
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4 interesting things Tucows said on its conference call yesterday
Selling domains, letting some expire, and the impact of new top level domain names. Domain name registrar Tucows released its first quarter 2014 earnings yesterday. The investor conference call included four interesting comments/facts about the domai...
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May 15, 2014, 2:17 pm
