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April 23 for a new TLD delegation? Will anyone be able to sell them?
ICANN CEO sets a surprising date for the first new TLD delegation. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has disclosed a target date of April 23 to delegate the first new top level domain. Although he admits the timeline might slip, he suggests it will be a ...
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April 23 for a new TLD delegation? Will anyone be able to sell them?
ICANN CEO sets a surprising date for the first new TLD delegation. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehadé has disclosed a target date of April 23 to delegate the first new top level domain. Although he admits the timeline might slip, he suggests it will be a ...
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February 15, 2013, 9:23 am
Domain Name Wire
Registrars might have to adopt new RAA in order to sell new top level domains
In October I wrote about negotiations for a new registrar accreditation agreement (RAA). The RAA is the contract between domain name registrars and ICANN. It is periodically updated. When it’s updated, ICANN provides some sort of incentive to e...
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Registrars might have to adopt new RAA in order to sell new top level domains
In October I wrote about negotiations for a new registrar accreditation agreement (RAA). The RAA is the contract between domain name registrars and ICANN. It is periodically updated. When it’s updated, ICANN provides some sort of incentive to e...
Discussion
February 14, 2013, 9:50 pm
Domain Name Wire
BuzzFeed buys BuzzFeed.co.uk
BuzzFeed gets a country code domain and other end user domain purchases. There aren’t a lot of end user domain purchases from Sedo to report this week. A lot of domains that are probably end user sales are still in escrow. But there are a coupl...
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BuzzFeed buys BuzzFeed.co.uk
BuzzFeed gets a country code domain and other end user domain purchases. There aren’t a lot of end user domain purchases from Sedo to report this week. A lot of domains that are probably end user sales are still in escrow. But there are a coupl...
Discussion
February 14, 2013, 10:44 am
Domain Name Wire
New domain parking company adds a charitable twist
New domain parking company offers charity donation and no cost brokerage services. A domain industry vet has started a new parking company with a charitable twist. Jakob Knightly, formerly with NameDrive, is launching Rikimu.com next week. At a high ...
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New domain parking company adds a charitable twist
New domain parking company offers charity donation and no cost brokerage services. A domain industry vet has started a new parking company with a charitable twist. Jakob Knightly, formerly with NameDrive, is launching Rikimu.com next week. At a high ...
Discussion
February 14, 2013, 10:16 am
Domain Name Wire
Tucows: fewer big domain sales, but good numbers on lower priced domains
Tucows generates less revenue from its portfolio but sales of $2,000-$3,000 domains still strong. Tucows reported earnings yesterday, which should give domainers some insight into how large domain portfolio holders are doing. The headline number is t...
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Tucows: fewer big domain sales, but good numbers on lower priced domains
Tucows generates less revenue from its portfolio but sales of $2,000-$3,000 domains still strong. Tucows reported earnings yesterday, which should give domainers some insight into how large domain portfolio holders are doing. The headline number is t...
Discussion
February 14, 2013, 9:55 am
Domain Name Wire
American and US Airways boards vote to merge, so those domains will come in handy
Company registered domains related to merger nearly a year ago. Last March I wrote about how a number of domain names related to a combined American Airlines (AMR) and U.S. Airways had been registered, signaling a possible merger. Now, nearly a year ...
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American and US Airways boards vote to merge, so those domains will come in handy
Company registered domains related to merger nearly a year ago. Last March I wrote about how a number of domain names related to a combined American Airlines (AMR) and U.S. Airways had been registered, signaling a possible merger. Now, nearly a year ...
Discussion
February 13, 2013, 10:19 pm
Domain Name Wire
The great Domain Name Wire survey fraud
Someone went through quite a bit of effort to game this year’s survey. The 8th annual Domain Name Wire survey has now closed. I do the survey every year, and I think it provides a pretty good snapshot of what’s going on in the domain indu...
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The great Domain Name Wire survey fraud
Someone went through quite a bit of effort to game this year’s survey. The 8th annual Domain Name Wire survey has now closed. I do the survey every year, and I think it provides a pretty good snapshot of what’s going on in the domain indu...
Discussion
February 13, 2013, 2:27 pm
Domain Name Wire
Why I’m not bothered by closed generic top level domain names
As a domain investor, I find it difficult to oppose the idea of closed generic top level domains. There’s been a lot of talk in the domain industry about “closed generic” top level domain names. A closed generic is a generic term (n...
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Why I’m not bothered by closed generic top level domain names
As a domain investor, I find it difficult to oppose the idea of closed generic top level domains. There’s been a lot of talk in the domain industry about “closed generic” top level domain names. A closed generic is a generic term (n...
Discussion
February 13, 2013, 10:45 am
Domain Name Wire
Some funny things about that RonPaul.com domain dispute…
Both sides in the dispute have some explaining to do. Over the past few days the tech media has been abuzz about Ron Paul filing a UDRP against the owners of RonPaul.com. For the most part the press has been taking the side of the Ron Paul supporters...
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Some funny things about that RonPaul.com domain dispute…
Both sides in the dispute have some explaining to do. Over the past few days the tech media has been abuzz about Ron Paul filing a UDRP against the owners of RonPaul.com. For the most part the press has been taking the side of the Ron Paul supporters...
Discussion
February 13, 2013, 10:12 am
Domain Name Wire
23 end user domain name sales
Buyers include two public companies. Here is a list of end user domain sales through the Afternic platform last week. Onesta Restaurant Consultants paid $1,488 for RestaurantAdvisors.com Ottawa landscaping company Instant Lawns bought InstantLawns.co...
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23 end user domain name sales
Buyers include two public companies. Here is a list of end user domain sales through the Afternic platform last week. Onesta Restaurant Consultants paid $1,488 for RestaurantAdvisors.com Ottawa landscaping company Instant Lawns bought InstantLawns.co...
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February 13, 2013, 9:43 am
