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What Afternic’s expanded deal with Go Daddy means for domainers
More eyeballs and more sales. This morning Afternic announced an expanded deal with Go Daddy to distribute its non-fixed price domain sales listings through the registrar. Here’s what this means for you… The Afternic deal will help you g...
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What Afternic’s expanded deal with Go Daddy means for domainers
More eyeballs and more sales. This morning Afternic announced an expanded deal with Go Daddy to distribute its non-fixed price domain sales listings through the registrar. Here’s what this means for you… The Afternic deal will help you g...
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July 10, 2012, 3:06 pm

Domain Name Wire
Plans for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry go way back
Uniregistry.com registered back in 2006, original trademark application in 2010. Last month Uniregistry Corp., Frank Schilling’s new top level domain venture, filed trademark applications for the mark “Uniregistry” as well as its st...
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Plans for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry go way back
Uniregistry.com registered back in 2006, original trademark application in 2010. Last month Uniregistry Corp., Frank Schilling’s new top level domain venture, filed trademark applications for the mark “Uniregistry” as well as its st...
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July 10, 2012, 10:53 am

Domain Name Wire
Lance Armstrong’s fight against USADA reminds me a lot of the arguments against UDRP
Not enough time to respond to “kangaroo court”. Lance Armstrong is fighting hard to not have to defend himself against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which he calls a “Kangaroo court”. Armstrong wants nothing to do with ...
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Lance Armstrong’s fight against USADA reminds me a lot of the arguments against UDRP
Not enough time to respond to “kangaroo court”. Lance Armstrong is fighting hard to not have to defend himself against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), which he calls a “Kangaroo court”. Armstrong wants nothing to do with ...
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July 9, 2012, 9:25 pm

Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy.com adds two factor authentication
New security option available to customers with a U.S. mobile phone number. GoDaddy.com has added two factor authentication capabilities for U.S. customers. The feature appears to have been added within the past couple days. The added security layer,...
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GoDaddy.com adds two factor authentication
New security option available to customers with a U.S. mobile phone number. GoDaddy.com has added two factor authentication capabilities for U.S. customers. The feature appears to have been added within the past couple days. The added security layer,...
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July 9, 2012, 9:07 pm

Domain Name Wire
Verisign “Domain Exchange” patent application says service would be useful for typosquatters
Application filed shortly after pulling ICANN request admits a domain exchange service could be a boon for typosquatters. In April 2010 Verisign asked ICANN to allow it to introduce a “Domain Name Exchange” service. The service would have...
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Verisign “Domain Exchange” patent application says service would be useful for typosquatters
Application filed shortly after pulling ICANN request admits a domain exchange service could be a boon for typosquatters. In April 2010 Verisign asked ICANN to allow it to introduce a “Domain Name Exchange” service. The service would have...
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July 9, 2012, 11:45 am

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At least 23 domain companies heading to HostingCon next week
Web hosting industry (and lots of domain name companies) head to Boston. In many ways the domain industry and web hosting industry are one. The world’s largest domain name registrar is also the world’s largest shared web hosting provider,...
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At least 23 domain companies heading to HostingCon next week
Web hosting industry (and lots of domain name companies) head to Boston. In many ways the domain industry and web hosting industry are one. The world’s largest domain name registrar is also the world’s largest shared web hosting provider,...
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July 9, 2012, 11:01 am

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My first Amazon.com purchase with sales tax
Amazon.com starts charging sales tax in Texas. That won’t hope local retailers much. Last week I made a purchase on Amazon.com that had a new line item: sales tax. A week ago Sunday Amazon.com started collecting sales tax in Texas. Local retail...
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My first Amazon.com purchase with sales tax
Amazon.com starts charging sales tax in Texas. That won’t hope local retailers much. Last week I made a purchase on Amazon.com that had a new line item: sales tax. A week ago Sunday Amazon.com started collecting sales tax in Texas. Local retail...
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July 9, 2012, 10:30 am

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SMA.com spared in UDRP case
Panel rules domain not registered in bad faith. In May I wrote about how the owner of SMA.de — SMA Solar Technology AG — had filed a UDRP to get the domain name SMA.com. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel just h...
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SMA.com spared in UDRP case
Panel rules domain not registered in bad faith. In May I wrote about how the owner of SMA.de — SMA Solar Technology AG — had filed a UDRP to get the domain name SMA.com. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel just h...
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July 6, 2012, 3:05 pm

Domain Name Wire
Go Daddy Auctions June sales down (but that doesn’t mean a downturn in the market)
Aftermarket domain sales robust despite lower numbers on Go Daddy Auctions. Last month Go Daddy Auctions sold 31,896 domain names. That’s down from 35,094 in May. The number of domains sold on the platform has been on a downward trend for sever...
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Go Daddy Auctions June sales down (but that doesn’t mean a downturn in the market)
Aftermarket domain sales robust despite lower numbers on Go Daddy Auctions. Last month Go Daddy Auctions sold 31,896 domain names. That’s down from 35,094 in May. The number of domains sold on the platform has been on a downward trend for sever...
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July 6, 2012, 10:51 am

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NCC plans to invest $9.4 million in .secure (if it can get the domain)
Company hopeful it can prevail over Amazon.com. The CEO of United Kingdom security company NCC Group (NCC.LN) told Dow Jones Newswires that it plans to invest 6 million pounds ($9.4 million) in the top level domain name .secure, with over half of tha...
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NCC plans to invest $9.4 million in .secure (if it can get the domain)
Company hopeful it can prevail over Amazon.com. The CEO of United Kingdom security company NCC Group (NCC.LN) told Dow Jones Newswires that it plans to invest 6 million pounds ($9.4 million) in the top level domain name .secure, with over half of tha...
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July 6, 2012, 10:37 am