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Key-Systems CEO discusses Moniker and SnapNames acquisition
No dramatic changes on tap but more ccTLDs and other improvements on the way. KeyDrive’s acquisition of Moniker and SnapNames last week has shaken up the domain name investor ecosystem. I just talked to Key-Systems CEO Alexander Siffrin to bett...
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Key-Systems CEO discusses Moniker and SnapNames acquisition
No dramatic changes on tap but more ccTLDs and other improvements on the way. KeyDrive’s acquisition of Moniker and SnapNames last week has shaken up the domain name investor ecosystem. I just talked to Key-Systems CEO Alexander Siffrin to bett...
Discussion
February 7, 2012, 11:30 am
Domain Name Wire
.Ping trademark in jeopardy, but Ping sailing through
PING golf manufacturer still has a TLD trademark going through the system. Last month I wrote about how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had caught on to an trademark application for .Ping. It was filed by Karsten Manufacturing, which owns the PI...
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.Ping trademark in jeopardy, but Ping sailing through
PING golf manufacturer still has a TLD trademark going through the system. Last month I wrote about how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had caught on to an trademark application for .Ping. It was filed by Karsten Manufacturing, which owns the PI...
Discussion
February 7, 2012, 10:29 am
Domain Name Wire
6 questions about DOMAINfest answered
A look back at last week’s DOMAINfest conference. Before heading to DOMAINfest I posed six questions that would be answered by the end of the week. Here are the answers. 1. How will Oversee.net’s new leadership present itself? Just before...
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6 questions about DOMAINfest answered
A look back at last week’s DOMAINfest conference. Before heading to DOMAINfest I posed six questions that would be answered by the end of the week. Here are the answers. 1. How will Oversee.net’s new leadership present itself? Just before...
Discussion
February 7, 2012, 10:11 am
Domain Name Wire
What domains American Airlines and others bought last week
American Airlines, The Nature Conservancy, New York Life, and other end user domain buys. I tried to do last week’s end user domain sales report during DOMAINfest, but some whois servers didn’t like my mobile connection. So it’s a b...
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What domains American Airlines and others bought last week
American Airlines, The Nature Conservancy, New York Life, and other end user domain buys. I tried to do last week’s end user domain sales report during DOMAINfest, but some whois servers didn’t like my mobile connection. So it’s a b...
Discussion
February 6, 2012, 1:02 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy’s BYOB: Build Your Online Business
Company plans to start promoting a different kind of BYOB. It looks like GoDaddy.com will start promoting BYOB, but it has nothing to do with beer. The company filed two trademark applications at the end of last month. The company filed application 8...
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GoDaddy’s BYOB: Build Your Online Business
Company plans to start promoting a different kind of BYOB. It looks like GoDaddy.com will start promoting BYOB, but it has nothing to do with beer. The company filed two trademark applications at the end of last month. The company filed application 8...
Discussion
February 6, 2012, 11:11 am
Domain Name Wire
Best Buy promotes “phone freedom” in Super Bowl, but not new domain name
Company protected brand with domain purchase but doesn’t use it yet. Best Buy’s Super Bowl commercial yesterday promotes what Best Buy calls “Phone Freedom”, although it doesn’t call it that by name in the ad. But it hel...
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Best Buy promotes “phone freedom” in Super Bowl, but not new domain name
Company protected brand with domain purchase but doesn’t use it yet. Best Buy’s Super Bowl commercial yesterday promotes what Best Buy calls “Phone Freedom”, although it doesn’t call it that by name in the ad. But it hel...
Discussion
February 6, 2012, 10:33 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy says it saw record Super Bowl Sunday sales
Two GoDaddy.com Super Bowl commercials drive new sales record. The results are in… Regardless of what you thought of GoDaddy.com’s two Super Bowl commercials yesterday, they appear to have had the intended result for the world’s la...
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GoDaddy says it saw record Super Bowl Sunday sales
Two GoDaddy.com Super Bowl commercials drive new sales record. The results are in… Regardless of what you thought of GoDaddy.com’s two Super Bowl commercials yesterday, they appear to have had the intended result for the world’s la...
Discussion
February 6, 2012, 10:09 am
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy and .Co take center stage with Super Bowl Commercials
Over 100 million will watch GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials tonight. The world’s largest registrar along with the .co top level domain will get a lot of attention today. That’s because GoDaddy will air two Super Bowl ads today, including o...
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GoDaddy and .Co take center stage with Super Bowl Commercials
Over 100 million will watch GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials tonight. The world’s largest registrar along with the .co top level domain will get a lot of attention today. That’s because GoDaddy will air two Super Bowl ads today, including o...
Discussion
February 5, 2012, 12:25 pm
Domain Name Wire
Occupy.com domain name sells
Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It’s not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois. But the buyer definitely...
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Occupy.com domain name sells
Domain has new owner but identity is unknown. Occupy.com, which was pitched for sale to the Occupy Movement last year, has sold. It’s not clear who purchased the domain name since its whois record is protected by whois. But the buyer definitely...
Discussion
February 2, 2012, 8:01 pm
Domain Name Wire
How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500
Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his co-founders wanted a name that showed “urge...
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How Twitter was named and bought Twitter.com for $7,500
Biz Stone discusses the naming of his company. Today at DOMAINfest in Santa Monica, Twitter co-founder Biz Stone talked about how they named the company and bought the domain for $7,500. Stone and his co-founders wanted a name that showed “urge...
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February 2, 2012, 2:47 pm
