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The Domains
Actor John Stamos Gets His .Com in UDRP; Panel Finds Whois Privacy Corp. A Co-Serial Cybersquatter
Actor John Stamos just won rights to his matching .com domain name JohnStamos.com in a UDRP. David E. Sorkin as the sole Panelist wasted little time awarding the domain name to the actor from Ryan Foo who has lost over 100 UDRP’s and has been r...
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Actor John Stamos Gets His .Com in UDRP; Panel Finds Whois Privacy Corp. A Co-Serial Cybersquatter
Actor John Stamos just won rights to his matching .com domain name JohnStamos.com in a UDRP. David E. Sorkin as the sole Panelist wasted little time awarding the domain name to the actor from Ryan Foo who has lost over 100 UDRP’s and has been r...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 9:03 pm
The Domains
GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Co...
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GAC Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Governmental Advisory group has issued its Communiqué From The ICANN Meeting In Buenos Aires, Argentina outlining its activities for the week and suggestions for the ICANN Board: The Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) of the Internet Co...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 8:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet Expired Domain Report
Joseph Peterson’s weekly review of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Supply and demand do yield predictable results in the domain market, as with other markets. DataTrack.com was NameJet’s top expired sale last week at $8.9k. And...
Discussion
NameJet Expired Domain Report
Joseph Peterson’s weekly review of expired domain name sales at NameJet. Supply and demand do yield predictable results in the domain market, as with other markets. DataTrack.com was NameJet’s top expired sale last week at $8.9k. And...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 6:00 pm
The Domains
Dot XYZ Featured in BizJournals L.A.
Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign....
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Dot XYZ Featured in BizJournals L.A.
Dot XYZ is getting a little love this morning from the Los Angeles BizJournals.com website. Annlee Ellingson got some quotes from Daniel Negari for the story and there were also some mentions of those who have switched to a .xyz like GroovyWebDesign....
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 5:12 pm
Domain Name Wire
Voting begins in Verisign .Com Contest: See the videos
Winners make their cases in videos. Voting has opened to pick the grand prize winner in Verisign’s Internet Official contest. The fifteen winners so far each received $5,000. The grand prize winner will pick up a cool $30,000. Each of the winne...
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Voting begins in Verisign .Com Contest: See the videos
Winners make their cases in videos. Voting has opened to pick the grand prize winner in Verisign’s Internet Official contest. The fifteen winners so far each received $5,000. The grand prize winner will pick up a cool $30,000. Each of the winne...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:53 pm
Domain Shane
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends In Just Over an Hour; 8 Domains Have Hit Reserve
An eclectic mix of .com, .net and a .co have hit reserve at this month’s Great Domains auction, with the leader by a long shot being YVY.com at 14,000 EURO, which is about $15,660 USD with today’s exchange rates. In addition to those whic...
Discussion
Sedo’s Great Domains Auction Ends In Just Over an Hour; 8 Domains Have Hit Reserve
An eclectic mix of .com, .net and a .co have hit reserve at this month’s Great Domains auction, with the leader by a long shot being YVY.com at 14,000 EURO, which is about $15,660 USD with today’s exchange rates. In addition to those whic...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
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Sedo responds about Autism.rocks sale
Company explains why the customer ended up paying a marketplace commission rather than for escrow. Earlier this week Sedo announced that it handled a $100,000 transaction for Autism.rocks. It’s a big price for a domain under a new top level dom...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:24 pm
The Domains
Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Austim.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Austim.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently ...
Discussion
Sedo Responds To Fees Charged On Austim.Rocks
We wrote about the domain name Austim.Rocks selling for $100,000 the other day and our interview with the Seller of the domain how was unhappy to learn he was charged by Sedo 15% fee for acting as the escrow agent. The Seller and Buyer independently ...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:17 pm
Domain Name Wire
Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
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Auction for qiche.com domain name closes at $2 million +
An auction for “Car” in Mandarin Pinyin has closed for a staggering amount. An auction for qiche.com, which means “car” in Mandarin Pinyin, has closed for more than $2 million on Chinese domain trading platform eName. The auct...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:11 pm
The Domains
Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: “We are delighted that both Guy and David have...
Discussion
Two Founding Members of Minds + Machines Re-join the Board.
Minds + Machines (LON:MMX), announced today that two founding members David Weill and Guy Elliott will re-join the Boardas non-exec directors. Antony Van Couvering, the chief executive, said: “We are delighted that both Guy and David have...
Discussion
June 25, 2015, 2:06 pm
