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There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
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There Goes Another Two Letter .Com To China: Telepathy Sells WG.com
The domain name WG.com has sold to a Chinese buyer. WG.com was owned by Nat Cohen’s Telepathy.com and is now over at GoldenName.com (4.cn) Earlier today we reported that the domain name Ak.com appears to have sold as the site where the domain w...
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November 5, 2015, 4:23 pm
The Domains
Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
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Owner of Houses.co.uk Who Paid £40,000 Blames Sedo For Auction Price of £2,999
Remember the story a few weeks ago about the domain name Houses.co.uk which was purchased a few years ago for £40,000 was on sale for £2,999 on Sedo? The owner of the domain name blames Sedo and its automated valuation tool. P...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:42 pm
The Domains
AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
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AK.com is pending sale
Taking a look at AK.com tonight it looks like the domain is now pending sale. Below is a cached version of AK.com from a couple months ago, you will see the $4,995,000 asking price. Below that is the current look of the website showing a pending sale...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 8:23 am
The Domains
Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
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Godaddy May Be The World’s Largest Domain Registrar But Not For New gTLD’s
Godaddy.com, which is the world’s largest domain name registrar (having the most domain names under management) is no longer the number 1 domain name registrar for new gTLD domains. According to ntldstats.com, Godaddy.com has fallen into the 2n...
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November 5, 2015, 3:33 am
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.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
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.XYZ Did Not Block 12K Domains on Request of China; Liberty.xyz is Owned & We Have His email
Its been an interesting couple of weeks for the .XYZ registry. It all started when Domainincite.com published a post on October 12th, talking about that .XYZ might block almost 40,000 domain names at the registry level on the request of China. That n...
Discussion
November 5, 2015, 2:46 am
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New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
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New U.K. Surveillance Bill includes monitoring users online habits
BBC.com broke down the details of the new surveillance bill to be passed in the U.K. No surprise there are opinions from all sides with some saying the bill goes too far and are too intrusive, this type of surveillance is not legal in and other Europ...
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November 4, 2015, 7:41 pm
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.Sex is Live
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public p...
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.Sex is Live
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, .ADULT and .SEX top-level domains (TLDs), announces the launch of its general availability period for .SEX. Domain names in all of ICM Registry’s extensions are now available for public p...
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November 4, 2015, 5:30 pm
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eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com
According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com “The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunsh...
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eTagsDirect.com Upgrades to eTags.com
According to a press release out today eTagsDirect.com has upgraded and acquired the domain name etags.com “The company launched as a Florida-based company offering fast and easy online vehicle registration services to people all over The Sunsh...
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November 4, 2015, 1:33 pm
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3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evalu...
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3 Applicants For New gTLD .Radio File For Independent Review Process
According to a press release out today, BRS Media, has filed, in conjunction with two other applicants, an Independent Review Process in accordance with Article IV, section 3 of the ICANN Bylaws re: The .RADIO gTLD and .RADIO Community Priority Evalu...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 1:12 pm
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A Checklist for Naming A StartUp
Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and branding for 20 years. He also mentions some of the data points he looked at when coming up with...
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A Checklist for Naming A StartUp
Dharmesh Shah wrote an article on Inbound.org that detailed his checklist for choosing a start up name. Shah writes he has been thinking about naming and branding for 20 years. He also mentions some of the data points he looked at when coming up with...
Discussion
November 4, 2015, 10:16 am
