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Biggest New gTLD Registrants: 23 of Top 30 Are From China; 38 out of Top 50
According to ntldstats.com registrants from China are dominating the list of the top 100 Biggest New gTLD Registrants 23 of the top 30 domain names registrants are from China; 38 out of Top 50 domain names registrants are from China; and 72 of out 10...
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Biggest New gTLD Registrants: 23 of Top 30 Are From China; 38 out of Top 50
According to ntldstats.com registrants from China are dominating the list of the top 100 Biggest New gTLD Registrants 23 of the top 30 domain names registrants are from China; 38 out of Top 50 domain names registrants are from China; and 72 of out 10...
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October 30, 2015, 12:43 pm
The Domains
Here’s Something Scary, Namescon Early Bird Ticket Offer Ends Tomorrow On Halloween
The 2016 NamesCon Conference $399 Early Bird ticket offer expires at the end of the day tomorrow Saturday October 31. So you should take advantage of this treat because the regular price to attend the conference is $999. Namescon will be held at the ...
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Here’s Something Scary, Namescon Early Bird Ticket Offer Ends Tomorrow On Halloween
The 2016 NamesCon Conference $399 Early Bird ticket offer expires at the end of the day tomorrow Saturday October 31. So you should take advantage of this treat because the regular price to attend the conference is $999. Namescon will be held at the ...
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October 30, 2015, 12:21 pm
The Domains
1St Day New gTLD Totals: .Live 3,470; .Studio 2,032; .SRL 223
Two new gTLD’s launched into general availability (GA) yesterday .Live and .Studio both owned by Rightside (NAME) and one launched Tuesday offered by InterNetX; .SRL Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders a...
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1St Day New gTLD Totals: .Live 3,470; .Studio 2,032; .SRL 223
Two new gTLD’s launched into general availability (GA) yesterday .Live and .Studio both owned by Rightside (NAME) and one launched Tuesday offered by InterNetX; .SRL Including domain names registered in the Sunrise period by trademark holders a...
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October 29, 2015, 12:56 pm
The Domains
Another UDRP FAIL! As Panel Refuses to Transfer a Domain Used for Phishing
Another interesting UDRP where a domain name was found to be used for Phishing and fraud but the panel refuses to transfer it because the trademark wasn’t identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant had ...
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Another UDRP FAIL! As Panel Refuses to Transfer a Domain Used for Phishing
Another interesting UDRP where a domain name was found to be used for Phishing and fraud but the panel refuses to transfer it because the trademark wasn’t identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which Complainant had ...
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October 28, 2015, 8:05 pm
The Domains
IBM is Buying Weather.com
According to USAToday.com, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire the Weather Company’s data and digital properties which would include Weather.com Financial terms weren’t disclosed. But the...
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IBM is Buying Weather.com
According to USAToday.com, International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) has agreed to acquire the Weather Company’s data and digital properties which would include Weather.com Financial terms weren’t disclosed. But the...
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October 28, 2015, 6:41 pm
The Domains
CENTR 3Q Report; There Are 298.4 Million Domains up 1.6%
CENTR’spublished its DomainWire Stat Report for the third quarter of 2015, covering status and trends in global top-level domains. CENTR is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries According to the report the...
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CENTR 3Q Report; There Are 298.4 Million Domains up 1.6%
CENTR’spublished its DomainWire Stat Report for the third quarter of 2015, covering status and trends in global top-level domains. CENTR is the association of European country code top-level domain (ccTLD) registries According to the report the...
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October 28, 2015, 1:58 pm
The Domains
Expired Domain Drop Catcher BackorderZone.com + 42 Domain Registrars Are for Sale
Backorderzone.com is for sale. Backorderzone.com competes with Namejet.com, Snapnames.com, Pheenix.com and DropCatch.com. Last week Namejet lowered the price of a backorder on a pending delete domain, the only type of domain names BackOrderZone.com c...
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Expired Domain Drop Catcher BackorderZone.com + 42 Domain Registrars Are for Sale
Backorderzone.com is for sale. Backorderzone.com competes with Namejet.com, Snapnames.com, Pheenix.com and DropCatch.com. Last week Namejet lowered the price of a backorder on a pending delete domain, the only type of domain names BackOrderZone.com c...
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October 27, 2015, 11:05 pm
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UDRP Filed on Gorgonzola.xyz By Owner of Gorgonzola.com
The “Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola” just filed a UDRP on the domain name Gorgonzola.xyz Gorgonzola of course is a cheese, and Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola translates to “Consortium for the Prot...
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UDRP Filed on Gorgonzola.xyz By Owner of Gorgonzola.com
The “Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola” just filed a UDRP on the domain name Gorgonzola.xyz Gorgonzola of course is a cheese, and Consorzio per la Tutela del Formaggio Gorgonzola translates to “Consortium for the Prot...
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October 27, 2015, 9:28 pm
The Domains
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.2million but the real story is 9107.com
672 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: farmfacts.com at 15,000 USD Top ccTLD: predi...
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.2million but the real story is 9107.com
672 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. 50% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: farmfacts.com at 15,000 USD Top ccTLD: predi...
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October 27, 2015, 8:26 pm
The Domains
I Spend Over 2 Hours a Day Answering Offers From China
You may have noticed I’m not blogging as much. Why? Its time to make money guys. As we all know buyers from China have been moving the domain name market for a few years, but we are now in uncharted waters. China now is making the market. US bu...
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I Spend Over 2 Hours a Day Answering Offers From China
You may have noticed I’m not blogging as much. Why? Its time to make money guys. As we all know buyers from China have been moving the domain name market for a few years, but we are now in uncharted waters. China now is making the market. US bu...
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October 27, 2015, 3:38 pm
