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Health.Org Tops $141,000 In Bidding In Expired Domain GoDaddy.com Auction
.Health.org is in an expired domain name auction at GoDaddy.com and bidding has topped $141,000 with over 9 days to go. According to the stats shown on the GoDaddy auction page, the 22 year old domain is estimated to get almost 7,000 visitors a month...
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Health.Org Tops $141,000 In Bidding In Expired Domain GoDaddy.com Auction
.Health.org is in an expired domain name auction at GoDaddy.com and bidding has topped $141,000 with over 9 days to go. According to the stats shown on the GoDaddy auction page, the 22 year old domain is estimated to get almost 7,000 visitors a month...
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October 12, 2015, 12:24 pm
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New Domain Extension .Cloud Announces 1st Three Pioneers: Sets Out Launch Dates
The new domain name extension .cloud, announced today over the coming weeks, more than 30 Pioneers will begin using .cloud domains starting with ScreenCloud, a London-founded SaaS company, which is “creating powerful, easy-to-use products to he...
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New Domain Extension .Cloud Announces 1st Three Pioneers: Sets Out Launch Dates
The new domain name extension .cloud, announced today over the coming weeks, more than 30 Pioneers will begin using .cloud domains starting with ScreenCloud, a London-founded SaaS company, which is “creating powerful, easy-to-use products to he...
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October 12, 2015, 12:01 pm
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Godaddy .Miami Auctions Hit The 4 Figures
.Miami went live for General Availability (GA), where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis, on October 2nd. .Miami did not have a landrush or an Early Access Program (EAP) .Miami is being managed on behalf of the city of Miami...
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Godaddy .Miami Auctions Hit The 4 Figures
.Miami went live for General Availability (GA), where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis, on October 2nd. .Miami did not have a landrush or an Early Access Program (EAP) .Miami is being managed on behalf of the city of Miami...
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October 11, 2015, 3:27 pm
The Domains
Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
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Better Pay Attention As ICANN Opens Up Comment Period For Changes To UDRP & URS
ICANN has opened the comment period Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPM) implemented for both existing and new gTLDs, including but not limited to the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) and the Uniform Rapid Suspension System (URS). T...
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October 10, 2015, 3:06 pm
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.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
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.NYC Gets Around 650 Domain Registrations Out Of 16k+ On The ICANN Collision List
.NYC celebrated its one year anniversary yesterday by releasing over 16,000 domain names which were previously unavailable due to being placed on the ICANN collision list. We ran the list through a whois program earlier today and according to the res...
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October 9, 2015, 9:54 pm
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Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
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Amazon Registry Appears To Be Off To A Rough Start
We wrote a couple of weeks ago about Amazon launching Amazonregistry.com as a domain name registrar for at least the new gTLD’s At the time the site resolved but was not taking any registrations. But since at least yesterday the site is returni...
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October 9, 2015, 6:39 pm
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Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
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Company Re-Brands From .Com To .XYZ Purchased For $5,700
A company which re-branded to a .Com in March, from a .Org, has purchased an .XYZ domain name from a domainer and re-branded to an .XYZ domain name. According to its site, “Engage, is a division of INHS, is one of the largest MEDITECH ho...
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October 9, 2015, 4:44 pm
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Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
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Domain Holdings Brokers The Domain Adopting.com For $125,000
DomainHoldings.com has brokered the domain name Adopting.com for $125,000 according to a blog post. The purchaser of the domain name is Adoptimist.com. The blog post gives a few details on the negotiation and sale. The post also says: On...
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October 9, 2015, 1:50 pm
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Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
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Frank Schilling (FTS, Corp) Now Owns 5.5% Of Rightside
According to a SEC filing (Schedule 13D), a corporation out of the Cayman Islands FTS, Corp (FTS) now owns over 5.5% of the outstanding shares of publicly traded Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq: NAME). FTS is the initials of Frank Schilling and the for...
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October 8, 2015, 9:15 pm
The Domains
.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
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.NYC One Year Anniversary Is Today; Collision List Drops & City Issues Updated Stats
To mark the one-year anniversary of .nyc, the City of New York published the latest statistics on the state of the .nyc domain name. The ICANN Collision list for .NYC is being released today for registration today as well. It will be interesting to s...
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October 8, 2015, 5:07 pm
