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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Top 900,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD new domain extension to have topped 900,000 registrations. According to new ntldstats.com .XYZ has 900,739, domain registered. There are only 6 new gTLD extension to have broken the six figure mark (excluding the ID...
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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Top 900,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD new domain extension to have topped 900,000 registrations. According to new ntldstats.com .XYZ has 900,739, domain registered. There are only 6 new gTLD extension to have broken the six figure mark (excluding the ID...
Discussion
May 2, 2015, 4:18 pm
The Domains
Why Namecoin never took off
Namecoin has been an idea that has got some press in the past but never really totally caught on. The idea of a decentralized DNS system, kind of like domain names working on the same premise as Bitcoin. Coin Telegraph sat down with Michael Dean one ...
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Why Namecoin never took off
Namecoin has been an idea that has got some press in the past but never really totally caught on. The idea of a decentralized DNS system, kind of like domain names working on the same premise as Bitcoin. Coin Telegraph sat down with Michael Dean one ...
Discussion
May 2, 2015, 10:15 am
The Domains
Marksmen and Com Laude, Launch MCL Domains To Be Based In Seattle
Marksmen and Com Laude, announce the launch of MCL Domains “offering efficient, reliable corporate domain name management services for North America. MCL Domains opens for business this week at the 2015 International Trademark Association&rsquo...
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Marksmen and Com Laude, Launch MCL Domains To Be Based In Seattle
Marksmen and Com Laude, announce the launch of MCL Domains “offering efficient, reliable corporate domain name management services for North America. MCL Domains opens for business this week at the 2015 International Trademark Association&rsquo...
Discussion
May 1, 2015, 2:42 pm
The Domains
HolidayRentals.com Saved In UDRP For The 2nd Time
HomeAway, Inc. of Austin, Texas lost its bid to grab the generic domain name holidayrentals.com in a UDRP. The domain name HolidayRentals.com was saved in a UDRP back in 2002. The domain holder Timothy Hall of the United Kingdom was represented by UD...
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HolidayRentals.com Saved In UDRP For The 2nd Time
HomeAway, Inc. of Austin, Texas lost its bid to grab the generic domain name holidayrentals.com in a UDRP. The domain name HolidayRentals.com was saved in a UDRP back in 2002. The domain holder Timothy Hall of the United Kingdom was represented by UD...
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May 1, 2015, 1:19 pm
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Bitcoin Exchange PSCoin.com ReBrands to LZF.com
According to CryptoCoinsNews.com (CCN), Bitcoin exchange PSCoin.com is re-branding to LZF.com. “The Co-founder of PS Coin Daniel Pusateri told CCN that LZF.com stands for Laissez Faire, which means the free market, a market without government i...
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Bitcoin Exchange PSCoin.com ReBrands to LZF.com
According to CryptoCoinsNews.com (CCN), Bitcoin exchange PSCoin.com is re-branding to LZF.com. “The Co-founder of PS Coin Daniel Pusateri told CCN that LZF.com stands for Laissez Faire, which means the free market, a market without government i...
Discussion
May 1, 2015, 12:35 pm
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RightoftheDot.com Gets Godaddy Its Stock Ticker Symbol; GDDY.com Before It Went Public
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), announced today it has bought the domain name GDDY.com through RightoftheDot.com who bought the domain name on behalf of Godaddy before it went public. When visited, GDDY.com takes individuals to GoDaddy’s Inves...
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RightoftheDot.com Gets Godaddy Its Stock Ticker Symbol; GDDY.com Before It Went Public
GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), announced today it has bought the domain name GDDY.com through RightoftheDot.com who bought the domain name on behalf of Godaddy before it went public. When visited, GDDY.com takes individuals to GoDaddy’s Inves...
Discussion
May 1, 2015, 2:59 am
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Will Microsoft Buy Edge.com and Will They File A UDRP on MicrosoftEdge.com ?
Microsoft has a new browser that they are calling Microsoft Edge, Mike was talking with me and wondered aloud if they would go after Edge.com ? Three years ago there was an existing business on Chrome.com and Google decided to make them an offer and ...
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Will Microsoft Buy Edge.com and Will They File A UDRP on MicrosoftEdge.com ?
Microsoft has a new browser that they are calling Microsoft Edge, Mike was talking with me and wondered aloud if they would go after Edge.com ? Three years ago there was an existing business on Chrome.com and Google decided to make them an offer and ...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 11:26 pm
The Domains
ICM Just Made $1.2 Million On Sunrise Registrations For A $370K Investment
The ICM registry, which is the operator of .XXX, announced a short time ago that their two new extensions .porn and .adult each got around 4,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was opened to trademark holders. The wholesale cost for e...
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ICM Just Made $1.2 Million On Sunrise Registrations For A $370K Investment
The ICM registry, which is the operator of .XXX, announced a short time ago that their two new extensions .porn and .adult each got around 4,000 registrations in the Sunrise Period which was opened to trademark holders. The wholesale cost for e...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 8:35 pm
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each: 10X+ More Than Any Average
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows t...
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Record Breaking: .Porn and .Adult Gets Around 4K Sunrise Registrations Each: 10X+ More Than Any Average
ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX, .PORN, and .ADULT top-level domains (TLDs), announces the close of its .PORN and .ADULT Sunrise periods today with record setting numbers for new gTLD’s The Sunrise periods, which allows t...
Discussion
April 30, 2015, 7:38 pm
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.Me Passes 800K Registrations
The .Me Registry announced today that they passed the 800,000 mark in the number of registered domain names. If .Me was a new gTLD and not a ccTLD it would be the 2nd most registered, however they have not offered to my knowledge free domain names at...
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.Me Passes 800K Registrations
The .Me Registry announced today that they passed the 800,000 mark in the number of registered domain names. If .Me was a new gTLD and not a ccTLD it would be the 2nd most registered, however they have not offered to my knowledge free domain names at...
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April 30, 2015, 7:13 pm
