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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143
Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered durin...
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .Space 1,784; .Band 776: .Rip 348; .How 250; .Ryukyu 143
Five new gTLD’s had their first day of general availability yesterday. Here the total number of domain registrations after the first day. These total all domains registered in Sunrise by trademark holders as well as any domains registered durin...
Discussion
January 29, 2015, 2:39 pm
The Domains
Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do you have an extra $31,000 lying around to pay for it ?
Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is ...
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Want Your Baby To Have A Unique Name ? Do you have an extra $31,000 lying around to pay for it ?
Huffington Post did a story on Erfolgwelle a firm that focuses on giving your baby a unique name. They do all this for $31,000. The article lays out the process and who they bring to the table as far as their staff. From the article: Erfolgswelle is ...
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January 29, 2015, 9:11 am
The Domains
Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co
Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yeste...
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Good.com Files Federal Lawsuit For Trademark Infringement Against Good.co
Good Technology Corporation and Good Technology Software, Inc. (collectively, “Good”) which operates Good.com, filed a federal lawsuit against Good.Co, Inc. in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California yeste...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 3:41 pm
The Domains
Estibot Values RightoftheDot.com Extended Namescon Auction At Over $13 Million Dollars
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference is ongoing on Snapnames.com and ends on February 5th which is a week from tomorrow. I ran the list of the domain names included in the extended auction through Estibot and the total ...
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Estibot Values RightoftheDot.com Extended Namescon Auction At Over $13 Million Dollars
The RightoftheDot.com extended auction from the Namescon conference is ongoing on Snapnames.com and ends on February 5th which is a week from tomorrow. I ran the list of the domain names included in the extended auction through Estibot and the total ...
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January 28, 2015, 2:39 pm
The Domains
Vanity.com Loses Bid To Grab VanityShops.com from Vertical Axis
Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it’s owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari G...
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Vanity.com Loses Bid To Grab VanityShops.com from Vertical Axis
Vanity Shop which just acquired the domain name Vanity.com last year after another UDRP and a federal lawsuit of its own, just lost its bid to grab the domain name vanityshop.com from it’s owner Vertical Axis Inc. which was represented by Ari G...
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January 28, 2015, 2:26 pm
The Domains
.Global Puts Up Site With Over 3,500 Domains/ Many Previous Premiums Available For Registration
The .Global registry has put up a site to highlight over 3,500 domain names that are available for immediate registration many of which were formally on the reserved/restricted list. Domain names registered through January 31st are also eligible for ...
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.Global Puts Up Site With Over 3,500 Domains/ Many Previous Premiums Available For Registration
The .Global registry has put up a site to highlight over 3,500 domain names that are available for immediate registration many of which were formally on the reserved/restricted list. Domain names registered through January 31st are also eligible for ...
Discussion
January 28, 2015, 1:19 pm
The Domains
The Outrage Works: Godaddy Follows Our Advice & Pulls The #Godaddypuppy Super Bowl Ad
It was just 8 hours ago when we posted the Godaddy Super Bowl Ad known as the #Godaddypuppy which went tragically wrong. Now the CEO of Godaddy has given in to the overwhelming condemnation of the ad and announced the commercial will not air during t...
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The Outrage Works: Godaddy Follows Our Advice & Pulls The #Godaddypuppy Super Bowl Ad
It was just 8 hours ago when we posted the Godaddy Super Bowl Ad known as the #Godaddypuppy which went tragically wrong. Now the CEO of Godaddy has given in to the overwhelming condemnation of the ad and announced the commercial will not air during t...
Discussion
January 27, 2015, 10:26 pm
The Domains
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million, Led By One of Ours SuperSeats.com For $48,888
559 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS last week totaling $1.2 Million Dollars All sales this week were led by one of our domain names, SuperSeats.com which sold for $48,888 53% of total sales were the result of...
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million, Led By One of Ours SuperSeats.com For $48,888
559 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS last week totaling $1.2 Million Dollars All sales this week were led by one of our domain names, SuperSeats.com which sold for $48,888 53% of total sales were the result of...
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January 27, 2015, 9:15 pm
The Domains
TechCrunch Covers TheDrop.Club: By Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan
Techcrunch.com just covered TheDrop.club, what they describe as a “Digg/Reddit/Hacker News/Product Hunt for electronic dance music” The site is Thedrop.club and “Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator partner Justin Kan told TechCr...
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TechCrunch Covers TheDrop.Club: By Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator Partner Justin Kan
Techcrunch.com just covered TheDrop.club, what they describe as a “Digg/Reddit/Hacker News/Product Hunt for electronic dance music” The site is Thedrop.club and “Twitch/Exec co-founder and Y Combinator partner Justin Kan told TechCr...
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January 27, 2015, 7:36 pm
The Domains
Namecheap.com Jumps On #GodaddyPuppy Outrage With PUPPYLOVE $3.98 Transfer w/$1.50 To Human Society
Namecheap.com has jumped on the outrage from Godaddy’s Super Bowl commercial and is offering a $3.98 special using the transfer code of PUPPYLOVE to anyone to transfer in any .com, .net .org or .info and Namecheap will contribute $1.50 to...
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Namecheap.com Jumps On #GodaddyPuppy Outrage With PUPPYLOVE $3.98 Transfer w/$1.50 To Human Society
Namecheap.com has jumped on the outrage from Godaddy’s Super Bowl commercial and is offering a $3.98 special using the transfer code of PUPPYLOVE to anyone to transfer in any .com, .net .org or .info and Namecheap will contribute $1.50 to...
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January 27, 2015, 6:47 pm
