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.Co names seems to be back up and running just fine
Dot Co was having some problems yesterday it was affecting some Twitter links. The Next Web reported on the issue with the .co extension which now seems to have gotten fixed. If you are still having a problem, they posted Update: Some are report...
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.Co names seems to be back up and running just fine
Dot Co was having some problems yesterday it was affecting some Twitter links. The Next Web reported on the issue with the .co extension which now seems to have gotten fixed. If you are still having a problem, they posted Update: Some are report...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 8:58 pm
The Domains
ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging” Domains”
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds&rdqu...
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ICANN CEO Fadi Bites The Hand That Feeds It Calling out Those “Hogging” Domains”
Fadi Chehade, CEO of ICANN, in a story published by the HuffingtonPost.com, which also contains a video interview with Fadi at World Economic Forum in Davos, explaining how we “went from twenty-something” top domain names to hundreds&rdqu...
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January 25, 2015, 2:08 pm
The Domains
Donuts Wins The Rights To Operate The New gTLD .Cafe Beating Out Co. That Runs .Bar/.Rest
Donuts has picked up another new gTLD extension winning the rights to .Cafe, beating out Punto 2012 the registry that runs .Bar and .Rest. The new gTLD string .Cafe was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort auction later this Month. Other new gTLD...
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Donuts Wins The Rights To Operate The New gTLD .Cafe Beating Out Co. That Runs .Bar/.Rest
Donuts has picked up another new gTLD extension winning the rights to .Cafe, beating out Punto 2012 the registry that runs .Bar and .Rest. The new gTLD string .Cafe was scheduled to go to the ICANN Last Resort auction later this Month. Other new gTLD...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 12:44 pm
The Domains
NameJet Sells 941 domains for $5,984,520 – Liu.com led the way at $155,688
NameJet sold close to 1000 domains at $2,000 or more (941) in 2014, these sales totaled $5,984,520 USD. 41 LLL.coms sold on the list, with the top sale being the overall top sale Liu.com at $155,688. 6 Numeric domains made the list led by 472.com at ...
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NameJet Sells 941 domains for $5,984,520 – Liu.com led the way at $155,688
NameJet sold close to 1000 domains at $2,000 or more (941) in 2014, these sales totaled $5,984,520 USD. 41 LLL.coms sold on the list, with the top sale being the overall top sale Liu.com at $155,688. 6 Numeric domains made the list led by 472.com at ...
Discussion
January 25, 2015, 8:21 am
The Domains
Jeff Dunham’s New Wife is Suing His Old Wife Over Domain Names
Here is one you don’t see everyday Jeff Dunham the famous ventriloquist who shows up every other weekend on Comedy Central in three hour blocks of programming, has an interesting situation going on in real life. It seems that the ex-wife of Mr....
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Jeff Dunham’s New Wife is Suing His Old Wife Over Domain Names
Here is one you don’t see everyday Jeff Dunham the famous ventriloquist who shows up every other weekend on Comedy Central in three hour blocks of programming, has an interesting situation going on in real life. It seems that the ex-wife of Mr....
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 10:04 pm
The Domains
Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
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Afilias Wins The .Bet new gTLD Beating Donuts, Famous Four & UK Gambling Co. Ladbrokes
The new gTLD .Bet has been settled in what we can only guess was a private auction won by Afilias. Afilias won the rights to operate the new Top Level Domain beating out two big portfolio applicants Donuts and Famous Four Media as well as Ladbrokes a...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 7:53 pm
The Domains
Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
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Flippa Weekly Sales led by Coolant.com at $8,500
Flippa released its sales from the past week, Coolant.com led the list at $8,500. The name was listed as exclusive to Flippa and sold at the buy it now. In new gtld sales, there was a package of 3 one letter .domains sold. A.domains,M.domains and U.d...
Discussion
January 24, 2015, 10:11 am
The Domains
.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
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.Global Registry Offering A $25 Cash Back Rebate, But just for 8 Days
The .Global new gTLD registry just launched a cash back program to give people who register 10 or more .Global Domain names a cash back bonus of $25 per domain. “This is a limited time offer only available between Friday 23th of January and Sat...
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January 23, 2015, 5:45 pm
The Domains
Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
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Verisign Reports 3Q 2014 Closed With 284 Million Domains Up 6.8%
Verisign issued its Domain Name Industry Brief for the Third Quarter of 2014. The third quarter of 2014 closed with a base of 284 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of four million domain names, or 1.6%...
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January 22, 2015, 9:37 pm
The Domains
Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
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Trademark Clearinghouse Releases New Numbers: 34,400 Trademarks Registered
The Trademark Clearinghouse release some new numbers today. There are now 34,400 trademark submitted to the trademark clearinghouse. Just over 50% were submitted for more than one year for a total of almost 86,000 trademark years. Over 128,000 claim ...
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January 22, 2015, 8:28 pm
