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Client of Mark Monitor’s Buys iPick.com From Vertical Axis
A client of Brand protection company Mark Monitor has purchased the highly brandable domain name iPick.com from Vertical Axis. The domain name was transferred over to brand protection company MarkMoniktor.com today. The domain name was owned by Verti...
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Client of Mark Monitor’s Buys iPick.com From Vertical Axis
A client of Brand protection company Mark Monitor has purchased the highly brandable domain name iPick.com from Vertical Axis. The domain name was transferred over to brand protection company MarkMoniktor.com today. The domain name was owned by Verti...
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August 16, 2014, 3:34 pm
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IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure in the case of DotConnect Africa Trust vs ICANN
IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the application from DCA with regards to the .Africa ext...
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IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure in the case of DotConnect Africa Trust vs ICANN
IRP Panel’s Declaration of the IRP Procedure was released on August 14, dealing with the matter between DotConnectAfrica Trust (DCA) and ICANN. In June of 2013 ICANN decided not to accept the application from DCA with regards to the .Africa ext...
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August 16, 2014, 12:08 pm
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Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”
Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the letter: Subject: I Want To Buy. Please Guide Me. Hello, Read this email very carefully. This is...
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Google’s Response to Negative SEO Extortion “No Bueno”
Barry Schwartz wrote an article on Search Engine Land yesterday on Negative SEO extortion, and the Google response to these letters. First off here is the letter: Subject: I Want To Buy. Please Guide Me. Hello, Read this email very carefully. This is...
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August 15, 2014, 7:27 pm
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Ha.com Last Auction Now Over $800K in Sales & Post Auction Ends August 25th
We just got an email from Heritage Auction and to date their last domain auction has produced around $800,000 in sales so far. The post-auction offers end in 9 days on August 25th. The entire list is here: http://domains.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Ns...
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Ha.com Last Auction Now Over $800K in Sales & Post Auction Ends August 25th
We just got an email from Heritage Auction and to date their last domain auction has produced around $800,000 in sales so far. The post-auction offers end in 9 days on August 25th. The entire list is here: http://domains.ha.com/c/search-results.zx?Ns...
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August 15, 2014, 6:07 pm
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Another Previously Unreported Sale; Peep.com
It appears the domain name Peep.com changed hand this year. The domain name that has been owned under privacy for many years, moved to Godaddy.com in May. The domain has been a parked page for many years as well but as you can see from the screenshot...
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Another Previously Unreported Sale; Peep.com
It appears the domain name Peep.com changed hand this year. The domain name that has been owned under privacy for many years, moved to Godaddy.com in May. The domain has been a parked page for many years as well but as you can see from the screenshot...
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August 15, 2014, 3:35 pm
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Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & It Maybe Rick Schwartz Last He Will Produce
Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference that will be held October 30th- November 2nd in Miami Beach. Over the years I have be...
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Big Changes To TRAFFIC & Awards: Escrow.com To Count Votes & It Maybe Rick Schwartz Last He Will Produce
Some big changes are coming to the TRAFFIC and the TRAFFIC awards. The TRAFFIC awards for 2014 will be handed out during TRAFFIC’s 10th anniversary conference that will be held October 30th- November 2nd in Miami Beach. Over the years I have be...
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August 15, 2014, 1:56 pm
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Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
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Godaddy: Radix Landrush Fees Are Fully Refundable & Always Were
I got a message from Godaddy today in response to my story of a few days ago, that they were charging a non-refundable $160 application Landrush fee for the Radix new gTLD which start with .Press, .Website, .Host. Godaddy wrote me today and sa...
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August 14, 2014, 10:00 pm
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Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
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Sued Yesterday As Part of BestRegistrar, Jeff Smith Is Also Applicant For New gTLD .Shop
Yesterday we reported that Simon Property Group (SPG) sued domain name registrar BestRegistrar along with a few alleged resellers and its principals individually including a Jeff Smith to “recover control of approximately 5,000 Internet domain ...
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August 14, 2014, 4:34 pm
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German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de
TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service also based in Germany. “The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed ...
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German Company Now Has $1 Billion Valuation After Acquiring Pizza.de
TechCrunch.com is reporting that the German food delivery service Delivery Hero announced today that it has acquired Pizza.de, another food delivery service also based in Germany. “The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed ...
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August 14, 2014, 1:44 pm
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Group On’s ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As ideel.com
ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel.com back in June from a domain holder in France in a sale that has not been previously repor...
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Group On’s ideeli, Acquires & Rebrands As ideel.com
ideeli, the online retailer, announced today it has acquired the domain name and rebranded itself to ideel.com The company recently acquired the domain ideel.com back in June from a domain holder in France in a sale that has not been previously repor...
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August 14, 2014, 1:36 pm
