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Founder of Mt. Gox To Sell BitCoins.com In HA.com Domain Auction On July 24th
The URL Bitcoins.com will hit the auction block on July 24, 2014, as Part of Heritage Auctions’ Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction. The domain name is being sold by Mark Karpeles, the controversial founder of the failed Bitcoin ex...
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Founder of Mt. Gox To Sell BitCoins.com In HA.com Domain Auction On July 24th
The URL Bitcoins.com will hit the auction block on July 24, 2014, as Part of Heritage Auctions’ Domain Names & Intellectual Property Auction. The domain name is being sold by Mark Karpeles, the controversial founder of the failed Bitcoin ex...
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July 8, 2014, 6:08 pm

The Domains
.Christmas & .Blackfriday Just Launched & The Extensions Seem To Be Very Lightly Reserved
Unregistry just launched .Christmas & .Blackfriday and the registry seems to have reserved a very small amount of domains. As usually we hunt and peck around for mostly every new extension either to register or to write about. I was actuall...
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.Christmas & .Blackfriday Just Launched & The Extensions Seem To Be Very Lightly Reserved
Unregistry just launched .Christmas & .Blackfriday and the registry seems to have reserved a very small amount of domains. As usually we hunt and peck around for mostly every new extension either to register or to write about. I was actuall...
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July 8, 2014, 4:01 pm

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Co.Com Enters “General Availability” Phase At Noon EST Today!
According to a Press Release we just received the Co.Com registry will enter the live General Availability (GA) registration phase today, Tuesday, July 8th at 16:00 GMT (12 noon EDT). The .Co.Com registry previously announced it was removing tens of ...
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Co.Com Enters “General Availability” Phase At Noon EST Today!
According to a Press Release we just received the Co.Com registry will enter the live General Availability (GA) registration phase today, Tuesday, July 8th at 16:00 GMT (12 noon EDT). The .Co.Com registry previously announced it was removing tens of ...
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July 8, 2014, 2:25 pm

The Domains
.GOP Registry/Registrar is Live At Join.GOP & Domains Are $20.16
I just checked on the .GOP registry and both the registry and registrar are operational. To register a .GOP domain name visit Join.GOP Domain names are priced at $20.16 Of course there are reserved and restricted domains but there is a form on the si...
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.GOP Registry/Registrar is Live At Join.GOP & Domains Are $20.16
I just checked on the .GOP registry and both the registry and registrar are operational. To register a .GOP domain name visit Join.GOP Domain names are priced at $20.16 Of course there are reserved and restricted domains but there is a form on the si...
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July 7, 2014, 10:37 pm

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.GOP Was Suppose To Go Live Today But You Can’t Register One
The new gTLD extension .GOP was suppose to go live today July 7th for general availability but as far as I can tell you can’t register one. The Dot GOP registry proudly announced in the Wall Street Journal back on April 23, 2014, ...
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.GOP Was Suppose To Go Live Today But You Can’t Register One
The new gTLD extension .GOP was suppose to go live today July 7th for general availability but as far as I can tell you can’t register one. The Dot GOP registry proudly announced in the Wall Street Journal back on April 23, 2014, ...
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July 7, 2014, 6:41 pm

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The Namejet .Global Domain Auction Closes In 48 Hours & Reserves Have Been Lowered
Following on the heels of the highly successful Live .Global auction held in London during ICANN where over $63,000 in .Global domain names sold, the remaining domains that didn’t sell are at auction at Namejet.com As of publication, out ...
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The Namejet .Global Domain Auction Closes In 48 Hours & Reserves Have Been Lowered
Following on the heels of the highly successful Live .Global auction held in London during ICANN where over $63,000 in .Global domain names sold, the remaining domains that didn’t sell are at auction at Namejet.com As of publication, out ...
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July 7, 2014, 5:49 pm

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ICANN Updates New gTLD Collision Auction Schedule; Here Is The New 2014 Schedule
ICANN has published an updated schedule of the ICANN Last Resort Auction for those new gTLD in Collision. ICANN will hold a Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings that had more than one ...
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ICANN Updates New gTLD Collision Auction Schedule; Here Is The New 2014 Schedule
ICANN has published an updated schedule of the ICANN Last Resort Auction for those new gTLD in Collision. ICANN will hold a Last Resort Auction for new gTLD strings that had more than one ...
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July 7, 2014, 5:27 pm

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Will This Domain Portfolio Owned By The Castello’s Be The 1st To Sell For Over $1 Billion?
Last week I received a tweet to @thedomains, asking the question: “Is any domain name portfolio worth over $1 Billion Dollars? We are about to find out.” The link in the Tweet goes to this site, which says: “The...
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Will This Domain Portfolio Owned By The Castello’s Be The 1st To Sell For Over $1 Billion?
Last week I received a tweet to @thedomains, asking the question: “Is any domain name portfolio worth over $1 Billion Dollars? We are about to find out.” The link in the Tweet goes to this site, which says: “The...
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July 7, 2014, 1:15 pm

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TMZ.com: Lil Wayne Spent $600,000 To Buy The Domain YoungMoney.com & Is In Default
According to TMZ.com, hip hop artist Lil Wayne purchased the domain name YoungMoney.com which matches the name of his record label which has signed artists like Drake and Nicki Minaj for $600,000 in 2011. In a lawsuit filed by the compa...
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TMZ.com: Lil Wayne Spent $600,000 To Buy The Domain YoungMoney.com & Is In Default
According to TMZ.com, hip hop artist Lil Wayne purchased the domain name YoungMoney.com which matches the name of his record label which has signed artists like Drake and Nicki Minaj for $600,000 in 2011. In a lawsuit filed by the compa...
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July 7, 2014, 12:10 pm

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Napster.FM Hit With a UDRP by Rhapsody
A name from the past is back in the news, this time the second coming of Napster located at Napster.Fm was hit with a UDRP by online subscription service Rhapsody International, Inc. Rhapsody owns Napster.com and purchased the company a few years bac...
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Napster.FM Hit With a UDRP by Rhapsody
A name from the past is back in the news, this time the second coming of Napster located at Napster.Fm was hit with a UDRP by online subscription service Rhapsody International, Inc. Rhapsody owns Napster.com and purchased the company a few years bac...
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July 7, 2014, 10:29 am