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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Pass 250,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD to pass 250,000 registrations. The official count according to ntldstats.com, 250,731 domain names. Of that amount 217, 752. are registered at Network Solutions representing over 86% of all registrations. As we alwa...
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.XYZ Becomes 1st New gTLD To Pass 250,000 Registrations
.XYZ has become the first new gTLD to pass 250,000 registrations. The official count according to ntldstats.com, 250,731 domain names. Of that amount 217, 752. are registered at Network Solutions representing over 86% of all registrations. As we alwa...
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July 3, 2014, 3:56 pm
The Domains
Another Poor 1st Day For This Weeks New gTLDs: .Vision 905; .Report 845; .Fish 542
Three new gTLD’s went into their first day of general availability yesterday and it was another underwhelming week. The totals include Sunrise registration and those domains registered in the Early Access Program .Vision 905 .Report 845 .Fish 5...
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Another Poor 1st Day For This Weeks New gTLDs: .Vision 905; .Report 845; .Fish 542
Three new gTLD’s went into their first day of general availability yesterday and it was another underwhelming week. The totals include Sunrise registration and those domains registered in the Early Access Program .Vision 905 .Report 845 .Fish 5...
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July 3, 2014, 1:34 pm
The Domains
Silicon Valley VC is the sole Winner of Government Bitcoin Auction
Last week the U.S. government held an auction for 30,000 bitcoins that were previously seized. Reuters is reporting that Tim Draper a well known Silicon Valley VC purchased the coins. In the article Draper noted that he saw the auction as a sign that...
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Silicon Valley VC is the sole Winner of Government Bitcoin Auction
Last week the U.S. government held an auction for 30,000 bitcoins that were previously seized. Reuters is reporting that Tim Draper a well known Silicon Valley VC purchased the coins. In the article Draper noted that he saw the auction as a sign that...
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July 3, 2014, 7:34 am
The Domains
Owner Of Ruraliving.com A $7 Billion Company Loses UDRP On RuralLiving.com
AgStar Financial Services, ACA (“Complainant”), just lost its bid to grab the domain name RuralLiving.com from Ashantiplc Ltd, who was represented by John Berryhill, Esq. , who also in full disclosure represents our company in UDRP ...
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Owner Of Ruraliving.com A $7 Billion Company Loses UDRP On RuralLiving.com
AgStar Financial Services, ACA (“Complainant”), just lost its bid to grab the domain name RuralLiving.com from Ashantiplc Ltd, who was represented by John Berryhill, Esq. , who also in full disclosure represents our company in UDRP ...
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July 2, 2014, 11:01 pm
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“Creator Of Bitcoin Protocol” Domain Name Satoshi.com Sells On Sedo.com For $75,000
According to wikipedia.org, Satoshi Nakamoto is a person or group of people who created the Bitcoin protocol and reference software, Bitcoin Core. In 2008, Nakamoto published a paper on The Cryptography Mailing list at metzdowd.com describing the Bit...
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“Creator Of Bitcoin Protocol” Domain Name Satoshi.com Sells On Sedo.com For $75,000
According to wikipedia.org, Satoshi Nakamoto is a person or group of people who created the Bitcoin protocol and reference software, Bitcoin Core. In 2008, Nakamoto published a paper on The Cryptography Mailing list at metzdowd.com describing the Bit...
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July 2, 2014, 4:34 pm
The Domains
USPTO Grants Two Patents On DNS including “Systems & Methods for Providing DNS Services”
Two Patents were granted yesterday by the USPTO on DNS Nominum, Inc received a patent on Systems and methods for providing DNS services A system for providing a Domain Name System (DNS) service may include providing an agent for installation on a sub...
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USPTO Grants Two Patents On DNS including “Systems & Methods for Providing DNS Services”
Two Patents were granted yesterday by the USPTO on DNS Nominum, Inc received a patent on Systems and methods for providing DNS services A system for providing a Domain Name System (DNS) service may include providing an agent for installation on a sub...
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July 2, 2014, 1:39 pm
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UGN.com Under Same Ownership For 10+ Years Hit With UDRP
The three letter domain name UGN.com which appears to have been owned or under the control of Boca Database Services, Inc since at least 2004, has been hit with a UDRP. The domain name is not resolving. The last entry that Screenshots.com has f...
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UGN.com Under Same Ownership For 10+ Years Hit With UDRP
The three letter domain name UGN.com which appears to have been owned or under the control of Boca Database Services, Inc since at least 2004, has been hit with a UDRP. The domain name is not resolving. The last entry that Screenshots.com has f...
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July 2, 2014, 1:17 pm
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TechCrunch.com Wins Rights To The The Hack Domain TechCrun.ch in UDRP
A one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name hack of Techcrun.ch to the publisher of Techcrunch.com which also owns the domain name TechCrunch.ch For those that don’t know a domain hack is where a registrant uses a domain extension, typ...
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TechCrunch.com Wins Rights To The The Hack Domain TechCrun.ch in UDRP
A one member UDRP panel just awarded the domain name hack of Techcrun.ch to the publisher of Techcrunch.com which also owns the domain name TechCrunch.ch For those that don’t know a domain hack is where a registrant uses a domain extension, typ...
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July 2, 2014, 12:50 pm
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WSJ.com Covers New gTLD Domain Extensions Highlighting .Global: “We Spent $10M”
WSJ.com Live Covered the new gTLD domain name program today on WSJ Live and the star of the 3 minute segment was .Global The segment was entitled Bye ‘Dot Com,’ 1300 New Domains Blowing You Away. “You know &lsqu...
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WSJ.com Covers New gTLD Domain Extensions Highlighting .Global: “We Spent $10M”
WSJ.com Live Covered the new gTLD domain name program today on WSJ Live and the star of the 3 minute segment was .Global The segment was entitled Bye ‘Dot Com,’ 1300 New Domains Blowing You Away. “You know &lsqu...
Discussion
July 2, 2014, 12:25 pm
The Domains
Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $2.3MM For The Week
Over the past week, 614 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.3MM. 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: mm.com at 1.2MM USD · Top...
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Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $2.3MM For The Week
Over the past week, 614 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.3MM. 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: mm.com at 1.2MM USD · Top...
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July 1, 2014, 8:21 pm
