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NetNames: .New gTLD’s Will Overtake .Com/.Net Registrations By 2020
According to NetNames‘ Internet 2020 report, 92% of large companies in the US, Britain, France and Germany are planning to invest in new domain names (new gTLD’s) over the next three years, and 46% say they already have begun to invest in...
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NetNames: .New gTLD’s Will Overtake .Com/.Net Registrations By 2020
According to NetNames‘ Internet 2020 report, 92% of large companies in the US, Britain, France and Germany are planning to invest in new domain names (new gTLD’s) over the next three years, and 46% say they already have begun to invest in...
Discussion
June 23, 2014, 11:12 am
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Bitcoin Stock Winners
Money Morning put out an article on who they see as likely winners in the market as relates to Bitcoin. Among their Bitcoin stock winners are companies such as Overstock.com and Tiger Direct. These were a couple of the early movers when it comes to a...
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Bitcoin Stock Winners
Money Morning put out an article on who they see as likely winners in the market as relates to Bitcoin. Among their Bitcoin stock winners are companies such as Overstock.com and Tiger Direct. These were a couple of the early movers when it comes to a...
Discussion
June 23, 2014, 10:30 am
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Only 20% of Vietnames Businesses Have Registered A Domain Name
Only 20% of Vietnamese businesses have registered domain names. There is an article out on how domain names are traded in Vietnam without any actual legal guidelines for the domain trading business. Domain names are traded in Vietnam, even though the...
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Only 20% of Vietnames Businesses Have Registered A Domain Name
Only 20% of Vietnamese businesses have registered domain names. There is an article out on how domain names are traded in Vietnam without any actual legal guidelines for the domain trading business. Domain names are traded in Vietnam, even though the...
Discussion
June 23, 2014, 9:29 am
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One Product On Earth, Wine
I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD progr...
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One Product On Earth, Wine
I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD progr...
Discussion
June 22, 2014, 7:17 pm
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Go Daddy Now Carrying $1.5billion in debt
Jeff Bailey wrote a good piece on Seeking Alpha about the upcoming Go Daddy IPO. This article is worth reading for those contemplating investing in Go Daddy. Bailey does a good job at looking at the metrics Go Daddy uses and a look at their past fina...
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Go Daddy Now Carrying $1.5billion in debt
Jeff Bailey wrote a good piece on Seeking Alpha about the upcoming Go Daddy IPO. This article is worth reading for those contemplating investing in Go Daddy. Bailey does a good job at looking at the metrics Go Daddy uses and a look at their past fina...
Discussion
June 21, 2014, 7:01 pm
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Namejet.com’s .Global Live Auction Closes Tommorow & 50% Of The Domains Have Bids
Namejet.com’s pre-bidding for the Live ICANN .Global Auction ends tomorrow Sunday June 22nd at 11pm EST and as of publication 50% of the domain names have bids. The live auction will be held on Tuesday in London during the ICANN 50 meetin...
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Namejet.com’s .Global Live Auction Closes Tommorow & 50% Of The Domains Have Bids
Namejet.com’s pre-bidding for the Live ICANN .Global Auction ends tomorrow Sunday June 22nd at 11pm EST and as of publication 50% of the domain names have bids. The live auction will be held on Tuesday in London during the ICANN 50 meetin...
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June 21, 2014, 2:24 pm
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT
I shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United Sta...
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT
I shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United Sta...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 6:00 pm
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap
Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though ...
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap
Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though ...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 5:31 pm
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted
I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” d...
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted
I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” d...
Discussion
June 20, 2014, 3:06 pm
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br A...
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br
Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br A...
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June 20, 2014, 2:29 pm
