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Minds + Machines Wins Private Auction For Wedding Loses .Green Costing a Net of Over $2.3M
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won won the private auction for the new gTLD .Wedding and lost the auction for .Green The net cost of securing .Wedding after losing .Green was $2,321,300.00 The figure quoted includ...
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Minds + Machines Wins Private Auction For Wedding Loses .Green Costing a Net of Over $2.3M
Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (LON:TLDH) said on Tuesday it has won won the private auction for the new gTLD .Wedding and lost the auction for .Green The net cost of securing .Wedding after losing .Green was $2,321,300.00 The figure quoted includ...
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February 25, 2014, 12:43 pm

The Domains
Ga.Me Launches “Revolutionizing The Way People Play & Develop Games”
According to a press release out this morning by the .ME Registry the site Ga.ME, a product that is revolutionizing the way people play and develop games launched today. Developed by Turbulenz Limited in Guildford, UK, Ga.ME is the first unifie...
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Ga.Me Launches “Revolutionizing The Way People Play & Develop Games”
According to a press release out this morning by the .ME Registry the site Ga.ME, a product that is revolutionizing the way people play and develop games launched today. Developed by Turbulenz Limited in Guildford, UK, Ga.ME is the first unifie...
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February 25, 2014, 12:29 pm

The Domains
Mt.Gox Goes Offline, Gox.com is sold and some interesting documents show up
While reading MattVukas.com tonight Matt mentioned that there was a blogger that was posting some interesting stuff. From the article: But tonight, we may have received the final chapter of Mt. Gox’s last saga, courtesy of a Bitcoin blogger kn...
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Mt.Gox Goes Offline, Gox.com is sold and some interesting documents show up
While reading MattVukas.com tonight Matt mentioned that there was a blogger that was posting some interesting stuff. From the article: But tonight, we may have received the final chapter of Mt. Gox’s last saga, courtesy of a Bitcoin blogger kn...
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February 25, 2014, 9:13 am

The Domains
Godaddy Is Not Bringing .Sexy Back; Nor Are 9 Of The Top 10 Registrars
Tomorrow Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is launching their first 2 new gTLD extensions .Sexy and .Tattoo however if you want to register one you won’t be able to do it at Godaddy.com Godaddy.com is not carrying Uniregistry strings at the ...
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Godaddy Is Not Bringing .Sexy Back; Nor Are 9 Of The Top 10 Registrars
Tomorrow Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is launching their first 2 new gTLD extensions .Sexy and .Tattoo however if you want to register one you won’t be able to do it at Godaddy.com Godaddy.com is not carrying Uniregistry strings at the ...
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February 24, 2014, 7:54 pm

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RightoftheDot.com Resolves Contention On New gTLD .One In Single Sealed Bid Auction
RightOfTheDot™, LLC, one of the most well-known domain industry auction Internet consulting and advisement firms, announced today that they and their partner have facilitated the contention set auction of the new gTLD Web address “....
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RightoftheDot.com Resolves Contention On New gTLD .One In Single Sealed Bid Auction
RightOfTheDot™, LLC, one of the most well-known domain industry auction Internet consulting and advisement firms, announced today that they and their partner have facilitated the contention set auction of the new gTLD Web address “....
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February 24, 2014, 5:05 pm

The Domains
Web.com (Netsol & Register.com) Join Sedo’s MLS
Sedo, and Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW) a leading provider of Internet services and online marketing solutions for small businesses, today announced a partnership that will give customers access to more than 18 million premium domain names, incl...
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Web.com (Netsol & Register.com) Join Sedo’s MLS
Sedo, and Web.com Group, Inc. (Nasdaq:WWWW) a leading provider of Internet services and online marketing solutions for small businesses, today announced a partnership that will give customers access to more than 18 million premium domain names, incl...
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February 24, 2014, 2:33 pm

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DNA Grows To 30 Members adding Afilias, Neustar, Nominet, Radix & Web.com
The Domain Name Association (DNA), the global trade association for the internet domain industry, has welcomed eight new members from all over the world, bringing the total to 30. The newest members are: Afilias (Ireland) au Domain Administration Ltd...
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DNA Grows To 30 Members adding Afilias, Neustar, Nominet, Radix & Web.com
The Domain Name Association (DNA), the global trade association for the internet domain industry, has welcomed eight new members from all over the world, bringing the total to 30. The newest members are: Afilias (Ireland) au Domain Administration Ltd...
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February 24, 2014, 2:30 pm

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.co.com Sunrise Period Begins Today
co.com LLC launched its 30-day Sunrise Period for trademark holders today, at 11am Monday, February 24th During the Sunrise Period, qualified trademark holders have the first opportunity to register the exact match of their trademark, before .co.c...
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.co.com Sunrise Period Begins Today
co.com LLC launched its 30-day Sunrise Period for trademark holders today, at 11am Monday, February 24th During the Sunrise Period, qualified trademark holders have the first opportunity to register the exact match of their trademark, before .co.c...
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February 24, 2014, 2:18 pm

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Buckingham Palace Buying Up Domain Names
Emily Gosden wrote a piece for The Telegraph about Buckingham Palace buying domain names as a precautionary member. Of course the domain industry was a flutter back in July 2013 when Luc Biggs registered the domain GeorgeLouisAlexander.com. Big...
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Buckingham Palace Buying Up Domain Names
Emily Gosden wrote a piece for The Telegraph about Buckingham Palace buying domain names as a precautionary member. Of course the domain industry was a flutter back in July 2013 when Luc Biggs registered the domain GeorgeLouisAlexander.com. Big...
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February 24, 2014, 12:23 am

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Nature’s Way is unsuccessful in their attempt to gain 4 domains through UDRP
This case was well thought out by the panel imo, its the type of critical thinking that domainers and small business owners should be happy with. This was a sole panelist decision. 1. The Parties The Complainant is Nature’s Way Products, LLC of...
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Nature’s Way is unsuccessful in their attempt to gain 4 domains through UDRP
This case was well thought out by the panel imo, its the type of critical thinking that domainers and small business owners should be happy with. This was a sole panelist decision. 1. The Parties The Complainant is Nature’s Way Products, LLC of...
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February 23, 2014, 10:09 pm