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Domainer Gets Really Lucky With Lucky7.com As ABC Rolls Out Contest On ABCLucky7.com
A domainer seems to have gotten really lucky with the domain name Lucky7.com Not only is ABC rolling out a new television show by the same name but its running a contest which is is heavily promoting on the domain name ABCLucky7.com which premeirs on...
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Domainer Gets Really Lucky With Lucky7.com As ABC Rolls Out Contest On ABCLucky7.com
A domainer seems to have gotten really lucky with the domain name Lucky7.com Not only is ABC rolling out a new television show by the same name but its running a contest which is is heavily promoting on the domain name ABCLucky7.com which premeirs on...
Discussion
September 22, 2013, 7:13 pm
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PetSitters.com Closes At Record Auction For Pheenix.com $23,383 & Escrow.com Is Down
A couple of of items today to report on in the domain name space. Back catcher Pheenix.com which recently went to an auction system for multiple back orders just closed its highest auction ever with the sale of PetSitters.com which closed at $23,383....
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PetSitters.com Closes At Record Auction For Pheenix.com $23,383 & Escrow.com Is Down
A couple of of items today to report on in the domain name space. Back catcher Pheenix.com which recently went to an auction system for multiple back orders just closed its highest auction ever with the sale of PetSitters.com which closed at $23,383....
Discussion
September 22, 2013, 3:12 pm
The Domains
Paris Opens Up Founders/Pioneer Program For 1st 100 .Paris Domain Names
The City of Paris opening up a submission period to allocate the first 100 .Paris new gTLD domain names. The city is opening two “Calls for Proposals” for the purpose of selecting the first domain names under “.paris” to...
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Paris Opens Up Founders/Pioneer Program For 1st 100 .Paris Domain Names
The City of Paris opening up a submission period to allocate the first 100 .Paris new gTLD domain names. The city is opening two “Calls for Proposals” for the purpose of selecting the first domain names under “.paris” to...
Discussion
September 22, 2013, 11:25 am
The Domains
CADNA: Costs Of Defensive New gTLD Registrations To Be Double The Total Cost Of All .Com Registrations
As pointed out by the Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has launched another offensive at the new gTLD program teaming up with the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) to launch...
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CADNA: Costs Of Defensive New gTLD Registrations To Be Double The Total Cost Of All .Com Registrations
As pointed out by the Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) The Coalition Against Domain Name Abuse (CADNA) has launched another offensive at the new gTLD program teaming up with the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB) to launch...
Discussion
September 21, 2013, 2:43 pm
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NameCheap.com Files 4 UDRP’s Against 7 Domains
NameCheap.com filed four separate UDRP today with the National Arbitration Forum for a bunch of typo’s The first case involves three typo domain names: namechea.com naecheap.com nameceap.com The 2nd case filed by NameCheap.com involves two typo...
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NameCheap.com Files 4 UDRP’s Against 7 Domains
NameCheap.com filed four separate UDRP today with the National Arbitration Forum for a bunch of typo’s The first case involves three typo domain names: namechea.com naecheap.com nameceap.com The 2nd case filed by NameCheap.com involves two typo...
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September 20, 2013, 5:32 pm
The Domains
Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best sugges...
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Want To Win An Apple TV: Famous Four Starts Suggest A Cool .Bid New gTLD Domain Contest
Famous Four Media is running a competition to find the coolest web address you can think of for the new .Bid generic Top Level Domain (TLD). The competition is open now and will close at 11:59 UTC +2 on 4th October 2013, at which time the best sugges...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 11:42 am
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Aida.me Saved In UDRP By Domain Holders Children
Aida Cruises whose website is Aida.de just lost a UDRP on the domain name Aida.me. Although the complainant had a registered trademark on the term Aida the domain holder registered the domain name for his daughter which won him the UDRP: “The R...
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Aida.me Saved In UDRP By Domain Holders Children
Aida Cruises whose website is Aida.de just lost a UDRP on the domain name Aida.me. Although the complainant had a registered trademark on the term Aida the domain holder registered the domain name for his daughter which won him the UDRP: “The R...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 11:36 am
The Domains
Hunting Moon GFY Adult Domain Auction Is Live & P*ssy.com Gets $1.5 Million Dollar Bid
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of primarily adult domain names in conjunction with GFY (Gof*ckyourself.com) also in conjunction with the Webmaster Access Amsterdam 2013 conference. There are 710 domain names in the auction with a total ...
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Hunting Moon GFY Adult Domain Auction Is Live & P*ssy.com Gets $1.5 Million Dollar Bid
HuntingMoon.com is holding an online auction of primarily adult domain names in conjunction with GFY (Gof*ckyourself.com) also in conjunction with the Webmaster Access Amsterdam 2013 conference. There are 710 domain names in the auction with a total ...
Discussion
September 20, 2013, 10:47 am
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Marchex Pulls Plan To Spin Off Archeo Into Separate Public Company But Plans To Issues Dividends
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced that it will not pursue a spin-off its domains-related assets into a stand-alone, publicly-traded company at this time and that Archeo will continue to operate as an independent division of March...
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Marchex Pulls Plan To Spin Off Archeo Into Separate Public Company But Plans To Issues Dividends
Marchex, Inc. (NASDAQ:MCHX), today announced that it will not pursue a spin-off its domains-related assets into a stand-alone, publicly-traded company at this time and that Archeo will continue to operate as an independent division of March...
Discussion
September 19, 2013, 4:16 pm
The Domains
Godaddy.com Also Acquires SmartName.com From Name Media
As part of the press release just sent out by Godaddy.com announcing its purchase of Afternic.com from Name Media, Godaddy reveals it is also buying the parking company owned by Name Media SmartName.com as part of the purchase: Industry partners Web....
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Godaddy.com Also Acquires SmartName.com From Name Media
As part of the press release just sent out by Godaddy.com announcing its purchase of Afternic.com from Name Media, Godaddy reveals it is also buying the parking company owned by Name Media SmartName.com as part of the purchase: Industry partners Web....
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September 19, 2013, 10:03 am
