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WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn’t even ask for a RDNH find...
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WIPO Panel Finds Reverse Domain Name Hijacking, Without Domain Holder Asking For It
A one member panel just found Pick Enterprises, Inc. of Yarmouth, Maine, guilt of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name womantowomanhealthcenter.com And the best part is the domain holder didn’t even ask for a RDNH find...
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October 4, 2012, 8:10 pm
The Domains
The New DomainNameSales.com Is Live & Here Are The Highlights From Mr. Schilling
A couple of hours ago the folks at InternetTraffic sent out an email that the new and improved, DomainNameSales.com platform is up and running. I reached out to Frank Schilling for some of the details of what’s on the new platform: So fro...
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The New DomainNameSales.com Is Live & Here Are The Highlights From Mr. Schilling
A couple of hours ago the folks at InternetTraffic sent out an email that the new and improved, DomainNameSales.com platform is up and running. I reached out to Frank Schilling for some of the details of what’s on the new platform: So fro...
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October 4, 2012, 4:51 pm
The Domains
Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchase For $2,500
Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a wh0oping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple...
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Mike Mann Sells UpperPeninsula.com For $55,000 Purchase For $2,500
Mike Mann announced on his Facebook Page a short time ago that he has sold the domain name UpperPeninsula.com For a wh0oping $55,000, a domain he bought back in 2007 for just $2,500 This isn’t the only sale Mike has announced in the last couple...
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October 4, 2012, 12:58 pm
The Domains
Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
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Eli Lilley Pulls New gTLD App For .CIALIS & Rogers Communications Pulls App For .CHATR
Two more new gTLD applications have been withdrawn by the applicants, bring the total number of withdrawn new gTLD applications to 6. Eli Lilley has withdrawn its application for .Cialis., apparently it didn’t have the staying power you would h...
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October 4, 2012, 12:45 pm
The Domains
Godaddy.com Kills Its Cloud Business As A Stand Alone Product
According to gigaom.com, Godaddy.com “has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product, according to an internal email shared with Gigaom.com by an anonymous ex-employee.” “After reviewing all of our hosting products, ...
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Godaddy.com Kills Its Cloud Business As A Stand Alone Product
According to gigaom.com, Godaddy.com “has decided to close its Cloud Servers cloud computing product, according to an internal email shared with Gigaom.com by an anonymous ex-employee.” “After reviewing all of our hosting products, ...
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October 4, 2012, 10:46 am
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The .Co Numbers Are In: Over 1.35 Million Registered .Co Domains: Our Chat With The COO
Its been just over two years since the .Co TLD launched and we reached out to Nicolai Bezsonoff, the Chief Operating Officer of .CO Internet, SAS the company that operates the .Co ccTLD to see if we could get some solid numbers on renewal rates and r...
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The .Co Numbers Are In: Over 1.35 Million Registered .Co Domains: Our Chat With The COO
Its been just over two years since the .Co TLD launched and we reached out to Nicolai Bezsonoff, the Chief Operating Officer of .CO Internet, SAS the company that operates the .Co ccTLD to see if we could get some solid numbers on renewal rates and r...
Discussion
October 4, 2012, 8:35 am
The Domains
GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
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GiftCard.com Purchased For $4 Million Dollars
According to a press release just today GiftCard.com just was purchased for $4 million dollars. “”Gift CardLab, a leading online provider of gift cards, today announced the purchase of the GiftCard.com domain. Gift CardLab will now use th...
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October 3, 2012, 9:27 am
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DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
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DotConnectAfrica Sends Third Letter To ICANN Alleging Conflict Of Interest Issues with its Board Members Over .Africa.
In a letter dated October 1, 2012, sent to the CEO of ICANN, Fadi ChehadeĢ and the Chairman of the Board, , Dr. Stephen D. Crocker, DotConnectAfrica (DCA) sent a third letter on what it considers to be a “Matter of Conflict of Interest on ....
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October 3, 2012, 8:47 am
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
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Afternic.com Sells Over $1.9MM In Domains Led By House.net For $40,000
Afternic.com just published its report of domain name sales totalling $1,913,104 for the week ending September 30th, 2012. The publicly reportable sales were led by House.net at $40,000K, followed by GPSTracking.com & HerbalZone.com each for $30K...
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October 2, 2012, 6:00 pm
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240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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240 Million Domains Registered
Verisign released its latest quarterly Domain Name Industry Brief report, for the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to the report, the second quarter of 2012 closed with a base of more than 240 million domain name registrations across all To...
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October 2, 2012, 4:43 pm
