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Domain Shane
Domain Shane’s Weekly Book of 10….And We Won’t Take it Back After We Sell It To You
We follow a few simple rules here at DomainShane Book of 10. If you buy a name below and pay for it, you’ll actually get to keep the name. Which is better than some of the auction houses lately. Especially the ones that rhyme with PoFaddy...
Discussion
Domain Shane’s Weekly Book of 10….And We Won’t Take it Back After We Sell It To You
We follow a few simple rules here at DomainShane Book of 10. If you buy a name below and pay for it, you’ll actually get to keep the name. Which is better than some of the auction houses lately. Especially the ones that rhyme with PoFaddy...
Discussion
April 4, 2014, 2:20 am
Domain Name Wire
MapFree.com is not confusingly similar to Mapfre, panel rules
Majority of panel denies all three prongs of UDRP complaint while another confirms all three. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Spanish company Mapfre in a UDRP case the company brought against MapFree.com. The domain...
Discussion
MapFree.com is not confusingly similar to Mapfre, panel rules
Majority of panel denies all three prongs of UDRP complaint while another confirms all three. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled against Spanish company Mapfre in a UDRP case the company brought against MapFree.com. The domain...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 6:23 pm
Domain Name Wire
GoDaddy Auctions down, auctions will be extended until tomorrow
GoDaddy Auctions experiences outage and will extend auctions by a day. GoDaddy’s auction site at Auctions.GoDaddy.com has been down for over an hour and GoDaddy is working to get the site back up. Here’s a statement from GoDaddy Sr. Direc...
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GoDaddy Auctions down, auctions will be extended until tomorrow
GoDaddy Auctions experiences outage and will extend auctions by a day. GoDaddy’s auction site at Auctions.GoDaddy.com has been down for over an hour and GoDaddy is working to get the site back up. Here’s a statement from GoDaddy Sr. Direc...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 5:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
5 DomainFest questions answered + 10 reasons I’m glad Shane wasn’t there
Answers to the five questions about DomainFest. I’m flying back from DomainFest right now, so it’s time to answer the five questions about DomainFest that I published on Monday. I’d also like to respond to Domain Shane’s post ...
Discussion
5 DomainFest questions answered + 10 reasons I’m glad Shane wasn’t there
Answers to the five questions about DomainFest. I’m flying back from DomainFest right now, so it’s time to answer the five questions about DomainFest that I published on Monday. I’d also like to respond to Domain Shane’s post ...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 3:19 pm
The Domains
Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Announces Affiliate Program
Frank Schilling Uniregistry registrar side of the business has just announced its affiliate program that promises to pay commission just not on new gTLD registrations but for renewals as well: Frank of course just didn’t announce the affiliate ...
Discussion
Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Announces Affiliate Program
Frank Schilling Uniregistry registrar side of the business has just announced its affiliate program that promises to pay commission just not on new gTLD registrations but for renewals as well: Frank of course just didn’t announce the affiliate ...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 2:42 pm
The Domains
Minds + Machines Issues New gTLD Update
In a press release sent out overnight, “The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) are pleased to provide an update on the launch programme of its portfolio of new top-level domains and the expansion of its registrar sales chann...
Discussion
Minds + Machines Issues New gTLD Update
In a press release sent out overnight, “The Directors of Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM: MMX) are pleased to provide an update on the launch programme of its portfolio of new top-level domains and the expansion of its registrar sales chann...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 1:31 pm
The Domains
Out of The 1,735 .Builders Domains These Are My Favorite
I didn’t try to acquire domain names in the new gTLD of .Builders but I reviewed the zone file and found these 80 domains which are my favorite registrations in the TLD. According to ntldstats.com/tld there are 1,735 domain name registrat...
Discussion
Out of The 1,735 .Builders Domains These Are My Favorite
I didn’t try to acquire domain names in the new gTLD of .Builders but I reviewed the zone file and found these 80 domains which are my favorite registrations in the TLD. According to ntldstats.com/tld there are 1,735 domain name registrat...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 1:29 pm
Domain Name Wire
HugeDomains sues medical group to keep domain and claims RDNH
HugeDomains claims Austin medical group provided false statements in UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP for AustinPain.com and how I thought the panel got it wrong. Now HugeDomains, which was on the losing end of the case, has filed suit t...
Discussion
HugeDomains sues medical group to keep domain and claims RDNH
HugeDomains claims Austin medical group provided false statements in UDRP. A couple weeks ago I wrote about a UDRP for AustinPain.com and how I thought the panel got it wrong. Now HugeDomains, which was on the losing end of the case, has filed suit t...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 12:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
10 new TLDs now top 10,000 registrations each
.Center appears to have hit the milestone, making it the tenth domain to do so. Ten new top level domain names have now eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone. That’s according to new TLD tracking site nTLDStats.com. Actual zone files show ...
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10 new TLDs now top 10,000 registrations each
.Center appears to have hit the milestone, making it the tenth domain to do so. Ten new top level domain names have now eclipsed the 10,000 registration milestone. That’s according to new TLD tracking site nTLDStats.com. Actual zone files show ...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 12:27 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 3rd, 2014
Godaddy can be such idiots some time. There is a reason by people like Konstantino of Online Domains dislike them so much and encourage others to find other registrars. I won the domain HikingGuide.com at the BuyDomains auction yesterday. ...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on April 3rd, 2014
Godaddy can be such idiots some time. There is a reason by people like Konstantino of Online Domains dislike them so much and encourage others to find other registrars. I won the domain HikingGuide.com at the BuyDomains auction yesterday. ...
Discussion
April 3, 2014, 11:29 am
