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The Domains
Technology Companies Propose Plan on Reforming Government Surveillance
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release. In addition to the press release there were a couple of other related stories. CNN featu...
Discussion
Technology Companies Propose Plan on Reforming Government Surveillance
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release. In addition to the press release there were a couple of other related stories. CNN featu...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 3:20 pm
Domain Name Wire
You’d say .com is dead, too!
It has a nice ring to it. Over the weekend Elliot Silver posted an ad with the headline “Dot Com is Dead” from Minds + Machines. I’ve seen a lot of other blog posts about how new TLD backers are beating the drum that .com is dead. D...
Discussion
You’d say .com is dead, too!
It has a nice ring to it. Over the weekend Elliot Silver posted an ad with the headline “Dot Com is Dead” from Minds + Machines. I’ve seen a lot of other blog posts about how new TLD backers are beating the drum that .com is dead. D...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 3:09 pm
The Domains
Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including ...
Discussion
Looks Like Godaddy Charges Some Customers $50 If They Get Hit With A UDRP
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP. One customer is complaining on his own blog. Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including ...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 2:22 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 9th, 2013
Godaddy was a little light today so after I went through Flippa and Namejet, I went into tomorrow’s names again because there are so many names up. I have a few names up for sale at Namejet over the next week so I’m hoping to have a...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Monday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 9th, 2013
Godaddy was a little light today so after I went through Flippa and Namejet, I went into tomorrow’s names again because there are so many names up. I have a few names up for sale at Namejet over the next week so I’m hoping to have a...
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 10:34 am
DomainSherpa
Why Ken Hansen Left .NYC for the Co.com Registry
Ken Hansen was leading the .NYC top-level domain launch for Neustar. But an opportunity came up that he felt was even bigger than .NYC, one of the most anticipated new gTLDs pending launch.In this interview you will learn about the mission of the Co....
Discussion
Why Ken Hansen Left .NYC for the Co.com Registry
Ken Hansen was leading the .NYC top-level domain launch for Neustar. But an opportunity came up that he felt was even bigger than .NYC, one of the most anticipated new gTLDs pending launch.In this interview you will learn about the mission of the Co....
Discussion
December 9, 2013, 9:00 am
The Domains
Owner Of BusinessesForSale.com Files UDRP On BusinessForSale.com Purchased For $150K In 2011 From Marchex
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name BusinessForSale.com The Domain is actually a full blown site with containing listings of businesses for sale. The domain name was purchased from Marchex for $150,000, in 2011. The company filing the compl...
Discussion
Owner Of BusinessesForSale.com Files UDRP On BusinessForSale.com Purchased For $150K In 2011 From Marchex
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name BusinessForSale.com The Domain is actually a full blown site with containing listings of businesses for sale. The domain name was purchased from Marchex for $150,000, in 2011. The company filing the compl...
Discussion
December 8, 2013, 3:10 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 8th, 2013
The hardest part of a business selling perishable goods is trying to figure out how many to stock. Buy too many and you have to eat it, sometimes literally. Order too little and you leave money on the table and may have customers that com...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Sunday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 8th, 2013
The hardest part of a business selling perishable goods is trying to figure out how many to stock. Buy too many and you have to eat it, sometimes literally. Order too little and you leave money on the table and may have customers that com...
Discussion
December 8, 2013, 10:45 am
The Domains
Daniel Negari Lays Out His Vision For .XYZ & Chats About The Controversial NameJet.com Auctions
While at was at ICANN chatting with Applicants and others in the domain space the question question I found myself being asked the most was about .XYZ. .XYZ has been very aggressive in some ways and pushed the envlople when it was the first to auctio...
Discussion
Daniel Negari Lays Out His Vision For .XYZ & Chats About The Controversial NameJet.com Auctions
While at was at ICANN chatting with Applicants and others in the domain space the question question I found myself being asked the most was about .XYZ. .XYZ has been very aggressive in some ways and pushed the envlople when it was the first to auctio...
Discussion
December 7, 2013, 2:55 pm
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 7th, 2013
It’s Saturday so not a lot of names up today. Final week of Christmas trees for me. We sold the same amount of trees we sold ALL of last year in the first weekend so we got another shipment last night and sold 1/4 of them right off the truck. &...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Saturday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on December 7th, 2013
It’s Saturday so not a lot of names up today. Final week of Christmas trees for me. We sold the same amount of trees we sold ALL of last year in the first weekend so we got another shipment last night and sold 1/4 of them right off the truck. &...
Discussion
December 7, 2013, 10:36 am
Domain Shane
I Wrote This Back In 2007 And Most of It is Still True
I was looking over some of my posts from back in 2007 and found this one. Some of it came true, some of it is true, and some of it will always be true. In my opinion of course. And remember I wrote this 6 years ago. 20. We all ...
Discussion
I Wrote This Back In 2007 And Most of It is Still True
I was looking over some of my posts from back in 2007 and found this one. Some of it came true, some of it is true, and some of it will always be true. In my opinion of course. And remember I wrote this 6 years ago. 20. We all ...
Discussion
December 7, 2013, 3:37 am
