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The Domains
RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com
RBC issued an Equity Research Report today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s S...
Discussion
RBC: Demand Media New gTLD Initiative Could Be Worth More Than Its Registrar Business: enom.com, name.com
RBC issued an Equity Research Report today on Demand Media, Inc., the day after Demand Media, Inc, reported its second quarter earnings. Demand Media announced during the earnings report and the earnings call that followed that Google’s S...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 10:20 am
The Domains
ICANN Sends Notice Of Breach Of RAA To PacNames.com (Again)
ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accr...
Discussion
ICANN Sends Notice Of Breach Of RAA To PacNames.com (Again)
ICANN has sent a notice to Pacnames Ltd. of Auckland 1052 New Zealand A NOTICE OF BREACH OF REGISTRAR ACCREDITATION AGREEMENT Please be advised that as of 5 August 2013, Pacnames Ltd. (“Pacnames”) is in breach of its Registrar Accr...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 9:23 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 8th, 2013
I was transferring out a few names to my Godaddy account and am absolutely astonished how long it takes other registrars to send out auth codes. Register.com and Network Solutions should be ashamed of themselves for taking a simple task of auto...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on August 8th, 2013
I was transferring out a few names to my Godaddy account and am absolutely astonished how long it takes other registrars to send out auth codes. Register.com and Network Solutions should be ashamed of themselves for taking a simple task of auto...
Discussion
August 8, 2013, 6:48 am
Elliot's Blog
Back At It
I took a little over a week off and went on vacation. I had scheduled several posts for while I was gone, and you probably didn’t even miss me! I have a number of comments in the moderation queue and a ton of them in the spam filter, so I&rsquo...
Discussion
Back At It
I took a little over a week off and went on vacation. I had scheduled several posts for while I was gone, and you probably didn’t even miss me! I have a number of comments in the moderation queue and a ton of them in the spam filter, so I&rsquo...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 6:21 pm
The Domains
Verisign: We Will Delegate New gTLD’s To The Root If The NTIA Tells Us To
Some bloggers here and here, have raised the alarm that Verisign may not Delegate new gTLD’s based on a letter Verisign send to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) back in March. U.S. National Telecommun...
Discussion
Verisign: We Will Delegate New gTLD’s To The Root If The NTIA Tells Us To
Some bloggers here and here, have raised the alarm that Verisign may not Delegate new gTLD’s based on a letter Verisign send to the U.S. National Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA) back in March. U.S. National Telecommun...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 5:28 pm
The Domains
Demand Media Reports: Revenue Up 9%; Registrar Revenue Up 4% Without Name.com + 10% With
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD),reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Summary: Content & Media revenue ex-TAC grew 9% year-over-year. This was driven primarily by 15% Owned & Operated r...
Discussion
Demand Media Reports: Revenue Up 9%; Registrar Revenue Up 4% Without Name.com + 10% With
Demand Media, Inc. (DMD),reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2013. Q2 2013 Financial Summary: Content & Media revenue ex-TAC grew 9% year-over-year. This was driven primarily by 15% Owned & Operated r...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 4:50 pm
Elliot's Blog
Weekly Domain Brokerage Listings – 8/7
The weekly new domain brokerage listings from domain brokers and domain brokerages are listed below for your review. If you have an interest in purchasing one of the domain names below, contact the broker directly to discuss and not me. You may post ...
Discussion
Weekly Domain Brokerage Listings – 8/7
The weekly new domain brokerage listings from domain brokers and domain brokerages are listed below for your review. If you have an interest in purchasing one of the domain names below, contact the broker directly to discuss and not me. You may post ...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 4:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign gets patent for non-existent domain traffic analysis
Patent covers tool to identify potentially valuable unregistered domain names. The U.S Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to Verisign that covers analysis of traffic to non-existent domain names. U.S. Patent number 8,504,673 (pdf) is ti...
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Verisign gets patent for non-existent domain traffic analysis
Patent covers tool to identify potentially valuable unregistered domain names. The U.S Patent and Trademark Office has granted a patent to Verisign that covers analysis of traffic to non-existent domain names. U.S. Patent number 8,504,673 (pdf) is ti...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 12:03 pm
Elliot's Blog
Turn a Purchase Inquiry Into a Sale Inquiry
I recently won a domain name at NameJet that I am hoping to sell. I was going through a list of potential sales leads, when I came across a person whose contact information looked familiar. I did a quick search, and I found an email exchange from a w...
Discussion
Turn a Purchase Inquiry Into a Sale Inquiry
I recently won a domain name at NameJet that I am hoping to sell. I was going through a list of potential sales leads, when I came across a person whose contact information looked familiar. I did a quick search, and I found an email exchange from a w...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 11:22 am
Domain Name Wire
9 things I learned from running a contest on 99Designs
These tips will help you if you do a logo design contest on 99Designs. A new logo was part of the Domain Name Wire redesign released last month. I designed the original logo myself back in 2005, and only had it refreshed a few years later by a design...
Discussion
9 things I learned from running a contest on 99Designs
These tips will help you if you do a logo design contest on 99Designs. A new logo was part of the Domain Name Wire redesign released last month. I designed the original logo myself back in 2005, and only had it refreshed a few years later by a design...
Discussion
August 7, 2013, 11:16 am
