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Domain Name Wire
Registrar may lose accreditation for failing to provide transfer authorization code
PacNames didn’t provide AuthInfo code within 5 days, according to breach notice. ICANN is threatening to cancel accreditation of New Zealand domain name registrar PacNames Ltd for the registrar’s failure to provide a domain transfer out c...
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Registrar may lose accreditation for failing to provide transfer authorization code
PacNames didn’t provide AuthInfo code within 5 days, according to breach notice. ICANN is threatening to cancel accreditation of New Zealand domain name registrar PacNames Ltd for the registrar’s failure to provide a domain transfer out c...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 11:33 am
Elliot's Blog
Sallie Mae & PNC Get an F
I was checking out the Whois information for a couple of education related domain names, and I came across EducationLoans.com and EducationLoan.com. Somewhat surprisingly, these domain names appear to be owned by financial giants PNC and Sallie Mae (...
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Sallie Mae & PNC Get an F
I was checking out the Whois information for a couple of education related domain names, and I came across EducationLoans.com and EducationLoan.com. Somewhat surprisingly, these domain names appear to be owned by financial giants PNC and Sallie Mae (...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 10:36 am
Domain Name Wire
How to quickly sort through crappy domains on domain name forums
New site extracts domain listings from forums. Back in the good ole days, domain sales threads on domain forums were full of great domains and big transactions got done. Business still gets done on domain forums, but you have to weed through a lot of...
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How to quickly sort through crappy domains on domain name forums
New site extracts domain listings from forums. Back in the good ole days, domain sales threads on domain forums were full of great domains and big transactions got done. Business still gets done on domain forums, but you have to weed through a lot of...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 10:17 am
Domain Name Wire
Domain industry heads to Austin for HostingCon
Ten domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of the companies were reseller reg...
Discussion
Domain industry heads to Austin for HostingCon
Ten domain name companies are exhibiting at HostingCon 2013, and many of them will be pitching new TLDs. Next week a number of domain name companies are headed to Austin for HostinCon. Whereas in previous years most of the companies were reseller reg...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 9:57 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 11th
My daughter went to camp Sunday night and was going to be gone for 4 days. “Dad, I have something to tell you” she said. I feared the worst. Had she kissed a boy? Had she done something wrong and was about to confess? I braced myself. &ld...
Discussion
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Tuesday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 11th
My daughter went to camp Sunday night and was going to be gone for 4 days. “Dad, I have something to tell you” she said. I feared the worst. Had she kissed a boy? Had she done something wrong and was about to confess? I braced myself. &ld...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 6:51 am
The Domains
How Can It Take Over 6 Months For A UDRP Decision? YU.com Is Still Pending
Last month we asked how could it take over 5 months for a UDRP decision. We were talking about the UDRP case for the highly valuable two letter domain name YU.com. The UDRP was on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Org...
Discussion
How Can It Take Over 6 Months For A UDRP Decision? YU.com Is Still Pending
Last month we asked how could it take over 5 months for a UDRP decision. We were talking about the UDRP case for the highly valuable two letter domain name YU.com. The UDRP was on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Org...
Discussion
June 11, 2013, 12:14 am
Domain Name Wire
Kevin Murphy discovers type-in traffic
Murphy registers domain name related to PRISM scandal. It gets traffic. Domain Incite author Kevin Murphy is a lot of things. He’s a great writer, an expert in all things ICANN… What he’s not is a domainer. But he “dabbled&rd...
Discussion
Kevin Murphy discovers type-in traffic
Murphy registers domain name related to PRISM scandal. It gets traffic. Domain Incite author Kevin Murphy is a lot of things. He’s a great writer, an expert in all things ICANN… What he’s not is a domainer. But he “dabbled&rd...
Discussion
June 10, 2013, 3:02 pm
Elliot's Blog
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
Discussion
Can CrunchBase Help You Find a Buyer for Your Domain Name?
I’ll start this post off with a caveat. I have a couple of CrunchBase listings for my companies, and I hate it when I receive the exact same email from people who are using CrunchBase to send out emails that are not even remotely of interest to...
Discussion
June 10, 2013, 1:04 pm
Domain Name Wire
7 reasons you should withdraw your .brand application
If you’re rethinking your .brand top level domain strategy, here are some things to think about. A relatively small number of .brand new TLD applicants have abandoned the process so far. Some of them are big, such as GM, which withdrew all of i...
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7 reasons you should withdraw your .brand application
If you’re rethinking your .brand top level domain strategy, here are some things to think about. A relatively small number of .brand new TLD applicants have abandoned the process so far. Some of them are big, such as GM, which withdrew all of i...
Discussion
June 10, 2013, 12:00 pm
The Domains
Feds Seize 10 More Domain Names
Homeland Security seized 10 domain names today, however did not make any announcement yet about if it was part of an investigation. Many of the domain seemed to be registered back in June of last year and are coming up for renewal, and its uncertain ...
Discussion
Feds Seize 10 More Domain Names
Homeland Security seized 10 domain names today, however did not make any announcement yet about if it was part of an investigation. Many of the domain seemed to be registered back in June of last year and are coming up for renewal, and its uncertain ...
Discussion
June 10, 2013, 11:36 am
