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The Domains
Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns
According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page today: After a little more than 10 months as acting President and CTO of DomainMarke...
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Acting President & CTO Of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket Resigns
According to his Facebook Page the Acting President and CTO of Mike Mann’s DomainMarket.com, Chad Bennett has resigned. Chad Bennett wrote on his Facebook page today: After a little more than 10 months as acting President and CTO of DomainMarke...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 2:01 pm
Elliot's Blog
Go Daddy Guest Post: How To Protect Your Accounts
This is a guest post from Go Daddy’s Chief Information Security Officer, Todd Redfoot. In the post, Todd discusses how you can keep your accounts protected and your domain names safe. Knowing that an outside party accessed one of your accounts ...
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Go Daddy Guest Post: How To Protect Your Accounts
This is a guest post from Go Daddy’s Chief Information Security Officer, Todd Redfoot. In the post, Todd discusses how you can keep your accounts protected and your domain names safe. Knowing that an outside party accessed one of your accounts ...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 1:03 pm
Domain Name Wire
ICANN terminates registrar with over 75,000 domain names
Registrar blamed for not maintaining accurate registrant data. ICANN has followed up on its threats by terminating Bargin Register’s registrar accreditation. ICANN sent a breach notice to the company in November, stating that the company had fa...
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ICANN terminates registrar with over 75,000 domain names
Registrar blamed for not maintaining accurate registrant data. ICANN has followed up on its threats by terminating Bargin Register’s registrar accreditation. ICANN sent a breach notice to the company in November, stating that the company had fa...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 12:10 pm
Domain Name Wire
Brand.com goes on the market
This domain name doesn’t need branding. For the first time since it was originally registered in 1995, the domain name Brand.com is up for sale. Chuck Pettis registered the domain name in 1995 and used it for his company BrandSolutions. BrandSo...
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Brand.com goes on the market
This domain name doesn’t need branding. For the first time since it was originally registered in 1995, the domain name Brand.com is up for sale. Chuck Pettis registered the domain name in 1995 and used it for his company BrandSolutions. BrandSo...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 11:46 am
Domain Name Wire
A simple question every .brand applicant should ask their consultant today
With deadline looming for partial refund, not is the time for TLD applicants to do a gut check. They aren’t quite dropping like flies, but .brand top level domain applicants are starting to pull out. GM is withdrawing all of its bids. Hasbro is...
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A simple question every .brand applicant should ask their consultant today
With deadline looming for partial refund, not is the time for TLD applicants to do a gut check. They aren’t quite dropping like flies, but .brand top level domain applicants are starting to pull out. GM is withdrawing all of its bids. Hasbro is...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 11:16 am
Domain Name Wire
.Org Project 94 kicks off next month
Short .org domains go on auction block beginning next month. Next month .org registry Public Interest Registry (PIR) will begin auctioning off domain names as part of Project 94. Project 94 is the marketing name for releasing 94 one and two character...
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.Org Project 94 kicks off next month
Short .org domains go on auction block beginning next month. Next month .org registry Public Interest Registry (PIR) will begin auctioning off domain names as part of Project 94. Project 94 is the marketing name for releasing 94 one and two character...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 10:42 am
The Domains
ICANN: Over 22% Of Changes Requests From New gTLD Applicants Not Approved Or Posted Yet
According to ICANN’s site, 143 new gTLD application which changes were requested by the evaluators still have either not been update or the changes have not been accepted by ICANN As of February 19, 2013 there were a total of 631 change request...
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ICANN: Over 22% Of Changes Requests From New gTLD Applicants Not Approved Or Posted Yet
According to ICANN’s site, 143 new gTLD application which changes were requested by the evaluators still have either not been update or the changes have not been accepted by ICANN As of February 19, 2013 there were a total of 631 change request...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 10:10 am
Domain Name Wire
When will Sony go after Playstation4.com?
Company announced new video game system but hasn’t yet secured key domain name. Sony gave the first glimpse of the capabilities of its forthcoming PlayStation 4 yesterday. You’ll find plenty of information about it at Playstation4.com, bu...
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When will Sony go after Playstation4.com?
Company announced new video game system but hasn’t yet secured key domain name. Sony gave the first glimpse of the capabilities of its forthcoming PlayStation 4 yesterday. You’ll find plenty of information about it at Playstation4.com, bu...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 9:44 am
Domain Shane
SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 21st
And the award for best use of a 99 cent domain goes to………This guy for registering Guy Fieri’s restaurant name and putting his own menu up. Fine, fine work. Here are today’s names and the daily quote. “Time...
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SHANE’S BIG LIST: Thursday’s Domains at Auction or Dropping on the 21st
And the award for best use of a 99 cent domain goes to………This guy for registering Guy Fieri’s restaurant name and putting his own menu up. Fine, fine work. Here are today’s names and the daily quote. “Time...
Discussion
February 21, 2013, 5:53 am
Elliot's Blog
COO.com Sells for $45,000 on NameJet
I wrote an article about Tucows offering a number of great domain names for sale on NameJet this week. The auctions have been closing over the past couple of days, and the auction for COO.com ended today with a sale price of $45,000. There were 347 b...
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COO.com Sells for $45,000 on NameJet
I wrote an article about Tucows offering a number of great domain names for sale on NameJet this week. The auctions have been closing over the past couple of days, and the auction for COO.com ended today with a sale price of $45,000. There were 347 b...
Discussion
February 20, 2013, 6:51 pm
