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Verisign is testing lower .com prices on deleted domain names
.Com registry offers $2 discount on deleting domain names. Verisign is testing lower wholesale prices for deleting .com domain names later this month. From December 15-31, registrars will be able to register .com domain names on the day they delete f...
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Verisign is testing lower .com prices on deleted domain names
.Com registry offers $2 discount on deleting domain names. Verisign is testing lower wholesale prices for deleting .com domain names later this month. From December 15-31, registrars will be able to register .com domain names on the day they delete f...
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December 10, 2013, 8:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Verisign loses new TLD objection against .brand applicant M-NET
Verisign loses another string confusion challenge. Verisign, the registry for .net domain names, has lost a string confusion objection it brought against M-Net and its application for the top level domain .mnet. M-Net is a pay-TV channel in South Afr...
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Verisign loses new TLD objection against .brand applicant M-NET
Verisign loses another string confusion challenge. Verisign, the registry for .net domain names, has lost a string confusion objection it brought against M-Net and its application for the top level domain .mnet. M-Net is a pay-TV channel in South Afr...
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December 10, 2013, 3:54 pm
Domain Name Wire
Hardheaded governments vs. Amazon.com
Amazon details some of the concessions it was willing to make to governments in the Amazon region. One of the more peculiar new top level domain name battles is the one between Amazon.com and and governments of the Amazon area, including Brazil and P...
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Hardheaded governments vs. Amazon.com
Amazon details some of the concessions it was willing to make to governments in the Amazon region. One of the more peculiar new top level domain name battles is the one between Amazon.com and and governments of the Amazon area, including Brazil and P...
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December 10, 2013, 2:49 pm
Domain Name Wire
Tony Willoughby finds another company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist finds another company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby has found Aero Club of New Delhi, India guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP. This is Willoughby&rs...
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Tony Willoughby finds another company guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Panelist finds another company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby has found Aero Club of New Delhi, India guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP. This is Willoughby&rs...
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December 9, 2013, 10:36 pm
Domain Name Wire
.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
Amazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com’s bi...
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.Music, .Song, and .Tunes new top level domain name objections against Amazon.com dismissed
Amazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music’s (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com’s bi...
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December 9, 2013, 8:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
How I busted another click fraud (and auction fraud) scheme
A silly mistake tipped me off to a click fraud and pump-and-dump scheme. Every once in a while, someone running a click fraud scam slips up. And sometimes they slip up in a big way: by accidentally tipping me off about it. For example, In August this...
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How I busted another click fraud (and auction fraud) scheme
A silly mistake tipped me off to a click fraud and pump-and-dump scheme. Every once in a while, someone running a click fraud scam slips up. And sometimes they slip up in a big way: by accidentally tipping me off about it. For example, In August this...
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December 9, 2013, 4:56 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...
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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...
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December 9, 2013, 3:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
Heritage Auctions’ domain name auction tops $1.5 million as MutualFunds.com sells
MutualFunds.com highlights post-auction activity as sales reach into the seven figures. Heritage Auctions’ first ever domain name auction just became a much bigger success. The auction has now sold a total of $1.5 million worth of domain names ...
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Heritage Auctions’ domain name auction tops $1.5 million as MutualFunds.com sells
MutualFunds.com highlights post-auction activity as sales reach into the seven figures. Heritage Auctions’ first ever domain name auction just became a much bigger success. The auction has now sold a total of $1.5 million worth of domain names ...
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December 6, 2013, 7:35 pm
Domain Name Wire
How did Verisign meet its 100% SLA on .com Whois in June?
Despite Whois problems in June, Verisign reported meeting its SLA for .com. Each month Verisign and the other domain name registries submit reports to ICANN that include their uptime and performance numbers. One of the Service Level Agreements (SLAs)...
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How did Verisign meet its 100% SLA on .com Whois in June?
Despite Whois problems in June, Verisign reported meeting its SLA for .com. Each month Verisign and the other domain name registries submit reports to ICANN that include their uptime and performance numbers. One of the Service Level Agreements (SLAs)...
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December 6, 2013, 7:09 pm
Domain Name Wire
26 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A bitcoin marketplace is among the end users buying domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo closed $1.2 million of transactions last week, including five domain sales to one end user. You may view previous sales lists here. Bitok.com $15,000 – Pur...
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26 end user domain name sales from Sedo
A bitcoin marketplace is among the end users buying domain names at Sedo last week. Sedo closed $1.2 million of transactions last week, including five domain sales to one end user. You may view previous sales lists here. Bitok.com $15,000 – Pur...
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December 6, 2013, 5:03 pm
