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How much will Domainers and Defensive Registrations matter for new TLD operators?
New TLD registries will need to count on domainers and defensive registrations if they hope to amass a large registration base. Every new top level domain name applicant I’ve spoken with will swear they aren’t counting on defensive regist...
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How much will Domainers and Defensive Registrations matter for new TLD operators?
New TLD registries will need to count on domainers and defensive registrations if they hope to amass a large registration base. Every new top level domain name applicant I’ve spoken with will swear they aren’t counting on defensive regist...
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December 5, 2013, 4:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
Standard & Poor’s loses domain name dispute
Financial services company and rating agency can’t have “boycott” domain name, panel rules. Standard & Poor’s has lost a UDRP against the domain name BoycottStandardandPoors.com at World Intellectual Property Organization....
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Standard & Poor’s loses domain name dispute
Financial services company and rating agency can’t have “boycott” domain name, panel rules. Standard & Poor’s has lost a UDRP against the domain name BoycottStandardandPoors.com at World Intellectual Property Organization....
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December 5, 2013, 4:22 pm
Domain Name Wire
Ontario company paid $137,500 to buy Sandwich.com from Yahoo!
A small Canadian company bought Sandwich.com in the Yahoo! domain name auction last month. The first three domains that Yahoo! sold in a domain name auction last month have changed hands, including the biggest sale of all: $137,500 for Sandwich.com. ...
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Ontario company paid $137,500 to buy Sandwich.com from Yahoo!
A small Canadian company bought Sandwich.com in the Yahoo! domain name auction last month. The first three domains that Yahoo! sold in a domain name auction last month have changed hands, including the biggest sale of all: $137,500 for Sandwich.com. ...
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December 5, 2013, 2:51 pm
Domain Name Wire
7 reasons why I’m going to NamesCon
Here’s why I’m going to NamesCon next month. The first ever NamesCon domain name conference takes place January 13-15 in Las Vegas. Here’s why I’m going to the conference: 1. I was already planning on going to a conference in ...
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7 reasons why I’m going to NamesCon
Here’s why I’m going to NamesCon next month. The first ever NamesCon domain name conference takes place January 13-15 in Las Vegas. Here’s why I’m going to the conference: 1. I was already planning on going to a conference in ...
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December 4, 2013, 8:43 pm
Domain Name Wire
A dozen end user domain name sales
Dun & Bradstreet among end user buyers last week at Sedo/Afternic. I’m posting a lot of end user sales reports this week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday last week. You’ll note that this report for Afternic/GoDaddy from last week ha...
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A dozen end user domain name sales
Dun & Bradstreet among end user buyers last week at Sedo/Afternic. I’m posting a lot of end user sales reports this week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday last week. You’ll note that this report for Afternic/GoDaddy from last week ha...
Discussion
December 4, 2013, 3:40 pm
Domain Name Wire
Are 10,000 registrations a realistic goal for niche new top level domains?
So far, most new TLD registries are pricing their domains at a big premium to .com. Will that limit registration numbers? We’re starting to get a better idea of how new top level domain name registries are going to price domain names. It appear...
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Are 10,000 registrations a realistic goal for niche new top level domains?
So far, most new TLD registries are pricing their domains at a big premium to .com. Will that limit registration numbers? We’re starting to get a better idea of how new top level domain name registries are going to price domain names. It appear...
Discussion
December 4, 2013, 2:44 pm
Domain Name Wire
NameJet reveals top sales from November
NameJet’s top sales include many a handful of letter .com domain names. Expired domain name site NameJet released a list today of top sales from November. Here are all of the sales of $5,000 or more: ojr.org $19,100 hase.com $17,851 clio.com $1...
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NameJet reveals top sales from November
NameJet’s top sales include many a handful of letter .com domain names. Expired domain name site NameJet released a list today of top sales from November. Here are all of the sales of $5,000 or more: ojr.org $19,100 hase.com $17,851 clio.com $1...
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December 4, 2013, 2:12 am
Domain Name Wire
Rutgers University and 15 other end user domain name buyers
Rutgers University buys a .net and other end user domain name sales. I’m now caught up on end user sales reports due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This report is for sales made by GoDaddy/Afternic two weeks ago. You can see previous end user sal...
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Rutgers University and 15 other end user domain name buyers
Rutgers University buys a .net and other end user domain name sales. I’m now caught up on end user sales reports due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This report is for sales made by GoDaddy/Afternic two weeks ago. You can see previous end user sal...
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December 3, 2013, 3:24 pm
Domain Name Wire
Square Grouper Tiki Bar guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Florida bar filed UDRP despite knowing domain name wasn’t registered in bad faith. Castaways Bar, LLC , owner of Square Grouper Tiki Bar in Jupiter, Florida, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by filing a UDRP against Square...
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Square Grouper Tiki Bar guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
Florida bar filed UDRP despite knowing domain name wasn’t registered in bad faith. Castaways Bar, LLC , owner of Square Grouper Tiki Bar in Jupiter, Florida, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by filing a UDRP against Square...
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December 3, 2013, 2:53 pm
Domain Name Wire
18 end user domain name sales
An expensive .co purchase is among Sedo’s big end user domain name sales. Sedo sent out its weekly domain name sales report last week, but due to the U.S. holiday I’m a week behind. Here’s the list, with format domain price – ...
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18 end user domain name sales
An expensive .co purchase is among Sedo’s big end user domain name sales. Sedo sent out its weekly domain name sales report last week, but due to the U.S. holiday I’m a week behind. Here’s the list, with format domain price – ...
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December 2, 2013, 5:37 pm
