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Looks Like Bankrate.com Is A Huge Domainer Spending Over $90 Million In Domains
According to some SEC filings it appears Bankrate.com apparently is becoming a major domainer having spent over $90 million dollars in domain names. Actually the total amount spent was Over $170 million but $90 million is what they allocated to the c...
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Looks Like Bankrate.com Is A Huge Domainer Spending Over $90 Million In Domains
According to some SEC filings it appears Bankrate.com apparently is becoming a major domainer having spent over $90 million dollars in domain names. Actually the total amount spent was Over $170 million but $90 million is what they allocated to the c...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 3:15 pm
The Domains
.APP Project Launches & Is Pre-Selling Domains To Fund The Application Fee
A new group of App developer have stepped up and accounced plans to apply for the .APP new gTLD and is going about raising the money for the application in a very unusual manner. According to the site to promote the application: “.app Project&r...
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.APP Project Launches & Is Pre-Selling Domains To Fund The Application Fee
A new group of App developer have stepped up and accounced plans to apply for the .APP new gTLD and is going about raising the money for the application in a very unusual manner. According to the site to promote the application: “.app Project&r...
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August 23, 2011, 11:23 am
The Domains
Guy Who Registered AmywinehouseFoundation.com: I Am Not A Dickhead
Yesterday we wrote about Mitch Winehouse who announced plans for the Amywinehouse Foundation before securing domain name. Mitch called those who registered the domain a “dickhead” for doing so Today Martin McCann, the man who allege...
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Guy Who Registered AmywinehouseFoundation.com: I Am Not A Dickhead
Yesterday we wrote about Mitch Winehouse who announced plans for the Amywinehouse Foundation before securing domain name. Mitch called those who registered the domain a “dickhead” for doing so Today Martin McCann, the man who allege...
Discussion
August 23, 2011, 10:28 am
The Domains
The Domainfest New York Meet Up Auction List Goes Live: End.com, Hot.com, Customs.com Up For Grabs
Tomorrow night is the Domainfest Meetup in New York. Part of the Meetup is a online domain name auction which starts tomorrow and concludes on September 20th at 3:15pm EST. SnapNames.com has just put up the 400 domain names that will be part of the a...
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The Domainfest New York Meet Up Auction List Goes Live: End.com, Hot.com, Customs.com Up For Grabs
Tomorrow night is the Domainfest Meetup in New York. Part of the Meetup is a online domain name auction which starts tomorrow and concludes on September 20th at 3:15pm EST. SnapNames.com has just put up the 400 domain names that will be part of the a...
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August 22, 2011, 6:10 pm
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TRAFFIC
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference just sent out this notice regarding the live domain auction that will be held at the conference. They are definitely trying to change things up including: “The only domains that we will accept dire...
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TRAFFIC
The organizers of the TRAFFIC conference just sent out this notice regarding the live domain auction that will be held at the conference. They are definitely trying to change things up including: “The only domains that we will accept dire...
Discussion
August 22, 2011, 2:29 pm
The Domains
Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On WorldClassFireworks.com Despite Trademark
Jake’s Fireworks Inc. of Pittsburgh, Kansas, brought a UDRP against Vertical Axis Inc on the domain name worldclassfireworks.com a term for which they held a US Trademark Here are the relevant facts found by the three member panel and the...
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Vertical Axis Beats Back UDRP On WorldClassFireworks.com Despite Trademark
Jake’s Fireworks Inc. of Pittsburgh, Kansas, brought a UDRP against Vertical Axis Inc on the domain name worldclassfireworks.com a term for which they held a US Trademark Here are the relevant facts found by the three member panel and the...
Discussion
August 22, 2011, 2:01 pm
The Domains
Plans For The Amywinehouse Foundation Annoucned Before Domains Are Secured & Now The Family Has A Problem
So shortly after Amy Winehouse’s death her father Mitch Winehouse announced that he would be setting up the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help young people struggling with addiction. However he failed so secure the domain name and guess what? amy...
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Plans For The Amywinehouse Foundation Annoucned Before Domains Are Secured & Now The Family Has A Problem
So shortly after Amy Winehouse’s death her father Mitch Winehouse announced that he would be setting up the Amy Winehouse Foundation to help young people struggling with addiction. However he failed so secure the domain name and guess what? amy...
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August 22, 2011, 12:14 pm
The Domains
Quick Poll: Will You Protect Your Site or Brand From .XXX?
There have been hundreds of stories in the past few weeks talking about whether brands should protect their domain in the .XXX TLD. Basically there are two protections possibly available to TM Holders and Site owners, a blocking feature that will mak...
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Quick Poll: Will You Protect Your Site or Brand From .XXX?
There have been hundreds of stories in the past few weeks talking about whether brands should protect their domain in the .XXX TLD. Basically there are two protections possibly available to TM Holders and Site owners, a blocking feature that will mak...
Discussion
August 21, 2011, 1:18 pm
The Domains
Circle ID: A New Quality gTLD Can Compete with .COM
Read an interesting take on the new gTLD’s in an article entitled A New Quality gTLD Can Compete With .Com on CircleID.com “If you choose a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), will it be able to compete with .com? A recent academic paper...
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Circle ID: A New Quality gTLD Can Compete with .COM
Read an interesting take on the new gTLD’s in an article entitled A New Quality gTLD Can Compete With .Com on CircleID.com “If you choose a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), will it be able to compete with .com? A recent academic paper...
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August 20, 2011, 8:52 am
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PhonePlans.com Dial Up A $27K Sale On NameJet.com & MoneyMarketAccount.com Gets A $35K Bid
The auction for the domain name PhonePlans.com just ended on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $26,600 There were 3 bidders at $25K or over so pretty surprised it only went that high. Another domain name MoneyMarketAccount.com got as high as a $35,10...
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PhonePlans.com Dial Up A $27K Sale On NameJet.com & MoneyMarketAccount.com Gets A $35K Bid
The auction for the domain name PhonePlans.com just ended on NameJet.com with a winning bid of $26,600 There were 3 bidders at $25K or over so pretty surprised it only went that high. Another domain name MoneyMarketAccount.com got as high as a $35,10...
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August 19, 2011, 5:30 pm
