I came across this article called “How to Dodge Domain Squatters”. It is written by someone that doesn’t really know a lot about domain names. Lisa should refrain from writing about technical stuff as I …
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RightOfTheDot & CentralNic Launch Websites To Sell City New gTLD’s Domains
CentralNic plc announced its joint venture with domain name consultancy RightOfTheDot, LLC, to create specialist new retail websites for the sale of “city domains”. These new city-specific domains include: London.domains for domain names
Read More »ICANN Grants Data Retention Waiver To 4 European Registrars
ICANN granted data retention waivers to 4 European registrars: GANDI SAS (France) IP Twins SAS (France) CPS-Datensysteme GmbH (Germany) Hostserver GmbH(Germany) The 4 registrars submitted to ICANN a Registrar Data Retention Waiver Request
Read More ».UK Registry, Nominet, Names Next CEO
Nominet, the .uk registry, named its new Chief Executive Officer that is Russell Haworth. Russell will join Nominet in January 2015. Nominet said in the announcement that “Russell will lead the organisation as it develops …
Read More »Daily Domain Sales (10-29-2014): Gartenmöbel.com 20k EUR, Koffer.ch 17,822 EUR
Here is a peak at what I do month after month: September: My 639 Domain Name Renewals And 118 Drops (15.6%) .OOO registry has lost it. I am sorry but they will fail. Ashton Kutcher …
Read More »September: My 639 Domain Name Renewals And 118 Drops (15.6%)
Like every month I go through my domains to see what to renew and what not to. In September I renewed 639 domains and dropped 118 of them. So I dropped about 15.6% of the …
Read More ».OOO Registry Talking Nonsense & Confusing 34,000 With 34 .ooo!
The .OOO registry is talking nonsense once again on an interview with the IndiaTimes.com. “Infibeam’s chief executive Vishal Mehta told ET that the company, being the sole owner of the global top level domain (gTLD), …
Read More »Sedo’s Website Gets A New Look
Sedo announced today that it has equipped its homepage with a revamped design. “Our goal with this new look is to put buyers first and to make it even easier for both existing and new …
Read More »Nominet’s Domain Dispute Resolution Service Passes 10,000th Case
Aston Merrygold, former member of boyband JLS, has been awarded the domain name astonmerrygold.co.uk following a complaint to Nominet’s Dispute Resolution Service (DRS). The decision marks the 10,000th domain dispute to pass through the DRS …
Read More ».ee Domain Price To Drop From 12 To 9 Euros
On 1 January 2015, the Estonian Internet Foundation will bring the price of an .ee domain down from 12 to 9 euros. An .ee domain can be registered for one, two or three years. The …
Read More »Daily Domain Sales (10-28-2014): 6.biz $12,637, StockValuation.com $3,850, Boot.club $3,750
Ashton Kutcher bought a couple of domains for her daughter but he missed an important one and he and Milan Kunis don’t own AshtonKutcher.com or MilaKunis.com. This is the latest SEO study: New gTLD Domains …
Read More »Ashton Kutcher Bought Daughter’s Domains But Missed One And Doesn’t Own AshtonKutcher.com
Ashton Kutcher was on the show Conan, with Conan O’Brien, last night. The interview was all about her daughter Wyatt Isabelle Kutcher. Ashton Kutcher and his fiancée Mila Kunis had their first child in September 30th. The …
Read More »New gTLD Weekly Launch Review: .Market, .Mortgage, .Saarland
This week 1 New gTLDs enters General Availability, 2 New gTLDs enter the EAP General Availability and no string enters the landrush phase. Rightside enters Early Access Program (EAP) for 2 of its extensions on …
Read More »TLD Registry Opens China Headquarters
TLD Registry, operator of 2 new gTLD IDNs in Chinese, .在线 (Chinese Online) and, .中文网 (Chinese Website) announced that it opened its new China headquarters in Beijing’s Zhongguancun, also known as “China’s Silicon Valley”. The …
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