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Domains Suggest Barclays Will Release Uber Affinity Credit Card
July 14, 2017 @ 8:42 AMBank registers domain names that could be used for new credit card. Barclays bank and ride-hailing company Uber have had a close relationship for a while, and it appears they might be getting ready to take it to the next level. Yesterday, Barclays registered the domain names ubercreditcardapply.com and ubercreditcardsucks.com, suggesting that the bank is…
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New gTLDs Have Lost 2.3 Million Domains in The Past 8 Weeks
July 14, 2017 @ 5:31 AMNew gTLDs have lost 2.3 million domain names in the past 8 weeks. There are now about 22 million new gtld domain registrations. According to Namestat.org there have been 4.3 million domain names removed from zone files while there have been 2 million new registrations. The domains that have been deleted were mostly from the…
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ICANN Chair Steve Crocker Paid $114,000 Last Year
July 13, 2017 @ 12:53 PMICANN chair Steve Crocker was paid $114,203.24 in the organization’s last tax year. The number was released today (pdf) in response to a request by domain blogger John Poole of DomainMondo.com. Poole had requested the figures because Crocker is paid via his company, Shinkuro, rather than directly, so his compensation does not show up on…
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Radix Premium Domains Report: $1,217,240 Revenue, 67% Premium Renewal Rate
July 13, 2017 @ 12:21 PMRadix published its premium domains report for the 1st half of 2017. Here is the report: Radix crosses $1 MILLION in premium name revenue. 1,217,240 In Premium Revenue 727 Premium Domains Registered & Renewed New Premium Registrations New Premium Registration Revenue: $640,641 New Premium Names Registered: 469 Premium Renewals 258 Premiums Renewed $576,599 Premium Renewal Revenue 67% Premiums have…
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Pheenix Jacks Up Drop Catching Prices to $59.99
July 13, 2017 @ 6:42 AMDrop catching service is increasing prices significantly this week. A lot seems to be going on with drop catching expired .com domain names. Verisign is definitely up to something that is going to change how services capture domains. Now comes news that Pheenix, the least expensive of the big three drop catchers, is significantly increasing…
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Pilotfish.se Owner Tried to Reverse Hijack Pilotfish.com
July 12, 2017 @ 10:05 AMGone fishin’. Cloud services company Pilotfish Networks AB, which uses the Swedish country code domain Pilotfish.se, has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain Pilotfish.com. The company filed a UDRP against Austin, Texas-based company Dynamo.com that claimed Dynamo was cybersquatting with its registration of the domain name Pilotfish.com…
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GoDaddy Participates in Net NEUtrality Day of Action
July 12, 2017 @ 5:05 AMJuly 12 is being called the Day of Action to Save Net Neutrality, and many of the largest websites are participating to encourage users to fight for net neutrality. Some of the major sponsors of this Day of Action are Google, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Twitter, Reddit, and many other large Internet-based businesses. Although GoDaddy is not listed as one of the participants on the BattleForTheNet.com website, it looks like GoDaddy is participating in today’s events…
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ICA Successfully Advocates to Discredit The Dangerous Retroactive Bad Faith Theory Under The UDRP
July 11, 2017 @ 10:24 AMLet’s say you register a domain name today. You’ve done your due diligence, and you see there aren’t any companies that use the keyword(s) in your domain name as a trademark or for their brand name. A few years from now, some company launches with its brand matching your domain name. The company now wants your matching domain name, but they don’t want to pay you for it – they want to take it from you…
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Flippa Implements a $1 Domain Classified Listing Fee
July 11, 2017 @ 10:24 AMFlippa has decided to implement a $1 domain classified listing fee, which will take place starting today. With the launch of its new listing builder, Flippa has made a few changes to how our platform operates, and made a few changes to domain classified listings. Domain classified listings now have the ability to purchase listing upgrades, have increased…
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Man Infamous for WhiteHouse.com Working On Sucks.com Domain Name Registry
July 11, 2017 @ 8:33 AMCompany files trademark application suggesting third level domains under sucks.com will be available soon. The man who hosted porn at WhiteHouse.com for many years is apparently about to make a business out of the domain name Sucks.com. Dan Parisi owned WhiteHouse.com and hosted adult content on the domain to make money from it, drawing the…
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