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.sucks "Gagging" Registrar Critics?
January 12, 2016 @ 8:26 AM.sucks may be all about freedom of speech, but some registrars reckon the registry is trying to ban them from criticizing the new gTLD in public. Vox Populi is proposing a change to its standard registrar contract that some say is an attempt to gag them. A version of the Registry-Registrar Agreement dated December 18,…
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Mike Berkens Buys Stock .photo for $16k - Sells It With Stock .photos for $60k
January 11, 2016 @ 5:11 PMMike Berkens bought the domain name Stock.Photo today at the NamesCon auction in Las Vegas for $16,000. 15 minutes later he had already sold the domain name together with the plural version (Stock.Photos) for $60,000 to Richard Lau. Mike Berkens…
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Frank Schilling Unveils Marketplace During Keynote
January 11, 2016 @ 12:24 PMMarketplace to replace Domain Name Sales solution. Frank Schilling unveiled the new Uniregistry marketplace during his keynote at Namescon today. Uniregistry users will be able to to manage sales of their domain names from within their Uniregistry account, rather than a third-party system. It’s designed to be a better experience than the company’s Domain Name…
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Board Shakeup at Minds + Machines
January 11, 2016 @ 10:02 AMMajor board changes and executive appointments at new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced major changes to its Board of Directors today. Non-executive directors Keith Teare, Elliot Noss (CEO of Tucows) and David Weill are stepping down, as is executive director Caspar von Veltheim. Von Veltheim will now be…
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.club Sells Over 5,500 Premium Domains in December for Almost $615k
January 11, 2016 @ 8:40 AM.Club just released it premium sales report for December 2015. On December 16th .Club released 13,000 new premium names to the registrar channel, with many priced at $100 or lower In all, 5,525 premium names were sold in December. Total premium name sales for December, from all sources, came to $614,071.90. Total premium name sales…
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Facebook Registers Website Domains Ending in .auto and .car
January 11, 2016 @ 8:31 AMFacebook has triggered wild speculation that it might be developing a car of its own to rival the likes of Google after registering two automobile-related domain names. The social network registered several website domains last month including Facebook.car, Facebook.auto and Facebook.cars.
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Test Your Skills With GoDaddy's Bought or Not
January 11, 2016 @ 7:32 AMFun game asks you to guess if a domain is registered or not. GoDaddy released a fun (and rather eye-opening) app at NamesCon today called Bought Or Not. Bought or Not is similar to hot or not, except players guess if a domain name has been registered or not. It’s available online at BoughtOrNot.com and…
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.xyz Blows Past .us Which Had a 28 Year Head Start
January 10, 2016 @ 12:48 AMThis week the new gTLD .XYZ past .US, the ccTLD of the United States, in the total number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com the number of .XYZ registration is 1,726,541 compared to .US which has 1,670.478. Keep in mind that .US, which is the country code for the United States, has been in operation…
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Over $6.8 Million In Bids For NamesCon 2016 Live and Online Domain Name Auction
January 8, 2016 @ 10:31 AMRightOfTheDot and NameJet are partnering to host the live and online domain name auction of premium domain names for the upcoming NamesCon 2016 domain name industry conference.
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Apple Car Closer as Apple.car Domain Name Registered?
January 8, 2016 @ 2:03 AMpple (NASDAQ:AAPL), thought to be developing an electric autonomous car in its Project Titan, now has registration papers. That is, it has registered top-level domain names for apple.car, apple.cars and apple.auto, as noted by MacRumors Friday.
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