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.phone Will Be Restricted After Dish gTLD Auction Win
December 20, 2015 @ 10:51 PMThe new gTLD .phone is going to be tightly restricted, after Dish DBS won the contested string at auction. The American satellite communications firm beat Donuts to the gTLD, judging by Donuts’ withdrawal from the two-horse on Friday. This means that if you’re not a licensed telecoms or voice-over-IP service provider, you won’t be able…
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Tata's Bid for .tata gTLD Scuppered By Morocco
December 19, 2015 @ 10:37 PMTata Group, the humongous Indian conglomerate, has been told its flagship application for a dot-brand gTLD has been refused. ICANN on Friday changed the status of the application for .tata from “On Hold” to “Will Not Proceed”, a limbo state that is usually expected to lead to the application being withdrawn. It is believed that…
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Internet Grows to 299 Million Domain Names in the Third Quarter of 2015
December 18, 2015 @ 11:46 PMVeriSign, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRSN), a global leader in domain names and Internet security, today announced that approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to approximately 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Sept. 30, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief.
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Sedo Has Watched Buy It Now Go From 2% to 56%
December 18, 2015 @ 2:51 PMSedo put together a graphic in their latest newsletter that chronicled buy it now sales. 2008 saw buy it now at just 2% now they are at 56% with numbers over 65% in recent weeks. Debates go back and forth about whether or not to list your names at buy it now or make an…
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Porn Firm Wins .cam After Years of Objections
December 18, 2015 @ 8:45 AMThe controversial new gTLD .cam has been won at auction by Dutch porn site operator AC Webconnecting, putting an end to over two years of back-and-forth objections. Rival applicants Rightside and Famous Four Media both withdrew their applications earlier this week. The contest for .cam was marked by several objections and appeals. In 2013, Verisign…
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Verisign IDNS: Landrush Details and Premium Domains
December 18, 2015 @ 8:38 AMLandrush will not be like Early Access. Verisign is getting ready to launch its first internationalized domain name, a Japanese transliteration of .com .コム. Based on comments Verisign CEO James Bidzos made on an investor conference call, it seemed that the company was considering a declining price “Early Access” model for landrush. Early Access was…
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Verisign Industry Brief Q3 2015: Registrations Have Grown By 14.8 Million, or 5.2 Percent, Year Over Year
December 17, 2015 @ 1:58 PMVerisign (VRSN) released their 2015 Q3 Industry Brief Some takeaways: The total number of registered domain names rose to 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in Q3 2015: This increase globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1% over Q2 2015 Worldwide registrations have grown…
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.xyz Registry Reports Nearly All 5 Number Domains Sold Out
December 17, 2015 @ 1:51 PMDaniel Negari, CEO of the .xyz registry has reported to TheDomains.com that there are less than 10,000 five number .xyz domain name combinations left before they are all registered! To be exact, at time of publication, only 9.59% are available to register of the once 100,000 according to the tracker provided by the registry. The…
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Disney Overlooked This Long Star Wars Domain
December 17, 2015 @ 12:08 PMJeff Geaney is a domain name investor from Townsville, Australia. He bought alongtimeagoinagalaxyfarfaraway.com in 1999 for $70 (£47), let it lapse, and then acquired it again in 2002. The second time, he paid $1,500.
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Sedo Links Up With .EU WHOIS to Sell Domains
December 17, 2015 @ 9:10 AMName not available? Whois searchers will now see if it’s for sale. EURid is now showing if a domain name is listed for sale at Sedo when someone does a whois lookup, and linking directly to the sale listing. This is a nifty deal. Keep in mind that full .eu whois records are only available…
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