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Domain Sales Data Website Similarsales.com Launches - Site Will Show You Recent Domain Flips and Flops
March 5, 2015 @ 1:34 AMRudin Web Solutions out of Switzerland has a new site up on SimilarSales.com. The site provides historical sales data and I don’t know if they are just using NameBio.com to collect their data or if they have their own proprietary system for gathering sales data. The site is not as up to date yet as…
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Neustar Set to Lose Contract That Provides Half Its Revenue
March 5, 2015 @ 1:31 AMNeustar has been devastated by the news that it is likely to lose a US government contract that provides almost half of its annual revenue. The US Federal Communications Commission yesterday recommended that Telcordia Technologies take over the Local Number Portability Administrator contract, which Neustar has held since 1997. The service is basically North America’s…
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Live gTLD .Reise Sold at Auction
March 3, 2015 @ 2:38 AMThe first auction of a live new gTLD resulted in a sale, I can reveal. Dotreise’s .reise, which is German for “.travel”, changed hands in an auction managed by Applicant Auction last Friday. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to identify the winning bidder or the winning bid, but the winner’s identity will inevitably be revealed…
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Tucows and Namecheap Exit $14m .Online Deal
March 3, 2015 @ 2:29 AMTucows and Namecheap have both pulled out of their joint venture with Radix to run the .online registry. Tucows revealed the move, which will see Radix run .online solo, in a press release yesterday. Both Tucows and Namecheap are registrars, whereas Radix is pretty much focused on being a registry nowadays. While financial terms have…
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More Security Issues Hit ICANN Site
March 3, 2015 @ 2:14 AMICANN has revealed details of a security problem on its web site that could have allowed new gTLD registries to view data belonging to their competitors. The bug affected its Global Domains Division customer relationship management portal, which registries use to communicate with ICANN on issues related to delegation and launch. ICANN took GDD down…
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2 Panelists Say RDNH, Other Says Domain Name Should Be Transferred
March 2, 2015 @ 10:39 AMHow did one panelist think a domain should be transferred when the other two say the case was brought in bad faith? It’s fairly rare that a panelist files a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. Usually a three person panel comes to the same conclusion, although occasionally you’ll see a dissent. But a recent decision…
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EasyGroup Owner of Easy Jet Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
March 2, 2015 @ 10:21 AMEasyGroup Limited of London which owns Easy Jet, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH) on the domain name easygroup.com from Easy Group Holdings Limited of Kowloon, Hong Kong, The three member UDRP panel split in its decision, as panelist Jane Lambert did not agree in the finding of RDNH. We have…
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Donuts Beats Richemont to The New gTLD .Jewelry to Go With .Diamonds
March 2, 2015 @ 9:14 AMDonuts has won the new gTLD .Jewelry to go with its .Diamonds new gTLD beating Richemont Richemont DNS Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A, the prominent Swiss luxury goods holding company, submitted 14 applications for new gTLD’s of which they now have now withdrawn 4 including .Love For those not…
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Publicly Traded Bimobject Acquires The Matching .com of Its Stock Symbol Bim.com
March 2, 2015 @ 7:11 AMPublicly traded company BIMobject announced today that the company have acquired the top level domain name BIM.COM. The company is traded on the NASDAQ OMX exchange as BIM. CEO and founder, Stefan Larsson said: “Acquiring BIM.COM is an exciting step toward increasing our market penetration. BIM.COM is an under utilised asset that we can unlock…
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Centr Reaches 70m Domain Registrations: .de (15.8 Million), .UK (10.5 Million), .nl (5.5 Million)
March 2, 2015 @ 5:40 AMIn early February 2015, CENTR’s ccTLD full members aggregate registrations crossed the 70 million mark. This number includes 57 ccTLDs and IDN ccTLDs in 49 countries. CENTR’s full members have benefited from a 45% growth in registrations over the past…
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