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.global Offers Marketplace to Sell Domains
January 31, 2017 @ 9:57 AM.Global has an idea that can help domain name investors sell more .global domains. But this is an idea that other registries can follow too. The .Global registry designed a “domains portal” specifically for domain investors to be able to easily search for available .GLOBAL domain names. DOMAINS.GLOBAL is currently in beta mode, but ready…
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FIFA Wins FIFA.net Cybersquatting Claim
January 31, 2017 @ 6:19 AMSoccer’s governing body gets FIFA.net to use along with its FIFA.com domain name. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has awarded soccer’s (sorry, football) governing body the domain name FIFA.net. Fédération Internationale de Football Association, aka FIFA, filed a cybersquatting complaint against Winsum Wong of China. Wong did not appear to be using the FIFA.net…
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Trump's 'Muslim Ban' Draws Fire, Creates Confusion in ICANN Community
January 31, 2017 @ 4:36 AMAt least two senior-level ICANN community members, including a new member of its board of directors, have been affected by US President Donald Trump’s controversial travel restrictions, imposed this weekend on the citizens of seven Muslim-majority nations. The so-called “Muslim ban” has also attracted criticism from other members of the community. Kaveh Ranjbar, Amsterdam-based chief…
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Todococheweb Sl Hit for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
January 30, 2017 @ 9:02 AMCompany makes unsubstantiated claim in its dead-on-arrival UDRP. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found Todococheweb SL to have filed a UDRP in bad faith against the owner of TodoCoches.com. “Todo coches” is Spanish for “All Cars”. The domain name has also been used for a site about cars, so the panel found hat…
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SnapNames Scores DomCollect Plus .nyc Auction
January 28, 2017 @ 9:48 AMSnapNames to help Sedo and .NYC sell domain names. SnapNames announced late last week that it will be helping Sedo sell some of its DomCollect domain name portfolio. DomCollect domains will be auctioned off with new inventory added intermittently. Also, SnapNames will be the online auction provider for .NYC’s next domain name auction. .NYC will…
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GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving Defends Domain Investors
January 27, 2017 @ 12:21 PMDomain sharks? Not so fast. GoDaddy CEO Blake Irving held a chat on Product Hunt Live this morning. A person asked him if domain resellers or “sharks” were a problem and what should be done about it. Here’s the exchange: Q: Bharath B Lohray Are domain resellers / sharks a serious problem? How do you…
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Another Domain-registration-date-for-security Patent is Filed
January 27, 2017 @ 11:33 AMCompany proposes blocking newly-registered domain names for security purposes. Security firm Rapid7, Inc has filed a patent application (pdf) with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for “Domain age registration alert”. Application 14/805744 was filed July 22, 2015 and published yesterday. The idea is simple: bad actors use new domain names to do harm. As…
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DNForum Relaunches Under New Ownership
January 27, 2017 @ 8:23 AMTwo domainers take over forum for talking about domain names. Domain name forum DNForum has officially relaunched under new ownership. Domain investors George Verdugo and Kevin Faler purchased the forum from Adam Dicker. The once-popular domain name forum declined in popularity in recent years and mysteriously went dark last year without any warning. Adam Dicker’s…
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GoDaddy Revenue Tops $1.8 Billion in 2016
January 27, 2017 @ 4:46 AMGoDaddy today said that its revenue for 2016 topped $1.8 billion. In a preliminary disclosure to the markets ahead of its formal February 15 earnings announcement, the registrar said that annual revenue for 2016 is expected to come in at $1.84 billion. That compares to $1.6 billion in 2015. Its fourth-quarter revenue is expected to…
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Neustar to Auction .nyc Premiums During New York Fashion Week
January 27, 2017 @ 3:07 AMNeustar is to release a batch of reserved, fashion-related .nyc premium domains to coincide with next month’s New York Fashion Week. Twenty-four names, including clothes.nyc, fashion.nyc, salon.nyc, models.nyc and shop.nyc will be released via an auction, the company said in a press release. SnapNames will manage the auction at Auctions.nyc from February 1 to February…
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