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RDNH in Circus.com Case
September 15, 2016 @ 9:21 AMPanel finds that Belgian gambling company filed case in abuse of policy. Gambling company Circus Belgium has been found to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Circus.com. This case certainly caught me by surprise when it was filed in June. The panel, unsurprisingly, found that the domain name was not…
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Domain Capital May Be Willing to Purchase Your Payment Stream
September 15, 2016 @ 8:50 AMDomain Capital is known primarily for its domain name lending business. People who either need to finance a domain name purchase or use their valuable domain name as collateral for a loan can quickly turn to Domain Capital to receive funding for their domain names. I was chatting with Vince Harasymiak and Gregg Freeman at The Domain Name Conference a couple of days ago, and they told me about another type of deal that could pique their interest: buying the payment stream for a domain name deal. I will illustrate this with a rough example…
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Here's What Happened to ICANN On Capitol Hill Yesterday
September 15, 2016 @ 8:30 AMHearing gets feisty: threats of jail time, questions about China and more. Ted Cruz is on a mission to halt the U.S. government from relinquishing contracts with ICANN related to IANA functions. That transition is due to take place at the end of this month. Yesterday he brought the battle to a congressional hearing. The…
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Updated: Minds + Machines Lost Registrations Result of Registry Deletions Not Non-renewals
September 15, 2016 @ 6:05 AMYesterday we reported that Minds + Machines (LON:MMX) lost on average around 30% of its registrations due to non-renewal. Today we were informed by Minds + Machines that the deleted domain names were not the result of non-renewals; but was the result of Minds + Machines “unwinding its Emerald Names initiative and moving premium inventory…
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Sedo Takes Top Honors at The Domain Conference
September 14, 2016 @ 11:37 AMWorld’s Largest Premium Domain Marketplace wins Company of the Year & Broker Dave Evanson awarded Broker of the Year Award for the Third Time BOSTON-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Sedo, the world’s largest premium domain marketplace and monetization provider, was awarded the highest honor,…
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Minds + Machines Extension Having a Really Bad Day Losing 30% of Registrations Over 13 Strings
September 14, 2016 @ 8:10 AMMinds + Machines (LON:MMX) is having a bad day as many of its new gTLD’s have come up for renewal and many lost a substantial percentage of its registrations yesterday. According to RegistrarStats.com, 13 new gTLD strings owned and operated by Mind + Machines lost on average somewhere around 30% of its domain registrations over…
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ICANN Advertising to Promote IANA Transition
September 14, 2016 @ 6:30 AMGoogle ads triggered based on ICANN and IANA keywords. ICANN, or someone acting in its interest, is paying for Google ads to promote the IANA transition. If you search for ICANN or IANA you will see ads linking to both ICANN’s website and Internet Society, a group that is in favor of the transition proceeding…
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ETF.com Sold for $12.6 Million
September 14, 2016 @ 5:35 AMAccording to a Securities & Exchange Commission quarterly report filing (10-Q), the ETF.com domain name and website were sold earlier this year for $12.6 million. The deal was originally announced in a press release in March, although the price was not revealed until this recent filing. As you probably know, ETF is an acronym for “exchange traded fund,” and ETF.com has been an active website. The buyer of the domain name and website is Bats Global Markets, a publicly traded company. According to the about us page on ETF.com, Bats Global Markets is “a leading global operator of exchanges and…
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Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Alleged in HeidiPowell.com Lawsuit
September 13, 2016 @ 10:54 AMReality TV star could be on the hook for $100k depending on outcome of lawsuit. In July I wrote about reality TV star Heidi Powell filing a cybersquatting lawsuit against a woman named Heidi Powell over the domain name HeidiPowell.com. The case looked baseless, as the registrant clearly didn’t register the domain name in bad…
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GoDaddy Launches Domain Connect Initiative to Make It Easier for Customers to Get The Most Out of Their Domain Names
September 13, 2016 @ 8:39 AMNew APIs Make It Easier for Customers of Microsoft, CloudFlare, Squarespace and Other Web Services to Point Their Domain Names to Their Personalized Web Presences SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Sept. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — GoDaddy Inc. (NYSE: GDDY), the world’s largest technology…
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