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Groundbreaking Global Domain Registration Industry Report Release By MAP

Posted on December 23rd, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

MAP Research, a Melbourne-based research company, has released what they claim to be “the world’s first report on the size, state and future of the global domain registration industry”. They interviewed a number of the top 20 domain registrars globally to formulate their data. Amongst the things shown by MAP Research report is the current [...]

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21 December 2008 Free List Of 53 Expired Domains

Posted on December 22nd, 2008 by admin in Expired Domains | No Comments »

I posted a list of 53 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free – you can register here to have [...]

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Now US Gov Tells ICANN To Slow Down

Posted on December 20th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

Following the concerns aired by ANA and other major brand representatives, the U.S. government has now urged ICANN to think again on a proposal to relax rules on gTlds, over concerns about economic costs and security. ICANN earlier this year voted to relax the rules on top-level domain names. Easing the rules would pave the [...]

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Santa.TEL – Contacting Santa Just Got Easier

Posted on December 20th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | 1 Comment »

Canada’s top registrar, Webnames.ca, have announced they have set up Santa.tel just in time for Christmas in an effort to showcase just how practical .TEL can be. With the use of .TEL, Santa would know exactly how to find every good boy and girl, even if they move and without ever updating his list. By [...]

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ICANN To Finally Stop Domain Tasters In Their Tracks

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | 7 Comments »

Domain tasting – as described in the Domaining Manifesto – is the shady practice of abusing the 5 day Add Grace Period (AGP) to try out domain names with the aim of registering them if they are shown to be profitable (viewed with a yearly registration period projection in mind). It was a while ago [...]

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Sedo Reports Record 4th Quarter Sales

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | 1 Comment »

Sedo today announced record sales for its signature GreatDomains auctions held in November and December. The company passed the $600,000 mark in sales and sold over 90 domain names, including Crab.com for $92,000, Hole.com for $35,000 and Hottube.com for $30,000. “We’re extremely pleased with the results of our recent online auctions, which demonstrate the value [...]

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Register.com Has A Pop At GoDaddy – Dodgy Stuff

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | 3 Comments »

The Web Hosting Industry Review has revealed an interesting tactic used by Register.com to promote their own credentials in the domaining industry – by having a pop at the competition ie Godaddy. Basically, Register.com distributed what amounts to a mini press release outlining what it has done in the past for the industry and its [...]

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TVGuide.com, TVGuide Sell For $255 Million

Posted on December 19th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | No Comments »

Macrovision’s TV Guide Network, including the TVGuide.com website, has been bought by Allen Shapiro and One Equity Partners for a reported sum of $255 million. Shapiro, who had been on the hunt for his next investment following his sale of Dick Clark Prods. to Daniel Snyder’s Red Zone Capital in 2007 has been singing the [...]

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17 December 2008 Free List Of 50 Expired Domains

Posted on December 18th, 2008 by admin in Expired Domains | No Comments »

I posted a list of 50 expired domains in the DNXpert domain name forum today. I practice showing only a sample of that list on my blog here to be fair to the folks took the time to register on the free forum. Forum registration is absolutely free – you can register here to have [...]

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Godaddy Moves To Close Standard Tactics LLC

Posted on December 18th, 2008 by admin in Domain News | 2 Comments »

We recently mentioned a post by Andrew of DomainNameWire that uncovered some alleged warehousing practices by Godaddy with it’s Standard Tactics LLC subsidiary. Basically, what Godaddy was doing was passing on all the domain names that noone bought at the Godaddy expired domain auctions to it’s subsidiary – Standard Tactics LLC – who then promptly [...]

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