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XYZ Says Auctions "Comfortably Within The Rules"
November 10, 2013 @ 11:55 AMNew gTLD registry XYZ.com has responded to criticisms of its plan to auction .xyz and .college names with NameJet before they even have signed contracts with ICANN. CEO Daniel Negari told DI that the plan to auction 40 names between now and the end of February, is “comfortably within the rules”. The company seems to…
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Will Quorvus Become The New Hotel Brand for Carlson Hotels (Radisson, Parkplaza, Country Inns)
November 10, 2013 @ 9:03 AMLooks like its getting to roll out another new Hotel group known as Quorvus
According to some new registrations at brand protection company MarkMonitor.com. It looks like Carlson is going to call a new line of hotels Quorvus registering Quorvus.com, Quorvuscollection.com, and even some typo’s like Quorvis.com… -
New gTLDs Bring Back Tiered Renewal Pricing
November 10, 2013 @ 5:08 AMOnly one mass-market TLD used it, and it’s often considered a bad idea, but variable pricing for domain name renewals is making a comeback with the launch of new gTLDs. What Box? and Plan Bee are the first two new gTLD registries to start selling domains with tiered renewal fees, in .menu and .build respectively,…
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1&1 Internet Signs Domain Names Agreement With Donuts
November 10, 2013 @ 4:22 AMWeb hosting company 1&1 Internet has signed a registry-registrar agreement with industry leader Donuts, the sector’s largest registry by number of top-level domain name (TLD) applications.
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Domain Name Meetup in Seattle Scheduled for Early 2014
November 8, 2013 @ 11:16 PMIf you live/work in Seattle or visit regularly and you want to learn more about domain names, improve your investing knowledge, hear entrepreneurial success stories, learn the secrets of the industry, or just get out from behind your computer and meet other people interested in domain names, this is the meetup for you.
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Verisign Publishes 2nd Part of 4 Parts Series On Why Domain Blocking On New gTLD's Isn't Good Enought
November 8, 2013 @ 2:33 PMVerisign just released the second in a four part series of why ICANN’s effort to fix the potential collision issue caused by the release of new gTLD’s, by blocking domain registrations, isn’t good enough to fix the potential problems…
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NaturallyBorn.com Saved in UDRP
November 8, 2013 @ 12:17 PMThe domain name NaturallyBorn.com was saved in a UDRP today. The domain holder was represented by John Berryhill…
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NCSG: ICANN Board-staff Violated Its Own Corporate Bylaws By Unilaterally Imposing "Tm+50 Policy"
November 8, 2013 @ 6:14 AMThe Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group (NCSG) says ICANN Board-staff violated ICANN Bylaws by adopting the Trademark+50 policy without following the proper policy modification process. The specific policy at issue in this CEP is ICANN staff’s unilateral decision to grant trademark holders significantly greater rights via its “trademark plus 50” (“TM+50”) policy in contradiction to the GNSO Council’s policy recommendations and implementation guidance and the process described in ICANN’s Bylaws that govern its adoption of policy…
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NameJet to Auction New gTLD Domains Before They Launch
November 8, 2013 @ 6:03 AMMany registrars are already offering new gTLD pre-registrations, now NameJet has taken the idea one step further: it’s going to auction premium names months before the gTLDs even go live. It’s just announced a deal with XYZ.com, which is on track to run the .xyz and .college registries, to sell 40 “premium” domain names this…
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NameJet.com to Auction .xyz & .college Domain Names Starting This Month
November 8, 2013 @ 5:40 AMNameJet and XYZ.COM announced they have partnered in a groundbreaking advanced auction format prior to the release of the TLD to the open market in 2014. Forty premium .XYZ and .COLLEGE domain names will be offered in this first-of-its-kind advance auction, where the highest bidder purchases an option to acquire the domain at the winning price, taking possession of the domain when it becomes available at the registry…
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