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TV.nu is buyer of TV.se at $288,162

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Back on December 12 we reported that TV.se was sold for $288,162 on Tradera the Swedish Ebay. The whois changed yesterday when I checked it and now the domain points to TV.nu as the owner of TV.se. This sale was made by the registry as they are unlocking 349 previously held back .se domain names.

BetTrade.com Auction Adjusted Down From $1,006,000 to $117

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Well we had some excitement there and some suspicious activity on the auction for BetTrade.com today. The auction closed at $1,006,000 with 201 bids. A battle between bidder 7 and bidder 8. Go Daddy has now adjusted the closing price to $117. This means that they determined this to be the legit bidding action: Comment: […]

Do you ever feel bad about being a domain squatter?

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Do you ever feel bad about being a domain squatter? That is the thread that has had Namepros all a buzz for the last few days, 161 replies strong. The op started off with the following: So I’ve been searching for a domain for myself (not for resell) a nice 3-letter acronym that is also […]

Oui Oui – Dot Paris Day 1 Registrations Far Exceed Expectations

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The Bangkok Post did a story this morning on Dot Paris and first day registrations exceeding expectations. The Deputy Paris Mayor had stated the city had a goal of 10,000 registrations over the next two years. From the article: -Companies and lovers of the City of Lights snapped up 6,600 “.paris” Internet domain names in […]

Phishing Email Targeting Numeric.com Holders

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This tip is courtesy of Jennifer, Miss Domainer on Namepros. Apparently there has been a phishing attempt targeting owners of Numeric.coms as someone commented they received the same email about their NNNNN.com domain names. Today, I received the following email for several of my NNNNN domains: As of Dec 1, 2014, the Internet Corporation for […]

The Debate on Geographic Name Protections When It Comes To New gTLDs

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Nick Wood wrote an article on TrademarksandBrandsOnline.com took a look at a strong push from certain governments, a representative from Argentina is highlighted, that want restrictions and protections for Geographic names in the second round of the new gtld program. Everyone is familiar that Patagonia and Amazon were shot down in round one of the […]