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Earlier this month, we discussed how the .jobs TLD would be opened up to allow registrations of the TLD. Now, a newly formed group calling itself the .JOBS Charter Compliance Coalition is seeking to stop this. The coalition has asked ICANN’s board to reconsider their recent decision to open up the TLD to non-company [...] Continue reading
The high value of generic domain names was the topic of conversation in two new interviews with industry leaders - Jeff Kupietzky of Oversee.net and Jeff Bennett of Swap.com. One was printed by a Boston business publication and the other kicked off a new video series from Simon Johnson's DomainerIncome.tv. [...] Continue reading
While DomainCocoon in general recommends becoming ICANN accredited from scratch versus purchasing an already accredited registrar, the auction happening today may be worth a look. As reported by Domain Name News, the registrar company, a customer base of 8,000 domains, some hosting accounts and the domain DomainName.com are all up for sale. The Buy It [...] Continue reading
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Attendees at the Epik Developer's Conference coming up Sept. 15-17 will find a little something extra in their "goodie" bags - $795 worth of EpikBucks. We'll tell you exactly what those are + we have news updates on October's DN Cruise and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. South Beach conferences. [...] Continue reading
DN Journal's new monthly newsletter is out. We connected with Epik.com Founder Rob Monster to learn more about the upcoming Epik Developers Conference, but the discussion wound up covering much more than that, including Monster's take on the shaky state of domain parking and the future of domain development [...] Continue reading
Domainer Income TV I am happy to announce that my Aussie domainer friend Simon Johnson, who I interviewed on my Last Domain Names Podcast has launched his fantastic new show called Domainer Income TV which you can check out at DomainerIncome.tv. This weeks guest is Jeff Kupietzky from Oversee.net where Jeff talks about [...] Continue reading
Today in the Lowdown at DNJournal.com: Moniker rings up a 7-figure sale in the DOMAINfest New York Extended Online Auction, country code news featuring ,AU, .NL, .MX and .UK, plus Alexa Raad, the highly successful President and CEO of the .ORG Registry (PIR) will step down next month. [...] Continue reading