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.cm “go live” delayed again !
27 Aug 2009Well this has got to be the worst launch of a new domain extension for a long time , the .cm extension release has been delayed again by the registrar. The .cm extension launch seems to have been plagued by gremlins and technical issues over the last couple of months, each time the proposed release [...]
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- Tags: .cm, Cameroon, domain
Sedo sales are still going strong for valuable keyword domains. This week the domains payment.com and payments.com have been sold for a combined fee of for $400,000. Payment.com was sold for $250,000 and payments.com for $150.000.
Other Sedo recent sales include :
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- Tags: auction, domain, sales, sedo
Microsoft has recently acquired the domain name Office.com for an undisclosed amount. The domain was purchased from a Brussels-based company, according to searches of Internet registration records the domain registration transaction occurred on August 4 2009.
The domain, which was previously registered to the ContactOffice Group, ContactOffice previously used the Office.com domain to hosts online office [...]
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- Tags: domain, Microsoft
.CM Landrush Update
10 Aug 2009After over a week of speculation as to when the .CM Landrush was to begin, DomainMonster.com has posted an update on the .cm Landrush and following auctions that was originally stated to close over a week ago.
The .CM registry is re-opening the Landrush period allowing for additional applications to register .cm domains until the [...]
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- Tags: .cm, auction, domain
Check out the latest animated .me domain viral ad from the .me registry. The ad is entertaining and focuses primarily on the marketing and communication side of the .me domain. “.me, .me, .me” its all about .me. The add was created for www.domain.me by www.FriedPictures.me and is definitely an entertaining way to spread the .me [...]
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- Tags: .me, cctld, domain, video
The domain name Jesus.net was sold this week on Sedo for $124,337. The domain currently forwards to www.jesusinternetproject.com. The website states:
“The Jesus Internet Project is a project run by the ministry Top Mission in partnership with Christian organizations and churches. The vision is to share, through interactive websites, the Good News of Jesus Christ to [...]
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- Tags: domain, sales, sedo
Recently the number of domain name theft reports has been steadily growing and with the latest case of Warren Weitzman,a well known domainer being the victim of such thefts having Adios.com, sou.com and many other domains stolen although the accused in t P2P.com case is not related to the Weitzman case it is pleasing to [...]
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- Tags: domain, First, scam, Theft
The .cm landrush was due to take place on the 1st of August. The day before the landrush was to commence the .cm domain name registry announced their postponement of the public first come first served launch.
The .cm registry cited technical difficulties with their root name servers as the cause of the delay and postponed [...]
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- Tags: .cm, Cameroon, domain
Consumers warned over .co.uk websites.
1 Aug 2009With consumers making more and more purchases on line, many trust the domain extension that is native to their country. This is one attributing factor to the growth in the number of country code domains being registered. A story published by the Telegraph News Paper in the UKÂ has highlighted a growing problem that consumers [...]
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- Tags: .co.uk, cctld, domain, scam
Despicable.me, .me extention hits the big screen
29 Jul 2009Having a keen interest in the success of .me, the country code for Montenegro and one of the most popular new domain extensions it is extremely encouraging to see the domain extension breaking into the main stream media.
Despicable me is a new computer animated film set for release next summer by Universal Studios. Interestingly Universal [...]
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- Tags: .me, domain
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- tom: very interesting [...]
- moonie: Hi James, good effort for trying. Thanks for letting us know the situation. I guess GoDaddy are more [...]
- James: I got an email from GoDaddy, showing that they clearly couldn't care less that they are hosting a sc [...]
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- .cm “go live” delayed again !
- Get your cash out, Paymet.com sells for $250,000.
- Office.com, is Microsoft preparing for the launch of Office 2010.
- .CM Landrush Update
- .me registary promotional video from FriedPictures.me
- Twitter goes down due to DOS attack
- SnapNames August Showcase Domain Auction.
- Domaining and religion, Jesus.net sells for $124,337.
- Criminal prosecution over domain theft – P2P.com