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INDUSTRY NEWS
Domain Name Registrations Surge To 63 Million
Animal Rights Activists Win Out against Neiman-Marcus
Re-purposing the .IQ country code, is that Intelligent?
Solis Corporation Receives Accreditation
ICANN UPDATE
ICANN Considering 10 New Domains
Verisign comes up short in Anti-trust suit against ICANN
What's New at Buy Domains
Premium Domain Brokerage Punches through the 300,000 Mark
Domain Newsletter Under New Management
PREMIUM DOMAINS
Recently Sold Names
Featured "Brand Development" Domains for Sale
CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL
INDUSTRY NEWS
Domain Name Registrations Surge To 63 Million
First Quarter of 2004 shows record levels of domain names being acquired reports Verisign. Some of this increase is due to the growth of the internet in other countries besides the US but, equally important, is the number of Web sites that are now backing the new names. Read more.
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Animal Rights Activists Win Out against Neiman-Marcus
The US Arbitration Forum unraveled a domain name hairball in favor of Fund for Animals over ownership and content of www.neimancarcass.com domain. Read more.
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Re-purposing the .IQ country code, is that Intelligent?
Iraq's media commission and the U.S.-led administration in Iraq want to set up Web addresses using the ccTLD ".IQ". They indicate this would enable the people of Iraq to stake their claim in cyberspace. Currently the ccTLD is being managed by a company in Texas. In spite of the obvious marketing opportunity, no site is readily available for access. Read more.
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Solis Corporation Receives Accreditation
Solis Corporation, also known as Japan Registry, received their accreditation, from ICANN. Previously they have been providing registrars world wide with .jp. Their resellers and can now offer the desirable .com names locally to the Japanese market. Read more.
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ICANN UPDATE
ICANN Considering 10 New Domains
"Live long and prosper", seems to be the prime directive handed to Domain Name users as ICANN begins the process of approving additional top level domain extensions. The new gTLD's include .asia, .cat, .jobs, .mail, .mobi, .post, .tel, .travel and .xxx. Read more
Not everyone is in agreement with the move, Berners-Lee recently wrote a white paper criticizing the domain name expansion, "New Top-Level Domains Considered Harmful." On May 14, the W3C Technical Advisory Group resolved to support the document. (Berners-Lee has been called the Father of the Internet). The paper can be seen at: www.w3.org/DesignIssues/TLD
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Verisign Comes Up Short In Anti-Trust Suit Against ICANN
June 7 was the new date for Verisign to file additional information to make the case that ICANN has exceeded its authority. The suit stems from ICANN's order for Verisign to shut down their Site Finder system which redirected unresolved queries to their own marketing directories. Read more
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What's New at Buy Domains
Premium Domain Brokerage Punches through the 300,000 Mark
"Location, Location, Location..." are the three rules for retail commerce. On the Web, your Domain Name Brand is your location, which is why it had better be a good one. As more people realize this, the competition for domain name "properties" is increasing (see lead article above). Fortunately, Buy Domains has more premium domain names than ever before, leading the domain marketplace. Buy Domains's efficient Advanced Premium Search Tool helps you select the domain names for your online branding plan. Simply set up your criteria using our Advanced Search Tool and scores of highly brandable domains will be displayed for instant purchase and transfer.
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Domain Newsletter Under New Management
Look for new features and services as we initiate a program to give the Buy Domains Newsletter a makeover. This will include upgrades in form as well as content. As always, we would like to hear from you, especially any thoughts or comments about what you would like to see. Use our Feed Back Form with the subject field set to "newsletter".
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PREMIUM DOMAINS
Recently Sold Premium Names
| Audiology.com |
StreamNet.com |
| KidsChat.com |
GetLinked.com |
| ArtStudio.com |
PoliceTechnology.com |
| AccessBanking.com |
TennisClub.com |
| Antibiotics.org |
AirMed.com |
| WirelessChat.com |
BigCash.com |
| ArmoredCar.com |
GhostWalk.com |
| HrLaw.com |
NetOffice.com |
| MySalary.com |
SecretAgent.com |
| OuterLimit.com |
WebGuru.com |
| SpySupply.com |
ControlPoint.com |
| SugarDaddys.com |
JobCentral.com |
| PrimeContractor.com |
NewHomeguide.com |
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Featured "Brand Development" Domains for Sale
In keeping with our lead story regarding the increase in domain name acquisitions and the development of real sites, a search was performed using the key words "brand, development" . Here are some of the really great names that are available for immediate purchase:
You can see what is immediately available for your needs by going to: Advanced Premium Name Search
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CUSTOMER TESTIMONIAL
"The customer service is fabulous! The search engine has results very quickly. And the instructions are great and walk you through the process so easily. For a first time user/browser I can t believe how terrific it was to get the dot com for my business so quickly and so easily. Thanks again."
Shane
May 11, 2004
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