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BrandBucket.org launches and files for TM

December 12, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 7 Comments

A Norwegian man has filed a trademark application for brandbucket. The applicant has registered the domain name brandbucket.org. From Trademarkia: Status Update! On Saturday, December 3, 2016, status on the BRANDBUCKET trademark changed to NEW APPLICATION FILED. On Tuesday, November 29, 2016, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for BRANDBUCKET by Ruben Botn-Jørgensen, Kolbotn […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Intellectual Property

“The majority of domains targeted via UDRP are not worth the effort”

December 10, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

Fairwinds Partners conducted research that took a look at Internet Retailer’s Top 500 Guide and then broke down the list to focus on the top 50 brands whose names were not based on generic terms and did not represent houses of brands. They came to a lot of interesting conclusions, a couple are as follows: […]

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GoDaddy Auctions performing maintenance tonight

December 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

This will only affect public auctions that are closing at night and into the morning. An auction like this one with 1 bid will be affected. Here is the note from GoDaddy Auctions will be performing maintenance starting on Friday, December 9, 2016, 11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Maintenance is expected to complete after 6 […]

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Filed Under: Auctions, Go Daddy

Enter the .Global Christmas Calendar for a chance to win free domains

December 9, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

If you are looking for a chance to win free .global domains, there is a contest going on. I actually found out about this on Namepros, the first day I entered, I got an email the next day that I won Conference.Global. So I won the Bearglecorn contest at Name.com which included a free .games […]

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Filed Under: domaining news, new gtlds

BrandBucket Podcast Episode 2

December 4, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 2 Comments

Michael Krell released the second episode of the BrandBucket podcast. Michael extended this podcast by about five minutes over the first podcast. He breaks down specific names and why they were accepted or not accepted. Tenantt.com is the first example of a name not accepted. The second was weightt.com, I would say there are many […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket

Vegas Baby – A domain bet pays off at the .tv casino

November 30, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 11 Comments

So the new NHL team in Las Vegas announced their name last Tuesday. Owner Bill Foley kept people in suspense for months, putting out disinformation and talking about other names he was never planning on using. I had a good idea what the name would be before the big reveal. Why ? Because I had […]

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Filed Under: .tv

Namepros revises rules for business members

November 29, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Namepros has revised their rules for business members. One of the key features to paying $10 a month is the number of active listings allowed in the marketplace. In the seller’s guide to Namepros, I highlighted the fact that the rules were for 6 active listings but Namepros was allowing 10. Today Eric Lyon updated […]

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Brandable Bits – BrandBucket launches Podcast – Nude.com listed at Namerific and more

November 28, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 1 Comment

In this Brandable Bits we are going to look at a new kid on the block, the first BrandBucket podcast and a few other tidbits. BrandBucket Podcast Michael Krell released the first episode of the BrandBucket podcast, Michael takes some time to go into the process around acceptance. Michael discusses what kinds of names are […]

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Filed Under: Brand Bucket, Brandable Bits, Brandable Domains, Domain trends, domaining news

OliverStone.com gets renewed

November 25, 2016 by Raymond Hackney Leave a Comment

Last week Elliot Silver wrote about OliverStone.com and that it had expired. The auction closed at $1,508 on NameJet. The domain has now been renewed and the legendary director has his website up and running. The interesting thing about the domain was that Mr. Stone actually paid up for his name and gave a signed […]

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Filed Under: Celebrity Domains, domaining news

No, .com is not losing its grasp

November 24, 2016 by Raymond Hackney 4 Comments

In a post on The Next Web titled, “8 myths about new gtlds” the author Jason Chernofsky decided to keep with one of the oldest tropes out there. .Com is losing its grasp. No, no it’s not. Jason also made the rather ignorant assumption that all .coms are owned by “squatters.” The new gtlds need […]

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Filed Under: Domain trends, Domaining 101, domaining news, new gtlds

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