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  • Who is Your Favorite Account Manager Elliots Blog (Wednesday, 16 May) - I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next week where you can vote for your favorite, with the winner receiving...
  • BankAds to Acquire CreditCards.net Elliots Blog (Wednesday, 16 May) - I just received a press release announcing that BankAds, a company I previously covered, “has signed an exclusive agreement to acquire CreditCards.net.” Yesterday, the company announced its acquisition of OnlineBanks.com, but I think CreditCards.net is far superior to this domain name. BankAds co-founder Sean Sullivan stated, “the re-launched CreditCards.net property...
  • Personal Domains Anchor Creative Customization iWantMyName Domain Blog (Wednesday, 16 May) - It is always exciting to see domain names released into the wild and being put to good use. We've noticed that there is a burgeoning community of artists, designers and makers promoting their pet projects on the web these days.......
  • What If Customizing Your Creative Portfolio With A Personal Domain Was As Easy As Opening A Can Of Diet Coke? iWantMyName Domain Blog (Tuesday, 15 May) - It is always exciting to see domain names released into the wild and being put to good use. We've noticed that there is a burgeoning community of artists, designers and makers promoting their pet projects on the web these days.......
  • Webnames Celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the Dot-CA Domain Name Webnames.ca Blog (Monday, 14 May) - Monday May 14th marks the 25th anniversary of the dot-CA domain name for Canada. On this date twenty five years ago the management of the dot-CA country code domain name was officially delegated by Jon Postel, operator of Internet......
  • My First Domain Name Had a Hyphen Elliots Blog (Monday, 14 May) - For the life of me, I couldn’t recall the first domain name I ever registered. A few people have asked me over the years, and I had a vague idea, but I couldn’t recall it and didn’t have a record of it. I knew it was registered at Network Solutions...
  • Ten Picks From the Upcoming .ME Sedo Auction Name talent (Sunday, 13 May) - Later this month the .ME Registry will be auctioning off 188 more previously held back premium .ME domain names through Sedo.com. The first premium .ME auction this year tallied approx $340k in sales, led by hotel.me at $25k. This months auction will kick off on May 24th and run through...
  • Keep This in Mind When Judging a Registry’s Success Elliots Blog (Saturday, 12 May) - I often hear critical and/or snide comments about various non-.com domain registries and how many are presumed to be failures. Some people seem to think that if a registry doesn’t have millions of domain names registered and/or if the aftermarket for a particular registry’s domain names is weak, that the...
  • BusinessWeek Gives Domain Name Advice and Artemis (.secure) Reveals it’s Business Model Name talent (Saturday, 12 May) - An article titled When Should Domain Names Match Company Names? was published this morning by Karen E. Klein on Bloomberg BusinessWeek Small Business Advice Section.   The post was a response to this question asked by a BusinessWeek reader: When is it necessary or advisable for a startup to have a matching...
  • Weekly Reader, May 11, 2012 United Domains' Blog (Friday, 11 May) - Domain Pulse: “ICANN is targeting 22 May as the intended reopening date for the TLD Application System. ICANN anticipates the system remaining open for five business days and close on 30 May. This takes account of the 28 May Memorial … Continue reading →...