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Here's the The Lowdown
from DN Journal,
updated daily
to
fill you in on the latest buzz going around the domain name industry.
The Lowdown is
compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron
Jackson. |
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The
Afternic DLS Expands Into Russia, Germany's
Biggest Domain Conference Gets Underway &
WaterShave.org Debuts!
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The
AfternicDLS
announced
its latest expansion today - one that
opens up the rapidly growing Russian
market for domain sellers. The
AfternicDLS did it by bringing RU-CENTER,
Russia’s first and largest domain
registrar and hosting company into Afternic’s
Premium Reseller
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Network. Through
the partnership RU-CENTER will add Afternic’s
premium domains to search results on nic.ru.
RU-CENTER will also utilize Afternic’s Instant
Transfer technology on these listings,
giving buyers instant access to their purchased
premium domains. Afternic’s integration with
RU-CENTER is to be completed by the end of next
month (March 2012), when premium listings
will start appearing on nic.ru.
Andrey
Vorobyev, RU-CENTER Director of
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Public and
Government Relations, said "“Afternic has
the largest portfolio of instant transfer
domains in the world. This was a big factor in
our decision to partner with them. Along
with the ease and speed of their Instant
Transfer technology, the quality of Afternic’s
domain listings will add much value to our
users’ experience and give our customers a
greater range of choices in their domain
research and selection process.”
Jason Miner,
Senior Vice President of Sales and General
Manager of Afternic, added, “This is a very
exciting partnership for us. The success of the
domain aftermarket depends on bringing the
biggest and best registrars around the world
into the Afternic network. Now domain sellers
listing their names on Afternic will have an
expanded buying audience and RU-CENTER will have
an expanded offering for its customers. It’s a
win-win.”
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Elsewhere,
the 2012 DOMAINfest Global
conference just concluded in California
(our
comprehensive show review
was published Sunday with many new
photos and show details) |
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but
across the ocean the biggest German-speaking
event in the industry - DomainPulse
- just got underway today in Hamburg,
Germany with an estimated 350
participants on hand for the 9th annual
meeting at the Hotel Grand Elysee.
The two-day event concludes tomorrow
(Tue., Feb. 14). |
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This
event is hosted by DENIC
(Germany's .de registry), NIC.at
(Austria's .at registry) and SWITCH.
The focus of this year’s conference is
the increasing importance of the
Internet in all areas of life, a topic
exemplified by a session this afternoon
titled Internet Addiction: The
Inability to Live without the Computer. Domain
legal issues will be among the subjects
in the spotlight tomorrow with one of
the Tuesday afternoon sessions titled Obligations,
Liabilities, Blockings: The Risks all
around Domains.
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One
other note today - as reported
in our new complete
review of the just
concluded DOMAINfest Global
conference, three well-known industry heads
(belonging to DomainAdvisors.com
President Jeff Gabriel,
InternetTraffic.com's Vern
Jurovich and domain investor
Bill Lozada) were shaved
(by PPX International Chairman Gregg
McNair) during the event in an impromptu fund raising
effort for the Water
School. |
(Left
to right) Jeff Gabriel, Vern
Jurovich & Bill Lozada
sporting their new
close-cropped looks! |
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The Water School is a registered charitable organization in
Canada and the U.S. that
is literally saving lives in Africa through education on clean water
practices. The domain industry has
practically adopted the
Water School as its unofficial charity
and two leading industry figures,
Mr. McNair and Richard Lau
now serve on the organization's
Board of Directors.
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More than $30,000 was pledged for the three scalps
McNair collected during
DOMAINfest Global in Santa Monica and
more shavings
are planned going forward
(with the victims
volunteers still to be
selected)! Pledge invoices from
DOMAINfest Global are being distributed now but if your invoice
does not arrive you are
requested to simply go online
to the initiative's new
website at WaterShave.org and
complete your contribution. |
Its a great cause
that is 100% sustainable with 100%
going to the actual work in
Africa and it is 100% tax
deductible. So even if you have not pledged,
consider going online
to help lift the value of those
DOMAINfest scalps so that those curly
locks will not have died in
vain! |
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(Posted Feb.
13, 2012)
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