[DNS] auDA domain news - 12 November

[DNS] auDA domain news - 12 November

From: David Goldstein <david>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 08:03:54 +1100
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The TPP and the DNS by Philip Corwin

< <http://www.internetcommerce.org/the-tpp-and-the-dns/>
http://www.internetcommerce.org/the-tpp-and-the-dns/>

 

Taking Stock As We Enter the Final Stretch by Theresa Swinehart

<
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-as-we-enter-the-final-stretch>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-as-we-enter-the-final-stretch>

 

CEO Search Update

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ceo-search-update>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ceo-search-update>

 

New Internet Domain Reservations: There Can Only Be One ? Or Not?

<
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/09/new-tld-reservations-there-can-only-be-o
ne-or-not/>
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/09/new-tld-reservations-there-can-only-be-on
e-or-not/>

 

Case study: will new domain extensions provide an SEO boost? by Jennifer
Wolfe

<
<http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2433834/case-study-will-new-domain-e
xtensions-provide-an-seo-boost>
http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2433834/case-study-will-new-domain-ex
tensions-provide-an-seo-boost>

 

Discussion turns to future gTLD rounds as Google calls for a permanent
window

<
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=ab33be6e-cc86-4071-8
e02-b46053da2484>
http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=ab33be6e-cc86-4071-8e
02-b46053da2484>

 

 

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GOVERNANCE

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The TPP and the DNS by Philip Corwin

On November 5, 2015 the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative released the
official text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. That text consists of 30
separate Chapters totaling more than 2,000 pages, and is accompanied by four
additional Annexes and dozens of Related Instruments. Only those who
negotiated it are likely to have a detailed understanding of all its
provisions, and even that probably overstates reality.

< <http://www.internetcommerce.org/the-tpp-and-the-dns/>
http://www.internetcommerce.org/the-tpp-and-the-dns/>

 

?Turn digital divides into digital opportunities,? Ban tells annual UN forum
on Internet governance

To cover the ?breadth and depth? of the recently adopted Sustainable
Development Goals, the potential of the data revolution must be explored
through the use of new and non-traditional sources of data, United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed at the 10th annual Internet
Governance Forum (IGF), which opened today in Jo?o Pessoa, Brazil.

< <http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52512#.VkKkmOIp9mc>
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52512#.VkKkmOIp9mc>

 

10th Internet Governance Forum Opens In Joao Pessoa, Brazil

In opening the 10th IGF of the United Nations in Joao Pessoa, Brazilian
President Dilma Rousseff called for solutions to internet access, but also
to address challenges in online human rights, especially privacy.

<
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/11/10th-internet-governance-forum-opens-in-
joao-pessoa-brazil/>
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/11/10th-internet-governance-forum-opens-in-j
oao-pessoa-brazil/>

 

Users, Governments Give Views On Internet Governance Going Forward

As governments at the United Nations negotiate outcome documents for the 10
year review of the 2005 WSIS, the rest of the stakeholders of the global
internet are fighting for a voice, especially users. A recent event
alongside the WSIS talks explored the user perspective, and discussed the
future of the IGF, the annual meeting taking place this week in Brazil.

<
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/10/users-governments-give-views-on-internet
-governance-going-forward/>
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/10/users-governments-give-views-on-internet-
governance-going-forward/>

 

The Internet: An Opportunity for Sustainable Development by Kathy Brown,
Internet Society President and CEO

The greatest challenge facing the world today is the need to achieve
sustainable development--development that will bring economic and social
progress to all without harming the future of our planet. This week in
Brazil at the 10th Internet Governance Forum meeting, the Internet Society
is calling on the global Internet community to act now to unlock the
Internet's full potential as the defining force in shaping the world for the
next generation and beyond.

<
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-brown/the-internet-an-opportuni_b_85140
84.html>
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathy-brown/the-internet-an-opportuni_b_851408
4.html>

 

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ICANN

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Taking Stock As We Enter the Final Stretch by Theresa Swinehart

As many could have predicted, the IANA Stewardship Transition and Enhancing
ICANN Accountability topics remained center stage for the ICANN54 meeting in
Dublin. As we reach the latest stretch post-Dublin, both the IANA
Stewardship Transition Coordination Group (ICG) and Cross Community Working
Group on Enhancing ICANN Accountability (CCWG-Accountability) have hosted
almost 70 hours of meetings, including working sessions and engagement
sessions, plus presentations on behalf of their groups to numerous SOs and
ACs through the week. As a result, both groups reached significant
milestones.

<
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-as-we-enter-the-final-stretch>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/taking-stock-as-we-enter-the-final-stretch>

 

CEO Search Update

The CEO committee searching for a replacement for Fadi Chehad? has been
active since it was chartered by the Board in June in Buenos Aires. Three
vectors of competence have emerged as significant dimensions guiding the
search: (1) managerial and operational competence; (2) ability to relate to
and work with our community; and (3) representation in the international
arena.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ceo-search-update>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ceo-search-update>

 

Proposed implementation of GNSO Policy Development Process Recommendations
on Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D

Purpose: The public comment proceeding seeks to obtain community input on
the proposed implementation of the GNSO Policy Development Process
recommendations on the Inter-Registrar Transfer Policy (IRTP) Part D.

<
<https://www.icann.org/public-comments/irtp-d-implementation-2015-11-10-en>
https://www.icann.org/public-comments/irtp-d-implementation-2015-11-10-en>

 

Auction for 1 Contention Set Slated for 18 November 2015

An Auction will be facilitated by Power Auctions LLC on 18 November 2015 to
resolve string contention for one new gTLD contention set: HOTELS/HOTEIS.

<
<http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-11nov15-e
n>
http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/announcements-and-media/announcement-11nov15-en
>

 

The Sun's Gate is Open for the IGF 2015 by Daniel Fink, ICANN Senior
Stakeholder Relations Manager in Brazil

Next week, once again, our region will be the focus of discussions
concerning the Internet. Latin America will host its second IGF (the first
one was held in Rio de Janeiro, in 2007) in Jo?o Pessoa, the beautiful
capital city of Para?ba. At a glance, Wikipedia describes Jo?o Pessoa as the
place "where the sun firstly rises in the Americas", the furthest eastern
point in the continent. It is here where, very soon, we will be meeting old
friends and discussing over our next steps, always looking towards the
future.

< <https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-sun-s-gate-is-open-for-the-igf-2015>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/the-sun-s-gate-is-open-for-the-igf-2015>

 

CIIO Perspectives: ICANN?s Incident Response Protocol by Ashwin Rangan

As part of our mission to provide secure and stable digital services to the
community, the ICANN Information Technology (IT) team takes information
security incidents very seriously and thwarts these threats through a
variety of measures.

<
<https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ciio-perspectives-icann-s-incident-response
-protocol>
https://www.icann.org/news/blog/ciio-perspectives-icann-s-incident-response-
protocol>

 

ICANN opens blog to comments, immediately trolled

Welcome to my world, ICANN. The organization on Friday opened its blog to
commenters for the first time in years, allowing any registered user of the
ICANN site to submit comments on its posts.

<
<http://domainincite.com/19591-icann-opens-blog-to-comments-immediately-trol
led>
http://domainincite.com/19591-icann-opens-blog-to-comments-immediately-troll
ed>

 

New Internet Domain Reservations: There Can Only Be One ? Or Not?

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), standardisation body for the
internet protocol and related specifications, is concerned about stepping on
the toes of ICANN with a potentially growing number of requests for new TLD
reservations arriving at its doorstep. The recent reservation of a special
name space .onion for the Tor anonymization network resulted in a big debate
at last week?s meeting of the IETF Domain Name Operations Working Group
(DNSOP WG) in Yokohama, Japan. The debate was over how to preserve clear
boundaries between DNS politics and the IETF technical standardisation.

<
<http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/09/new-tld-reservations-there-can-only-be-o
ne-or-not/>
http://www.ip-watch.org/2015/11/09/new-tld-reservations-there-can-only-be-on
e-or-not/>

 

New Internet Domain Reservations: There Can Only Be One ? Or Not?

The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), standardisation body for the
internet protocol and related specifications, is concerned about stepping on
the toes of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
with a potentially growing number of requests for new top-level domain (TLD)
reservations arriving at its doorstep. The recent reservation of a special
name space .onion for the Tor anonymization network resulted in a big debate
at last week's meeting of the IETF Domain Name Operations Working Group
(DNSOP WG) in Yokohama, Japan. The debate was over how to preserve clear
boundaries between DNS politics and the IETF technical standardisation. ...
Durand, Peter Koch from Denic, Joe Abley from Dyn and Ralf Droms from Cisco,
now are tasked to design for more clarity, or rather for how to preserve the
"there can only be one"-principle in the domain name system hierarchical
tree.

<
<http://www.mondaq.com/brazil/x/442826/IT+internet/New+Internet+Domain+Reser
vations+There+Can+Only+Be+One+Or+Not>
http://www.mondaq.com/brazil/x/442826/IT+internet/New+Internet+Domain+Reserv
ations+There+Can+Only+Be+One+Or+Not>

 

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ccTLD & gTLD NEWS

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How companies are using Black Friday domains

It?s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/how-companies-are-using-black-friday-d
omains/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/how-companies-are-using-black-friday-do
mains/>

 

Top 10 Trending Keywords in .Com & .Net Registrations in October

The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of
October 2015 are below. Any surprises?

< <http://blogs.verisign.com/blog/entry/top_10_trending_keywords_in8>
http://blogs.verisign.com/blog/entry/top_10_trending_keywords_in8>

 

.eu domain name numbers reach 3.85 mln in Q3

EURid ... said the number of .eu registrations increased by 4,578 domain
names, a net increase of 0.1 percent, to 3.85 million during the third
quarter.

<
<http://www.telecompaper.com/news/eu-domain-name-numbers-reach-385-mln-in-q3
--1112702>
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/eu-domain-name-numbers-reach-385-mln-in-q3-
-1112702>

 

.News rings up $1.4 million for Rightside

Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has
generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/news-rings-up-1-4-million-for-rightsid
e/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/news-rings-up-1-4-million-for-rightside
/>

 

Vietnam Regulatory Brief: Domain Names, TPP Reforms, and New SME Incentives

The private sector in Vietnam expects a new regulation to influence the
market for website domain names in the country. The Vietnam Internet Network
Information Center (VNNIC), state that only 182,000 of around 500,000
operational businesses have registered ?.vn? business names.

<
<http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-regulatory-domain-names-tpp-re
forms-sme-incentives.html/>
http://www.vietnam-briefing.com/news/vietnam-regulatory-domain-names-tpp-ref
orms-sme-incentives.html/>

 

 

 

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NEW TLDS

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Case study: will new domain extensions provide an SEO boost? by Jennifer
Wolfe

While many in the SEO community debunk the myths that the new domain
extensions will have any impact on SEO status, others have proven otherwise.

<
<http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2433834/case-study-will-new-domain-e
xtensions-provide-an-seo-boost>
http://searchenginewatch.com/sew/study/2433834/case-study-will-new-domain-ex
tensions-provide-an-seo-boost>

 

Discussion turns to future gTLD rounds as Google calls for a permanent
window

The focus on the next round of new gTLD applications has often centred on
the ?when?. However, the ?what? is increasingly being discussed; namely,
what form it will take ? another round or a continuous window? Google has
thrown its weight behind the latter, urging ICANN to abandon the concept of
application rounds.

<
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=ab33be6e-cc86-4071-8
e02-b46053da2484>
http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/blog/Detail.aspx?g=ab33be6e-cc86-4071-8e
02-b46053da2484>

 

Verisign?s .IDN priority period similar to .Porn

Verisign has released more information about its IDN transliteration
launches.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/verisigns-idn-priority-period-similar-
to-porn/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/10/verisigns-idn-priority-period-similar-t
o-porn/>

 

Web.com just gave itself another reason to bid high for .web gTLD

Registrar group Web.com is changing its stock market ticker symbol to WEB
tomorrow, in another sign that it really, really wants to be identified with
the string.

<
<http://domainincite.com/19609-web-com-just-gave-itself-another-reason-to-bi
d-high-for-web-gtld>
http://domainincite.com/19609-web-com-just-gave-itself-another-reason-to-bid
-high-for-web-gtld>

 

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DNS SECURITY

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Announcing Universal DNSSEC: Secure DNS for Every Domain

CloudFlare launched just five years ago with the goal of building a better
Internet. That?s why we are excited to announce that beginning today, anyone
on CloudFlare can secure their traffic with DNSSEC in just one simple step.

< <https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-universal-dnssec/>
https://blog.cloudflare.com/introducing-universal-dnssec/>

 

HTTPS certificates with forbidden domains issued by ?quite a few? CAs

Browser-trusted certificate authority (CA) Comodo said it mistakenly issued
transport layer security credentials for "mailarchive," "help," and at least
five other forbidden names and warned that "quite a number" of unnamed
competitors have committed similar violations.

<
<http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/https-certificates-with-forbidden-d
omains-issued-by-quite-a-few-cas/>
http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/11/https-certificates-with-forbidden-do
mains-issued-by-quite-a-few-cas/>

 

ENISA?s Executive Director Udo Helmbrecht emphasises on cybersecurity
enabled values for EU growth and highlights the challenges in IoT and data
security

?The EU faces a challenge, to deliver trust in Network Information Security
(NIS) services and products? said Udo Helmbrecht, Executive Director of the
European Union Agency for Network and Information Security, ENISA, at its
annual High-Level Event in Brussels on Monday 9th November 2015. Helmbrecht
pointed out that the EU has to establish cyber trust among citizens and
industry to create a competitive EU based ICT sector, further strengthening
the EU position, and at the same time support confidence in online privacy.

<
<https://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/enisa2019s-executive-direc
tor-udo-helmbrecht-emphasises-on-cybersecurity-enabled-values-for-eu-growth-
and-highlights-the-challenges-in-iot-and-data-security>
https://www.enisa.europa.eu/media/press-releases/enisa2019s-executive-direct
or-udo-helmbrecht-emphasises-on-cybersecurity-enabled-values-for-eu-growth-a
nd-highlights-the-challenges-in-iot-and-data-security>

 

NZ cybersecurity boost as Victoria University of Wellington unites with
global experts

Victoria University of Wellington has entered into an agreement with local
firm Total Risk, a partner of the Software Engineering Institute?s CERT
Program at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, in what is
considered to be a major development for cybersecurity in New Zealand.

<
<http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/588645/nz-cybersecurity-boost-victor
ia-university-wellington-unites-global-experts/>
http://www.computerworld.co.nz/article/588645/nz-cybersecurity-boost-victori
a-university-wellington-unites-global-experts/>

 

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DOMAIN DISPUTES & SEIZURES

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URS respondent shoots himself in the foot [registration]

In a recent domain name dispute brought under the Uniform Rapid Suspension
System (URS) before the National Arbitration Forum, a panel has ordered the
suspension of a domain name under the ?.online? new gTLD following the
registrant's filing of a response after a default determination ordering the
suspension of the domain name.

<
<http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=b50207ab-7fca-40c0-
a4e6-be812f164311>
http://www.worldtrademarkreview.com/daily/detail.aspx?g=b50207ab-7fca-40c0-a
4e6-be812f164311>

 

Olympics Group Sues ?Tokyo 2020' Domain Registrant

A domain name registrant violated state and federal law by registering
domain names consisting of city names and Olympic years, according to a
complaint filed Nov. 5 by the International Olympic Committee.

< <http://www.bna.com/olympics-group-sues-n57982063374/>
http://www.bna.com/olympics-group-sues-n57982063374/>

 

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MISCELLANEOUS

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SEO and beyond: What to consider when choosing a domain name

?Names and attributes must be accommodated to the essence of things, and not
the essence to the names, since things come first and names afterwards.?
Those were the wise words of Galileo Galilei.

<
<http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/business-news/2496636
/seo-and-beyond-what-to-consider-when-choosing-a-domain-name.thtml>
http://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/news-and-market-deals/business-news/2496636/
seo-and-beyond-what-to-consider-when-choosing-a-domain-name.thtml>

 

Verisign Should Clear Up the Paid "Analysts" Controversy by Paul Stahura

In recent days it was revealed that analyst Zeus Kerravala, who had written
a dozen-some articles, over many years, for Network World promoting
Verisign's pro-.COM point of view and disparaging new TLDs as a bad idea,
was in fact a paid Verisign consultant. None of that was disclosed when Mr.
Kerravala wrote these articles from January 2013 through October 2015.

<
<http://www.circleid.com/posts/20151109_verisign_should_clear_up_the_paid_an
alysts_controversy/>
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20151109_verisign_should_clear_up_the_paid_ana
lysts_controversy/>

 

Most US presidential hopefuls use Whois privacy despite begging for cash

More than half of the remaining US presidential candidates could have risked
losing their official campaign web sites under proposed Whois privacy rules.

<
<http://domainincite.com/19602-most-us-presidential-hopefuls-use-whois-priva
cy-despite-begging-for-cash>
http://domainincite.com/19602-most-us-presidential-hopefuls-use-whois-privac
y-despite-begging-for-cash>

 

Rightside Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results

Rightside Group, Ltd. ... announced financial results for the third quarter
ended September 30, 2015.

< <http://investors.rightside.co/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=941676>
http://investors.rightside.co/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=941676>

 

Rightside turns in record revenue in Q3

Rightside, parent company of eNom, Name.com and owner of dozens of TLDs,
released earnings this afternoon.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/09/rightside-turns-in-record-revenue-in-q
3/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/09/rightside-turns-in-record-revenue-in-q3
/>

 

Donuts CEO Paul Stahura ? DNW Podcast #58

Paul Stahura is co-founder and CEO of Donuts, the company that runs more
TLDs than any other company
by far.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/09/donuts-ceo-paul-stahura-dnw-podcast-58
/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/09/donuts-ceo-paul-stahura-dnw-podcast-58/
>

 

NamesCon hotel ?scam? doing the rounds

A company with a track record of misleading conference attendees into
booking hotels with higher fees appears to be targeting NamesCon.

< <http://domainincite.com/19596-namescon-hotel-scam-doing-the-rounds>
http://domainincite.com/19596-namescon-hotel-scam-doing-the-rounds>

 

Computerworld Names Afilias' Ram Mohan a Premier 100 Technology Leader

IDG's Computerworld announces Ram Mohan, Afilias? executive vice president
and chief technology officer, as a 2016 Premier 100 Technology Leaders
honoree.

<
<http://www.afilias.info/news/2015/11/09/computerworld-names-afilias-ram-moh
an-premier-100-technology-leader>
http://www.afilias.info/news/2015/11/09/computerworld-names-afilias-ram-moha
n-premier-100-technology-leader>

 

NamesCon Veteran?s Day Flash Sale Almost Gone

In recognition of Veteran?s Day in the USA and Remembrance Day in Canada,
NamesCon tickets are now $200 off on 11 November. That?s a return to their
$399 early-bird pricing and $200 of the standard registration fee till 1
January! Registration after 1 January costs $999.

< <http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/11/11/namescon-veterans-day-flash/>
http://www.domainpulse.com/2015/11/11/namescon-veterans-day-flash/>

 

NamesCon offers 24-hour discount, THE Domain Conference announces dates

If you?re interested in attending a domain name conference in 2016, take
note.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/11/namescon-offers-24-hour-discount-the-d
omain-conference-announces-dates/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/11/namescon-offers-24-hour-discount-the-do
main-conference-announces-dates/>

 

THE Domain Conference Announces 2016 Dates and Price Cut for Early Birds

After a successful debut show in September, THE Domain Conference (TDC) has
announced plans for a 2016 encore that will bring Florida's big event back
to the crowd pleasing Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel in Fort Lauderdale.

< <http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2015/dailyposts/20151109.htm>
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2015/dailyposts/20151109.htm>

 

Appellita: a new tool for finding domain names

There are a bunch of brand name and domain name generators on the web. Every
once in a while, one comes along with a unique twist that makes it worth a
look.

<
<http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/11/appellita-a-new-tool-for-finding-domai
n-names/>
http://domainnamewire.com/2015/11/11/appellita-a-new-tool-for-finding-domain
-names/>

 

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DOMAINING & AFTERMARKET

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Demand for Numeric Domains Prompts Sedo to Add Numeric Search Function & A
Numeric Auction 

Interest in numeric domain names, fueled primarily by demand form Chinese
buyers, has surged this year. The major domain brokerages and sales
platforms are well aware of that, of course, and are taking steps to
facilitate more transactions between eager buyers and willing sellers.

< <http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2015/dailyposts/20151110.htm>
http://www.dnjournal.com/archive/lowdown/2015/dailyposts/20151110.htm>

 

 

 

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