Monthly Archives: June 2011

Tue 21st June 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
$2.6 Million Social.com Sale Could Make Moniker Auction a Big One - Pending sale would give Moniker one of its biggest auctions ever. I’ve been tracking the potential sale of Social.com for a couple weeks now. The domain name was listed in Moniker’s live domain name auction for Barcelona (which actually ended up taking place online only last week). A legitimate $2.5 million dollar bid was placed in the auction, and sources tell me there may have been other interested parties. Then the domain was omitted from the extended auction ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Sedo Has a Million Dollar Week with Two Six Figure Sales - A big domain sales week thanks to two six figure transactions. Sedo closed over a million dollars worth of domain transactions last week — in .com alone. The biggest sale was the closing of DataCenter.com, which Elliot wrote about a few weeks ago. In second place was Billionaire.com at $215,000, which Michael wrote about yesterday. Both domains’ whois records are protected by privacy services. The top ccTLD sale of the week was Finance.co at $45,000. It’s ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
My Picks for a Moniker Extended Auction Ending Wednesday - The good and the bad in auction ending tomorrow. The DOMAINfest Barcelona extended Moniker domain auction on SnapNames with nearly 500 domain names concludes Wednesday. Domains range in price from no reserve to nearly $6.5 million for WorkatHome.com. Intriguingly missing from the auction is Social.com, which received a $2.5 million bid during the live auction. Some of the notable low six figure domains include Invites.com, Frame.com, Skills.com, Dorms.com There are ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
How Much is a .Eu Domain Worth? Find out on Sedo Today - Hundreds of .eu domains being auctioned at no reserve. About 400 .eu domain names are up for grabs on Sedo today, all at no reserve. The auctions end starting at 12 pm EDT. Some of the top keyword domains include Gin.eu, treasure.eu, soda.eu, junk.eu, razor.eu, sociology.eu, labor.eu, repair.eu, dermatology.eu, easter.eu, and horoscopes.eu. There are also many 3 and 4 letter domains. So far the auction looks more like a .ws auction than .eu given the prices — ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Esther Dyson Calls B.S. On New Top Level Domain Names - Founding chair of ICANN’s board says new TLDs are a waste of money. On the way into work this morning I heard yet another report about new top level domain names, this time on NPR. The report interviewed Esther Dyson. Among her many experiences was being the founding chairwoman of ICANN. So what did she have to say about new top level domain names? “I think it’s kind of a useless market,” she says, “and if I had $185,000, I’d spend it on something else.” … ... read more ...
Mon 20th June 2011
Written by DomainHack.er in CZ and tagged
Mít web s koncovku .sex nebo .pivo? Víme, kdo si to může dovolit - Jako revoluci v internetovém světě označují mnozí včerejší rozhodnutí Internetového sdružení pro přidělování jmen a čísel (ICANN). Sdružení totiž otevřelo možnost registrací generických domén nejvyšší úrovně (gTLD), které budou moci nově obsahovat prakticky kterékoli slovo či zkratku v jakémkoli jazyce. Kromě obecných koncovek typu .com, .org či české .cz tak mohou vzniknout například .sex, .pivo, .auto, .free a nespočet dalších. Zaregistrování ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
At The End ICANN Stayed True To Its Word - Now that ICANN voted to approve the new gTLD program today in Singapore its interesting to note that ICANN fulfilled the promise it made just a few months ago at its meeting in San Fransisco in March. Back at the San Fransisco ICANN Meeting, Chairman Thrush ended the meeting by saying: “We are going to have a vote early in the Singapore meeting so we ALL can have a party and celebrate” said Chairman Thrush “we are glad to see this time table and are going to stick to it and have a fabulous ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
ICANN aprova domínios .marca - Num futuro próximo, o Google poderá oferecer os endereços http://brasil.google ou http://mail.google. Sem .com, ou .net, ou qualquer outra terminação de endereço (o gTLD, na sigla em inglês para domínio de nível superior genérico). O ICANN aprovou nessa segunda-feira a resolução que cria os finais de endereço .marca — na falta de um nome melhor, vai esse mesmo. De acordo com o órgão, que se responsabiliza pela estrutura e estabilidade na grande rede, a decisão representa uma ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in NL and tagged
Vrijheid van domeinnaam extensies - Generieke domeinnaamextensies eindigen doorgaans op “.com”, “.net” of “.org”. Dat zijn we nu eenmaal zo gewoon. Wel, vanaf 2012 zal dit niet langer zo zijn. ICANN, de organisatie verantwoordelijk voor globale coördinatie van de internet domeinnamen, heeft immers zopas beslist de algemene extensies (generic top-level domains of gTLDs) open te gooien. Grotere merken zullen binnenkort hun eigen extensie kunnen aankopen. Denk maar aan “.cola”, “.google” of waarom niet “.tijd”. Als ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
CNN.com: Forget .Com Here Comes .Coke - CNN.com is just one of the hundreds of new outlets that have already written about ICANN’s approval of the new gTLD program while you were sleeping. In a story entitled “Forget .com, here comes .coke”,  CNN.com covers what almost ever major new publication has already written about overnight in the US, that the domain industry has changed forever. “The trusty old Internet addresses we know and love — the .coms, .nets, .orgs — are about to get some new competition.” “Today’s decision ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
Poważne zmiany w nazewnictwie domen internetowych - Odpowiedzialna m.in. za zarządzanie rejestrami domen internetowych organizacja ICANN ostatecznie zatwierdziła projekt zmian w strukturze i zasadach nazewnictwa domen najwyższego poziomu. Zaaprobowane zmiany zakładają m.in. zniesienie ograniczeń w liczbie domen i wykorzystywanego zestawu znaków. I tak, możliwe ma być tworzenie nazw domen zawierających lokalne znaki diakrytyczne, a także nazw wykorzystujących znaki spoza alfabetu łacińskiego. Długość nazwy domeny funkcjonalnej ... read more ...
 
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Schváleno: budou nové generické domény nejvyšší úrovně - K významné události došlo na zvláštním zasedání rady ICANN v Singapuru. Organizace zastřešující globální správu IP adres a doménových jmen se dohodla na rozšíření generických domén nejvyšší úrovně (gTLD). Stávající počet 22 domén tohoto typu se příští rok může rozšířit, požadavky na nové registrace bude ICANN přijímat od 12. ledna do 12. dubna 2012.Domény nejvyšší úrovně známe především jako národní, ovšem existuje právě ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Overwhelmingly Approves New gTLD Program - The ICANN Board just voted to approve the new gTLD program to a standing ovation to those in attendance. The vote took place as promised on the first day of the ICANN Singapore meeting. The vote now allows the process under which hundreds of new domain name extensions can be applied for. Applications for the first round will open on January 12, 2012 and will close on April 12, 2012. According to a chart posted in the Board meeting room, it looks like no new gTLD’s will be operational until November ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Live Blogging From The ICANN Board Meeting On The New gTLD Vote - We are now going to be blogging live as ICANN discusses and votes on the new gTLD program We will be updating frequently so keep hitting refresh. The meeting is starting in minutes. You can also follow us on Twitter.com/berkens Only one  members of the ICANN board stated that they have a conflicts and all will not vote on the new gTLD proposal. In the .XXX application vote,  4 members abstained from voting including ICANN CEO  Rod Beckstrom. Looks like ICANN is going to have to give up or drastically ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Live Blogging: ICANN Gets Ready For Vote On New gTLD’s: Beckstrom “Today We Can & Will Make History” - In a few minutes, at 9AM local time the ICANN Board is going to hold is introductory remarks and its welcoming ceremony The Board isn’t scheduled to vote on the new gTLD plan until 2 hours later at 11AM all local time. After yesterday’s long and contentious meeting with the Board and the GAC, it appears to me that ICANN is ready to pass the program over the objection of the GAC with the looming threat of the renewal of the IANA contract with ICANN later this year. I’m going to be live blogging ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Monkey Says You Can’t Have This Domain Name - Company loses case for MonkeySays.com. A company that sells t-shirts and tote bags emblazoned with the saying “Monkey Says” has lost its attempt to grab the domain name MonkeySays.com through a UDRP case. Monkey-Says, LLC, which owns the domain names monkey-says.com and monkeysays.net tried to upgrade its domain with the help of National Arbitration Forum. But the one person panel denied it. The company clearly knew the owner of MonkeySays.com registered the ... read more ...
 
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Coming Soon: a Web of a Haves and Have Nots - If .brand TLDs work, the incumbents will win. I don’t think opening the floodgates to new top level domain names will have a monumental impact on the web, especially for brands that want to register a .brand domain name. But let’s assume for a moment that it does. Let’s also assume that companies are able to leverage their .brand domain names in a way that gives them a competitive advantage; whether it be against cybersquatting, in search engines, or for marketing. That’s ... read more ...
 
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Disney Gets Lucky With Cars 2 Domain Name - Company picked up Cars2.com after it expired. I’ve written a number of articles recently about movie studios not aggressively pursuing domain names for their movies. But Disney’s Pixar does own Cars2.com as it prepares to launch the sequel to its hit Cars in theaters this week. Did Disney pay big bucks to acquire the domain name? Nope. It got it after it expired. The domain name was registered way back in 1998. A Virginia man owned the domain name until ... read more ...
 
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Stock Market Doesn’t React to New TLD Approval - Shares of domain name companies hardly budge. In the grand scheme of things the introduction of new TLDs is trivial. But to domain name companies it’s a big deal. Apparently investors in some of the companies that may be affected either don’t understand it or had already priced approval into the stock prices. Shares of Top Level Domain Holding, a pure-play new TLD company, are down about 4% as of right now. Granted, the company had already told shareholders ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Domainers: Here’s What You Need to Do Now That New TLDs are Approved - It’s the morning after — what are you going to do? Monday morning local time in Singapore, ICANN’s board of directors approved a resolution that essentially sets in process a timeline for rolling out hundreds of new top level domain names. We’re still a good 18 months away from seeing the first new top level domains online, and that’s barring any heavy handed action by governments or lawsuits by trademark interests. But you can act now to take advantage ... read more ...
Sun 19th June 2011
Written by The Domains in EN
HideMyMugShot.com For $1,750 Promises To Keep Your Pic Out of The Limelight, But For $30 They Could Have Protected Their Brand - A new site HideMyMugShot.com promises to keep your mug shot out of the public eye if you happen to get arrested. Apparently the site charges $1,750 to keep your mug shot off of Google and sites dedicated to publishing Mugshots I guess that’s a small price to pay to escape facing ridicule by family and friends a possible divorce from your spouse and firing from your job. However the owners of the site didn’t quite understand the concept of defensive domain registrations. Although they proudly ... read more ...
 
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ICANN/GAC Session Marred By Name Calling & Disagreement - Today’s much anticipated meeting between the ICANN Board and the Government Advisory Counsel was marred by name calling and disagreement. The meeting scheduled to run from 4pm-6pm didn’t start until 4:45 and ran until well after 7pm local time. The main topic of the day was once again Trademarks with the GAC wanting to recognize Trademark holders rights based off of the local law under which the trademark was issued, including many EU countries where a trademark can be issued without use. Other ... read more ...
 
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Looks Like The New gTLD Process May Hinge On Today’s Meeting Between The GAC & The ICANN Board - As Kevin Murphy chatted about on Domainincite.com today, a letter sent by the chair of the Government Advisory Council (GAC) Heather Dryden who happens to be the representative from Canada, to the ICANN board makes it clear that the GAC still has major issues with ICANN over the new gTLD program. One of the lingering issues The GAC has is  “competition concerns in particualr those resulting from changes to the registry-registrar cross ownership rules.” Larry Strickling, who is the Assistant ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
ICANN Approves New TLD Program - ICANN board gives green light to new TLD program, but there’s still work to be done. ICANN’s Board of Directors has approved the new top level domain name program to a round of applause in Singapore Monday morning, although there’s a lot of work still to be done. The resolution approving the program provides for more discussion on various parts of the plan to roll out hundreds of new top level domain names. One of the big areas is registry-registrar cross ownership. The ... read more ...
 
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If ICANN Approves New TLDs, Applications Will Begin in January - New TLD application window slated to begin in January 2012. ICANN’s Board of Directors is about to vote on approving the new top level domain name program. One thing that’s clear is that, even if the program is approved, there’s still a lot of work to be done. The resolution being considered includes more discussions on registry-registrar separation, assistance to applicants that don’t have enough money, etc. If it approves the resolution, the timeline ... read more ...