Monthly Archives: June 2012

Thu 7th June 2012
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICANN Batching Starts Jun 8th Results Announced Jul 11th - ICANN made the announcement overnight that batching will start on June 8th just after midnight UTC time and close right before midnight June 28th UTC time. The results of batching will be released on July 11, 2012, all times and  dates are “target” dates and therefore could be changed. ICANN is moving forward with its Digital Archery  Program for batching will be done assigning a secondary timestamp to each application using the TAS system. Thee are two companies that have announced programs ... read more ...
 
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.XXX adult to 137k active registrations, 220k total, and new $630k reward sale - .XXX registry about to announce details of premium sale as registration count continues to grow. The .xxx domain name now has 137,000 active registrations, ICM Registry founder Stuart Lawley told Domain Name Wire today. The latest official ICANN numbers for the domain date to the end of February with 128,736 registrations. That means the TLD is adding a few thousand active registrations a month. Although it may not seem like a huge number, that’s roughly $7 million ... read more ...
 
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Experts import in: what do new TLDs meant for domainers? - What should domain investors think about as new TLDs come to market? Companies have submitted close to 2,000 applications to ICANN to run new top level domains covering everything from .app to .zippo. What will this mean for domainers as we watch a flood of top level domains hit the market in the coming years? I reached out to close to 20 industry experts with diverse backgrounds to get their opinion on this question: “New top level domains are on the horizon. What ... read more ...
 
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Fate of new TLD sequence dynamic by click of a symbol and location - ICANN reveals more details about its digital archery game. The smart money would have set up their registry in Africa… ICANN has provided more details about its so-called digital archery solution that will determine in which batch a new TLD application will be evaluated. Digital archery involves setting a target time and then clicking a button as close to the target time as possible. With close to 2,000 applications, but many of them duplicates, we’re probably ... read more ...
 
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Apple wins aplestore.com, a initial UDRP feat of a year - Apple wins its first domain arbitration case of the year. Apple has won a dispute over the domain name aplestore.com as a World Intellectual Property Organization panel ordered the domain name transferred to the iPhone maker. The typo of AppleStore.com was registered to a man in Poland and forwarded to a parked page full of ads. This is the first case Apple has won under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) this year. But several other cases were ... read more ...
Wed 6th June 2012
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Big Boost For .TV: HDNet Joins With Ryan Seacrest, Tour Promoter AEG & Talent Agent CAA & Becomes AXS.TV - In what appears to be a big boost for .TV according to the HollywoodReporter.com, Mark Cuban’s HdNet is going to re-brand as AXS.tv. The new network will take on partners including Ryan Seacrest,  Tour promoter AEG and talent agency CAA. “The channel’s programming will rely heavily on live lifestyle and live entertainment fare, leveraging the music assets of AEG, a top venue owner and and tour promoter and the A-list connections and production capabilities of Seacrest. ” “Though the parties ... read more ...
 
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UOL é top level domain com .uol -

A dutiful da Teletex em Porto Alegre está em novo endereço à partir do dia 3 de novembro, na Av. Carlos Gomes, 1859 – sala 508, Petropólis, mas o telefone continua o mesmo (51) 2103-1000.
Nossas portas estão abertas para recebê-lo. Aproveite e venha tomar um café conosco.

Via: baguete.com.br

 
Written by DomainHack.er in HU and tagged
A .bud elbukott, de jön a .budapest - A Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (röviden TLDH) az egyetlen olyan nyilvánosan működő részvénytársaság, amely gTLD-k (általános legfelső szintű domain nevek) megvásárlásával és működtetésével foglalkozik. A társaság nemrégiben hírül adta, hogy benyújtotta a domain nevek legfőbb hatóságához (ICANN) az igényét a .BUDAPEST gTLD-re, ehhez pedig a magyar főváros kizárólagos támogatásával is rendelkezik. Amennyiben a pályázat eredményesen zárul, a TLDH ... read more ...
 
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An engaging UDRP preference opposite a critique site - Dar Al-Arkan gets a domain, but doesn’t solve its problem. So-called gripe sites, which are critical of a company or person, are handled differently by various UDRP panels. A recent case brought by Saudi Arabia’s Dar Al-Arkan Real Estate Development Company is a case in point. Dar Al-Arkan filed the complaint against the owner of daralarkan-crisis.com. The owner of the site makes a number of allegations against the company and publishes what Dar Al-Arkan says ... read more ...
 
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Chicago.com relates for dotchicago trademark - …but didn’t apply for the top level domain. Chicago.com, Inc., has filed a trademark application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office for the DotChicago mark. But Chicago.com founder Josh Metnick says his company did not apply for the top level domain .Chicago with ICANN. The application, filed May 31, states that the mark is for “Domain name registration services; Domain name registration services, namely, conducting domain name searches for the purpose ... read more ...
 
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16 finish user domain sales from a past week - Here’s Domain Name Wire’s weekly wrap of end user domain name sales. From medical companies to a utility and o2, here’s a list of end user domain sales from the past week. Afternic RedRock Wealth Management of Las Vegas paid $1,188 for InvestmentPlan.net. Here’s an individual end user: Darren Sandford of California bought Sandford.net for $2,588. He already owns Sandford.tv. Secure Ticket Purchase, the owner of BoxOfficeTicketSales.com bought up TicketsNow.org ... read more ...
 
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Set your alarm clocks for a “big reveal” - Over 1,900 new TLD applications to be revealed June 13. ICANN today announced details about reveal day, when it reveals over 1,900 applied-for top level domain names. A reveal news conference is set for Kings Place in London at 1 p.m. local time (noon GMT). That’s 8 a.m. EDT. West coaster new TLD watchers will have to rise a little earlier for a 5 a.m. unveiling. The reveal will also be broadcast online at ICANN.org. Although some applicants have already unveiled ... read more ...
 
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Vint Cerf: we consider a usually a few new TLDs will be particularly successful - Cerf discusses new TLDs and Google’s involvement. Vint Cerf, former chairman of ICANN’s board and current Google Chief Internet Evangelist, has dished out a bit of opinion on new top level domains. CNET asked Cerf this question: Namespaces are a notorious problem in computer science. Is the GTLD expansion actually adding value, or is it just making things more complicated and adding new trademark headaches for brand owners? I know Google is getting involved, but ... read more ...
Tue 5th June 2012
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Afternic.com Sells $940K In Domain Names - Afternic.com just released its sales report for the week ending on June 3rd selling $ 940,686 in domain names. The highest sale of the week was a tie at $10K between WordLink.com and Competencies.com Here are the reportable sales:   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Sells $1.2 Million In Domains Led By Sell.it during 20,000 Euro’s - This past week, 669 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.19 million. All sales were led by a very brandable domain hack Sell.it for 20,000 Euro’s approximately $25K. Studio.org came in 2nd with a $20K sale 41.1% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: benxi.com at 16,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: sell.it at 20,000 EUR ·         Top “other” TLD: studio.org ... read more ...
 
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Natura.TV Beats Back UDRP Challenge - A one person panel has just denied A UDRP on the domain name Natura.tv  (Nature in Spanish) The Complaint was brought by Natura Cosméticos S/A, which has a trademark on the term Natura. The panel seemed to give a lot of weight to the fact that the domain name was parked by Sedo as a third party, whereby the owner didn’t seem to share any revenue from the parking revenue. Also the panel noted that the domain has been owned for more than a decade by the current owner. Here are the relevant facts ... read more ...
 
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Google Returning Searches For Adult Terms With Non-Adult Results & It May Impact Domain Values - According to a pretty interesting article over at xBiz.com “several seemingly “adult” search terms have recently become dominated by mainstream sites as the Google algorithm now ranks non-adult content sites on the first page for keywords that were historically considered to be profitable adult traffic sources.” “A search for terms like “lesbian,” “Ron Jeremy,” “C*nt” and many others in Google now reveals page one listings for several gay rights groups, mainstream movie credits ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Inc. Applies For 307 New gTLD’s & Raises More Than $100 Million - According to a Press Release Donuts Inc, applied for  307 New gTLD’s by far the most of any company that has announced so far. At last report ICANN had received over 1,900 new gTLD applications,  so Donuts, Inc. would represent around 15% of all applications. The 307 applications means that Donuts spent $60 Million just in application fees payable to ICANN. Donuts Inc. is going to use Demand Media, Inc. (DMD) for its back end registry services. Donuts, Inc. also said they have raised over $100 ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD Pre-Registrations Top 700,000 At UnitedDomains.com - UnitedDomains.com, an ICANN accredited registrar owned by the same parent company that owns Sedo.com and they have been taking pre-registrations on certain expected new gTLD’s for over a year. Today the real time counter on their site, clicked over the 700,000 mark in total number of pre-registrations for new gTLD’s. Here are the top ten new gTLD’s in terms of numbers of pre-registrations taken by UnitedDomains.com: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Publishes New Version of Applicant gTLD Guidebook - ICANN has released another version of Applicant  Guide Book for new gTLD’s. “”ICANN has issued today a new version of the gTLD Applicant Guidebook. The Applicant Guidebook describes the requirements and procedures for submitting applications for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), as well as the criteria and procedures for evaluation. For more information about the New gTLD Program. The application submission period is now closed, and changes have not been made to the application process. ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy sole 35,094 aftermarket domains final month - Go Daddy releases monthly stats about aftermarket domain sales. The Go Daddy Auctions Domain Market Report for May is out. Last month the company sold 35,094 domain names through its aftermarket platform. That’s down slightly from 36,103 in April. 54% of domains sold via auction while 45% were fixed price sales. 1% sold through negotiation. The top 10 reported sales were: businessreviews.com $58,000 looker.com $50,000 temi.com $30,000 smartcamera.com $29,200 mara.com $28,000 hugg.me $25,001 imena.com $19,000 wbl.com $18,000 instantly.net $16,995 allaboutdecks.com ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
A juicy review with Donuts, that only practical for 307 TLDs - Donuts rolls in a lot of dough, but you’ll have to wait another week to see which domains they applied for. This morning Donuts, a new TLD applicant founded by eNom founder Paul Stahura, announced the most ambitious public new TLD plans to date: a $100 investment and 307 applications. The company also hired Mason Cole as Vice President, Communications and Industry Relations. I had the chance to connect with him this morning to understand more about Donuts’ plans. ... read more ...
 
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Donuts raises $100 million, relates for 307 new TLDs - Flush with cash, new TLD applicant applies for 307 top level domains. Every week I check the SEC filings to see if Paul Stahura’s new TLD startup, Donuts, has raised more money. But every time I check there’s still just a filing about the $1 million it raised. And that number seemed just about right, since Stahura has gone on the record saying the company planned to apply for 10 top level domains. But today it dropped a shocker. The Wall Street Journal reports ... read more ...
Mon 4th June 2012
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New gTLD Applicant For Build, .Construction, and .Expert Expects $7M In Revenue For Each Extension - BusinessWeek.com just published a story on the new gTLD’s. “”The story highlights a Commercial builder George Minardos, president and founder of Los Angeles-based Minardos Group, who said he has spent $1.2 million applying for .build, .construction, and .expert.” “The money covered $185,000 in application fees, legal, accounting, and marketing expenses, and preparation of the 500-page applications he submitted to ICANN.” “”He estimates that owning domain registries for .build, .construction, ... read more ...
 
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ICM Operator Of .XXX Registry Holding Free Webinar Tomorrow On Impact of New gTLD’s On TM & Brands - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) for online adult entertainment, is hosting a webinar tomorrow “to explore and explain the impact new Internet Top Level Domains (TLD) will have on trademarks and brands.” “”ICM Registry, the owner and operator of the .XXX TLD, will walk participants through the importance of gaining control of brands and trademarks online, how to safeguard against mis-use and what companies can do if they find their brand is being ... read more ...