Monthly Archives: July 2012

Tue 24th July 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Just how most do new tip turn domains cost, anyway? - Confusing ICANN fee structure for new top level domains. The headline number for new top level domains is $185,000, the price of submitting an application. But domain registries also pay ongoing fees to ICANN each quarter. Amazingly, what exactly those fees are is up for debate. Here’s the full text of section 6.1 on the registry contract new TLD operators will have to enter into: Registry Fixed Fee of US$6,250 per calendar quarter and (ii) the Registry-Level Transaction ... read more ...
 
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L.A. Company wants to relaunch Kozmo.com smoothness brand - The Kozmo.com brand may be re-birthed a decade later. Remember Kozmo.com, the dot.com bubble service that would deliver a pack of gum to you at no charge? The company raised about $250 million, tried to go public, and then went belly up. It looks like the Kozmo.com brand may be coming back, and it’s happening under some rather unusual circumstances. Yummy Foods, LLC runs Yummy.com, a grocery delivery service in Los Angeles. Last year it was granted two U.S. trademark ... read more ...
Mon 23rd July 2012
Written by The Domains in EN
After Successful Beta Period, DomainPower is Now Accepting Wildcard Traffic - According to a Press release going out tomorrow,  after a conclusive 30-day test, DomainPower, the flagship monetization platform built by the Domain Holdings Group, is now accepting wildcard traffic, which includes leased subdomains, 404 and Under Construction pages.                         The test examined the results of a 30-day test, where a portfolio made up exclusively of wildcard traffic grew from a $22.98 RPM on its previous monetization platform to an $84.21 RPM on DomainPower. “Our ... read more ...
 
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Rob Grant On The New gTLD’s: “Dot Com will Always Win The Horse Race” - In an story and interview published about domainer Rob Grant a few days ago by whoapi.com, entitled From “Madison Avenue to Adirondacks – domainer millionaire” Rob was asked what he thought of the new gTLD’s: “Which new gTLD has the most potential? What’s your opinion on hundreds of new gTLD’s that are lining up?” Rob had to say: “”Only one extension will emerge as the winner. Its the same extension that has always emerged on top, through countless disruptions and changes in ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
TRAFFIC Award Nominations Are Opened & Here Are Our Picks - Its that time of year again where the organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference have opened up nominations for the TRAFFIC award which will be handed out during its conference October 7th-10th 2012 in Ft. Lauderdale. As we have for the last few year, we are going to nominate a few people. For the Domain Hall Of Fame: I’m going with some of my previous picks who all should be in the Domain Hall of Fame: Mike Mann We have previously nominated Mike whom should have been, in our opinion, one of the 1st ... read more ...
 
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Poll: Are we going to TRAFFIC or ICANN? - Two domain conferences in back-to-back weeks this fall. After a long absence of North America domain name conferences, two are on tap for October: TRAFFIC in Fort Lauderdale October 7-10 and ICANN in Toronto October 14-19. While both shows are sure to attract different crowds, there will surely be domain investors at both. Which do you plan to attend? Answer the poll question and feel free to comment below. [poll id=”17″] ... read more ...
 
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Moniker and SnapNames beef adult patron support after acquisition - Support and operations staff quadruple. I recently read Elliot’s post about Moniker’s extended phone support hours. I’ve been tracking the support situation at Moniker/SnapNames since KeyDrive bought the companies from Oversee.net, as a number of people have made comments about it. Some customers were also concerned because their account manages left the company. Here are some more details about the support changes at Moniker/SnapNames. DNW: How did the support ... read more ...
 
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NYC condo house of directors fails to take down dispute site - Resident set up site to complain about board of directors. From what I’ve heard, the boards of directors of many New York condos and co-ops would make for great reality show fodder. Here’s just one example: The board of directors of Towers on the Park Condominium filed a UDRP against a resident who registered TowersonthePark.com and used it to criticize the board. The resident, Paul Adao, created a web site to complain about various activities of the board of ... read more ...
 
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How a 5 field for .free intend to use their domains - They’re “free” in one sense only. A couple weeks ago I wrote about the potential for free or very cheap top level domains in the future. I also pointed out that it does look like any of those free domains will be found on .free. As a follow up, here are how the five applicants for .free plan to use the domain if they win the battle: Donuts: as with all of its applications, Donuts’ application for .free has only generic information. Nothing is specific to .free. Amazon.com: ... read more ...
Sun 22nd July 2012
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
After 10 Years OxfordUniversity Press Files A UDRP On OxfordDictionary.com - A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name OxfordDictionary.com by Oxford University Press which publishes the Dictionary. The domain was first registered in 2002 and is currently under privacy. The domain name goes to a parked page full of references for Oxford Dictionary. Why the publishers failed to take any action for 10 years is anyone’s guess. It should be noted that the publishers haven’t even spent $10 to register the domain name, TheOxfordDictionary.com which is unregistered ... read more ...
Fri 20th July 2012
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Sedo Report: Total .Co Domain Name Sales $1.64 Million & Average Price of $1,800 is Only 2nd To .Com - Sedo,  on the 2nd anniversary of .Co, unveiled a report that highlights the success of the .co extension since its introduction two years ago today, on July 20, 2010. Here are some of the highlights: The total value of .Co sales at Sedo since July 2010 is 1.64 million USD; .Co was the 9th most frequently sold TLD at Sedo in 2011; Since its introduction, .Co has held a strong average sales price above 1,800 USD, and is currently second only to .com in mean average sales prices; The top .co sale at ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Domain Registrations Point To A Capital One Quick Silver Brand & A Capital One 360 - A bunch of registrations at MarkMonitor.com yesterday indicate that Capital One is about to roll out a new brand, Capital One Quick Silver . A trademark was filed in April of this year: “On Friday, April 27, 2012, a U.S. federal trademark registration was filed for CAPITAL ONE QUICKSILVER by Capital One Financial Corporation, Richmond, VA 23238. The USPTO has given the CAPITAL ONE QUICKSILVER trademark serial number of 85610297. The current federal status of this trademark filing is NON-FINAL ACTION ... read more ...
 
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Happy 2nd Birthday to .Co - Happy Birthday .Co which turns two today. After its 1st year .Co experienced a 70%+ renewal rate which is on par with .com. We should know in a little while what the 2nd year renewal rate is and of course will pass that along as soon as the numbers are released. .Co wrote on their blog to celebrate their second birthday: “It was just two years ago that we launched the .CO domain to the world — and set our sights on becoming the web address of choice for the world’s next great businesses, brands ... read more ...
 
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CraigsList sues JamesList, a “Craigslist for a rich” - Confusingly similar yacht sales platforms. If you’ve never heard of JamesList, it may be because you aren’t in the market for a Yacht. Or you wouldn’t think of buying one used. Craigslist has sued (pdf) Jameslist, a classified site for luxury goods such as yachts, jets, and helicopters, for trademark infringement. Craigslist says JamesList’s name is confusingly similar to it, and that JamesList purposely selected its name to sound similar. Craigslist may have ... read more ...
 
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End user sales report, Friday edition - 19 end user domain name sales. I’m back in Austin after attending HostingCon (more on that later), so here’s the belated end user domain sales report for this week. In case you missed it, I visited both Afternic’s and Sedo’s offices this week. Afternic Washington Jesuit Academy bought edSolutions.org for $1,000. Actress casting company BubbleGum Casting bought AmateurModeling.com for $2,488 and ModelingGigs.com for $2,000. Global Business Travel Association ... read more ...
 
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Analyzing .co dual years in and what it tells new TLD applicants - Your TLD is unlikely to be as successful as .co. The rebranded .co domain name is now two years old. .Co put out an infographic today charting its growth and Sedo released an aftermarket analysis. From a business perspective .co has been a huge success. It has a whopping 1.3 million domains registered after two years. It has generated tens of millions in revenue. But I caution new top level domain applicants that are basing their projections on recent new TLD launches ... read more ...
 
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“Occupy” is a new “Sucks” - The term “occupy” can be similar to “sucks” in a domain name — an indication of a gripe site. The first element of the uniform domain name dispute resolution policy (UDRP) that a complainant must prove is that the domain name is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark in which the complainant has rights. But what about when it comes to satirical or gripe sites? Generally speaking, the first element of the policy can be overcome by the respondent ... read more ...
Thu 19th July 2012
Written by The Domains in EN
Tucows Owned Marker.com Becomes Lastest Generic To Be Hit With A UDRP - A UDRP has just been filed against the domain name Marker.com by Marker Völkl (International) GmbH. The owner of the domain name is Tucows.com who is using the domain name in its Hover service, and is advertised as: “Welcome to marker.com This domain is available for a personalized email address. This domain is part of an exclusive collection of “shared” personal names that allows multiple users to have simple, memorable email addresses, such as you@marker.com, all sharing the same domain ... read more ...
 
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Paul Stahura Of Donuts Picked By ManagingIP As One Of “The Most Influential People In The Americas” - ManagingIP.com has named Paul Stahura of Donuts, Inc. as one of the “The Most Influential People In The Americas”. ManagingIP selected 50 people who are “shaping the IP industry Worldwide”. Here is what the publication had to say about Paul: “”If you are a trade mark owner and aren’t already familiar with Donuts, you soon will be.” “When Icann announced last month that it had received 1,930 applications for new gTLDs, Donuts – a start-up company with $100 million in venture funding ... read more ...
 
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Google Reports: Revenues Up 35%, Paid Clicks Up 42%; Cost Per Click Down 16%; $43 Billion In The Bank - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2012. As you will see below total revenue was up 35% paid clicks were up 42% but the cost per click was down 16%. Google ended the quarter with $43 Billion in the bank and with the acquisition of Motorola now has almost 55,000 employees Share of Google which we up over 2% during trading today are up over 3% again in aftermarket trading at $615 (previous close $580). As the leading monetization company in ... read more ...
 
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With 4 Hours To Go Moniker Premium & ccTLD Auction Has Over $160K But Only $400 Domain Has Hit Reserve - The SnapNames/Moniker International Premium ccTLD Auction ends today at 3:15 EST over at SnapNames.com. With four hours to go more than $160,000 in bids have been placed on 13 domain names yet only one, smokers.co.uk which was a no reserve name has hit reserve with a high bid of $400. So over $160,000 in bids and only 1 $400 domain is over reserve. Which of course begs the question of why does SnapNames allow bidding under the reserve range at all? Take movieguide.com which has a stated reserve ... read more ...
 
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Guía para gestionar los dominios en el nuevo esquema de los gTLD -   Jerome Sicard, Regional Manager South Europe MarkMonitor. Su marca necesita estar lista para el próximo gran hito en la expansión de los dominios genéricos (gTLDs) de Internet realizado por la Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Y también para el efecto que éste tendrá en el portfolio de dominios de las empresas y en su estrategia de protección de marcas. Antecedentes En la actualidad son los dominios de alto nivel son 22, el más conocido es .com. La expansión ... read more ...
 
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Kohls loses UDRP over 4 minute Kols.com domain name - KOLS.com was registered three years before Kohls.com. Retailer Kohls.com has lost a UDRP dispute for the domain name Kols.com, which it claimed was a typo of its domain name Kohls.com. The respondent, Fox Business Systems / KansasNet, said it registered the domain name as an acronym for “Kansas Online Systems” and had intended to develop it. It hired a number of developers over the years but none of them completed the project. One of those developers parked the ... read more ...
 
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Brothel beats Victoria’s Secret in titillating domain name dispute - …and it’s seriously a fascinating UDRP case. An Australian brothel has rebuffed an attempt by lingerie retailer Victoria’s Secret to take its domain name VictoriasSecrets.com.au. The decision was handed down on a couple weeks ago and a Domain Name Wire reader just brought the case to my attention. The subject matter certainly makes for an interesting story, but the story goes much deeper than that. Let’s get the fun stuff out of the way: the respondent sent ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools lawsuit discharged for miss of jurisdiction - Preemptive case against New Jersey man can’t go forward in Washington, judge rules. DomainTools’ preemptive lawsuit against Russ Smith has been dismissed (pdf) with prejudice for lack of personal jurisdiction and improper venue. Russ Smith had threatened to sue DomainTools for copyright infringement and try to get its trademark canceled. Among Smith’s complaints: DomainTools’ archival of snapshots of his web site home pages were copyright violations. Instead ... read more ...