Monthly Archives: January 2013

Thu 31st January 2013
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The Following, The Job; The Taste, The Americans; Newest Mar To “The” Branding - This month 4 new television shows are airing all starting with the word “the”. The Following, The Taste, The Job and The Americans join a slew of other shows already on air all starting with the word “the” Here is our current list of Television shows airing on major networks all starting with the word “the” The View The Talk The Voice The Taste The Job The Following The Simpsons TheVampire Diaries TheX Factor TheReal Housewives The New Normal The Middle The Americans (thanks Owen) Included ... read more ...
 
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Two Parked Pages: McLaren.net Lost In A UDRP; McLaren.biz Saved in UDRP - In two separate UDRP decision are out today, one on the domain name McLaren.net the other on the domain name McLaren.biz, the two separate UDRP panels awarded one of the domains and refused to transfer the other to the same complainant, Of course the most famous trademark holder of the term “Mclaren”, is the car maker, but they didn’t bring the complaints. Instead the complaints were brought by McLaren Health Care Corporation whose federally registered trademark was just issued last year: Complainant ... read more ...
 
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US Government Opens Comment Period On .US ccTLD: Contract Expires On 8/31 - The United States Department of Commerce’s (Department) National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) which administers the contract for the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for the United States, “.US” (usTLD) has opened up the comment period on the contract to run the .US extension. The current contract expires on August 31, 2013. Neustar, Inc (NSR) operates the .US extension under the current contract. “Currently, the usTLD is comprised of approximately 1,786,738 ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools.com Releases Domain Report - According to a Press Release we received tonight DomainTools, launched it newest product Domain Report, which promised to change “how individuals and businesses access domain information”. “A Domain Report creates a thorough, customized report that utilizes the world’s most comprehensive database on domains to generate  an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive snapshot of domain data”. “In a matter of minutes, a report can be created on any single domain name and compiled into one professional ... read more ...
 
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Kieren McCarthy to turn Executive Director of IFFOR - McCarthy takes bigger role in IFFOR and group offers policy making services. Former ICANN General Manager of Public Participation Kieren McCarthy will become Executive Director of IFFOR this April. McCarthy has been IFFOR’s manager of public participation since 2011. He will replace outgoing executive director Joan Irvine. IFFOR, which stands for International Foundation for Online Responsibility, was set up as part of the .xxx domain name launch. IFFOR gets $10 ... read more ...
 
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Makeup.com sole for $2 million, Rodeo.com and Karate.com for $500k total - L’Oreal paid $2 million for domain in 2010. I was digging through some SEC filings today when I came across some prices on domain name sales. The sales all involve what is now known as General Cannabis, Inc. (Correction: it changed its name again to SearchCore.) The three big domains were at one time part of the Communicate.com/LiveCurrent fiasco. First, I reported in 2010 that Makeup.com had sold for seven figures to L’Oreal. A March 2011 filing verifies that ... read more ...
 
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American Automobile Association sues owners of AAAclubs.xxx and other domains - AAA sues to stop adult entertainment site from using AAA in its name. The American Automobile Association, commonly known as AAA or “Triple A”, has sued the owner of AAAclubs.xxx, AAAclubs.com, AAAclubs.net, and AAAclubs.us. According to the lawsuit (pdf), AAA became aware of the defendant in December 2011 when it filed a trademark application for “AAA Clubs of America” for use in conjunction with discount programs. AAA offers discount programs to its membership. AAA ... read more ...
 
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McLaren wins McLaren.net, loses McLaren.biz domain disputes - Health care company files a bad case against someone named McLaren. McLaren Health Care Corporation has won a UDRP for McLaren.net while losing one for McLaren.biz. In the case of McLaren.net, the owner of the domain didn’t submit a formal response to the UDRP. He claimed his last name was McLaren, but without providing proof nor a formal response, the panel found against him. The respondent noted that he received the complaint over Christmas and did not have time ... read more ...
 
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How would these domain companies have fared on a batch marketplace in 2012? - Rate these non-stocks for 2012 performance. There are a handful of publicly traded companies in the domain name industry: Tucows, Sedo, eNom/DemandMedia, Top Level Domain Holdings, etc. But most domain companies are private. Many of them are too small to trade publicly, others have no interest in being public, and some will probably be traded someday. With that in mind, how do you think the following companies’ stocks would have fared on the market in 2012? GoDaddy [poll ... read more ...
Wed 30th January 2013
 
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Best Selling Author Kevin Trudeau Saves 18 Year Old Domain Trudeau.com From UDRP - The domain name of a common last name Trudeau.com was saved in a UDRP today. How common is the name “Trudeau”? Consider that  Pierre Trudeau was twice the prime minster of Canada and hat the domain holder is the best selling author Mr. Kevin Trudeau and that the founder of the company filing the complaint was a Mr. Joseph-Arthur Trudeau. The domain name Trudeau.com was registered on October 11, 1995. Yes 1995. So this domain is 18 years  old which could be a record for the age of a domain ... read more ...
 
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Just In Time For Valentine’s Day .The Giftof.Me: Gift Cards For .Me Domains - The .ME Registry, operator of the .ME domain extension, has launched TheGiftOf.ME, to offer “the perfect present for Valentine’s Day – personalized gift cards for the purchase of .ME domain names”. This is another great example of new and creative ways that registries will sell domain names and increase the usage of the extension. In addition to the Giftcard site, the registry will host a three-day, “cheesy” Valentine Twitter contest. Ten participants will win a free .ME domain and the ... read more ...
 
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WaterSchool’s Water Night Is A Can’t Miss Event At Webfest - WaterNight, A great fundraising event to benefit the WaterSchool.com, is being held in Santa Monica during Webfest Already on the guest list are new Registries like Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry, Donuts, to some of the top companies in the domaining crowd; NameJet, Thought Convergence, NameDrive, Parking Crew, InternetX, the girls from DomainAdvisors, and DomainTools, even the new CEO of ICANN, Fadi Chehadé, will be there around 11pm for what I believe is his first official  “Meet Greet”. The ... read more ...
 
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17 finish user domain sales during Afternic - Law firm’s $17,500 purchase of TrafficLaw.com among Afternic’s end user sales last week. Afternic had a relatively slow sales week by dollar volume last week. But it had some notable end user sales, including the sale of TrafficLaw.com. St. Louis area pharmacy Elliott Pharmacy bought ElliottPharmacy.com for $1,477. Construction company Skilled Trades bought SkilledStaffing.com for $2,088. Fashion designer John Varvatos picked up Varvatos.com for $1,000. Better ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools offers new Domain Reports for $49 - DomainTools releases new product with comprehensive data for a single domain. DomainTools has released a new one-off product called Domain Report. A Domain Report is a comprehensive, professional-looking PDF document that includes an entire profile of an individual domain name: -Every Historic Whois record DomainTools has -Our complete website screenshot history -Owner (registrant) name and email address -Current Whois record -Registration dates and status codes -Network ... read more ...
 
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Sedo finish user domain sales report - Lawyers, watch company, and a university buy domains on Sedo. This week’s Sedo end user sales report is a little light. There are a lot of domains still in escrow and a bunch of big sales that have whois privacy. Watch company UHR, which recently paid 990 EUR for UHR.biz, bought UHR.tv for 700 EUR. WISE International — that stands for World Institute of Scientology Enterprises — bought Prosperity.tv for $10,000. LibertyBell Law Group in Burbank bought AttorneysInLosAngeles.com ... read more ...
 
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This time Canada wants to bury Go Daddy Super Bowl commercial - Government unhappy with alcohol in commercial. We’re used to the U.S. government “censoring” GoDaddy Super Bowl commercials. And much of the time, the censoring is manufactured to get publicity. But this time it’s Canada that doesn’t like the GoDaddy.co commercial that will air this weekend. Seriously. According to The Globe and Mail, the YourBigIdea.co ad slated to run in the first half of Sunday’s Super Bowl runs afoul of Canadian advertising laws that ... read more ...
Tue 29th January 2013
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Flippa.com Launches “Very First Affiliate Program” - Flippa.com just announced it was launching its “very first affiliate program” Here are the details: Flippa.com Will pay 30% of the combined listing and upgrade fee for new listings created via the affiliate link Interested affiliates can sign up via ShareASale.com Limited of one payout per user per affiliate I asked specifically what this meant and what I was told is that “The one-payout limit is per user per affiliate. This means that if the Affiliate sends a seller to Flippa and he/she lists, ... read more ...
 
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Afternic Sells $885K in Domain Names Led By Trafficlaw.com For $18.5K - Afternic’s just issued its weekly domain sales for the week of 1/21/12 – 1/27/13. Total domain name sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 886,564. Trafficlaw.com sold for $18,500 to lead the pack. TheWindows.com sold for $11K (although the domain is still pointing to BuyDomains.com) Here are the reportable sales of domains:     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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If You Get An Objection To Your String, You Have To Pay The Fees Upfront Too - If your are an applicant for a new gTLD and someone files a formal objection to your application, not only does the objector have to pay the fees, but the applicant for the new gTLD has to pay the fees as well. During a webinar held today entitled: New gTLD Objection Dispute Resolution” it was made clear that not only does the party filing an objection have to pay the fees, but since its a loser pays model, the new gTLD applicant has to pay the fees as well once the objection is filed. At some ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.4 Million Led By Frank Schilling’s $60k Sale Of Salledebain.com - Sedo.com just published its weekly report and in all 715 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.42m. Just under 43% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. The high sale of the week was Frank Schilling’s Name Administration sale of  salledebain.com (bathroom in French)for $60k Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: salledebain.com at 60,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: connect.tv at 25,000 USD ·         Top ... read more ...
 
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Quick Poll: Which Domain Priced $100K Or More Will Sell At Webfest? - Now that the final list of the live domain name auction from Webfest has been released, we thought we would do a poll on which domain names with a reserve price of $100K you think will sell. Here are your choices, you can pick up to 5 (but you have to place your selections all at the same time). You also have the choice of none will sell You can place your vote on the right and for bragging rights place your person picks in the comment section Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Why Did It Take 12 Years For This Trademark Holder To File & Win A UDRP? - The Complainants Columbia Insurance Company of Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America; and H.H. Brown Shoe Company, Inc. of Greenwich, Connecticut, United States of America, just won a UDRP on the domain name carolinaboots.com. The trademark holder didn’t own a trademark on the term “carolina boots” but owned a trademark on the term CAROLINA which covered shoes and boots. The trademark holder registered the domain name carolinashoe.com on August 13, 1999, but didn’t register the domain ... read more ...
 
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YouTube.com Rolling Out Paid Channels - According to AdAge.com, YouTube.com is prepping to launch paid subscriptions for individual channels on its video platform as early as the 2nd quarter of this year with the first paid channels to cost between $1 and $5 a month. The article quotes YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar as saying: “If we have a subscription model then absolutely that’s something that becomes possible.” “We have long maintained that different content requires different types of payment models,” a Google spokesman said, ... read more ...
 
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Final Webfest Auction List Released - The final list of the domain names to be auctioned off as part of the Webfest conference was been released by Moniker.com/SnapNames.com The live domain auction will be held on, Wednesday February 6 at 4:00pm Pacific Time. Prebidding is now live on SnapNames.com, where there is already some $35,000 in prebids. There are .com’s., .net’s, .Me and .Ca domains up for sale. The domain with the highest reserve range is Bali.com which is a huge tourist destination which has a reserve price of $750,000-$1M Here ... read more ...