Monthly Archives: February 2013

Thu 7th February 2013
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Forget “The Kiss”: GoDaddy.co Super Bowl blurb was a genuine winner - YourBigIdea.co drove more business activity than Bar Rafaeli’s kiss. Go Daddy ran two commercials during the Super Bowl on Sunday. The one that’s getting the most media attention is Perfect Match — aka “The Kiss”, in which supermodel Bar Rafaeli kisses ubernerd Jesse Heiman. But is that commercial the one that resulted in a flood of business at Go Daddy on Sunday and the company having its biggest sales day ever on Monday? It turns out more credit should ... read more ...
Wed 6th February 2013
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Google Rolls Out Enhanced Campaigns For AdWords - According to a blog post Google is as of “Today we’re upgrading AdWords, by rolling out enhanced campaigns”. This is a first step to help you more simply and smartly manage your ad campaigns in today’s multi-device world”. Why enhanced campaigns? “People are constantly connected and moving from one device to another to communicate, shop and stay entertained.” “In fact, a recent study of multi-device consumers found that 90% move sequentially between several screens to accomplish a ... read more ...
 
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The “Real” Sky Waitress Is Quite The Domainer: SkyWaitress.com - If you watched the Godaddy.Co Super Bowl Commercial you know that the star of the ad was the “Sky Waitress”. Well it looks like the real Sky Waitress is quite the domainer. No I don’t mean the actress that played the Sky Waitress in the Godaddy.co commercial , but the blogger and owner of the domain name SkyWaitress.com, a married and expecting mother to be by name of Abigail. “I’m a 20-something flight attendant on furlough. I’m happily married to my best friend Joel and we live in the ... read more ...
 
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Nieuwe gTLD’s, nieuwe problemen - Momenteel is ICANN bezig met de evaluatie van alle aanvragen die ingediend werden voor het beheer van een nieuwe gTLD. Hoewel nog geen enkele aanvraag goedgekeurd is, duiken er toch al enkele problemen op. Er rijzen immers kritische vragen over de ingediende aanvragen. De eerste vraag die de kop opsteekt, heeft te maken met de gelijkenis tussen verschillende extensies. Zo stelde ICANN in zijn voorwaarden voor het aanvragen van een nieuwe gTLD expliciet dat dergelijke extensie geen verwarring ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Opens Comment Period On Closed Generic New gTLD’s - Well ICANN is addressing what has become the hottest topic of the new gTLD program by just opened the comment period on the subject of “closed generic” gTLD applications and whether specific requirements should be adopted corresponding to this type of application. Stakeholder views are invited to help define and consider this issue. In particular, comments would be helpful in regard to proposed objective criteria for: Classifying certain applications as “closed generic” TLDs, i.e., how to ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft Is Latest to Come Out Against Closed Generic New gTLD’s In Letter To ICANN - ICANN just published a letter it received from Microsoft.com which is objecting to closed generic strings. Here is the letter sent from  the Assistant General Counsel , Trademarks Microsoft Corporation, Russell Pangborn: “”Re: Closed Generic Top-Level Domains (TLDs) Dear Dr. Crocker and Messrs. Chehadé and Chalaby: We are writing to express our concern, similar to concerns expressed by Australia and Germany in their respective Early Warnings, regarding private, exclusive ownership of closed ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Opens Up The Comment Period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement - ICANN has just opened up the comment period on The New gTLD Registry Agreement. “The New gTLD Registry Agreement is the contractual document between successful New gTLD Applicants and ICANN, and will govern the rights and obligations of new gTLD registry operators”. “ICANN proposes to revise the New gTLD Registry Agreement in connection with developments since the last posting of the Applicant Guidebook in June 2012 and a general review of the contractual needs of the new gTLD program. Among ... read more ...
 
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Domainers lift $40,000 for purify water - Domainers raise $40,000 for The Water School. The domain name industry raised about $40,000 for The Water School at Water Night last night. The event, held to coincide with Webfest Global in Santa Monica, attracted about 250 domain name industry professionals that paid $50 to $100 to get in the door. Attendees kicked in another $20,000 to get domain name investor Richard Lau’s head shaved, including a $10,000 match from Oversee.net. NameCheap paid for the event ... read more ...
 
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Kim Kardashian talks entrepreneurship and amicable media - Kim Kardashian talks about her early entrepreneurial ventures and how she leverages social media. Oversee.net CEO Debra Domeyer had a fireside chat with Kim Kardashian at Webfest today in Santa Monica. Kardashian related her stories about early entrepreneurial ventures and how she’s leveraged social media to build her brand. She told the audience of online entrepreneurs and domain investors about how she borrowed money from her dad to buy scarce shoes and resell ... read more ...
 
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Tumblr files 9 cybersquatting complaints - Blogging platform cracks down on cybersquatters. Blogging service Tumblr has filed 9 separate cybersquatting complaints in the last two weeks. The complaints, filed under the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy with World Intellectual Property Organization, cover typos of its main Tumblr.com domain name. The domains include: tumlr.com tubmlr.com tumbllr.com tublr.com tumbl.com tumblor.com tmblr.com wwwtumblr.com tumbr.com The domains all show different owners ... read more ...
Tue 5th February 2013
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Afternic.com Sells $1.6M In Domains Led By uLive.com For $75K & Pastor.com For $45K - Afternic’s just issued its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 1/28/12 – 2/3/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,585,647. All sales were Led by uLive.com which sold for $75,000 and Pastor.com which was purchased for $45,000 Pastor.com is resolving to sermons.com and was owned by Tucows. uLive.com is now registered to Matt Serlin DNStination Inc. so its a corporate buyer. Also Pulpit.com sold for $25K but seems to be ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 23% 4th Q 34% in 2012 - Neustar (NSR) reported its earnings  for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2012 and provided guidance for 2013 after the market closed today. Neustar is the backend provider for many ccTLD’s including .Co and .Us,  the TLD  .Biz. and many new gTLD providers.  Neustar also has the contract with the City of New York to operate the .NYC registry. Summary of Fourth Quarter Results Compared to Fourth Quarter of 2011 Revenue increased 23% to $214.2 million Income from continuing operations ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led By Pay.Co For $46K - Sedo just reported that 831 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.63 Million. Over 44% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .com: isugar.com at 25,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: pay.co at 46,087 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: itv.org at 26,900 USD Here are the reportable sales:       Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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NewgTLDSite.com Starts Petition Asking ICANN To Stop Closed Generic New gTLD’s From Being Awarded - Tom Gilles of NewgTLDSite.com just started an online petition to be sent to ICANN to stop closed generic strings from being awarded and is hoping to get 100,000 signatures. The petition is on change.org. Here is how the letter that Mr. Gilles wants to send to ICANN reads: I do so for the following reasons:1.  Closed generic word registries defeat the mission and purpose of ICANN, The New gTLD Program and are not consistent with the Affirmation of Committments with the U.S. Dept of Commerce. 2.  ... read more ...
 
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ICANN New gTLD Committee Not Sure How To Handle Closed Generic Applications - Its seems pretty clear that the New gTLD committee of ICANN doesn’t know what they should do about what is fast becoming one of the biggest issues of the new gTLD program, applications for closed generic strings. The issue generic strings like .App and .Music which were applied for by  companies like Amazon, which would not allow any third party registrations, but rather keep the entire generic string for their own use. The minutes of The Meeting of the New gTLD Program Committee of the ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Vertical Axis Loses UDRP on The Typo pheonixcontact.com After Trying To Give It Up - The Ham Brothers, Vertical Axis just lost a UDRP on the typo pheonixcontact.com to Phoenix Contact GmbH Co. KG of German. As a UDRP the case is a slam dunk for the International trademark holder. However the case serves as a cautionary tale for those domain holders that believe  that all they have to do is give up a questionable trademark infringing domain once they get the C D letter, that sometimes that strategy doesn’t work and you wind up with a UDRP decision against you. Before the UDRP ... read more ...
 
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Inc.com On Value of Killer Domain: Purchased For $12K Turned Into $19 Million Yr Business - Inc.com just published the story of Jesse Stein who bought the domain SportsMemorabilia.com for just $12,500 and turned it into a $19.5 million retail business. Its a domainers dream story. SportsMemorabilia.com was purchased by Mr.  Stein in 2006, for $12,500 from Moniker.com in March 2006 At the time it was a parked domain and in “just six years Stein turned it into a recognized retail brand with more than 450,000 products from across 13 sports–taking in $19.5 million in 2012 and earning a ... read more ...
 
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DomainSponsor releases new iPhone and Android Apps - Updated app includes notifications of domains for sale. DomainSponsor today announced the release of its updated apps on both Apple and Android. The app has a number of features, as explained by Oversee.net VP GM Internet Monetization Dwayne Walker this morning. Some of the features are exactly what you’d expect on a domain parking app: Account summaries Domain level statistics Portfolio level statistics Quick view of top 100 domains Data by country But one feature ... read more ...
 
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Oversee.net CEO kicks off Webfest discussion in Los Angeles - Webfest attendees will hear a lot about mobile this week. The last time she took stage at a Webfest conference, it wasn’t even called Webfest. One year after her debut domain conference talk, Debra Domeyer is now CEO instead of co-CEO of Oversee.net, and the conference is called Webfest instead of DOMAINfest. Domeyer kicked of this year’s Webfest conference in Santa Monica with a clear message: mobile, mobile, mobile. It may seem cliche as everyone is talking ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name Wire consult closes this Friday - 8th annual Domain Name Wire survey closes Friday. Want to join over 1,500 people and make your opinion heard? You have until Friday. That’s when the 2013 Domain Name Wire Survey closes. This is the eighth annual survey, which gives a good baseline to compare trends in the domain name industry. Once category that’s particularly tight this year is domain parking. The domain registrar category, on the other hand, is a runaway. Which domain forum is best? There’s ... read more ...
 
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Humorous Twitter review between Name.com and Go Daddy - Two domain registrars have fun with each other on Twitter. One thing Name.com does better than most (all?) domain name registrars is have a good social media presence. It has the right mix between humor, special offers, and support. Name.com also likes to take jabs at Go Daddy, like this parody Super Bowl commercial. So I found this Twitter conversation between @namedotcom and @godaddy rather humorous. (Note: this conversation is from before the Super Bowl.) I hope ... read more ...
Mon 4th February 2013
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SnapNames Become Exclusive Drop House For DomainMonster.com & Host Europe - Host Europe, a one of the top three hosting company  in Europe and owner of the largest registrar in the UK, is as of now sending all of their expiring domains to SnapNames.com on an exclusive basis. That means all domain names dropping from the registrars that are a part of the Host Europe Group;  DomainMonster.com, 123-Reg.co.uk, and Heart Internet will now be dropping all of their domain on SnapNames.com on an exclusive basis. According to an email we just received from SnapNames.com: “”We ... read more ...
 
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Moniker/SnapNames.com To Auction Off “Premium .Dm” Domains At Webfest - Although the WebFest conference got underway today, there is a late addition to the live and extended auction. Today Moniker.com/SnapNames announced that it will be conducting an auction of premium .dm domains as part of the live auction conducted from the Webfest Global Conference being held in Santa Monica, CA on Wednesday, February 6, 2013, starting at 4:00 pm Pacific Time. The domain names are owned by the The DotDM Corporation, the official administrator for .dm the top-level domain (TLD) of ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: ICM Sells Mobile.XXX For $160,000 - NOTE: We have now gotten confirmation from ICM that the price paid for Mobile.XXX was $160,000, the 350 other domains acquired by the buyers were separate and apart from the $160,000 Paid. The story has now been updated to reflect this information. SexGoesMobile has acquired the domain name Mobile.xxx for $160,000 from ICM Registry the operator of the .XXX domain name TLD. Mobile.XXX will provide live cams, video and dating in 10 languages. ICM Registry said that of the last 5 million visits to its ... read more ...
 
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According to Tivo, Godaddy’s Ad Was A Big Winner - According to TechCrunch.com, citing data from Tivo, Godaddy.com Ad was one of the top 10 most “engaging” ads. The data based on “second-by-second audience measurement data from over 30,000 anonymous households using TiVo, TiVo’s Research and Analytics arm narrowed down the top ten most engaging ads of the big game”. “This is measured by how many users were watching at “play” speed, as well as whether or not there was a bump in viewership during the ads, relative to the surrounding ... read more ...