Monthly Archives: April 2013

Tue 23rd April 2013
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FreshDrop Rolls Out Drop Catching/Backorder Program With Prices @ $18.95 - FreshDrop Inc.,  today announces their new domain backordering service which has been opened in beta, is now open to the public and goes by the name Pheenix.com Pheenix customers are allowed to backorder .com and .net domain names for a low price of $18.95 per caught domain. Domain backorders currently is on a ‘First come, First Served’ basis with only one customer being able to reserve a backorder per domain. Backordering domain names is free of charge, and customers are only charged upon ... read more ...
 
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New Web Address Extension .Green Passes Initial Evaluation – Virtual - .Green Will Become Part Of Internet Infrastructure. Greenbrae, California (PRWEB) April 23, 2013 DotGreen Community, Inc. is pleased to announce that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) completed the initial evaluation of DotGreen’s sustainability focused .green Top-Level Domain (TLD) application. Approval came on Friday, April 19, 2013 as part of the ICANN New TLD program. Passing ICANN’s initial evaluation is a major milestone toward bringing .green website ... read more ...
 
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eco: Schleichende Internet-Revolution mit neuen Namen -

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gTLD Contention Auction in May: Request for Comments – CircleID - Many gTLD applicants with strings in contention have already heard about the Applicant Auction, a voluntary private auction for resolving string contention that my colleagues and I are organizing. In this post we'd like to share some updates on our progress. Most importantly, we realized that more than just an escrow agent is needed for the success of a private auction of this scale, and we have partnered with Morrison Foerster, LLP, a global law firm, who will be acting as the neutral party ... read more ...
 
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Salesforce launches Social.com - Almost two years after buying domain, Salesforce launches Social.com. Last week Salesforce started forwarding its Social.com domain to one of its sites, but today it formerly announced its new Social.com service. Social.com offers services to advertise on Facebook and Twitter more effectively. It automates how companies find potential customers and market to them via social media. It’s a good use of an expensive domain name. Moniker brokered the sale of Social.com ... read more ...
 
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Internet Giant TenCent bumbles domain dispute - Company drops ball in UDRP submission. It’s possible you’ve never heard of TenCent. I hadn’t heard of it until reading The Economist’s recent spread on the internet in China. But it’s big in China. Huge. With a market cap of $60 billion (U.S.), it’s right up there with Facebook in terms of valuation. Yet TenCent Holdings failed to win the domain name TenCentGames.com in a UDRP, despite the domain holder not responding to the complaint. TenCent successfully ... read more ...
 
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DomainSkate offers templated UDRP complaints for $399 - Low cost service prepares UDRP filing to submit to National Arbitration Forum. DomainSkate lets anyone create a UDRP complaint. Users would be wise to have the complaint reviewed by an attorney before submitting it.The biggest cost of filing or responding to a UDRP isn’t paying fees to National Arbitration Forum or WIPO. It’s typically the lawyer’s fees that add up to the most. DomainSkate aims to change that by offering a low cost way to compile the necessary ... read more ...
 
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Domain settlement cases corner adult somewhat in 2012 - …but trail the growth in domain name registrations. National Arbitration Forum (NAF) has released its official numbers for 2012 UDRP cases. Combined with World Intellectual Property Organization’s (WIPO) results, the number of UDRP cases filed last year appears to have edged up slightly. NAF reported a total of 2,060 cases for 2012 last year, which was 22 fewer than in 2011. WIPO earlier reported 2,884 cases, up from 2,764 in 2011. Between the two biggest UDRP ... read more ...
 
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Coming this year: a biggest domain registrar phishing conflict ever - New RAA satisfies boneheaded law enforcement request that will lead to more domain theft. The proposed new registration accreditation agreement satisfies a law enforcement requirement of verifying whois information when someone registers a domain name. The requirements can easily be satisfied by people who want to register domains for nefarious purposes. In fact, they’re downright stupid. But more troubling is that it will lead to more phishing of domain registrar ... read more ...
 
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What a new RAA means for YOU, a domain registrant - Your responsibilities when registering a domain name will soon change. Late yesterday ICANN published the proposed “final” new Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA) for public comment. The update RAA will have an impact on how you register domain names. You must verify your phone number or email address. After you register a domain, transfer it to a new registrar, or transfer ownership of a domain, you will have to confirm your email address or phone number ... read more ...
Mon 22nd April 2013
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Blacknight CEO to Speak at 2013 Domaining Spain Conference, Leading … – Virtual - Leading Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight heads to Spain to speak about New TLDs at the 2013 Domaining Spain Conference. Carlow,Ireland (PRWEB) April 22, 2013 Leading Irish domain registrar and hosting company Blacknight heads to Spain to speak about New TLDs at the 2013 Domaining Spain Conference. Domaining Spain (http://domainingspain.com/) , which is in its second year, is billed as a ccTLD and New gTLD conference. The event will be held from April 25 through the 27th ... read more ...
 
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NAF Sets URS Fees $375-$500 Per Complaint & $400 For Domain Holder - The National Arbitration Forum, (NAF) has just released its proposed Supplemental Rules for Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) , including complainant fees that range from $375 – $500 depending on number of domains involved. The fee for the domain holder who gets hit with a URS is $400 if the complaint is for more than 16 domain names. However all domain holders will have to pay for a re-evaluation of a negative URS decision and an appeal of a URS decision. Here is a complete set of the proposed rules ... read more ...
 
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.An Domains To Be Removed From The Root Server by Oct 2014 - According to BrandShelter.com, the .An registry is being phased out with the the .An ccTLD being removed from the root server by October 2014. I know a lot of unsophisticated domain investors may get caught up buying one of these domain names with great keyword which maybe offered with cheap pricing , so buyer beware. Here is the announcement: “”The University of the Netherlands Antilles (UNA), the administrator of .AN domains, will start the removal of .AN domain names from their databases and ... read more ...
 
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CEO of a .Me Registry, Predrag Lešić, Interviewed In Branding Magazine - Brandingmagazine.com, published an interview with the CEO of the .Me Registry Predrag Lešić , which is worth a read. Frequent readers to TheDomains.com know we think that domains are all about branding and that Verb.me domains make a great brand. Here are the two questions and answers we found most interesting from the interview: Branding Magazine: In the broad spectrum of branding (including marketing and advertising), where do you place domain names in the architecture of brand image? At which ... read more ...
 
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Why Donuts Should Win All Wine New gTLD Applications – CircleID - There are 2 reasons why Donuts, applicant for more than 300 Top-Level Domains, should become the official Registry for wine applications. • It is not because of the content of its application: There are 3 applicants in total and all of them followed the rules provided by ICANN in its applicant guidebook. • It is not because they protect the wine industry: the Applicant Guidebook did not "force" applicants to do so. • It is not because they are American: there are also very good wines ... read more ...
 
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TRAFFIC Changing Venues In Florida & Returns To Vegas in 2014 - The organizers of the TRAFFIC Conference sent out an email today saying that it would be changing its Venue in Florida in 2014 2015. Also TRAFFIC will be returning to Las Vegas in 2014 as well: “”In some other news, we have now signed contracts thru 2015 in Florida at a new venue starting in 2014 and also in Las Vegas at the Bellagio thru 2014.” TRAFFIC has been held at the past two years and will be held in 2013 at the Ritz Carlton Fort Lauderdale Beach. TRAFFIC has been held in Miami and ... read more ...
 
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Nigeria Loses N300 Million Annually to Foreign Domain Names – NIRA - Nigeria loses over N300 million annually to foreign countries due to the low adoption of DotNG Internet name, the Nigeria Internet Registration Association(NIRA) has said. The DotNG domain name which is Nigeria's Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is managed by NIRA which is pushing uptake of the online resource. NIRA's Chief Operating Officer, Ope Odugbesan said in Lagos while speaking ahead of a two-day forum on Local Internet Content scheduled for April 25-26 that Nigeria loses an ... read more ...
 
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Nouveau serveur pour TLD - Vous l'avez sans doute constaté, l'accès au site TousLesDrivers.com est plus confortable ces derniers temps. TLD est en effet hébergé sur tout un nouveau serveur depuis environ un mois ce qui offre un accès au site plus rapide. La stabilité devrait aussi être meilleure. Si vous constatiez le moindre problème, n'hésitez pas toutefois à nous en avertir. A ce sujet, sachez que la newsletter hebdomadaire est indisponible depuis ce changement de serveur. Elle devrait être à nouveau envoyée ... read more ...
 
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Nouveau serveur pour TLD – TousLesDrivers.com - Vous l'avez sans doute constaté, l'accès au site TousLesDrivers.com est plus confortable ces derniers temps. TLD est en effet hébergé sur tout un nouveau serveur depuis environ un mois ce qui offre un accès au site plus rapide. La stabilité devrait aussi être meilleure. Si vous constatiez le moindre problème, n'hésitez pas toutefois à nous en avertir. A ce sujet, sachez que la newsletter hebdomadaire est indisponible depuis ce changement de serveur. Elle devrait être à nouveau envoyée ... read more ...
 
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Leading-Edge Law: Some new developments relating to new domain names - Changes are coming to generic top-level domain names. A generic top-level domain name, or gTLD in tech speak, is the part after the last dot, like “.com” or “.net.” We could see gTLDs for a wide variety of interests, such as “.app” and “.med.” Within the next year or so, perhaps more than 1,000 new generic top-level domains are supposed to launch. Companies are applying for these new gTLDs. ... read more ...
 
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Yikes! No consternation this association wanted a improved domain - Company that filed UDRP uses a truly awful domain name. Often times a company files a UDRP because they’re using an inferior domain to the one they want. For example, cases are filed in which the complainant owns a .tv or .net domain and the respondent owns the .com. Of course, the reason the complainant originally registered the other domain was because the .com was already taken. That’s the case with a just-decided case for GameBreaker.com. The domain owner ... read more ...
 
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Analyzing a .me domain found in a wild - This domain has a major flaw, and it’s not the top level domain. The other day I was walking down 4th street in San Francisco and did a double take. Is that a .me web site being advertised on a bus stop advertisement? Why yes, it is. And that would certainly make Michael Berkens proud. The advertisement is for Cater2.me, a service that makes it easy for workplaces to cater in lunch. If you’re a .com purist, you hate this domain. But the truth is, most of Cater2.me’s ... read more ...
 
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The new TLD Trademark Clearinghouse is about to get a lot of attention - The TMCH phase of new TLDs is here. Which companies should participate, and how should they approach online brand protection in the coming years? The Trademark Clearinghouse is now open for business and will soon get a lot of mainstream attention.Remember when .xxx came out and law firms across the country advised their clients to defensively register domains? Law firms are now sending notices to their clients about signing up for the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), ... read more ...
 
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Oldest .com starts usurpation advertising - Symbolics lets you buy a “circle” of history. Over the years Symbolics.com has received a lot of press because it was the first ever .com domain name registered. But how do you turn a lot of press into a business model for a domain that, on its own, doesn’t really have a meaning? Domain investor and developer Aron Meystedt, who bought Symbolics.com in 2009, has a plan. Symbolics.com now offers advertising on the domain. You can buy a “circle” on the site ... read more ...
Sun 21st April 2013
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Welcome to (dot) brand - As hundreds of new internet domain names prepare to roll out across the world, a handful of Aussie brands are waiting to see theirs go live. Lucy Clark discovers what it means – and the implications for brands that did not apply “This will probably be the most significant change to the internet in our lifetime – yet no-one knows about it.” ARI Registry Services’ Adrian Kinderis’ (pictured) observation is no exaggeration. As those that applied gear up for implementation, and those ... read more ...