Monthly Archives: May 2013

Wed 15th May 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
NetNames: 33% Have No Idea What A New gTLD is; 62% Have No Plans To Register One - NetNames, a online brand protection and domain name management specialist, released the results of a poll of 100 business directors in UK enterprises (minimum turnover of £5 million) on domain names and the new gTLD’s. In its research, NetNames found 99% of respondents feel domain names are important to their brand’s internet presence, reflecting the significance of maintaining a company’s visibility on the web.” However, One in three organizations admits to not knowing what a gTLD is, and ... read more ...
 
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domaindiscount24 Puts .EU Domain Registrations On Sale For 80% Off - domaindiscount24 (dd24) just put one-year .EU domain registrations on sale for the special price of only 0.14 EUR / 0.17 EUR incl. VAT per month in May, which represents a cost saving of 80% off the regular price. dd24 is the retail customer portal of the Key-Systems GmbH, the second largest registrar for generic domains such as .COM or .NET in Europe and one of the 15 largest worldwide, in relation to the number of managed gTLD domain names (source: webhosting.info). Websites with a .EU address ... read more ...
 
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Gobernanza de Internet y la ICANN: Reflexiones desde Beijing - La versión original [en] de este artículo apareció en el sitio web de la Asociación para el Progreso de las Comunicaciones. La Corporación de Internet para la Asignación de Nombres y Números (ICANN, por sus siglas en inglés) auto-describe su papel [en] así: Para contactar con otra persona en Internet usted tiene que escribir una dirección en su ordenador — un nombre o un número. Esa dirección debe ser única para que los ordenadores sepan cómo encontrarse entre sí. ... read more ...
 
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Africa Domain Name System Forum to be held in Durban, South Africa, July 12 … - The Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum will be held on 12 - 13 July 2013 in Durban, South Africa. The event aims to establish a platform for the DNS community across Africa and to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent.Over the years, the Internet Society (http://www.internetsociety.org, AfTLD, and ICANN have supported the continued development and growth of Country Code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) in Africa through capacity building and technical support. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Tax Return: Ends With $440 Million In Cash & Securities - ICANN has published it’s Federal tax return form 990 for the tax year ending on June 30, 2012 all 68 pages of it. According to the filing,  ICANN ended its fiscal year with $466 Million in Assets and $388 Million in Liabilities therefore showing a net asset balance of over $83 Million up $3 Million from the year before. ICANN paid almost $28 Million in Salaries including $7.1 Million paid to  36 people listed by ICANN as Directors, Officers , Key employees and Highest Paid Employees. ICANN ended ... read more ...
 
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3 More New gTLD Withdraw; .Inc, .Ltd and .Mail - 3 More new gTLD applications have been withdrawn on the ICANN site. C.V. TLDcare out of the Netherlands  withdrew its two new gTLD applications for  .Ltd and .Inc Prioritization numbers for the two applications were 1,381 and 1,503 respectively Afilias, also withdrew its application for the .Mail new gTLD which had a prioritization number of 1,724 This marks the second withdrawn application for .Inc but don’t worry there are still 9 more applicants. This also marks the second new gTLD withdrawn ... read more ...
 
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Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are assessing a impact of new TLDs - Tucows reports earnings, says domain investors are proceeding cautiously on domain buys as they assess the impact of new TLDs. Tucows reported earnings this afternoon, recording its twelfth consecutive quarter of record revenue (year over year). The company generated $30.0 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2013 and reported a slight profit of $0.1 million for the quarter. That compares to a $1.7 million profit in the same quarter last year. Most of ... read more ...
 
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BuyDomains relaunches site - NameMedia refreshes end user sales web site. BuyDomains, the end user domain name sales site owned by NameMedia, relaunched with a completely new look and feel today. The site places a greater focus than the previous one on explaining why a business should spend money on a domain name. It also emphasizes the ease and safety of buying a domain through BuyDomains and includes a number of testimonials. Domain searching and filtering has also been improved. You may recall ... read more ...
 
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What domains P&G, Univision, and 22 other finish users bought final week - PG in France, Univision, and a Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliate among big name buyers at Afternic last week. Afternic sold just over $1 million in domains last week. The highest sale was FreeBackup.com, which was purchased by a direct response company. Direct response company Fiorentino Media bought FreeBackup.com for $45,000. California grocery store Los Olivos Grocery bought LosOlivosGrocery.com for $1,477. Bio Herbal Tech, seller of pills that it says help you ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user sales adult to $23,000 - iPark.com leads list of Sedo’s end user domain name sales last week. Sedo sold $1.15 million worth of domain names last week, including some good end user sales. There’s a lot of money in NYC parking. Imperial Parking Systems, which bills itself as one of New York City’s largest and oldest parking garage operators, bought iPark.com for $23,000. Perhaps it has something to do with this? PCloud LTD in Bulgaria paid 12,000 EUR for pcloud.com. Norway company Advantec ... read more ...
 
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Some rays of wish during Sedo? - While Sedo’s earnings continue on a downward path, some metrics point to improvements. In a lot of ways, Sedo Holding’s quarterly financial report (pdf) published yesterday was more of the same. The company saw its performance at Sedo weaken, while its affiliate business affilinet grew a bit. But there were also a couple positive metrics for Sedo. The number of domains listed on Sedo increased by 1.7 million and it also increased the number of parked domains on ... read more ...
 
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ICANN publishes 2012 taxation return - Tax return unveils compensation, legal costs. ICANN just published its FY 2012 tax return online (pdf). The form tax return covers the year ending June 30, 2012. Much of the information, including financials, had previously been published by ICANN on its web site, so there’s not much new there. What may be most interesting is the latest compensation information for ICANN’s high ranking and top paid employees. I count 17 positions earning $200,000 or more in reportable ... read more ...
Tue 14th May 2013
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United Press UDRP For UpiPhoto.com Denied Based On Laches - United Press International, Inc. attempt to grab the domain name upiphoto.com from the United Photographers Internationals of Greece was just denied by a one member UDRP panel to which the domain holder didn’t even respond. It seems the panel on its own found the domain name which has been used by the domain holder to sell photos since 2008 was barred by the doctrine of Laches. “Complainant has not claimed Respondent is a sham organization.” “Respondent has apparently been using the disputed ... read more ...
 
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Afternic Sells $1M In Domain Names Led By FreeBackup.com For $45K - Afternic’s just published its reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 5/06/13 – 5/12/13. Total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $ 1,009,097 Sales were led by FreeBackup.com which sold for $45,000 which was sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration  (they still own FreeBackups.com) on the other hand the domain name Mybackups.com sold for $2,995. In the non-com world a nice sale of a .org, Coatings.org sold for $16K and someone ... read more ...
 
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Guy Registers TM Infringing Domain At The Same Registrar The Domain Infringes On - Demand Media, Inc. (DMD)  just won a UDRP on the domain name TheBulkRegister.com against The Bulk Register of Ontario, Canada and we have our first nominee for our 2013 “Not the Sharpest Tool In the Shed Award.” Demand Media, Inc. owns the domain name registrars  Enom and BulkRegister.com. Its a pretty easy win for Demand as it has a trademark for the term BULKREGISTER  based on its registration of the mark with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) registered May 27, ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Totoal $1.15M Led By iPark.com For $23K - Sedo just reported that 677 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling over $1.15m for last week. Sales were led by iPark.com at $23K. A .travel domain made a rare appearance with the domain name NewYork.Travel selling for $5K Over 40% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: ·         Top .coms: ipark.com at 23,000 USD ·         Top ccTLD: nav.co at 6,000 USD ·         Top “other” TLD: newyork.travel ... read more ...
 
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Marchex & Berryhill Beat Back UDRP Challenge On WebAnywhere.com - Marchex Sales, LLC  (“Respondent”), represented by John Berryhill just beat back a UDRP on the domain name WebAnywhere.com that was brought by Webanywhere Ltd of the UK. At the end of the day this was a slam dunk case decided by a three member panel with the only remaining question is why the panel didn’t find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. WebAnywhere trademark in the UK was registered in September 2010. Marchex has owned the domain name since 2004. Case closed. Marchex offered to sell the ... read more ...
 
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How Can It Take Over 5 Months For A UDRP Decision? - Its over 5 months now since a UDRP was filed on the two letter domain name, YU.com. The complaint which was filed on December 11, 2012 with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). We wrote about the UDRP when it was filed back in December noting that it seemed like an attempted Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) situation. The domain name is still going to a Hit Farm page and the whois record still hasn’t been updated since December 12th when it was locked by the registrar in response ... read more ...
 
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.Lu (Luxembourg) Domain Names Subject To A 1 Year Freeze Upon Complaint - According to Lexology.com, starting on June 11,  2013, the .Lu registry will “freeze” a .lu domain name, preventing it from being transferred, sold or traded to another party for an initial period of 1 year upon receipt of a dispute from a party claiming to have rights to the domain. Lu is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Luxembourg. This freezing period must allow the claimant and the holder of the domain name to resolve their dispute. .Upon formal request, the freezing period ... read more ...
 
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gTLD : l’arrivée du ".vin" inquiète les défenseurs des AOC – Neteco – Clubic - L'an dernier, l'Icann publiait la liste des demandes d'extension des noms de domaine. Parmi les 1 930 demandes de gTLD de premiers niveaux qui ont été recensées figurent quatre requêtes liées au vin. Un député UMP s'inquiète de répercussions potentiellement néfastes pour la filière. C'est en janvier 2008 que le conseil d'administration de l'Icann a lancé le processus d'extension des noms de domaines. Quatre ans plus tard, 1 930 demandes de gTLD ont été adressées à l'autorité. ... read more ...
 
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gTLD : l’arrivée du ".vin" inquiète les défenseurs des AOC - L'an dernier, l'Icann publiait la liste des demandes d'extension des noms de domaine. Parmi les 1 930 demandes de gTLD de premiers niveaux qui ont été recensées figurent quatre requêtes liées au vin. Un député UMP s'inquiète de répercussions potentiellement néfastes pour la filière. C'est en janvier 2008 que le conseil d'administration de l'Icann a lancé le processus d'extension des noms de domaines. Quatre ans plus tard, 1 930 demandes de gTLD ont été adressées à l'autorité. ... read more ...
 
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Associação DNS.pt formalmente constituída - A associação privada sem fins lucrativos Associação DNS.PT, liderada por Luísa Lopes Gueifão, foi hoje formalmente constituída. Tem como objectivos a gestão, operação e manutenção do registo do domínio de topo correspondente a Portugal – .pt – , e assume como base  “os princípios da transparência  e publicidade, os presentes estatutos e as melhores recomendações nacionais e internacionais a nível técnico, administrativo e estratégico que lhe sejam aplicáveis”, ... read more ...
 
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Associação DNS.pt formalmente constituída – Computerworld - A associação privada sem fins lucrativos Associação DNS.PT, liderada por Luísa Lopes Gueifão, foi hoje formalmente constituída. Tem como objectivos a gestão, operação e manutenção do registo do domínio de topo correspondente a Portugal – .pt – , e assume como base  “os princípios da transparência  e publicidade, os presentes estatutos e as melhores recomendações nacionais e internacionais a nível técnico, administrativo e estratégico que lhe sejam aplicáveis”, ... read more ...
 
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According To Estibot.com TRAFFIC Auction List Is Valued At $1,850,000 - Today the organizers of TRAFFIC released the list of domain names to be auctioned off during the TRAFFIC Vegas conference which is being held from May 28th-June 1 at the Bellagio Hotel. The auction will be held on May 30th from 2PM-4PM Local time,  in Las Vegas. “More than 50% of the list has NO RESERVE and will sell to the highest bidder. ” “You can bid in person, by text, by email or by phone. Further instructions to follow and will be available on the website on the schedule page”. I ... read more ...
 
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Call for expressions of interest for the selection of the .eu TLD Registry – 2013/C … - Call for expressions of interest for the selection of the .eu TLD Registry - 2013/C 134/06 published in OJEU C 134, 14.05.2013, p. 10 under Information Society next deadline Thursday, June 20, 2013 - 33 days to deadline Develops the ... European Union's general budget for the financial year 2013 description and objectives The purpose of this call for expressions ... read more ...