Monthly Archives: June 2013

Thu 20th June 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Yahoo ID recycling should put domain registrars on edge - Making Yahoo IDs available for registration again could lead to domain theft. If you have access to a domain account holder’s email, it’s fairly easy to steal a domain from them. Which is why domain name registrars should be on high alert about Yahoo’s plan to recycle dormant user IDs. The company plans to re-offer dormant user IDs to the public in an effort to make better IDs available. Although only a small amount of the IDs are apparently connected to Yahoo ... read more ...
Wed 19th June 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
Buyer Beware: On Bodis.com a $100 Domain Turns Into A $1M Domain After Its Bought -   Yesterday we wrote about domain names related to Kim Kardashian and Kayne West’s rumored  baby’s name and pointed out some recently registered domain names, who owned them and what was being done with the domains. One of the domain name we pointed out was kaidencedondawest.com, which yesterday was registered under privacy and listed for sale at Bodis.com Yesterday, after reading our story one of the readers of TheDomains.com went to the domain, bought the domain name which was listed for ... read more ...
 
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First gTLD Auction Settled; Next Auction Will Be on August 13th - We're pleased to announce that the first Applicant Auction has come to a successful finish! As of this morning, the winners are now the only remaining applicants for the six contested strings: .club — .CLUB Domains .college — XYZ.COM .luxury — Luxury Partners .photography — Donuts .red — Afilias .vote — Monolith Registry The winning prices totalled $9.01 million, which we have distributed to the other applicants after confirming that their ICANN applications have been withdrawn. The ... read more ...
 
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DotConnectAfrica Registry Services Participates in ICANN DNSSEC Training at … - DotConnectAfrica Registry Services (Kenya) Ltd. ('DCA Registry Services') participated in a rigorous two-day training programme on DNSSEC that was conducted at the AFRALTI Nairobi on 11–12 June, 2013. KeNIC, the manager of the .ke ccTLD extension and organizer of the training programme, had also sent invitations to ISOC Kenya Chapter members who also participated. The DNSSEC training will enable DCA Registry Service staff gain essential skills in this new area, in addition to continuing ... read more ...
 
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Google AdSense Is 10 Years Old - Google is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its Adsense program. Here is what Google had to say about the 10 year anniversary: “Ten years ago we launched AdSense to help publishers earn money by placing relevant ads on their websites. I can still remember the excitement and anticipation as AdSense went live that first day. Our small team huddled together in a cramped conference room, and right away we saw that publishers were as excited about AdSense as we were. Fast-forward 10 years, and AdSense ... read more ...
 
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NewDomains Conference Is Back In Oct In Munich & CEO OF ICANN Is Keynote - The NewDomains.org conference is coming back to Munich on October 27th-29th and the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehadé is going to be the headline speaker. The program focuses on three tracks: Legal, Marketing and Registries/Registrars for the new gTLD program. The conference is being put on once again by United-domains AG. I attended the last conference which was in 2011 and it was a very well run conference, with great networking events. The draft agenda is already published here Registration is already ... read more ...
 
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BigRock joins hands with Neustar, the registry operator for the .biz TLD, to … - -- BigRock joins hands with Neustar, the registry operator for the .biz TLD, to promote .biz as a preferred choice for Indian businesses -- Rolls out integrated media campaign to build awareness about getting businesses online -- Launches TVCs featuring new protagonists in BigRocks quirky cast of Indian businesses BigRock, one of Indias leading domain registrars and web hosting companies, today announced that is has joined hands with Neustar to promote .biz as the preferred ... read more ...
 
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6 Top-level Domains Fetch $9M in First Private Auction from Innovative Auctions – Virtual - Bidders withdraw applications for 6 top-level domains after the first Applicant Auction, run by Innovative Auctions Ltd., successfully resolved contention for the strings. (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Innovative Auctions Ltd. (IAL) has successfully completed the first private auction for generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). The auction resolved contention for 6 participating gTLDs, and the auction winners are now the only remaining applicants for the six contested strings: .club — .CLUB Domains .college ... read more ...
 
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Brights Consulting Selects HEXONET’s RegistrarOC® for .BRAND TLDs - HEXONET Some of the biggest challenges in running one's own TLD are operational and technical in nature, RegistrarOC® greatly simplifies these difficulties and allows us and our clients to now focus on delivering first-class domain services. VANCOUVER, Canada (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) ... read more ...
 
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Brights Consulting Selects HEXONET’s RegistrarOC® for .BRAND TLDs -  News    Images Brights Consulting Selects HEXONET's RegistrarOC® for .BRAND TLDs PRWEB.COM Newswire VANCOUVER, Canada (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) today announced that Brights Consulting Inc. has selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®) as the domain name service platform for its corporate .BRAND Top-Level-Domain (TLD) applications. Some of Japan's largest corporations are relying on Bright Consulting's ... read more ...
 
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eco: Studie zu neuen Top Level Domains – vergleichbar mit der Schlossallee - eco: Studie zu neuen Top Level Domains – vergleichbar mit der SchlossalleeJun 19 2013 • eCommerce, Internet, Top Themen • 16 Views • Keine Kommentare (2 votes, average: 4,00 out of 5, rated) Loading ...eco veröffentlicht größte internationale Studie der Domainbranche / Registrar Atlas 2013 vergleicht Domainbranche in acht Märkten / Studie kostenfrei verfügbar unter http://numbers.eco.de[Bild: Meyhome / pixelio.de]eco – Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft e. V. stellt passend ... read more ...
 
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Brights Consulting Selects HEXONET’s RegistrarOC® for .BRAND TLDs – Virtual - Domain industry’s premier domain services platform, HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center, chosen to power of some of Japan’s largest corporate .BRAND TLD applications by leading Japanese Consulting firm – Brights Consulting. VANCOUVER, Canada (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 HEXONET (http://www.hexonet.net) today announced that Brights Consulting Inc. has selected HEXONET’s Registrar Operations Center (RegistrarOC®) as the domain name service platform for its corporate .BRAND Top-Level-Domain ... read more ...
 
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Domainia Inc Announces the Launch of Yogadomainia.com, a Pre-registration … - Domainia Inc announces the launch of YogaDomainia.com, a pre-registration and awareness solution that introduces .YOGA to businesses and consumers worldwide. Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Within the next year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will introduce hundreds of new, industry-specific Top Level Domains (TLD), such as .YOGA, to the Internet. The .YOGA domain extension will act as an alternative option to .COM or .NET, designed specifically ... read more ...
 
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Domainia Inc Announces the Launch of Yogadomainia.com, a Pre-registration … -  News    Images Domainia Inc Announces the Launch of Yogadomainia.com, a Pre-registration and Awareness Solution for the New .YOGA gTLD PRWEB.COM Newswire Kansas City, MO (PRWEB) June 19, 2013 Within the next year, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) will introduce hundreds of new, industry-specific Top Level Domains (TLD), such as .YOGA, to the Internet. The .YOGA domain extension will act as an alternative option to .COM or .NET, ... read more ...
 
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Radix Registry Announces Launch of Pre-Registration for .host Domains - Radix Registry, operators of the upcoming .host TLD are pleased to announce the launch of pre-registration for .host domain names. .host is the new TLD created specifically for the hosting industry, and one of three uncontested strings applied by Radix. Once active, .host aims to be the preferred domain extension for web hosts, ASPs, ISVs, cloud service providers, data centers and other entities within the web hosting industry. .host domains offer short, memorable names, increased search ... read more ...
 
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Domini internet: sicuri di sapere proprio tutto? - Continua il nostro viaggio alla scoperta dei rudimenti di Internet, in collaborazione con lo staff di Servizi Internet http://www.servizi-internet.eu Oggi parliamo dei nomi di dominio, ovvero uno dei primi passi dell'identità aziendale e personale nella grande rete. Le informazioni sono state prese dall'esperienza del nostro Staff e controllate con l'aiuto di Wikipedia, la più grande enciclopedia on line, e altre fonti di settore. Cosa è un nome di dominio? Il nome di dominio è un insieme di ... read more ...
 
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RDNH alert: Duplicitous exchange doom Digilove domain dispute - Electronic dance website guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after engaging in “duplicitous dealings”. I have to admit, I don’t expect much business or legal sense from a company that uses the domain name digi10ve.com for a site it calls “Digilove”… Ryan P. Boggs of the site Digi10ve.com filed a seven-sentence UDRP pleading with WIPO to try to wrestle the domain name Digilove.com away from Frank Schilling. The case was filed with the help of attorney ... read more ...
 
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33 good finish user domain name sales - From Hubspot to Target to Newsmax, here are more end user domain sales. I’m behind on end user sales reports due to HostingCon and some travel. This is the Afternic list I would have published last week, so the sale occurred a couple weeks ago. There are big names on this list, including Hubspot and Target. Melvynlux Co. Ltd bought the abbreviated name Melvyn.com for $26,000. Hershewe Law Firm bought KnowYourLegalRights.com for $17,500. Ironwood Capital Management ... read more ...
 
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UDRP panelist uses common clarity for acronym domain names - Unfortunately her peers didn’t. It’s quite common for UDRPs to be filed against short domain names that can be acronyms for various businesses and organizations. These UDRP frequently target three and four letter domain names, which are often times valuable domains. A WIPO panel has just handed down a decision in the case of adac.net, finding that the domain should be transferred to the German company ADAC e.V.. The first thing you’ll notice is that ADAC e.V. ... read more ...
 
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Man turns to courts to overturn terrible UDRP decision - The Alexander family asks court to overturn decision to transfer JustinAlexander.com. In 1999 Gary Alexander did something that was rather forward looking for the time: he registered his family members’ names as .com addresses. He registered his own name, GaryAlexander.com, domains for his sons, JustinAlexander.com and JaredAlexander.com, as well as one for his wife, DianeAlexander.com. Two years later a wedding dress designer called Justin Alexander started up. 14 ... read more ...
 
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You’re going to see a lot some-more domain name selling like this… - New TLD backers will be headed to a lot of tradeshows. One of the larger booths at this year’s HostingCon conference is the .host booth, pictured below: I’ve written about a number of domain name companies exhibiting at HostingCon this year, but there’s a big difference between .host and the others. .Host isn’t at the conference trying to get web hosts to sell its services. It’s there because the people it wants to register its domains are the web hosts ... read more ...
Tue 18th June 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
DomainIndex.com Tracks Seasonal Fluctuations in Parking Revenues - In a blog post, DomainIndex.com looked at  seasonality in parking revenues and concluded what most of us long time domainers already knew. The summer months are the  slowest and the Winter months of November- February are the strongest months of the year for parking revenues. In its post DomainIndex.com write: “We have been able to use a database of 137,000 parked domains across many different verticals and parking companies. ” “Most of the traffic was type-in traffic we estimate only about ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Roundup: Oprah Gets Control Over 2 Domains & Walmart Gets 53 Domains - There were several interesting UDRP  results today as Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo, Inc./Oprah’s Farm, LLC won a UDRP to the right to the domain names oprahsfarm.com and oprahsfarm.net The Euro Watergate Hotel Residences, LLC Watergate Holdings, LLC UDRP for the domain names  and watergatehotel.com and thewatergatehotel.com was terminated with the transfer of the domains to the lawfirm presumably representing the complainant Tucker Latifi LLP. Walmart gained control of 53 domain names in one UDRP: Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
eco veröffentlicht größte internationale Studie der Domainbranche - Köln (ots) - - Registrar Atlas 2013 vergleicht Domainbranche in acht Märkten - Studie kostenfrei verfügbar unter http://numbers.eco.de Der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft eco (www.eco.de) stellt passend zum Start der neuen generischen Top Level Domains (gTLDs) den Registrar Atlas 2013 vor. In der dritten Auflage der grössten internationalen Studie der Domainbranche hat eco unter anderem untersucht, welche Erfolgschancen Domainanbieter den neuen gTLDs ... read more ...
 
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Sedo.com Weekly Transactions Total $1.2 Million/ $32.7 Million For The Year - Sedo just reported 743 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2m. Sedo also reported that their “annual year-to-date sales revenue” was $32.7 Million however as we know the weekly Sedo reports include transaction they just act as escrow agents on and I’m not sure if this figure includes solely sales or includes all transaction. Just under 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I think is a new record for Sedo. Highlights of public ... read more ...