Monthly Archives: September 2013

Wed 4th September 2013
Written by The Domains in EN
Afternic.com Sells $1.18 Million In Domains Led By Philanthropist.com For $50K - Afternic.com just released its reportable weekly domain sales report for the week of 8/26/13 – 9/1/13, total domain sales for the week, including confidential sales and sales under $1000, summed to $1,180,925. All sales were led by Name Administration, Inc sale of Philanthropist.com For $50K, tied for the highest sale of the week was the domain name Dentl.com. One of our domain names made the list as we sold Skipahead.com for $15,000 <![CDATA[]]>Non-.com Sales Price yachting.net $19,999 gatsby.org ... read more ...
 
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GongShow.com Lost In UDRP After Domain Holder Trys To Sell It For $18,000 - Gongshow Gear Inc. just won a UDRP on the domain name GongShow.com, after the domain holder asked for $18,000 to sell the domain. Complainant contends it has rights in the GONGSHOW mark, used in connection with lifestyle hockey apparel. Complainant has rights in the GONGSHOW mark with the United States Patent Trademark Office (“USPTO”) (e.g., Reg. No. 3,400,170 registered March 18, 2008). Complainant provides evidence of the fame of its GONGSHOW mark by providing exhibits of a Google search ... read more ...
 
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1&1 Now Registrar for New Top Level Domains - (Ping! Zine Web Tech Magazine) - 11 Internet, Inc., www.1and1.com, a global leader among Web hosting providers, has signed the ICANN’s Registrar Accreditation Agreement. The organization is responsible for the global Internet address allocation of new Top Level Domains. As a result, 11 will be able to offer more than 700 new endings as Internet addresses in the future. From October, the new domains will offer companies and individuals alike new ways to be found more easily ... read more ...
 
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CheckCashing.com Up For Sale Reserve Range $500K-$750K - Moniker® and SnapNames®, both KeyDrive S. A. companies and leading providers of domain name solutions, announced today that they have been selected as the exclusive brokerage and auction house representing CheckCashing.com and the domain is up for auction on SnapNames.com. The reserve range is pegged at $500K-$750K “The domain represents an unprecedented opportunity allowing the financial community access to more than 68 million Americans, or an $85 billion market that represent financially underserved ... read more ...
 
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ABC Liquors Gains Control Of 14 Year Old Domain ABCLiquors.com In UDRP - ABC Liquors, Inc. of Florida, just won a UDRP on the domain name abcliquor.com. Its an interesting case, although living in Florida I know ABC Liquor to be the largest chain of Liquor stores in the state, however also having a house in North Carolina I know all the liquor stores in many states are run by the state, rather than privately and referred to as ABC stores (Alcohol and Beverage  Commission) Complainant is the owner of the active United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) registration ... read more ...
 
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Fox Gains Control of 22 Domains Related To Fox Sports 1, Including Foxsport1.com, FoxSports1.Tv - Fox gained control of 22 domain names around its new network, Fox Sports 1 which just launched a few weeks ago through a UDRP. As you can see from the list below there are some bang on domain names for this new network included in this list FoxSports1.TV, FoxSport1.com and Foxsportone.com All the domain names were registered by a James Carter a/k/a JCI Here are the domain names Fox Sports got today in the UDRP: Foxsports1.tv Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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WTR: Chats About How Radix Is Planning on Marketing Its New gTLD’s - The WorldTrademarkReview.com, published a story on Radix this morning and applicant for 29 new gTLD’s and spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani, business head of Radix , on how the company would market its offerings. Radix’s marketing strategy is two-fold.” “It plans to leverage its relationships with registrar channels as well as offering extensions directly to specific industries through direct marketing to brand owners.” “On the company’s string selection process, Ramchandani explains: ... read more ...
 
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WTR: Chats About How Radix Is Planning on Marketing Its New gTLD’s - The WorldTrademarkReview.com, published a story on Radix this morning and applicant for 29 new gTLD’s and spoke to Sandeep Ramchandani, business head of Radix , on how the company would market its offerings. Radix’s marketing strategy is two-fold.” “It plans to leverage its relationships with registrar channels as well as offering extensions directly to specific industries through direct marketing to brand owners.” “On the company’s string selection process, Ramchandani explains: “We ... read more ...
 
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ICANN′s Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH): Key considerations for brand … - In a previous article, we reported that the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had established the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) to assist brand owners to protect their trade marks in the new generic top-level domain names (gTLD) world. gTLDs have traditionally referred to the last letters of a domain name, for example, '.com', '.org' and '.net'. Under the new gTLD registration scheme, many have applied to register a wide variety of new gTLDs ranging from generic terms ... read more ...
 
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700 new web address names coming up: Here’s what you need to know - The internet is chock full these days, and if you want to stand out and compete you need not only a great website but also a memorable – and preferably short – domain name. Try and register your chosen domain name today with a .com or .co.uk ending and you’ll inevitably find that it’s already taken. There are around 110 million .com websites registered, which leaves the option of settling for another so-called top-level domain (TLD) such as .co.uk, .org or .net, or compromising ... read more ...
 
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Nieuwe gTLDs - Download Meteen naar de download[Partner info] Nieuwe gTLDs Over de .vlaanderen extensie heeft iedereen al wel eens gehoord. Iedereen weet ondertussen dat deze nieuwe extensie eraan komt. Maar wat met de meer dan 1.000 andere extensies die in de loop van de komende 2 jaar gereleased zullen worden zoals .computer, .shop, .email, .hosting,...? Wat betekenen deze nieuwe gTLDs voor u? 1) Nieuwe mogelijkheden Met meer dan 1.000 nieuwe extensies die eraan zitten te ... read more ...
 
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Niewe gTLDs en TradeMark ClearingHouse - Download Meteen naar de downloadNieuwe gTLDs en TradeMark ClearingHouse Her en der duiken berichten op over de nieuwe extensie .vlaanderen. Deze extensie kadert echter in een groter verhaal van ruim duizend nieuwe extensies die de komende twee jaar zullen verschijnen, bv .gent, .brussels, .amsterdam, .hotel, .fun,... Een partij die bij deze releases een belangrijke rol speelt, is TradeMark ClearingHouse (TMCH). TMCH: Wie zijn ze? Wat doen ze? TMCH is een instantie ... read more ...
 
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Wow: Check Out Verisign’s Scathing Letter To ICANN - In a scathing letter from Chuck Gomes, Vice President of Verisign to Fadi Cheladeto CEO of ICANN Mr. Gomes lists 6 “examples of ICANN’s Unaccountable Actions as Requested by ICANN CEO Fadi Chelade” The letter itself fills in the back story as it is an outgrowth of a discussion that the two men had during “the GNSO discussion at the recent ICANN meeting in Durban. ” “In that exchange, I indicated that ICANN was not holding itself accountable and that ICANN was elevating risk- avoidance ... read more ...
 
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A stellar week for finish user domain name sales during Sedo - OPS.com, DPC.com, and Fork.com all sold to end users. Sedo had a great past week for end user domain name sales. Several companies paid serious cash for good three letter domain names and category defining names. Two companies plunked down $100k each for domain names to top Sedo’s public list of sales. A Japanese company called Tibanne Co bought OPS.com for $100,000. Its website suggests that the company is still getting off the ground. Garry Chernoff sold the domain ... read more ...
 
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Verisign lists the grievances with ICANN - VP of Policy cites six ways ICANN could be more accountable. During the ICANN meeting in Durban in July, Verisign VP of Policy Chuck Gomes complained that ICANN’s number one priority seemed to be “protecting ICANN the corporation”, and that this came before serving the public interest. ICANN CEO Fadi Chehade asked Gomes to provide a list of areas where ICANN could increase its accountability. Gomes has formally responded, citing six items. One of Gomes’ grievances ... read more ...
Tue 3rd September 2013
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Demand Increases Credit Facility From $105 Million To $225 Million - Demand Media (DMD) announced today that it has entered into a new $225 million credit facility comprised of a $125 million revolving credit facility and a $100 million term loan. The new facility, which matures in August 2018, replaces the Company’s existing $105 million revolving credit facility that was due to expire in August 2016. The new credit facility has an accordion feature under which it can increase to a maximum of $250 million, subject to certain conditions. Shares of Demand Media, ... read more ...
 
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Shweta Sahjwani - Name Collision: Why ICANN Is Looking at It the Wrong Way (Part 1) ICANN has, once again opened up a veritable can of worms, with their latest decision on the 'horrors' of Name Collision. While we are sure that ICANN and the Interisle Consulting Group have very good reason to make the decision that they have - delaying the delegation of several TLDs - we believe that the findings contained in Interisle's report do not give sufficient cause to delay the new gTLD program in the manner proposed ... read more ...
 
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Gabon Provides .ga Domain Names for Free - Amsterdam — Gabon liberalizes its national domain and adopts an innovative business model by giving its .GA domain names away for free. Today the My GA Registry opened up registration for .GA domains. My GA - the Gabon domain name - is operated by the Agence Nationale des Infrastructures Numeriques et des Frequences (ANINF) who pledges to make this national resource as open and easy to use as any generic Top Level Domain, while carrying the Gabonese identity on the internet. Free domain names will ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.4M Led By OPS.com & Deco.com during $100K; Fork.com $50K Test.net $40K -   Sedo released its weekly report for the holiday shortened week and 746 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1,4m. This amounts to $46,4m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 46% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo wants to Congratulate the buyer of fork.com, VETTER, a manufacturer producing and distributing forks worldwide. Another good example for a company that understood how important it is to be the owner of a domain that fits exactly ... read more ...
 
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700 new web address names are coming: here’s what you need to know - The internet is chock full these days, and if you want to stand out and compete you need not only a great website but also a memorable - and preferably short - domain name. Try and register your chosen domain name today with a .com or .co.uk ending and you'll inevitably find that it's already taken. There are around 110 million .com websites registered, which leaves the option of settling for another so-called top-level domain (TLD) such as .co.uk, .org or .net, or compromising and ... read more ...
 
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Google Buys Smart Watch Maker WIMM & Gets Category Killer SmartWatch.com Along With - Google acquired WIMM Labs a maker of “smart watches” last year according to TechCrunch.com and CNET.com “Google quietly snapped up Los Altos, Calif.-based WIMM Labs last year . WIMM Labs not only gives Google the talent and technology to build a smartwatch, but actually an Android-based app platform tailored for consumers’ wrists.” What neither publication picked up on, is that not only did Google get some technology by buying WIMM to help its own smart watch efforts, it also got the ownership ... read more ...
 
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1&1 diventa Registrar per nuovi Top Level Domains - 11 Internet sigla l’Accordo di Accreditamento dei Registrar di ICANN 11 Internet ha firmato l’Accordo di Accreditamento dei Registrar di ICANN - l’organizzazione preposta all’assegnazione di indirizzi Internet a livello globale per i Top Level Domains (TLD - domini di primo livello). Grazie all’intesa raggiunta, 11 sarà quindi in grado di offrire oltre 700 nuove estensioni di domini. Da ottobre, i nuovi domini offriranno ad aziende e privati, senza distinzioni, nuovi modi per essere più ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on The London Stock Exchange’s AIM … - CentralNic’s clients include leading media and entertainment businesses The Guardian and William Morris Endeavor, global 1000 companies Saudi Telecom, Etisalat, Qatar Telecom, and Kuwait Finance House, as well as entrepreneurs in the USA, Latin American, Europe and Asia. CentralNic’s clients are also contenders for additional TLDs including .app, .art, .blog, .design, .gay, .golf, hotel, .law, .llc, .love, .mail, .now, .school and .style, among many others.Commenting on the Company’s ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on The London Stock Exchange’s AIM … – SYS - <![CDATA[ ]]> CentralNic Group PLC, the internet registry service provider which derives revenues from the distribution and sale of internet domain names, successfully began trading its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Market yesterday. A leading innovator in the domain name industry, CentralNic has exclusive global contracts to supply retailers such as GoDaddy and Web.com with domains using 30 different ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Begins Trading Its Shares on The London Stock Exchange’s AIM … - LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CentralNic Group PLC, the internet registry service provider which derives revenues from the distribution and sale of internet domain names, successfully began trading its shares on the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Market yesterday. A leading innovator in the domain name industry, CentralNic has exclusive global contracts to supply retailers such as GoDaddy and Web.com with domains using 30 different endings (“extensions’’), ... read more ...