Monthly Archives: October 2013

Mon 28th October 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Club Selects Sedo For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions & Broker Premium Domains -     .Club Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.Club” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), have announced today that  it has selected Sedo to run the “sunrise” and “landrush” auctions, manage its premium reserve list and broker premium sales of .Club domains. Formed in 2012 and backed by $8.2 million from private investors, .Club Domains will enable clubs, membership organizations or others sharing a common interest to establish memorable “yourname.club” ... read more ...
 
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SEOP.com Claims Its Sold Bestseos.com For $530,000 - According to a press release out this morning, SEOP.com, a Digital Marketing and SEO agency headquartered in Irvine, CA, says it has sold the  domain name bestseos.com to independent research firm topseos.com for the price of $530k. “SEOP.com placed the domain name for sale or lease to the highest bidder. “Eric Schiffer, CEO at SEOP.com, said, “We decided to sell the domain to the party which would benefit most and essentially pay us fair value for the domain.” “SEOP.com approached topseos.com ... read more ...
 
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FindYourDomain.com Brokers Sale Of Shen.com For $125,000 - FindYourDomain.com has brokered the sale of the domain name Shen.com for $125,000  to a Chinese buyer. Shen means “God” or “Spirit” in Chinese. According to FindYourDomain the domain Shen.com was listing in one of our NameJet auctions last year with a $50,000 reserve, however, the reserve price was not met (the high bid was $44,444). FindYourDomains.com was established in 2002 to facilitate the buying and selling of high quality domain names. Some of the premium domain names that are for ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top Level Domains .club und .jetzt beauftragen Sedo GmbH mit der … - Neue Top Level Domains .club und .jetzt beauftragen Sedo GmbH mit der Vermarktung der Webadressen 28 October 2013 By News Online 0 In Mitteilungen Köln (ots) – Sedo, die weltweit größte Online-Handelsplattform für Premium Top Level Domains (TLDs), ist vom US-amerikanischen Unternehmen .Club Domains, LLC und der schwedischen New TLD Company mit der Vermarktung der beiden Endungen “.club” und “.jetzt” beauftragt worden. Für die ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top Level Domains .club und .jetzt beauftragen Sedo GmbH mit der … - Köln (ots) - Sedo, die weltweit größte Online-Handelsplattform für Premium Top Level Domains (TLDs), ist vom US-amerikanischen Unternehmen .Club Domains, LLC und der schwedischen New TLD Company mit der Vermarktung der beiden Endungen ".club" und ".jetzt" beauftragt worden. Für die internationale Webadresse .club begleitet das Kölner Unternehmen die sogenannten "Sunrise-" und "Landrush"-Phasen. Für die auf den deutschen Markt ausgerichtete Domain .jetzt stehen die Landrush-Auktionen ... read more ...
 
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Neue Top Level Domains .club und .jetzt beauftragen Sedo GmbH mit der … - ');event.preventDefault();});})();(function(){if(!FN.getData('artikel_data','aufklappen'))return;$(".aufklappen .shape").click(function(){var title;var text=$(this).parents(".inhalte-text");var cont=$(this).parent();if(text.css("width")=="747px"){if($.browser.msieparseInt($.browser.version,10)');$("#ArtikelWertung").mouseover(function(){$("#artikelBewertet").hide();$("#artikelBewertungTitel").hide();$("#artikelBewerten").show();});$("#ArtikelWertung").mouseout(function(){$("#artikelBewerten").hide();$("#artikelBewertungTitel").show();$("#artikelBewertet").show();});$("#artikelBewertung").children().not("select, ... read more ...
 
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Donuts successfully defends .reisen village objection - Panelist says German-speaking travelers qualify as a community, but objection fails on other grounds. New top level domain name applicant Donuts has successfully defended a community objection brought against its application to run the .reisen top level domain name. The German word reisen means “travels” or “journeys” in English. The objection was brought by the applicant for .reise, which means “traveling” in English. In coming to his decision, panelist ... read more ...
 
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Demand Media to call spinoff Rightside? - Me thinks that DemandMedia *may* have a problem. The guy that owns Rightside.com filed a trademark application more than a year before DemandMedia ,unless im missing something (like a brain ??); CTM-ONLINE – Detailed trade mark information [New basic search] [New advanced search] [Modify Search] [Refine search (Disabled)] [List of results] [Access to file] [Trade mark Detail (Disabled)] [Login to MYPAGE] [Back to MYPAGE (Disabled)] [Save search to my page (Disabled)] ... read more ...
 
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eNom and Name.com pointer 2013 RAA - Demand Media gears up for new TLDs by signing new registrar agreement. Demand Media’s eNom and Name.com domain name registrars have signed the 2013 Registrar Accreditation Agreement (RAA), the company announced today. That makes four of the top 10 domain name registrars who have signed the new agreement. In addition to Demand Media, other top ten registrars that have signed the agreement include GoDaddy, 11, and Melbourne IT. Signing the new agreement is required ... read more ...
 
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Verisign lays it all out in SEC filing - Risk disclosures heavily focused on new top level domain names. Verisign filed its 10-Q with the SEC last week. Comparing the risk factors section to the one in the previous quarter, it hasn’t changed much. Yet it’s interesting to see how changes at ICANN and new TLDs are finding their way into the risks section. Here are some highlights: the impact of decisions by distributors to offer competing or replacement products or modify or cease their marketing practices; This ... read more ...
Sun 27th October 2013
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Over 35 Two Letter .Co.Uk Hit The Auction Block at NameJet - Although its not a market I invest in, I found it interesting that over 35 two letter .co.uk domain names have hit the auction blog over at Namejet.com .co.uk domain names has been in the news as Nominet UK,  the company that operates the ccTLD has been consider plans to offer .Uk domain names thereby great diminishing the value of .co.uk domains. The domain names do have an undisclosed reserve price. The two letter .co.uk back order deadline starts on November 21st and goes over several days ... read more ...
 
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Over 35 Two Letter .Co.Uk Hit The Auction Block during NameJet - Although its not a market I invest in, I found it interesting that over 35 two letter .co.uk domain names have hit the auction blog over at Namejet.com .co.uk domain names has been in the news as Nominet UK,  the company that operates the ccTLD has been consider plans to offer .Uk domain names thereby great diminishing the value of .co.uk domains. The domain names do have an undisclosed reserve price. The two letter .co.uk back order deadline starts on November 21st and goes over several days in ... read more ...
 
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Vertical Axis Gets Hit With UDRP On ParkRoyal.com (Again) Now Based on 8 Year Old Trademark - The domain name ParkRoyal.com owned by Vertical Axis, Inc. has just been hit with a UDRP for the second time. The complaint was filed by, Grupo Costamex, S.A. de C.V. (COSTAMEX) Operación y Supervisión de Hoteles, S.A. de C.V. (OPYSSA) who has a trademark on the term for Travel club services; travel agency services, filed in February 2005 There are several US Trademarks for this term, one filed on Alcoholic beverages, namely, whiskey Scotch whisky and Scotch whisky produced in Scotland. As Attorney ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Wem 1930 neue Internet-Endungen nützen - 27.10.2013 | 11:06 |  Andrea Lehky (Die Presse)Business. In den nächsten Jahren werden zahllose neue „Top-Level-Domains“ das Web überschwemmen, in deren Umfeld lukrative Märkte entstanden sind. Ob man will oder nicht: Man kommt nicht daran vorbei.Selbst, wenn wir gar nicht wissen, was Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) sind, benutzen wir sie schlafwandlerisch sicher. TLDs sind die vertrauten Endungen von Internetadressen: .at steht für das Land Österreich, .com für Unternehmen, ... read more ...
 
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Wem 1930 neue Internet-Endungen nützen - 27.10.2013 | 11:06 |  Andrea Lehky (Die Presse)Business. In den nächsten Jahren werden zahllose neue „Top-Level-Domains“ das Web überschwemmen, in deren Umfeld lukrative Märkte entstanden sind. Ob man will oder nicht: Man kommt nicht daran vorbei.Selbst, wenn wir gar nicht wissen, was Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) sind, benutzen wir sie schlafwandlerisch sicher. TLDs sind die vertrauten Endungen von Internetadressen: .at steht für das Land Österreich, .com für Unternehmen, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Le groupe TLD Europe arrive à Isoparc - Le 4 novembre, TLD Europe, groupe français spécialisé dans les biens d'équipement aéroportuaire, va poser la première pierre de sa future usine sur le site d'activités Isoparc à Sorigny. Le groupe a l'intention d'y installer son site de production d'un tracteur d'avion nouvelle génération, le TaxiBot. Développé en coopération avec Airbus et Israel Aerosapace Industry (ISA), l'engin est capable de déplacer les avions entre le terminal et la piste de décollage sans ... read more ...
Sat 26th October 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue Top-Level-Domains bis 2018 marktrelevant - Neue Domains wie ".web", ".blog" oder ".mail", um nur einige zu nennen, sehen immerhin 65 Prozent der Befragten in Deutschland noch mit einem Wachstum von rund zehn Prozent. Diese "schleichende Internet-Revolution", wie es eco nennt, dürfte die Relevanz weiterhin groß ausfallen lassen. "Viele Unternehmen aus Deutschland werden demnächst Endungen wie ,.ruhr', ,.hamburg' oder ,.nrw' vornehmlich für Kunden aus der Region anbieten", erläutert Thomas Rickert, Leiter Kompetenzgruppe Names Numbers ... read more ...
Fri 25th October 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Community Objections to .Islam and .Halal Denied By ICC - Two separate ICC panels have denied the objections to the new gTLD’s .Islam and .Halal finding that although there “opposition to Respondent’s application to some extent, but such opposition is not substantial”. Although they were two separate opinions both shares a lot of the same finding and drew the same conclusions: Here are the relevant parts of the decision: The Expert observes that only the Objector has filed an objection against Respondent’s application. No other individual, ... read more ...
 
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Community Objections to .Islam and .Halal Denied By ICC - Two separate ICC panels have denied the objections to the new gTLD’s .Islam and .Halal finding that although there “opposition to Respondent’s application to some extent, but such opposition is not substantial”. Although they were two separate opinions both shares a lot of the same finding and drew the same conclusions: Here are the relevant parts of the decision: The Expert observes that only the Objector has filed an objection against Respondent’s application. No other individual, organization ... read more ...
 
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TLDH to Realise US$4.81 Million in Cash From .website and .lawyer Private … - Following the private auctions for .website and .lawyer, which concluded late on 23 October 2013, Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) will add £2.97 million (US$4.81 million) to its cash reserves. The amount includes proceeds from the two private auctions, net of commissions payable to the auctioneer, and refunds due from ICANN in relation to each of the two applications. Separately, the directors are pleased to report that the first four gTLDs under ICANN's New gTLD Program have now ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Begins New TLD Rollout - October 25th, 2013 By: THN News <!-- GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-1-Rotating");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-2");--> <!--GA_googleFillSlot("THN-140x60-3");--> (The Hosting News) – A new era in web domains has begun. On Wednesday, internet authority ICANN, otherwise known as the “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers,” announced that it had delegated the first new generic TLDs. The move allows the new gTLDs to ... read more ...
 
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NewDomains.org Conference Kicks Off On Sunday In Munich - The NewDomains.org Conference being held for the second year in Munich, jammed packed of seminars, speakers and social networking events. The show kicks off on Sunday with some networking events and dinner and then goes into full gear on Monday morning with two sessions running all day. Monte Cahn from RightoftheDot.com a company in which I’m a Director in will be speaking in the session about Marketing on Tuesday along with: Tobias Flaitz,  of Sedo Lutz Berneke, eBrand Services Godefroy Jordan, ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Pre-Earnings: Expecting Modest Revenue Growth - Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN), the provider of registry services for all .com and .net domain names, will announce its Q3 2013 financial results on October 24. We expect moderate revenue growth for the company, which will be driven by an increase in .com/.net domain names. We believe the future growth rate in .com and .net domain names will be lower than the overall Internet domain name growth rate due to rising competition from country code domain names as well as other factors. Our moderate ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs to launch this month - The long-planned introduction of hundreds of new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), kicks off later this month, when the first set of new domain names will be issued to domain name registry Donuts, Inc. October 2013 gTLDs Donuts, Inc. will launch a 60 day "sunrise" registration period on October 29, 2013 for the following newly sanctioned gTLDs: .camera .clothing .equipment .guru .holdings .lighting .singles .ventures .voyage Subsequent ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Grows .com and .net as New gTLDs Set to Debut - Verisign also manages the root zone of Internet DNS, a zone that is now being expanded. This week, the first four new gTLDs were delegated with new international domain names. The first four names are: شبكة  (xn--ngbc5azd) – Arabic for "web/network"Registry: International Domain Registry Pty. Ltd.онлайн (xn--80asehdb) – Cyrillic for "online"Registry: CORE Associationсайт (xn--80aswg) – Cyrillic for "site"Registry: CORE Association游戏(xn--unup4y) – Chinese for "game(s)"Registry: ... read more ...