Monthly Archives: November 2013

Tue 5th November 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Famous Four Media Partners with Key-Systems to Promote its Portfolio of new … - RealWire2013-11-05 November 2013 - Famous Four Media (FFM) and Key-Systems today announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop, market and sell the FFM generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) portfolio. Famous Four Media is managing some of the most relevant suffixes in the domain industry, such as .accountant, .bid, .date or .download; 12 of the 57 applied for strings are uncontested.The first uncontested new gTLD FFM launches will be .BID. The Sunrise for .bid is expected to start in early 2014. ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media und Key-Systems fördern gemeinsam FFM’s Portfolio neuer … - Famous Four Media (FFM) und Key-Systems haben heute eine strategische Partnerschaft angekündigt, um gemeinsam FFM's Portfolio generischer Top Level Domains (gTLDs) zu gestalten, zu vermarkten und zu vertreiben. Famous Four Media ist zuständig für einige der bedeutungsvollsten Endungen der Domainbranche, wie z.B. .accountant, .bid, .date oder .download; bei 12 der insgesamt 57 beantragten Endungen ist das Unternehmen der einzige Bewerber. Die erste neue gTLD ohne konkurrierende Bewerber, ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Media und Key-Systems fördern gemeinsam FFM’s Portfolio neuer … - St. Ingbert (ots) – Famous Four Media (FFM) und Key-Systems haben heute eine strategische Partnerschaft angekündigt, um gemeinsam FFM’s Portfolio generischer Top Level Domains (gTLDs) zu gestalten, zu vermarkten und zu vertreiben. Famous Four Media ist zuständig für einige der bedeutungsvollsten Endungen der Domainbranche, wie z.B. .accountant, .bid, .date oder .download; bei 12 der insgesamt 57 beantragten Endungen ist das Unternehmen der einzige Bewerber. Die erste neue gTLD ohne konkurrierende ... read more ...
 
 
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Famous Four Media und Key-Systems fördern gemeinsam FFM’s Portfolio neuer … - ');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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OTS: Key-Systems GmbH / Famous Four Media und Key-Systems fördern … - Famous Four Media und Key-Systems fördern gemeinsam FFM's Portfolio neuer TLDs St. Ingbert (ots) - Famous Four Media (FFM) und Key-Systems haben heute eine strategische Partnerschaft angekündigt, um gemeinsam FFM's Portfolio generischer Top Level Domains (gTLDs) zu gestalten, zu vermarkten und zu vertreiben. Famous Four Media ist zuständig für einige der bedeutungsvollsten Endungen der Domainbranche, wie z.B. .accountant, .bid, .date oder .download; bei 12 der insgesamt 57 beantragten Endungen ... read more ...
 
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TLD se pose à Sorigny pour décoller plus haut - Heureux. Par les temps qui courent, ce n'est pas tous les jours que les élus locaux ont l'occasion de jeter les bases d'un « projet (industriel) d'avenir » porteur d'une centaine d'emplois nouveaux. Autant dire que les édiles ne boudaient pas leur plaisir hier sur la zone d'activités Isoparc au moment de manier la truelle et les superlatifs. Moyennant un investissement global de 8,5 M€, de très nombreux partenaires – État, région, département, communautés de communes ... read more ...
 
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New TLD field flummoxed by conflict results - Applicants ask ICANN to intervene in objection process. A dozen applicants for new top level domain names have sent a letter (pdf) to ICANN urging the group to step in and fix what they believe are flawed new top level domain objection results. The applicants are questioning the rhyme or reason to objection decisions, including a recent bewildering decision in a community objection against a .sport application. While legal rights objections certainly frustrated some ... read more ...
 
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I was right: Demand Media spinoff to be called RightSide - Rightside is right. Last week I wrote about how signs were pointing to Demand Media calling its domain name spinoff Rightside. Today the company formally announced that the name will indeed by Rightside. Rightside Group, Ltd. will encompass Demand Media’s current domain name services (eNom, Name.com, United TLD, NameJet) as well as its large portfolio of domain names. The publicly traded company will be led by Taryn Naidu, currently Demand Media’s Executive Vice ... read more ...
 
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories from October - A look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire last month. Halloween is over, Thanksgiving is knocking on the door, and the winter holidays are less than two months away. But first, here’s a look at the top five stories on Domain Name Wire from October. 1. Four .xxx domain names sell for $600,000 – ICM Registry continues to sell premium .xxx domain names for big money. 2. NameBright.com: This is what happens when a domain investor creates a domain registrar ... read more ...
Mon 4th November 2013
 
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NameJet.com Releases $386,000 In Domain Sales For October -           NameJet.com released its reportable domain name sales for October totaling  over $386,000. Only sales of $2,000 or more were included. We were the 2nd high bidder on GoodJobs.com which sold for $15,766. Here are the reported sales for the month:   <![CDATA[]]>    Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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With New gTLD’s Coming To Market .TO Rebrands Itself To Represent Toronto -           .To has become the second country code (ccTLD) to rebrand itself to represent a city. Following on the succesful rebranding of .La which is the ccTLD for Laos for Los Angeles , .TO which is the ccTLD for Tonga send out a press release today announcing the re-launch .TO for Toronto “Comparatively  speaking, .TO is wide open”, observed Eric Lyons, of Tonic – the .TO registry operator. “There are thousands of generic keywords and highly brandable names available for registration ... read more ...
 
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With New gTLD’s Coming To Market .TO Rebrands Itself To Represent Toronto -           .To has become the second country code (ccTLD) to rebrand itself to represent a city. Following on the succesful rebranding of .La which is the ccTLD for Laos for Los Angeles , .TO which is the ccTLD for Tonga send out a press release today announcing the re-launch .TO for Toronto “Comparatively  speaking, .TO is wide open”, observed Eric Lyons, of Tonic – the .TO registry operator. “There are thousands of generic keywords and highly brandable names available for registration ... read more ...
 
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Epik Starts Charging $199 For New gTLD’s Pre-Reservations - Epik is taking pre-reservations for new gTLD’s and are charging for it I just got this email from Epik.com: Hello, “I am contacting you in regards to your domain name VETERINARYDENTIST.COM. As you may be aware, starting this Fall, the world of domain names is undergoing a very significant change. After more than 20 years of .COM, a much larger selection of descriptive domains will become available. More to the point, the new domain .VET will soon be available to interested parties.” “The ... read more ...
 
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Dot Chinese Online & Dot Chinese Website - Pre-Delegation Testing for Dot Chinese Online (.在线) Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) Begins PDT, an ICANN requirement for all New gTLDS, is a series of technical tests to ensure a gTLD is fully operational before it goes live. Passing the PDT means our revolutionary Chinese gTLDs met the technical and operational criteria required by ICANN and will have stable operational performance once they go live. more» ... read more ...
 
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Pre-Delegation Testing for Dot Chinese Online (.在线) & Dot Chinese Website … - TLD Registry Ltd is thrilled to announce that today the Pre-Delegation Testing (PDT) for Dot Chinese Online (.在线) Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) will begin. This marks a substantive step towards our go-live plans, which we estimate will take place early next year. PDT, an ICANN requirement for all New gTLDS, is a series of technical tests to ensure a gTLD is fully operational before it goes live. Passing the PDT means our revolutionary Chinese gTLDs met the technical and operational ... read more ...
 
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TLD lance la construction de sa 3ème usine française à Sorigny … -

“La kibbutz de Sorigny a gagné 300 habitants en 5 ans”  
Alain Hesnault, le maire de Sorigny au micro de Jean Lebret

Via: francebleu.fr

 
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The internet just got bigger: further developments in the gTLD space - New domain name spaces are in the process of being introduced. Businesses and brand owners should take care to make sure that their trade marks are not registered as domain names in these new spaces by unscrupulous operators or by competitors. There are protection mechanisms for brand owners that can be used to assist in blocking others from registering your trade mark as a domain name. Background The new domain name spaces are called generic top-level domains (gTLDs). Examples include .book, ... read more ...
 
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gTLDs – first batch soon to be launched - Further to our previous updates on this matter, following years of preparatory work, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) announced on 23 October 2013 that the first new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) from its New gTLD Program are to be introduced in the next few weeks. Once the final stage of the gTLD implementation process, the Sunrise period, has been completed, the first batch of gTLD domain names will be available to Internet users. By way of reminder, the Sunrise ... read more ...
 
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Domain Name www.MutualFunds.com Hits the Auction Block for the First Time in … – SYS - HOUSTON, TX--(Marketwired - November 04, 2013) - The Internet Domain Name www.MutualFunds.com hits the auction block in three weeks...on November 21, 2013. This world-class asset has never been on the market for sale! 10+ REASONS why a firmshould pay Millions of Dollars for a DOMAIN NAME? 1. "CATEGORY KILLER" DOMAIN NAME - In our new "online ecommerce world," a name like MutualFunds.com is known as a "Category ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
RockLive.com Purchase For $40K: New Social Network Shots Of Me Backed By Beiber To Launch Without Matching Domains - According to the Fortune’s Term Sheet,  a “new teen-focused social network called Shots Of Me will launch later this week, under the RockLive brand.” The company Rock Live bought its domain name RockLive.com from Marchex for $40,000 and was part of the 500 domain name sales Marchex announced back in November 2012. The social network Shots of Me is making news because its “new lead investor is perhaps the world’s most famous teenager, Justin Bieber.” “Fortune has learned that Bieber ... read more ...
 
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Yet Another Embarrassing IDN Gaff from ICANN - Hot on the heels of other ICANN Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) Top-Level Domain (TLD) launch errors1, we now have another example of ICANN's failure to comprehend the differences between IDN and ASCII names, this time to the detriment of potential IDN registrants and the new IDN generic TLD (gTLD) Registries. This gaff really makes you wonder whether the SSAC and Multilinguism departments at ICANN have ever met. I'm sure you are by now aware of the late-to-the-party security concerns ... read more ...
 
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WIPO Panel Rejects Johnsons & Johnsons UDRP Claim on 17 Year Old Domain Johnsons.com - A WIPO rejected Johnson Johnson UDRP claim on the domain name Johnsons.com The domain holder was represented by Karen J. Bernstein. The domain name has been owned by the domain holder since November 12, 2006. Not only did the three member panel not find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking but one panelist, Peter Rindforth dissented with this majority finding that the domain name was registered in bad faith, although he agreed with the majority that the domain name was not used in bad faith. The panel ... read more ...
 
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101 Domain Sending gTLD Updates - Last week, I wrote about Calzone, a new calendar website for the domain industry. The primary objective of the calendar is to keep people informed of important dates for the new gTLDs, such as sunrise periods, landrush periods, general availability, auctions…etc. 101 Domain is offering customers somewhat of a more personal email newsletter to keep them abreast of new gTLD dates and updates. The newsletter is called New gTLD Update, and it is sent to customers and others who sign up to receive ... read more ...