Monthly Archives: December 2013

Wed 4th December 2013
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICANN: new domains are about consumer choice and helping SMEs - The imminent roll out of more than a thousand new top-level domains has created a headache for small businesses seeking to protect their existing domains, as well as sparking a bidding war among the world’s tech giants for the most attractive TLDs. The process is being handled by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and will ultimately see the number of TLDs increase from 23 to 1,500 over the next few years. Examples of new top-level domains include .london, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
How Premium New gTLD’s Might Help Sell Your .Com Domains - Many of the new gTLD registries are planning on the old .TV pricing model to sell their premium domain names. Two large applicants Donuts and  Minds +Machines who between the two applied for 400 new gTLD strings, have both stated they indent to use the .TV pricing model which sells premium domains instead one for a one time payment in the four, five and even six figures and breaks them down by a factor of 1/10 and charges that amount every year as a annual premium renewal price. Like .TV pricing ... read more ...
 
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Google: ccTLD & Wildcard Subdomain Strategies Won’t Give You An "Unnatural … - Google's John Mueller responded to a detailed technical question regarding ccTLDs, wildcard subdomains and the likelihood of it being seen as doorway pages in a Stack Exchange thread. In short, the webmaster wants to create websites that would target city names around the world, whereby TLD for each countries will be used. Here is the mapping they were considering:www.website.de for let's say Germany and www.website.cn for China and the sub-domains will be www.berlin.website.de and www.beijing.website.cn, ... read more ...
 
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What Cookies, Hummingbird & gTLDs Mean for Digital Marketers in 2014 - Tweet Buffer As we come to the close of 2013, it's not difficult to see a digital transformation is underway in all facets of our digital world: social, mobile, data, search and domain names. The new gTLDs are launching and will start to have an impact in 2014. What's so interesting about the unique opportunities the gTLDs provide is that it is happening during this time of digital transformation. Unlike the .com boom of the 1990s where ... read more ...
 
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Users urged to register .africa now - '; winimg.document.writeln(doc); winimg.document.close(); } //]] li>ul,.container,#coinslid {background-color:#ffffff} ul#serinfo-nav{border-color:#ffffff !important} .body2,.header_scroll,.headbg,.header_noslide,#footer,#rightsidebar,#navigation{background-color:#404040} #nav li a,.nav>li>a,.nav>li>a{border-color:#404040} #serinfo,#serinfo-nav li.current{background-color:#f9f9f9} .overrating,#sidebar p input[type=submit],span.ribbon,a#triggernav,a#triggernav-sec,a.fromhome,.imgwrap,a.mainbutton,a.itembutton,.page-numbers.current,a.comment-reply-link,#submit,#comments ... read more ...
 
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New domains launched - Those interested in registering their trademarks before new top-level domains such as .guru, .shabaka, and .clothing go on sale should register with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). This is according to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), which said the TMCH came into effect on 26 March 2013. ICANN plans to launch some 1,900 new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), it said in a press release issued on Wednesday, 4 December 2013. This new system will ... read more ...
 
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ALMC.com Saved In UDRP Decided By Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center Finding Domain Is Generic - The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center, in a one member UDRP decision rejected the attempt of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council to grab the generic domain name ALMC.com The domain holder was represented by David E. Weslow of Wiley Rein LLP. Here are the relevant facts and findings by the one member panel: The Complainant is a statutory body corporate in Hong Kong, established in 1966 pursuant to the Hong Kong Trade Development Council Ordinance Its functions include the promotion and ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports $375,000 in Sales For November - Namejet.com issued the top reportable sales for November 2013 which totaled some $375,000 in sales. There were higher sales on my list but I guess they weren’t paid for and closed by the end of the month and therefore not included.     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Proposes To Offer $50 Million More In Shares & Allow Insiders To Sell Up To 15% of Holdings - According to a 8-K form filed by Marchex, Inc. (“Marchex”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)  the company may sell up to $50 million of its Class B common stock, at prices and on terms that Marchex will decide at the time of any offering. In addition, under the shelf registration, certain of Marchex’s stockholders may offer for resale to the public from time to time in one or more offerings up to 3.5 million shares of Marchex’s Class B common stock owned by them ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
7 reasons because I’m going to NamesCon - Here’s why I’m going to NamesCon next month. The first ever NamesCon domain name conference takes place January 13-15 in Las Vegas. Here’s why I’m going to the conference: 1. I was already planning on going to a conference in January. DomainSponsor usually holds its Webfest conference at the end of January or early February. If Webfest returns next year, it won’t be so early in the year. I was already planning to attend a conference around this time, so ... read more ...
 
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Are 10,000 registrations a picturesque idea for niche new tip turn domains? - So far, most new TLD registries are pricing their domains at a big premium to .com. Will that limit registration numbers? We’re starting to get a better idea of how new top level domain name registries are going to price domain names. It appears many are taking the .TV approach, essentially pricing out any value domainers can get from registering the domains and selling them (if there is much value to capture to begin with). We’re also seeing niche domain priced ... read more ...
 
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A dozen finish user domain name sales - Dun Bradstreet among end user buyers last week at Sedo/Afternic. I’m posting a lot of end user sales reports this week thanks to the Thanksgiving holiday last week. You’ll note that this report for Afternic/GoDaddy from last week has only a dozen sales. I’d like to reiterate that these are just the sales that stood out to me as end user sales; I’m sure there are many more. Despite Afternic and GoDaddy combining their reports post acquisition, I’ve been ... read more ...
Tue 3rd December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million Led By Bitok.com - Over the past week, 670 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million dollars. This amounts to $62.1 million in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 45% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales include: · Top .coms: bitok.com at 15,000 USD · Top ccTLD: batterie.fr at 14,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: ltw.org at 12,400 USD   Here is a list of all reportable sales: Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Godaddy/Afternic Sales Top $1.33 Million in Holiday Week - GoDaddy and Afternic’s just issued its reportable weekly domain sales for the holiday week of 11/25/13 – 12/1/13 Total domain sales for the week summed to $1,335,793 All sales were led to Jafer.com which sold for $15,000 My personal favorite of the week is healthydrink.com which sold for just just over $2K.     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Go-Live Schedule for Dot Chinese Online & Dot Chinese Website TLDs … - Leading fully-Chinese internet domain name TLDs to launch in January 2014; spectacular live auction event to initiate "Landrush" phase of availability. TLD Registry Ltd, the leading internet domain name registry for fully-Chinese domain names, today announced the go-live schedule for its Dot Chinese Online and Dot Chinese Website internationalized domain names (IDNs). IDNs in the Dot Chinese Online (.在线) and Dot Chinese Website (.中文网) top level domains (TLDs) will be introduced ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
1001.com Sells For $100,000 on Sedo.com - Another record setting numeric .com domain sale just crossing the Sedo.com wire The domain name 1001.com just sold for $100,000 The last time the domain name wasn’t under privacy was 2008 when the registered owner was  1001 Media Group of  Sherman Oaks, California Last week Frank Schilling’s Name Administration sold 88888.com for $245,000 The third highest reported domain name sale of 2013 belongs to another numeric .com, 114.com Back in March we chatted about the increased interest MostWantedDomains.com ... read more ...
 
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Castaways Bar, LLC Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On Squaregrouper.com - Castaways Bar, LLC represented by Carl Spagnuolo of McHale Slavin, P.A., Florida, USA has just been found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one member UDRP panel. Complainant operates a bar and restaurant in Jupiter, Florida under the name SQUARE GROUPER TIKI BAR Complainant claims to have trademark rights as early as January 26, 2003. Complainant says its “SQUARE GROUPER” establishment is well known and is “nearly a famous mark” since it was used as the location for the ... read more ...
 
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The Numbers Are In & Its Official The Holiday Shopping Season Belongs To The Internet - The holiday shopping numbers are in and its official, the Holiday shopping season now belongs to the Internet. Overall holiday sales numbers are down with retail brick and mortar stores licking their wounds, but online retailers are surging according to a report that just aired on Fox News. Amazon.com is reporting sales are up 44% from last year. eBay is reporting 32% increase in sales An IBM report says that overall, online sales up 18% from 2012 with total spending on Cyber Monday alone at $2.29 ... read more ...
 
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Our 6,000th Post On Our 6th Birthday; It’s Been Quite The Ride - We didn’t actually plan to write our 6,000 post on what is the 6th birthday of TheDomains.com. Our first post was published on December 4th 2007. (yes I know its technically tomorrow) Time really does fly. For those keeping count in addition to the 6,000 posts, there have been over 81,000 approved and published comments and well over 5,000,000 visits. Our first story on the new gTLD’s wasn’t until June of 2008, in a post entitled “So are you Ready For Hundreds of New Domain Extensions?” There ... read more ...
 
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TLD .eu se od ledna rozšíří i na země EHP - Toto rozhodnutí Evropské komise je splněním ustanovení obsaženého v původním nařízení týkajícím se domény.eu (ES 733/2002), jež předvídalo její rozšíření na Evropský hospodářský prostor.„Vítáme tento pozitivní směr vývoje, který visel ve vzduchu již déle,“ uvedl výkonný ředitel správce domény .eu Marc Van Wesemael. „Čím více bude zemí a podniků profitujících z jedinečné identity domény .eu, tím silnější se tato značka ... read more ...
 
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.BIKE, .GURU, .CLOTHING und mehr – die Sunrise-Perioden für die ersten … - (PresseBox) (Regensburg, 03.12.2013) Seit dem 26. November 2013 ist für die ersten new gTLDs in lateinischer Schrift die Sunrise- Phase angebrochen - heute sind sieben weitere gefolgt. Markeninhaber können während dieser Zeit vorrangig Domains bestellen. Nach Jahren der Vorbereitung ging es plötzlich schnell: Die ersten neuen Domain-Endungen (new gTLDs) in lateinischer Schrift sind in die Rootzone delegiert. Seit dem 26. ... read more ...
 
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NameJet reveals tip sales from November - NameJet’s top sales include many a handful of 3 letter .com domain names. Expired domain name site NameJet released a list today of top sales from November. Here are all of the sales of $5,000 or more: ojr.org $19,100 hase.com $17,851 clio.com $17,200 contributor.com $11,199 sellout.com $10,199 fcloud.com $10,000 iqo.com $8,099 duq.com $7,977 bmq.com $7,500 aiyuan.com $6,988 cvcv.com $6,800 coppell.com $6,105 budapestsun.com $6,104 pami.com $5,999 pxc.com $5,600.00 basketballnews.com ... read more ...
 
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Square Grouper Tiki Bar guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Florida bar filed UDRP despite knowing domain name wasn’t registered in bad faith. Castaways Bar, LLC , owner of Square Grouper Tiki Bar in Jupiter, Florida, has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking by filing a UDRP against SquareGrouper.com. When the company opened its bar in 2003, SquareGrouper.com was already registered. The registrant apparently was working on a screenplay by the name Square Grouper, and had already registered a “treatment” ... read more ...
 
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Rutgers University and 15 other finish user domain name buyers - Rutgers University buys a .net and other end user domain name sales. I’m now caught up on end user sales reports due to the Thanksgiving holiday. This report is for sales made by GoDaddy/Afternic two weeks ago. You can see previous end user sales reports here. It’s interesting to see three sales of $9,999, suggesting that either the buyers had a four figure price limit or the sellers faced some sort of syndication/listing/escrow limit. AutoLeader.com $1,087 – ... read more ...
Mon 2nd December 2013
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Has Google Made Domain Migration Harder ? - Patrick Altoft is the Director of Search at Branded3 and he wrote an article today about Google making it harder to migrate to a new domain. From the article: Changing domains has never been something to be taken lightly but in the past year, Google appears to have made it tougher for brands to carry out a legitimate re-brand, or domain change for other reasons, without suffering catastrophic SEO losses. We’ve been talking to a number of businesses that have changed domains and lost huge amounts ... read more ...