Monthly Archives: February 2014

Tue 18th February 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Transaction Total $1.8 Million Led By One Of Ours Malls.com; Also 1st Reported new gTLD Sale - Sedo just reported 743 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.8  million dollars, led by one of Our domains (MostWantedDomains.com) Malls.com which sold for $320,000 48% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. For the first time, the sales list includes an nTLD sale that was transferred successfully on Sedo’s marketplace: finde.singles (“finde” is German and means “find”) which sold for 2,000 Euro’s Here are all the reportable sales:   Google+Michael ... read more ...
 
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Several one minute new gtlds listed for sale in newsletter - There are several one letter new gtlds that were listed in the Toby Clements newsletter today. I.directory$6,250   idirectory.com is developed X.estate   $5,000    xestate.com Buy Domains parked page I.equipment$3,950 iequipment.com redirects to Tequipment.net U.estate   $3,500     uestate.com does not resolve U.clothing $3,500  uclothing.com is developed N.clothing $1,300 nclothing redirects to nclothing.tumblr.com F.clothing $1,300 fclothing.com is showing the index for its site V.clothing ... read more ...
 
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Compra venta de dominios premium en Internet subió 3% en 2013 - El Estudio Anual del Mercado de Dominios de la firma Sedo muestra que los .com, se mantienen como los más demandados mientras el mundo se prepara para los nuevos TLDs, conocidos como dominios de primer nivel. Pulso | Industria | 17:12 hrs © EFE Sedo, el mayor mercado mundial de dominios y servicio de monetización de dominios, anunció hoy los resultados de su Estudio Anual del Mercado de Dominios del año fiscal 2013, revelando las ... read more ...
 
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Infografía | El mercado de dominios Premium de Internet creció un 3 … - El Mundo Economia y Negocios / .− Sedo , el mayor mercado mundial de dominios y servicio de monetización de dominios, anunció hoy los resultados de su Estudio Anual del Mercado de Dominios del año fiscal 2013 , revelando las tendencias y cambios de esta industria en base a las transacciones en su mercado secundario. En 2013, Sedo gestionó 37.241 transacciones en su mercado de dominios con un precio medio de $1.893 y un precio mediano de $577. Estas cifras representan un incremento del 3% en ... read more ...
 
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Creció 3% la venta de dominios .com - Tags: url, internet, estudio anual del mercado de dominios, dominios, coahuila, .com Madrid.- La compra de dominios Premium en internet creció tres por ciento, informó Sedo, el mayor mercado de dominios a nivel internacional. En su Estudio Anual del Mercado de Dominios, detalló que en 2013 gestionó 37 mil 241 transacciones en su mercado a un costo promedio de ... read more ...
 
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Sedo 2013 Annual Market Study - Sedo released their 2013 Annual Market Study, they also included an infographic of the year in review. 4 of the top 10 sales were handled by Sedo brokers $577 was the median price across all sales $1,893 was the mean price across all sales (click to enlarge) ... read more ...
 
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Report on the initial gTLD launch: taking a ride with .BIKE - Despite the attempts of Reed Smith and some others in the intellectual property field to educate the public on the upcoming explosion in the number of global top-level domains (“gTLDs”) (the string to the right of the dot, such as .com or .edu), we believe that the vast majority of the public, and even the majority of brand owners, is unaware that the first new gTLDs have recently launched. One such new gTLD is .BIKE.* While the launch of .BIKE does not give us data to tell ... read more ...
 
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El 2013 habría sido el último año de reinado de los "puntocom" en … - El año pasado habría sido el último año en el que los “puntocom (.com)” se hayan mantenido en la cima con un margen tan alto de mercado, puesto que han ingresado cientos de nuevos dominios de Internet de primer nivel (TLD, por sus siglas en inglés). Así lo previó Sedo, el mayor mercado mundial de dominios y servicio de monetización de dominios, durante la presentación del Estudio Anual del Mercado de Dominios del 2013. Los puntocom mantuvieron su liderazgo ... read more ...
 
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Who Are the Major New gTLD Applicants and…(Part Three: Minds + Machines) - ...what is their approach to bringing new domain names to market? Minds + Machines was the first "new gTLD portfolio applicant" I spotted early in 2008, when .PARIS started being mentioned. Then came a few other projects like .HORSE and later .VODKA. Being French, my vision of good new gTLD suffixes may be slightly different to those native English speakers. Therefore, I favour some TLDs such as .SURF and .ART over some clearly English terms others such as .HORSE. I like .BLOG, .HOTEL and ... read more ...
 
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Where policy fora collide: country-code Top-Level Domains and the Trans … - [Cross posted from susanchalmers.com] To those familiar with the United States’ approach to intellectual property rights (“IP”) and trade policy, it will come as no surprise that the US is pressing other countries to give IP owners more in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”), that is, more powerful economic rights and more power to enforce them. Some, however, may be surprised by one way in which the United States Trade Representative (“USTR”) is angling to satisfy this ... read more ...
 
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Where Policy Fora Collide: Country-Code Top-Level Domains And The TPP - By Susan Chalmers [Note: this article originally appeared on Susan Chalmers' blog, here.] To those familiar with the United States’ approach to intellectual property rights (“IP”) and trade policy, it will come as no surprise that the US is pressing other countries to give IP owners more in the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (“TPP”), that is, more powerful economic rights and more power to enforce them. Some, however, may be surprised by one way in which the United States Trade ... read more ...
 
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Sedo’s Annual Domain Market Study Shows that .com Remains King for One … - Related: Press Release, News Sedo, the world's largest domain marketplace and monetization provider, today announced the results of its fiscal year 2013 Annual Domain Market Study, revealing domain industry trends and changes based on transactions in its marketplace. An infographic depicting the findings from Sedo's 2013 Domain Market Study is available at http://bit.ly/1iGj4Ml. In 2013, Sedo powered 37,241 transactions in its domain marketplace with a mean average price of $1,893 across all ... read more ...
 
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Candy Crush Saga Maker King.com Filing for IPO - We have written a couple times about King.com and their intellectual property goals of trademarking the words candy and saga. Today the company announced they are looking to do an IPO. The company will look to trade under the symbol KING. CNET covered the story King Digital Entertainment, a digital-gaming provider perhaps best known for its Candy Crush Saga title, has filed papers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to go public. King’s statement with the SEC is exceedingly short ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Signs Agreement with Domain Venture Partners - CentralNic signed a deal with Domain Venture Partners as stated in the press release below. Central Nic is a publicly traded company on the London Aim, the stock is up about 2.4 % to 84.5 pence. Domain Venture Partners is a fund that has been set up by new gtld applicant Famous Four Media. Press Release: CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the worldwide sale of internet domain names, today announces that it has signed an agreement (“agreement”) ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Signs Agreement with Domain Venture Partners - CentralNic signed a deal with Domain Venture Partners as stated in the press release below. Central Nic is a publicly traded company on the London Aim, the stock is up about 2.4 % to 84.5 pence. Domain Venture Partners is a fund that has been set up by new gtld applicant Famous Four Media. Press Release: CentralNic plc (AIM:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the worldwide sale of internet domain names, today announces that it has signed an agreement (“agreement”) ... read more ...
 
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.Music new tip turn domain village objections fail - All community objections against .music and .band have failed. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has denied Constantine Roussos’ community objections against competing applications for .music as well as applications for .band. The same panelist also denied an objection brought by International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies against another applicant. All of the .music objections have been decided in the applicants’ favor. Roussos ... read more ...
 
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Aeropostale files Uniform Rapid Suspension box for .clothing domain name - Clothing company is second company to take advantage of new policy to defend against cybersquatting. Clothing company Aeropostale (NYSE:ARO) has filed a Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) case against the domain name aeropostale.clothing. This is just the second case filed against a second level domain under a new top level domain using URS. URS is a faster and cheaper version of the UDRP. However, a win by the complainant results in only the suspension of the domain ... read more ...
 
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Sedo sole $70.5 million value of domain domains final year, 53% were .com - Sedo releases 2013 sales data. Sedo published an infographic today highlighting its sales results from 2013. Here are some notable facts: * The company sold 37,241 domain names for a total of $70.5 million * 53% of sales were .com, followed by .de with 15%. 167 different TLDs were traded on Sedo last year. * The median sales price was $577, with 87% of sales for $2,500 or less. Just 3% of sales were for over $10,000. * 36% of buyers were in the U.S. and 21% in Germany. ... read more ...
 
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Insurance.pro preference acknowledges boundary on UDRP and trademarks - Facing legitimate questions over a trademark’s legitimacy, UDRP panel determines case is outside the scope of the policy. A couple weeks ago a National Arbitration Forum panel handed down a decision in a complaint brought over the domain name insurance.pro. On the surface it appeared to just be a case about a seemingly generic domain name. But there are a couple interesting things about this case, and it could end up being an interesting reference case for UDRPs ... read more ...
Mon 17th February 2014
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JD.com Might Have Sold For As Much As $5 Million - Back last March, we reported that the domain name JD.com was purchased by China’s” leading direct B2C e-commerce company”, Jingdong , who bought it to to re-brand from  360buy.com According to the company, Jingdong had 35 million active users and 80 million registered users as of  December 2012. Today our buddy George Kirikos reported that browsing through some SEC filing the domain may have sold for as much as $5 Million dollars http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1549802/000104746914000443/a2218025zf-1.htm ... read more ...
 
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“Exciting Times for TLD Holdings as .London Launch Looms” - ProactiveInvestors.co.uk did a small write up on TLD Holdings the company which just recently raised another $33 million and said they would change their name to Minds+Machines. The stock is up 11% today, of course the stock trades for a very low price so it does not take much to get a large percentage move. I can say this is a perfect example of procrastination on my part, as I constantly was having discussion with a couple friends when the stock was at 5 1/2 pence. I felt it was a cheap hedge ... read more ...
 
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“Exciting Times for TLD Holdings as .London Launch Looms” - ProactiveInvestors.co.uk did a small write up on TLD Holdings the company which just recently raised another $33 million and said they would change their name to Minds+Machines. The stock is up 11% today, of course the stock trades for a very low price so it does not take much to get a large percentage move. I can say this is a perfect example of procrastination on my part, as I constantly was having discussion with a couple friends when the stock was at 5 1/2 pence. I felt it was a cheap hedge in ... read more ...
 
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SMB demand for .london web addresses looks set to soar - More than 200,000 of the capital's SMBs could register a .london web address when the new generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) names are introduced on 29 April. That's according to the findings of a new YouGov poll, involving 1,001 SMB business decision makers, which was commissioned by the promotional arm of the London Mayor's office London Partners. Twenty-six per cent of respondents said they were likely to take up a .london web address. YouGov has used this to calculate that more than 200,000 SMBs ... read more ...
 
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.london Top Level Domain Name To Go Live In April With Huge Uptake Expected - The .london Top Level Domain (TLD) suffix will go live on 29 April 2014, it has been announced. With some 25% of small to medium businesses based in England’s capital city expressing their intention to register their company website with the new TLD instead of the traditional .co.uk or .com it is widely expected to be a huge success, although industry analysts are wondering if the range of new domain names has any value beyond the vanity of owners. There has been pressure from major cities ... read more ...
 
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ICANN: a empresa por trás de todo site ".com" - Existe algo em comum entre o Tecmundo, o seu portal favorito de notícias sobre esportes e até mesmo aqueles sites de celebridades que todo mundo diz que nunca acessou. Esse algo é a organização responsável pela cessão dos domínios e protocolos necessários para o acesso de qualquer usuário às páginas. Estamos falando do ICANN, que também ajuda na determinação dos protocolos individuais de cada internauta. ICANN significa “Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers” — ... read more ...