Monthly Archives: March 2014

Fri 7th March 2014
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New top-level domain names are launching – don’t miss out - The release of one thousand new Top-Level-Domains in the coming years will offer a wide array of new addresses. For example, an eatery can use a .restaurant, .pizza, .pub or .coffee domain ending to specify their type of restaurant. Local or location-specific websites and businesses can benefit from the geographical domains including .london, .wales, .nyc, .berlin to name a few. Currently, newly created businesses sometimes find limited options to register their desired name, as many have already ... read more ...
 
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iMeeting.com Purchased For Less Than 2 Years Ago For $15K Sells For $47,750 - The domain name imeeting.com just sold for $47,750 on Sedo. The domain was owned by Rodger Lew in China and is currently under Sedo Escrow. The domain name was owned by a company Meeting Maker, of Waltham, MA let the domain go into pending delete status around April 2012 at Network Solutions and sold on NameJet.com for 15,166 in July 2012. So basically in less than 2 years the domain investor tripled his money. Congrats to Mr. Lew, nicely done.   Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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New domain names leading to new wave of cybersquatting - KEY POINTS ƒƒ New generic domain name extensions such as .clothing and .technology are starting to become available to the general public. ƒƒ We have observed numerous instances of cybersquatting in relation to these new domain names involving prominent brands. ƒƒ Administrative procedures allow trade mark holders to make complaints about infringing domain name registrations. ƒƒ Trade mark holders can also take steps to pre-register domain names corresponding with key ... read more ...
 
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Will a Real Satoshi Nakamoto Please Stand Up - It has been quite a day in the world of Bitcoin as there have been more stories than I can count on Satoshi Nakomoto. The day started early this morning when one of our readers, Tony Lam sent me a piece by Coindesk. Their headline was, “Bitcoin Inventor Satoshi Nakamoto ‘Found’ in California” Nermin Hajdarbegovic covered the story and discussed that Newsweek had tracked down the creator of Bitcoin. From the article: Newsweek scoop Newsweek magazine is reviving its print edition this week ... read more ...
 
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200000+ Generic TLDs Have Been Officially Registered - As of last night, the 200,000 mark has been broken in Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs). According to Domain Incite the number hit 201,184 registries to date. The top 10 most registered gTLDs are: While some bigger known companies like GoDaddy have entered the space, the current gTLD registration leader is Donuts who applied for 307 TLDs back in 2012. Of the top 10 gTLDs shown above, all belong to Donuts. This trend  won’t stop anytime soon as Donuts will continue rolling out additional premium ... read more ...
 
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Warner Bros. gets Gauntlet.com domain name after filing UDRP - Entertainment company now controls Gauntlet.com domain name. Warner Bros. has filed a UDRP against the domain name Gauntlet.com, and it appears the domain name registrant handed the domain name over as a result. It’s not clear yet if a payment was involved, but I’ve reached out to the previous domain owner. Warner Bros. distributed the 1977 film The Gauntlet directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Eastwood and Sondra Locke. But its interest in the domain name ... read more ...
 
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23 some-more finish user domain name sales - I’d Laugh out Loud at being paid twenty grand for LaughOutLoud.com. Afternic and GoDaddy teamed up to sell just over $2 million worth of domain names last week. Here’s a list of some of the sales to end users. You can see previous end user sales lists here. LaughOutLoud.com $20,800 – a company called Codeblack Enterprises, LLC. Is it connected to this entertainment company? BoatTransport.com $16,000 – auto transport company Showroom Transport. HealthShield.com ... read more ...
Thu 6th March 2014
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March 4: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
 
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AGC-backed .Build domain name could give contractors a larger presence online - Very soon, rather than construction business’ Web address ending in a boring “.com” or “.net,” contractors in the U.S. will be able to register for a “.build” address. And today, the Associated General Contractors of America announced a partnership with the group behind the .build domain name—the group is also called .Build—to get the word out about the new top-level domain (TLD) name and to help construction companies register their website at the best available prices. “Our ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy Has 40% Of The New gTLD Market; 1and1 For Its $50M Got 12K Registrations - A new site (or at least new to me) is showing the most detailed stats I have seen for new gTLD’s. According to ntldstats.com, there are a total of 215,638 new gTLD domain registrations as of 16:30 (time zone not defined) on March 6th. According to the site, Godaddy registered almost 87,000 of the 215,000 new gTLD’s giving it a 40% market share. 1and1.com which spent a reported $50 million dollars on a  advertising campaign to promote the new gTLD’s is in 4th place with some 12,388 registrations ... read more ...
 
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The Blue Book Network Announces Agreement with .BUILD to Provide Targeted … - JEFFERSON VALLEY, N.Y. — The Blue Book Building and Construction Network and .BUILD have signed an agreement for a joint marketing initiative to provide targeted “URLs” exclusively for companies in the construction industry.As an approved registry, .BUILD will be one of several new top level domains (TLD) launched in 2014 that provide an opportunity for companies to improve their web presence with the power of an industry-specific domain name. ... read more ...
 
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The Blue Book Network Announces Agreement with .BUILD to Provide Targeted … - JEFFERSON VALLEY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Blue Book Building and Construction Network and .BUILD have signed an agreement for a joint marketing initiative to provide targeted “URLs” exclusively for companies in the construction industry. As an approved registry, .BUILD will be one of several new top level domains (TLD) launched in 2014 that provide an opportunity for companies to improve their web presence with the power of an industry-specific ... read more ...
 
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Forbes: 5 Mistakes People Make When Setting Up Their Website - John Rampton wrote a piece for Forbes on the mistakes people make when starting their website. Rampton discusses five key points that a lot of web developers and entrepreneurs make. 1. No Business Plan and Marketing Strategy Unlike “Field of Dreams,” if you build, he will not come. And, by he, we mean visitors to your website. Unfortunately, this is a common misconception people have when setting up their websites. They believe that they can purchase a domain name and will instantly see traffic. ... read more ...
 
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NameJet.com Reports Over $340K In Sales In January - Namejet just released sales information in January 2014 reporting over $340,000 in sales. Only sales of $2K or more are included   <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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Malcolm Stewart to Race 450SX in Daytona - Malcolm Stewart will race the 450 SX class in Daytona. TLD / MAVTV / Honda’s Malcolm Stewart will race round 10 of the 2014 AMA Supercross Championship at the famed Daytona International Motor Speedway this Saturday, March 8th. The race marks the first time that that Malcolm will race against his older brother James Stewart in the premiere 450 class in Supercross. Fans will certainly be entertained watching these two charismatic riders battle. Malcolm, who currently sits in 6th place in the ... read more ...
 
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Who Are the Major New gTLD Applicants and… (Part Five: Rightside Registry) - ...what is their approach to bringing new domain names to the market? Rightside is a name you may only have heard of very recently. It is a relative newcomer in the new gTLD industry. It is important to note that there is a difference between "Rightside" and "Rightside Registry". One is the Trademark and also the name of this new group to which eNom (a Registrar), Namejet (a platform to buy/sell domain names and Premium domains) and Name.com (another Registrar) belong. As for "Rightside Registry", ... read more ...
 
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Domains such as .kitchen and .photography popular with Irish businesses since … - The activity for GTLDs in Ireland does not mirror the global trend with niche domains such as .guru, which tops the statistics globally with over 40,000 registrations, having just 7pc take-up in Ireland.

 Meanwhile, domains such as .kitchen and .photography are proving a hit with Irish businesses with 30pc and 22pc take-up respectively, compared to minimal interest in .holdings, .technology, .contractors and .estate, the latter which had a 1pc take-up in Ireland.

 The new GTLDs were ... read more ...
 
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Huh? DNS.com relocating to DNSbyComodo.com - Company appears to be ditching the DNS.com domain name. File this one in the strange moves category… Comodo acquired DNS.com – which was founded by people in the domain name business – back in 2011. They changed the overall branding to include the Comodo name but kept using the DNS.com domain name. Now they’re doing something that is rather odd: they seem to be ditching the DNS.com domain name altogether in favor of DNSbyComodo.com: Michele Neylon writes ... read more ...
 
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.Photos is initial day leader in Donuts’ latest collection of new TLDs - .Photos easily outpaces three other domain names that reverted to regular pricing yesterday. Four more new top level domain names from Donuts launched with regular pricing yesterday: .Photos, .Careers, .Shoes, and .Recipes. .Photos led the others by a wide margin when it came to the initial hours of release. At the time the zone reports were published, .Photos had added 4,065 domain names to close at 4,509. Generally speaking, pre-registrations make up the bulk of ... read more ...
 
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Why we haven’t purebred any new TLDs yet - Between reserved domains, name collisions, premium pricing and awkward domain name registrar interfaces, it’s just a pain in the ass. I’ve written before about how new TLDs are coming out with a whimper. They are severely handicapped coming out of the gate thanks to lack of registrar support, name collision uncertainty, poor registrar search experiences and a whole host of other reasons. Earlier this week I wrote about my experience trying to register 17 domain ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user domain name sales during Sedo - A lawyer, shirt company and calendar program bought new domain names. Sedo sold 582 domain names for a total of $1.3 million last week. Here are 15 domain names that were sold to end users. You can see more end user sales lists here. TeamShirt.com $23,000 – Shirt seller Spreadshirt. They recently paid $89,000 for the plural version TeamShirts.com. LaptopScreen.co.uk $13,600 – Laptop Screen International Inc in Vancouver. Blue-Group.co.uk 840 GBP – Blue Machinery ... read more ...
Wed 5th March 2014
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Overstock Exceeds $1million in Bitcoin Sales and Projects adult to $20 million by a finish of a year. - Overstock has topped over $1million in Bitcoin sales in two months. Coinbase.com sat down with Patrick Byrne, CEO of Overstock. The initial projections for sales processed with bitcoin on Overstock.com this year was set at $3-5m, but this figure has since increased dramatically, according to Byrne. The CEO now predicts that Overstock will see a total of $10-15m in bitcoin sales this year, and suggested that this number could reach as high as $20m if bitcoin sales maintain their current growth rate. New ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD .CLUB Shines During Trademark Sunrise Period - Fort Lauderdale, FL – Early Sunrise registrations of the new “.CLUB” generic top-level domain name (gTLD) are already signaling demand for the new web address from a broad range of vertical industries across the globe, including high-profile sports teams, auto manufacturers, major consumer and luxury brands, private clubs and more, said executives at .CLUB Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.CLUB” gTLD. .CLUB’s Trademark Sunrise Period began on January ... read more ...
 
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NASDAQ Private Market Launches To Allow People To Buy Shares Of Pre-IPO Companies - The NASDAQ Private Market, LLC announced today the launch of its new capital marketplace for private companies. The NASDAQ Private Market site is at NPM.com NASDAQ Private Market was formed in March of 2013 as a joint venture between The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and SharesPost, Inc. “Built as a company-first platform on industry-leading technology, NASDAQ Private Market will provide qualifying private companies the tools and resources to efficiently raise capital, control secondary transactions, ... read more ...