Monthly Archives: May 2014

Wed 21st May 2014
Written by The Domains in EN
Famous Four: “Why Domain Investors Should Embrace New gTLD’s Today” we Have Some Thoughts - Famous Four Media (FFM) an application for more than 50 new gTLD’s just published a blog post entitled “Why domain name investors should embrace new gTLDs today” The post was written by Rob McCrea Head of Account Management at Famous Four Media I will publish a part of it here and have some comments after: “Much of what those who “know what they are doing” in the domain name industry are actually doing is very similar. “We (.CLUB, Donuts, FFM and the other experienced registries) have ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Amazon n’obtient pas de noms de domaines en .Amazon - Amazon espérait obtenir la jouissance du nom de domaine de premier niveau (TLD) .Amazon, mais il a finalement échoué. Le site Domain Incite rapporte que la commission de l'ICANN en charge de la création des nouvelles extensions a rejeté la candidature du commerçant, qui souhaitait également bénéficier des domaines équivalents en traductions chinoise et japonaise. L'ICANN a ainsi suivi l'avis émis dans le communiqué de Durban en juillet 2013 par le GAC, sa commission de conseil ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
.Club Passes .Berlin & Is Now 2nd Most Registered new Domain Extension -       .Club just passed .Berlin on ntldstats.com, to become the 2nd most registered new domain extension (New gTLD). .Club is just short of 50,000 registrations while .Berlin is sitting just past 48,000 .Guru continues to led all new gTLD’s with over 57,000 registrations. .Photography has topped 35,000 registrations. .Email has topped 30,000 registrations There are now over 794,000 new gTLD domain names registered and with the launch of several new gTLD’s today when the root zone file next ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Club Passes .Berlin & Is Now 2nd Most Registered new Domain Extension -       .Club just passed .Berlin on ntldstats.com, to become the 2nd most registered new domain extension (New gTLD). .Club is just short of 50,000 registrations while .Berlin is sitting just past 48,000 .Guru continues to led all new gTLD’s with over 57,000 registrations. .Photography has topped 35,000 registrations. .Email has topped 30,000 registrations There are now over 794,000 new gTLD domain names registered and with the launch of several new gTLD’s today when the root zone file next ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Internet Registry Operator, Famous Four Media Signs Its 100th Accredited … – Virtual - Massive Distribution Channel Represents 90% of the Domain Name MarketWednesday, May 21st 2014, Gibraltar Famous Four Media, the registry operator for .BID, .TRADE, .WEBCAM and some 54 other Top Level Domains, has signed its 100th ICANN accredited registrar. Registrars are the only way through which end-users of domain names can purchase the domains, and Famous Four Media believes that these 100 registrars provide the largest distribution channel currently held by any new gTLD Registry operator, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief reports growth -

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Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
The internet can be a ridiculous place - The 2014 INTA Annual Meeting has come and gone, and now is a good time to think over all the meetings with colleagues and things learned over the past week. Several particularly interesting discussions have been about the new gTLDs. Though most have centred on protection strategies in this new environment, one tidbit that stuck out was a list of some of the most amusing domain names that have actually been registered under the new gTLDs. Some samples ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
African Union-sponsored gTLD suffers major setback - The launch of the .africa generic top-level domain (gTLD), sponsored by the African Union, will have to wait until the resolution of a legal dispute over how the management of the domain was awarded. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) awarded the management of .africa to South Africa's ZA Central Registry (ZACR) last year. But last week, the International Center for Dispute Resolution issued an injunction in favor of Kenya-based DotConnectAfrica Trust, which also applied ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Report: How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces - Free report provides details for getting the most out of domain name marketplaces. Today I’m delighted to release my first in-depth Domain Name Wire report, “How to Sell Domain Names on Marketplaces”. I wrote this report in response to the numerous inquiries I receive from people trying to sell their domain names. You may download the 26 page report by filling out the form below or sending a blank email to sell_domains@getresponse.com. The report explains: • ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
18 finish user domain name sales adult to $38,000 - SteamEngine.com among company’s top reported sales for last week. GoDaddy/Afternic teamed up for a better-than-usual $2.3 million worth of aftermarket domain name sales last week. Here are some of the sales made to end user. (As always, you may view previous end user sales lists.) SteamEngine.com $38,000 – Data center company SWITCH. I imagine this is a brand. MMSConnect.com $17,016 – Market technology company Demeure bought the domain name for its MMS Connect ... read more ...
Tue 20th May 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in NO and tagged
African Union-sponsored gTLD suffers major setback - The launch of the .africa generic top-level domain (gTLD), sponsored by the African Union, will have to wait until the resolution of a legal dispute over how the management of the domain was awarded. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) awarded the management of .africa to South Africa's ZA Central Registry (ZACR) last year. But last week, the International Center for Dispute Resolution issued an injunction in favor of Kenya-based DotConnectAfrica Trust, which ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $1MM For The Week -

Over a past week, 491 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1 Million dollars.

46% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

Highlights of open sales are:

· Top .coms: vitaminc.com during 104,000 USD
· Top ccTLD: sling.me during 9,600 USD
· Top “other” TLD: highspeed.net during 5,000 EUR

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Go Daddy/Afternic sells $2.28 million in domains for a week -

GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for a week of 5/12/14 – 5/18/14

The tip sale was steamengine.com during $38,000

Veg.net was a tip non – com sale during $9,800

Total domain sales for a week summed to $2,280,511

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by The Domains in EN
Reports Say Apple & Google Maybe Entering 3d Printer Business - Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), and possibly Apple (APPL), maybe both are planning to launch an all in one 3D printer according to Trip Chowdry of Global Equities Research Chowdry wrote recently that “Google is secretly working on building the next generation of 3-D printers called Google Project Tango.” There is similar speculation that Apple is doing the same thing utilizing its PrimeSense technology. Google previously announced they are working with 3D Systems to develop new high-speed continuous ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Lucky13.com Sues Taylor Swift For Trademark Infringement - BLUE SPHERE, INC., a California Corporation doing business as LUCKY 13 and who is the owner of the trademark LUCKY 13®, filed suit in Federal Court in California today against Taylor Swift and and bunch of companies owned or controlled by here. According to the lawsuit the company which operates under the domain name Lucky13.com, has used their trademark of Lucky 13, in connection with the marketing and sale of,, (1) clothing for men and women, namely, t-shirts, jackets, headwear and footwear; ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in CZ and tagged
Registrátoři nabízejí exotické domény. COMPUTER získáte za 700, - Před dvěma lety začala doposud největší vlna schvalování nových domén nejvyššího řádu v historii moderního internetu. Letos v zimě organizace ICANN potvrdila na sto nových domén, které pomalu začínají nabízet koncoví registrátoři, ale proces dále pokračuje a nabídka se neustále rozšiřuje. Aktuální seznam nově schválených TLD domén tedy najdete na této stránce. K poslednímu schválení došlo na jednání 15. května a přibyly třeba domény ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
If Your Looking For A Generic .Democrat, They Are In Short Supply & Carry Premium Prices - I was going though some generic .Democrat new gTLD domain names yesterday to see what premium generic domains are available for Preregistrations as the extension goes live tomorrow. Its expected that many candidates will grab their .Democrat domain name when running for office. However when it comes to generic domain names .Democrat domains are either not available as being on the collision list or being reserved by the registry or pretty damn expensive for domain investors as they carry premium ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Dotafrica Dispute Causes More Delays - The launch of the .africa Top Level Domain (TLD) by the ZACR has been delayed due to the ongoing Independent Review Process between Internet Corporation for Assigned Names (ICANN) and DotConnectAfrica (DCA), Neil Dundas, Chief Operating Officer of the South Africa-based ZA Central Registry (ZACR) said. The DCA, whose domain name registry operates out of Kenya, initially submitted a separate competing application for .africa, but without government support, Dundas said. As a result of the lack of ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
"Identitätsstiftende Wirkung von .versicherung-Domains" – cash - Mit Spannung wird in der Versicherungswirtschaft die Einführung der neuen .versicherung-Domains erwartet. Cash.Online hat mit Axel Schwiersch, Geschäftsführer der dotversicherung-registry GmbH, über den Domain-Vergabeprozess gesprochen, warum ein Erwerb auch für kleinere Maklerunternehmen sinnvoll ist und welche Aspekte bei der Gestaltung einer Maklerwebseite beachtet werden sollten. “In der Auktionsphase haben gerade Makler und kleine Vermittlungsunternehmen die allerbesten ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Garry Chernoff sells Scada.com domain name for $110k - Domain investor strikes gold with SCADA.com. Domain name investor Garry Chernoff has sold the domain name Scada.com for $110,000. The buyer is B-Scada, Inc. (Beyond SCADA). SCADA stands for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, and is a field I know a bit about thanks to a technology licensing deal I did nearly a decade ago. Chernoff says the deal was brokered by Darryl Lopes at DomainNameSales.com and was paid over a period of nine months. Chernoff has sold a ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New TLDs and a miss of cost caps - Registries can jack up prices, but they must give notice. One issue many people think may be a ticking time bomb with consumers and new top level domain names is a lack of price controls. I was reminded of this today by some comments on another post. Most existing gTLDs have restrictions on how much the registry operator can increase prices each year. New TLDs don’t. Here’s the contract language: (b) With respect to renewal of domain name registrations, Registry ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Domain Name Wire is Growing - DNW continues to grow with additional features and services. Your feedback is welcomed. A lot has happened in the nine-plus years since Domain Name Wire launched in March 2005. The domain name business has gone through its ups and downs. Business models have changed by necessity. Fortunes have been made and lost and made again. Domain Name Wire rolls with the ups and downs. Rather than rolling, hopefully it is prescient. As the site enters its tenth year, I’m testing ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Some of these new TLDs are doing utterly well - Applicants with low overhead or a smart growth strategy are poised to make a healthy return. There are a lot of new top level domain names I’d like to own as a business right now. Many of them. Consider .guru, which has about 57,000 domains registered and is growing by 100-200 names a day. There’s a decent chance that this growth will continue. It should get a small lift when name collisions get resolved, despite having a low number of domains on the list. It ... read more ...
Mon 19th May 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
What Do Zuckerberg, Autism, Breast Cancer & Ronald Regan Have in Common ? .Foundation Domain - The new gTLD .Foundation seems to be a big hit with some big charitable organizations. From Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg’s foundation to Autism to Breast Cancer to Ronald Regan, to Glaucoma and even Rockefeller, a lot of charities hopped on board and registered a .Foundation domain name in Sunrise. Some charities I wasn’t even aware of until I read through the Zone file like Chickfila which registered 6 domain names related to its Foundation including chickfilacows.foundation and eatmorechicken.foundation. I ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Estibot Launches Free App In Apple Store/iTunes - Esitbot has launched a free App (now in the Apple/iTunes store) Here is the email we just received: “Just a quick heads up that we’ve launched an iPhone app to make your EstiBot usage more efficient on portable devices. Here is just a highlight of the features the app offers: Instants appraisals with full analytics Lead research tool, research end-user leads and brainstorm domain ideas anywhere Whois research tool with access to historical whois records Watchlists to keep track of domains you ... read more ...