Monthly Archives: June 2014

Wed 18th June 2014
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.Global Event At ICANN Set For Jun 24th; Networking, Food, Drink, WorldCup & Live Auction - As we hinted at the other day, .Global is having an event at the 50th ICANN meeting in London next week Tuesday June 24th. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meeting will be held and is one of the recommended ICANN hotels for the meeting so many of you will be staying there are well If your going to be at ICANN you can register for the event by clicking here. Registration is limited to 350 people and with some ... read more ...
 
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Brand Sponsored Content via New gTLDs as Channels – the Soap Opera of the … - Tweet Buffer With half of the world's top brands launching their own gTLD or channel of the Internet, the concept of building out content in these new spaces will shift how we consume our entertainment and how consumer goods companies reach their target audiences. Week after week, articles about how Big Tech companies are investing in content and consumers are cutting the cable cord are covered not just in digital media, but in mainstream publications ... read more ...
 
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Interlink Set to Open New Internet Domain ".moe" for Anime Lovers, Cosplayers … - AsiaNet 57080TOKYO, Jun. 17, 2014 (ANTARA/Kyodo JBN-AsiaNet) --    Interlink Co., Ltd., a new Domain Registry Operator, announced on June 17 that it will open the Internet's most unique Top Level Domain (TLD)(1), ".moe", to the public starting Tuesday June 17th.    (Photo: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/)    The word "moe" (means a special affinity to fictional characters, people, animals, etc.; pronounced as "moh-ay") is rooted deep in the ... read more ...
 
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One Cent Stamp Makes Two Letter .coms demeanour cheap - Think old premium .com domains are expensive ? Well how about a one cent stamp ? Fox News is out with a story about a one cent stamp from 1856 that just sold for $9.5 million. From the article: NEW YORK –  A 1-cent postage stamp from a 19th century British colony in South America has become the world’s most valuable stamp — again. The 1856 British Guiana One-Cent Magenta sold Tuesday at auction in New York for $9.5 million, Sotheby’s said. It was the fourth time the stamp has broken the ... read more ...
 
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Streit um neue TLDs: .hotel geht an deutsche Bewerber, Kampf um .gmbh geht … - Im Kampf um besonders begehrte Top-Level-Domains (TLDs) hat sich eine kleine Sensation ereignet. Das erste Mal wurde der begehrte Community-Status vergeben. In der Runde der neuen TLDs gewinnt also nicht immer der mit dem meisten Geld. Bei 130 TLDS gibt es Streit zwischen verschiedenen Bewerbern. Wer jedoch eine so genannte Community-Bewerbung eingereicht hat und verteidigen kann, bekommt die Internet-Endung automatisch zugesprochen. Allerdings muss man im Antrag belegen, ... read more ...
 
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Interlink establece el nuevo dominio de Internet ".moe" - - Interlink establece el nuevo dominio de Internet ".moe" para amantes de los dibujos de animación japoneses, cosplayers y aficionados de todo el mundoTOKIO, 17 de junio de 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlink Co., Ltd., un nuevo operador de registro de dominio, anunció el 17 de junio que abrirá el dominio de nivel principal (TLD)(1) más único de Internet, ".moe", al público a partir del martes 17 de junio.(Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/ )La palabra "moe" (significa que ... read more ...
 
 
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COMUNICADO: Interlink establece el nuevo dominio de Internet … - -- Interlink establece el nuevo dominio de Internet ".moe" para amantes de los dibujos de animación japoneses, cosplayers y aficionados de todo el mundo TOKIO, 17 de junio de 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Interlink Co., Ltd., un nuevo operador de registro de dominio, anunció el 17 de junio que abrirá el dominio de nivel principal (TLD)(1) más único de Internet, ".moe", al público a partir del martes 17 de junio. (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/ [http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/] ... read more ...
 
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Radix Announces .website Launch Timeline – Virtual - The first true alternative to .com hits the market this summer. Dubai, United Kingdom, June 18, 2014 --(PR.com)-- .Website will become the first all-purpose domain extension available for registration when it launches into Sunrise on June 24, 2014. Radix, .website’s registry and the largest new gTLD registry based in Asia, releaseda complete launch timeline for .website today, outlininga Landrush start date of Aug. 26, 2014 and a General Availabilitystart date of Sept. 17, 2014. .website ... read more ...
 
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Run a bar or a pub? You’re about to get a chance to grab a special Web address - Choosing a domain name that fits your business can be very difficult these days. The "land grab" for good domain names is largely over and the most valuable names - those that are most easily remembered or point to a specific service - are already taken. However, that is slowly changing. New Top Level Domains, or TLDs, are slowly becoming available. The TLD is the ".com", ".org" or ".edu" bit that comes after the company or service name in a web address. If you're running a bar or pub, a new land-grab ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic snaps up top 30 registrar - ---ADDS BROKER COMMENT--- Internet domain name seller CentralNic (LON:CNIC) is to acquire Internet.BS, a leading retailer of domain names. CentralNic will pay a maximum of US$7.5mln for the Bahamas-registered business, of which US$5.2mln will be paid upfront, comprising US$2.7mln in cash with the rest to be satisfied through the issue of CentralNic shares. Internet.BS is one of the world's top thirty domain name retailers and serves a global customer base from 199 countries. As a registrar - a company ... read more ...
 
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Looks Like Two Domainers Are Making The Most of The Free .Berlin Domains Now Over 50% - The .Berlin Registry which as of the last update has over 115,000 registrations owes a lot of there success to two registrants who between them have more than 50% of all the registered domain names DomCollect AG with Andre Schneider listed as the principal has over 38,000 of the 115,000 registrations DomainProfi GmbH has over 23,000 .Berlin domain name registrations Together the two companies own over 60,000 of the 115,000 registrations for .Berlin Consider that just a two days ago there were only ... read more ...
 
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Registry Operator CentralNic Makes Move Into Retail Registrar Market With Multi … - With the rollout of ICANN's new gTLD program, CentralNic has become a major provider of back end services to new gTLD registry operators. However, years earlier the ... read more ...
 
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.Berlin cancels giveaway domain name giveaway - Citing too much demand, .Berlin registry halts marketing program for free domains early. The .Berlin domain name registry has cancelled its free domain name giveaway that was supposed to run through Friday. According to participating registrar 101Domain, .Berlin cancelled the promotion due to demand “exceedingly above their anticipated volumes.” Over 67,000 domain names were registered on the first day of the promotion, more than double the existing number of ... read more ...
 
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No some-more GoDaddy/Afternic sales reports during Quiet Period - Quiet period eliminates weekly data on aftermarket sales. GoDaddy’s planned initial public offering means no more weekly domain name sales reports for a while. Afternic has long sent out weekly aftermarket sales reports including total sales numbers and specific domains with sale prices. GoDaddy took over that responsibility when it acquired Afternic. These reports are the basis for Domain Name Wire’s end user sales reports. With GoDaddy’s IPO filing, the company ... read more ...
 
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Sedo is #1 registrant of .Berlin domains - .Berlin’s second day of free domains is a lot slower, but German domain seller is a big boost to the TLD’s numbers. .Berlin received a lot fewer registrations on the second day of its free domain giveaway. DomainIncite Pro reports 5,227 new registrations in the zone file, leaving .Berlin in second place behind .xyz. An interesting tidbit has emerged: Sedo is now the number one registrant of .Berlin domain names. According to stats collated by nTLDstats.com, Sedo’s ... read more ...
 
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Yes, P&G lied to try to take a Swash.com domain name - PG launches a completely new product called Swash. Here’s the backstory on the domain name. Remember last year when Procter Gamble was found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a case over Swash.com? The company claimed to have a long running product by the Swash name that had generated $40 million in sales over the past four years. When pressed, it admitted that it had only sold $60,000 worth of Swash items over that four year period. Marchex, the respondent ... read more ...
Tue 17th June 2014
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Researchers detect spike in "snowshoe" spam attacks using .club gTLD - June 17, 2014 A rise in hit-and-run spam attacks, also known as “snowshoe” spam attacks, has been detected by researchers at Symantec. Using the Symantec Global Intelligence Network, experts noticed the increase on Thursday, coming specifically from .club domains. In snowshoe spamming, miscreants use multiple IP addresses and generic top-level domains (gTLD) – in this case .club – to perform the attacks and thwart detection by spam filters. The Internet Corporation ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names Hit With Another URS On Two .Link Domains - Frank Schilling’s North Sound Names is the subject of a second URS filing over two domain names it registered of Uniregistry strings,  aix.link and db2.link. North Sound Names already successfully defended its first URS case filed against it, on Finn.Link North Sound reportedly registered some 43,000 domain names in extensions owned by Uniregistry with .Link domains being heavily represented. Although the Complainant on the URS filed today is not listed I would not be surprised to see it being ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Waives Off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions - According to a press release we just received , LogicBoxes announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs. “New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that provide a unique online namespace for people belonging to that community and region. However, with over 300+ TLDs already launched, these New gTLDs haven’t quite achieved their true potential. ” “One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Traditional ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Waives Off Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions - According to a press release we just received , LogicBoxes announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs. “New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that provide a unique online namespace for people belonging to that community and region. However, with over 300+ TLDs already launched, these New gTLDs haven’t quite achieved their true potential. ” “One of the main reasons for this is the fact that Traditional ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Domain Name Transactions Total $1MM For The Week - Over the past week, 520 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1MM. 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: bigsale.com at 50,000 USD · Top ccTLD: handybook.co.uk at 12,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: bess.net at 5,000 USD Below is the complete report:             ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Waives Upfront Fees for New gTLD Vertical Integration Solutions - LogicBoxes, the premier technology and consulting company for Domain Registries, Registrars and large Web Hosts, today announced that it has waived off all upfront fees for its Vertical Integration Solution for New gTLDs. New gTLDs have great potential, especially the Geo and Community extensions that provide a unique online namespace for people belonging to that community and region. However, with over 300+ TLDs already launched, these New gTLDs haven't quite achieved their true potential. ... read more ...
 
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Phil Corwin Posts Update To His .XYZ/Netsol Post on ICA Site & His “Mistake in Judgement” - Phil Corwin has just published an update to this post he published the other day on the ICA website entitled ICANN is MIA on XYZ. As we told you on Sunday, some including thedomains.com felt that the portion of Mr. Corwin’s post that seemed to be a personal attack on Mr. Negari was inappropriate and out of line. Mr. Corwin has now addressed this, with a statement posted on the ICA Website in which he  apologize to Mr. Negari entitled “Personal Clarification Regarding .XYZ Article” Here is ... read more ...
 
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.Moe Top-Level Domain Enters Landrush Period - Following its acceptance by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) earlier this spring, starting today, and running for the next month, the new .moe top level domain will be in its "landrush phase." During this early access phase, anyone can apply to register a .moe domain name through an Accredited Registrar. Applications will be processed at the end of the phase. If more than one party applies for the same domain name, the domain will go to a private auction where the ... read more ...