Monthly Archives: July 2014

Thu 24th July 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Voting 9,025; .Kaufen 4,325; Consulting 3,852; Media 3,438 - Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA)  meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. All total include any Sunrise registrations and any Landrush/Early Access Program (EAP) registration which took place before GA: .Voting 9.025 .Kaufen which is German for the word “Buy” had 4,325 .Consulting  3,852 .Media 3,438 .Pictures 1,548 .Lease .538 We noted yesterday that .Pictures was the 4th of very similar domains to launch including ... read more ...
 
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July 22: 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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Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 52% Are BIN & Open.TV Sells For $25K - Over the past week, 506 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: gca.com at 90,000 USD · Top ccTLD: open.tv at 25,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: matrix.org at 7,999 USD The top sales of the week were already reported by blogs in the industry GCA.com for $90K and Logics.com at $50K So we will highlight Open.TV which sold for $25K. Here are the reportable sales:     ... read more ...
 
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Juan Lobato :Future-Proofing Your URL - The Internet is always changing, and for the most part we've grown accustomed to keeping up. With new website platforms and software updates occurring seemingly each day, adapting to the fast-paced Internet scene has become second nature. The latest change, however, is set to disrupt the very nature of the web, from how we search our favourite products online to how companies brand their websites. Dot-com is undoubtedly today's most common top-level domain ... read more ...
 
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Future-Proofing Your URL - The Internet is always changing, and for the most part we've grown accustomed to keeping up. With new website platforms and software updates occurring seemingly each day, adapting to the fast-paced Internet scene has become second nature. The latest change, however, is set to disrupt the very nature of the web, from how we search our favourite products online to how companies brand their websites. Dot-com is undoubtedly today's most common top-level domain ... read more ...
 
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You Want To illegally download calm in a UK ? You will get some letters though no penalty - The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) must be wondering what the heck is going on across the pond in the UK. After years of trying to find the right solution to dealing with piracy, they are going to send citizens letters that are the equivalent to telling your dog who just pooped on the carpet, Bad Dog ! If someone is a consistent downloader of pirated content, they will receive up to four letters telling them that what they are doing ... read more ...
 
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Nieuwe domeinextensies in trek - WWW Categorie: Kennis Gepubliceerd: donderdag 24 juli 2014 11:16Update: donderdag 24 juli 2014 11:29 Sinds de uitgave van de eerste nieuwe domeinnamen (new gTLD’s) zet de groei nog gestaag door. In Nederland worden er per maand ruim 4000 nieuwe domeinen met één van de nieuw uitgekomen extensies geregistreerd. Nederland staat hiermee wereldwijd op de 9e plaats.Stabiele groeiWaar ... read more ...
 
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Flippa giving divided a special couple to redeem 1 FREE Domain listing! - Flippa has certainly ramped up its domain only auctions since Kevin Fink came on board and jump started things there. There is a special promo running good for one week, that he just released, From now through month’s end, when you list a domain on Flippa, you’ll be given a special link to redeem 1 FREE Domain listing! Here’s how it works: go and sell any domain name. When you pay for your first listing, you’ll receive — in your listing confirmation email — a special link. Click on ... read more ...
 
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An Example of Why People Still CyberSquat - Why do people still cybersquat ? That was a question posed a couple of weeks back on Namepros, and while I am not advocating it any way, I am going to give an example of how it still pays off in 2014. PluralSight.in sold on Wednesday for $16,000. The domain was registered in July of 2013, by a gentleman in China who just listed himself as Jeff. No last name, just Jeff. Well just Jeff regged pluralsight.in which has several live trademarks, some before the name was registered and others registered ... read more ...
 
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Verisign reports negligence growth, hikes .Net prices 10% - .Com base inches forward, .Net prices are increasing. Verisign reported earnings after the bell today, and the results for .com/.net aren’t that promising. It gets harder to grow something as it gets bigger, but net adds across these two domain names slowed by quite a bit. Verisign reported just 0.42 million net new ads during the second quarter. Last year in the same quarter it added 1.2 million domain names. The good news for Verisign is that new registrations ... read more ...
 
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HA Domain name auction grosses $774k, Cute.com and Digital.com sell for 6 figures - Heritage Auctions’ latest domain name auction goes well. Heritage Auctions latest domain name auction has concluded with $773,876 worth of domain name sales. That doesn’t include after-auction sales, which almost always increase the total sales number. That total (and the prices below) include a 15% buyers’ premium. Including the premium best represents the actual price paid and makes it apples-to-apples with auctions win which a commission is deducted. Digital.com ... read more ...
 
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Google induction “MusicKey” domain names for song subscription business? - Google registering MusicKey ccTLDs. Is this the name of its new music service? Usually, when I see a company registering a bunch of similar domain names, I can track it down to a new product announcement. I’m a bit unclear about recent Google domain name registrations for “MusicKey” domain names, but I suspect it might be for YouTube’s new subscription music service. On Monday, the company registered MusicKey.co. It has registered MusicKey in many other ccTLDs ... read more ...
 
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A demeanour inside today’s practical domain name tradeshow - Virtual tradeshow is clunky but presents a good opportunity to chat with domain name companies. I remember going to a virtual tradeshow about a decade ago. It was clunky and hard to use. Apparently that’s the case in 2014 as well. I just attended Webfair Virtual, an online tradeshow featuring a bunch of domain name companies. The process of registering, downloading software, and navigating the show floor was rather cumbersome. (Once you figure out how to chat ... read more ...
 
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Interesting .CEO comments started by Paul Kedrosky - Last night venture capitalist Paul Kedrosky discovered .CEO and tweeted his thoughts on it to his 275,000 followers: Conversation obviously followed. One person noted: Kedrosky responded “Exactly.” Another comment: To which Kedrosky responded “And that exact thought had already crossed my mind.” There are some other colorful comments. Not every commenter was a detractor of .CEO. One person kinda liked it. In addition to the insurmountable silliness of ... read more ...
 
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Google and Vint Cerf explain a NTIA transition (video) - Simple video explains what’s going on with the U.S. government’s role in the internet. Vint Cerf, the “father of internet” and former Chairman of ICANN, now works for Google. Cerf has narrated a new Google video about the history of internet governance, ICANN and the role of the U.S. government. (See video embedded below.) It’s a pretty clever way to sum up the proposed change in role of the U.S. government in a simple, sub-three-minute video. In other words, ... read more ...
 
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Weekly Expired Domain Report - Domain sales charts — expired or otherwise — make for some strange bedfellows. Any given week presents an orgy of bizarre juxtapositions. What else but the domain market can bring together Bill Cosby and French Marxists? Malaysian tourism for New Yorkers alongside Azerbaijani gossip in the ccTLD of Western Samoa? (I’m referencing TheCosbys.com, Marxisme.net, TourismMalaysiaNY.com, and Bizimbaku.ws.) Few university libraries contain such diversity. Lussumo.com, ... read more ...
Wed 23rd July 2014
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3rd Reverse Domain Name Hijacking of The Day: Sin Spirits LLC Guilty On SinVodka.com - Sin Spirits LLC represented by George M. Dipp, Texas has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) making it the third RDNH ruling of the day which must be a record, on the domain name SinVodka.com Respondent registered the disputed domain name on November 9, 1997 as evidenced by the Whois records. Complainant makes four attempts to negotiate a purchase of the disputed domain name at Domainsales and Sedo.com on May 6, May 10, May 12 and May 27, 2014, but does not agree to the price ... read more ...
 
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Citybankonline.com Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - CITY BANK (not CitiBank) whose site is CityBankOnline.com and CityBankTexas.com, represented by Kristi Dent of Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, Texas, USA was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH). The domain in question was CityBank.com. The three member panel UDRP panel of Fernando Triana, Esq, James A. Carmodym, and Dennis A. Foster, Esq said on the issue of RDNH: “”In the present case, the disputed domain name was registered in 1995, with a business model based on pay-per-click ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports: Revenue adult 8%; Income Decreases 6% - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), today announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, and reaffirmed its guidance for 2014. Results for Second Quarter 2014 Compared to Second Quarter 2013 Revenue increased 8% to $237.5 million Revenue from Marketing Services increased 19% to $35.0 million Revenue from Security Services increased 28% to $34.4 million Net income decreased 15% to $36.8 million Net income per share decreased 6% to $0.61 Non-GAAP Results for Second Quarter 2014 Compared ... read more ...
 
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Sunrise/Early Access Program Domains Taken in .Pictures: Fox, HBO & Some Good Generics - We published a post earlier today that included .Pictures that went into general availability today. We thought we would take a look at some of the more interesting Sunrise and Early Access Program (EAP) registrations for .Pictures keeping in mind some of these had a premium registration and renewal rate in addition to the EAP cost: 20thcenturyfox.pictures 21cf.pictures 21stcenturyfox.pictures action.pictures airconditioning.pictures alaska.pictures amazon.pictures aquatimer.pictures avatar.pictures avp.pictures aws.pictures band.pictures big.pictures bklyn.pictures bluesky.pictures book.pictures bretmichaels.pictures cam4.pictures camera.pictures cheapmonday.pictures chevron.pictures chicago.pictures chicco.pictures chiccousa.pictures class.pictures concert.pictures cos.pictures crop.pictures davinci.pictures direct.pictures domaintest.pictures donuts.pictures engagement.pictures engineeredformen.pictures eyelight.pictures film.pcitures find.pictures flickr.pictures framed.pictures fxx.pictures galapagosislands.pictures hbo.pictures holidaycheck.pictures hooters.pictures hostpoint.pictures iac.pictures icap.pictures imax.pictures imax.pictures immo.pictures immobilien.pictures ingenieur.pictures intuit.pictures istock.pictures iwcportugieser.pictures iwcportugieser.pictures jewish.pictures jewish.pictures katjes.pictures kid.pictures kids.pictures kindle.pictures laureusworldsportsacademy.pictures lavazza.pictures lifetouch.pictures lol.pictures london.pictures m4m.pictures marathon.pictures markhopkins.pictures markxvii.pictures maternity.pictures meme.pictures merck.pictures michael.pictures mint.pictures models.pictures monki.pictures newborn.pictures nic.pictures nikon.pictures otherstories.pictures pair.pictures personal.pictures photographer.pictures photographer.pictures photography.pictures portofino.pictures portrait.pictures prime.pictures prints.pictures race.pictures resize.pictures royaltyfree.pictures sainsburys.pictures sanibel.pictures seashell.pictures selfies.pictures send.pictures senior.pictures share.pictures shop.pictures sky.pictures slideshow.pictures smugmug.pictures social.pictures socialmedia.pictures southby.pictures southbysouthwest.pictures spiritofsport.pictures spiritofsportaward.pictures spitfire.pictures spitfire.pictures sportforgood.pictures sportforgoodfoundation.pictures sports.pictures star.pictures stockimages.pictures surface.pictures swimsuit.pictures sxsw.pictures tags.pictures taking.pictures team.pictures topgun.pictures toronto.pictures tour-eiffel.pictures toureiffel.pictures triathlon.pictures triathlon.pictures trip.pictures true.pictures tuxedo.pictures tweet.pictures twentiethcenturyfox.pictures ultrasound.pictures upload.pictures vine.pictures viral.pictures watchever.pictures weather.pictures windowsphone.pictures worldsportsawards.pictures yachtclub.pictures zabars.pictures Michael ... read more ...
 
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5 Domains That Have Hit Reserve and Will Sell At HA.com - The Heritage Auction domain name live auction is tomorrow at 2PM EST with live online bidding. The Ha.com, prebidding system is open until 10pm tonight. The auction features some great domains including Bitcoins.com and Bitcoin.club and you can read more about the auction here As of publication 5 domain names have hit reserve and will sell: SFD.com has hit reserve at $20,000 FRR.com has hit reserve and has a high bid of $26,000 CoinSource.com current high bid $2,000 Raretimepiecescom has a high bid ... read more ...
 
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MapsWithME.com With over 4 Million Users Re-Brands as Maps.Me - The .Me registry announced today in a blog post, that MapsWithME.com has rebranded as MAPS.ME The company is the creator of an App which boasts over 4 million users. The App is available for iOS, Android and BlackBerry. This startup uses OpenStreetMap data to provide access to highly detailed offline maps of, virtually, every country in the world. In addition to having the entire world at your fingertips the app offers plenty of other features that make your travel light (and carefree), like the ... read more ...
 
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gTLD’s: Now It Gets Interesting: .Pics, .Pictures, Photo, .Photos - Tomorrow the new gTLD .Pictures launches into general availability  status meaning it can be registered on a first come first served basis. We have been chatting about plural and singular new gTLD’s for a while as well as vertical competition but with the launch of this new domain name extension we can actually start to see what the effect of these different but similar strings have on the new gTLD program. .Photos .Photos was the first of the five to launch on February 26th an is a Donuts extension. .Photos ... read more ...
 
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Dealhunter A/S of Denmark Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking On DealHunter.com - A three member UDRP panel has found Dealhunter A/S of Frederiksberg, Denmark, represented by Aumento, Denmark guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name DealHunter.com The domain holder was represented by Ari Goldberger and Jason Schaeffer of ESQwire.com The domain name was registered in 1998. The Complainant was incorporated in 2007 and first registered its domain name dealhunter.dk domain name in 2010. The company didn’t even file for the trademark DEALHUNTER until 2013. The ... read more ...
 
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Die neueste und geekigste Internet-Domain ".moe" ist jetzt freigeschaltet! - Tokio (ots/PRNewswire) – - Potenziell über 200 Millionen Registrierungen für “.moe” erwartet! – Interlink Co., Ltd., ein neuer Domain-Registry-Betreiber, gab am 22. Juli die öffentliche Freischaltung der einmaligen Top-Level-Domain (TLD) “.moe” bekannt. Benutzer können sich ab sofort live registrieren, Anfragen werden in Reihenfolge des Eingangs bearbeitet. Endlich haben Benutzer eine Online-Plattform, wo sie ihr MOE (Leidenschaft) ausdrücken können! (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201407182382/ ... read more ...