Monthly Archives: December 2014

Wed 31st December 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Welcome to Fabulous 2015! 2014 Was Good and We Believe the New Year … - Not sure where 2014 went but ready or not, here comes a New Year! The last one has been a whirlwind with the pace of change in the domain industry - which has always been quick - accelerating ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Do we devise on holding some-more domain names in 2015 or reduction ? -

As we tighten out 2014 everybody here during TheDomains.com would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year.

Our final check for 2014 asked, Do we devise on holding some-more domain names in 2015 or reduction ? Readers seemed to be separate with 42 % observant they devise to reason some-more vs 39% observant they devise to reason less.

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Industry-Specific CRM Solutions Remain the Go-to Choice for Some Businesses - Tweet It's been an active week for vertical-focused CRM solutions, as indicated by releases from two industry-specific service suppliers. In the automotive sphere, AutoStar Solutions, a company that provides management software to independent auto sales reps, has integrated its Fusion dealer management system (DMS) with DealerSocket CRM, a CRM provider for automotive sales professionals, to improve dealers' daily operations. Meanwhile, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
What Is Going On With The Huge Increase In Registrars In The Color New … - There has been a sudden and huge boost in domain registrations for all the color new gTLD’s extensions in the past few days, .Red, .Blue, .Pink each increasing around 25% from its previous totals Each new domain extension that are operated by Afilias, have added thousands of registrations in the 2-3 days. .Blue has added over 2,000 registrations in the last 2 days going from less than 7,000 registrations to just under 9,000. .Red has added over 2,000 registrations going from under 18,000 to over ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
What Is Going On With The Huge Increase In Registrars In The Color New gTLD’s .Red; .Pink; .Blue? - There has been a sudden and huge boost in domain registrations for all the color new gTLD’s extensions in the past few days, .Red, .Blue, .Pink each increasing around 25% from its previous totals Each new domain extension that are operated by Afilias, have added thousands of registrations in the 2-3 days. .Blue has added over 2,000 registrations in the last 2 days going from less than 7,000 registrations to just under 9,000. .Red has added over 2,000 registrations going from under 18,000 to over ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
TLD CRM: New email Marketing Module from TLD CRM brings Enterprise Level … - More Related Stories email article print page   December 30, 2014 -- Miami, Florida (PRWEB) December 30, 2014 Total Lead Domination (TLD) CRM has just released its new email marketing module which is integrated into the TLD CRM system. The new email module automatically sends emails based on customer date and status changes in the CRM such as renewals, payment issues, reminders, and welcome letters. The system is designed for ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
NamesCon: Spotlight on Donuts - In advance of NamesCon, I have been interviewing exhibitors and sponsors to share more information about their companies. NamesCon will be held January 11-14, 2015 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are over 600 registered conference attendees so far, and we are expecting over 800 people to attend this conference. Today’s interview is with Mason Cole, Vice President of Communications and Industry Relations at Donuts, whose company is one of the largest new gTLD applicants. If ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
Bonus podcast: The Internet of Things - An Internet of Things podcast, with a domain name bonus. On Monday I posted a 2014 Year In Review episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast. I’m sure you’ve already listened to it by now and are clamoring for an extra podcast to listen to over the holiday. You’re in luck. This week my wife needed a last minute fill-in on her Internet of Things podcast. I was that fill-in, and we bantered about the many connected gadgets we have in our home. Why post about this ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
2014 in Review: Domain Theft and Phishing - A lot of people went phishing for domain names in 2014. This is the third in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. It’s a lot easier to steal a million dollar domain name from most domain name registrars than it is to steal a million bucks from the bank. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that domain theft continued to be a problem in 2014. ... read more ...
Tue 30th December 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Yikes: Rightside Falls Below $7 A Shares Hitting Another All Time Low: Down 30%+ In 6 Weeks - Shares of Rightside (NAME) which we actually own some of have been falling like a rock. Today shares fell below $7 which I guess stock market guys might call a support level, hitting an intraday all time low of $6.73. Shares have recovered slightly and are trading as of publication at $6.83. Volume is like yesterday, when the shares hit that $7 a share number, before closing at $7.10 trading just over 80,000 shares with less than 1 1/2 hours left in the trading session which is below the 3 month ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Is Microsoft Getting Ready To Replace Internet Explorer ? - With Microsoft getting ready for a Windows 10 launch there is talk they may be scrapping Internet Explorer for a new browser with the codename Spartan. ZDNet covered the story. MicrosoftSpartan.com was registered today, not by Microsoft but by a registrant in Nepal. Other names like DownloadSpartan.com and SpartanExplorer.com were registered today. From the article: There’s been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in ES and tagged
Análisis. Nuevos dominios abrirán negocios - Sin duda, internet es el medio indispensable al que hay que acudir en busca de noticias e información, de modo que muchas empresas invierten sustanciales recursos en marketing digital, en particular, la optimización de motores de búsqueda para que se les encuentre con facilidad. Según un estudio realizado por Econsultancy y SEMPO, organización sin ánimo de lucro de profesionales del marketing, el gasto en actividades relacionadas con las búsquedas es, con diferencia, la partida más cuantiosa ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Just Bulbs takes a 3rd gash during JustBulbs.com - After losing two UDRPs, light bulb store files federal lawsuit. If at first you don’t succeed… New York City light bulb store Just Bulbs has filed a federal lawsuit (pdf) against the owner of the JustBulbs.com domain name, marking its third attempt to get the domain name through an arbitration or legal filing. The company filed and lost a UDRP against domain name owner Greg Ricks in 2003. It then filed a case in 2013 that it also lost. Now it’s turning to the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
2014 in Review: New TLDs - They’re off to a fairly slow start. Will that change in 2015? This is the second in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. 2014 was the Year of the New Top Level Domain Name. Hold on — Let’s qualify that. For the domain name industry, 2014 was the Year of the New Top Level Domain Name. Outside the industry? Not so much. New TLDs started ... read more ...
Mon 29th December 2014
Written by DomainHack.er in PL and tagged
Dalszy wzrost rejestrów domeny .eu w III kwartale - „Ponieważ nowe domeny generyczne najwyższego poziomu (gTLD) nadal walczą o jak najlepsze miejsce w zmieniającym się krajobrazie TLD, znaczne tempo wzrostu dodatkowo potwierdziło stabilną pozycję .eu na rynku nazw domen” - mówi Marc Van Wesemael, Dyrektor Generalny EURid.  Liczba rejestracji domen .eu wzrosła w 24 z 28 krajów członkowskich UE. Malta, Grecja i Luksemburg osiągnęły wynik przekraczający 5%. W III kwartale rejestr EURid uruchomił także swój nowy system ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Yes There is a Googles.com & Apparently It’s Allowed & They Are Looking For Investors - Here is a a press release that is just out that caught my eye “Googles.com (Not Affiliated with Google) in a continuing effort to redesign its existing children’s website is seeking equity partners/content providers to help develop and/or fund the re-launch of its children’s website. The googles.com domain name was registered before Google.com and the opportunity to develop the children’s website utilizing the domain name Googles.com is permitted pursuant to a settlement agreement with Google. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Twentieth Century Fox Now Own Avatar.com: Still The Largest Gross Movie of All Time - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation now owns the domain name Avatar.com Avatar is still the the largest grossing movie in history, and the sequel Avatar 2 is planned for a 2016 release, which will also be directed by James Cameron. The domain name appears to have sold in December 2012. The domain was owned by a consulting company out of Billings, Montana known as Avatar Consultants which it used for its site. The domain name has an original creation date of August 22, 1990. The domain name Avatar.com ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Yes Max Hardcore Will Be Bidding On MaxHardcore.com: “I’m Gonna Take It Back” - The porn star and producer Max Hardcore told XBIZ.com that he would be be bidding on the upcoming expired domain name auction of MaxHardcore.com. Over the weekend we wrote that the domain name MaxHardcore.com was in pending delete/renewal status and already had multiple backorders at Namejet.com The domain name is presently owned by the Department of Justice. XBIZ.com spoke to Max Hardcore over the weekend after our story ran and he confirmed that he would be a bidder on the domain if it went to ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
Using Gmail to Sell/Negotiate Offers On Domains To Chinese Buyers? They Are Not Getting Them - According to multiple reports today including the New York Times, the Government of China is blocking Gmail access to people located in China. As most in the domain name space know, many domain buyers are located in China. Therefore if you doing any outbound marketing of domain names to people in China or even trying to respond to offers you receive from buyers in China and if your using a Gmail account to do so they are most likely not receiving your emails. Of course if the buyers in China are ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in DE and tagged
Neue TLDs: Gemischte Bilanz der digitalen Land-Reform - .berlin war die erste neue deutsche Top Level Domain. (Bild: dpa, Stephanie Pilick) 2014 war das Jahr der großen digitalen Land-Reform. Hunderte neuer Internetendungen wurden freigeschaltet, und 2015 wird es damit weitergehen. Am Ende werden aus etwa 300 Top Level Domains um die 1.700 geworden sein. 1.930 Bewerbungen um 1.409 verschiedene Endungen gingen im Jahr 2012 bei der globalen Internetverwaltung ... read more ...
 
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Interesting motive for a city changing the domain name - City cites credibility for switching from .org to .gov. The Town of West Hartford recently changed its domain name from a .org to a .gov, and I found its rationale for doing so rather interesting. Here’s a news brief from West Hartford News: This month, the Town of West Hartford changed its domain name from westhartford.org to westhartfordct.gov. The .gov domain offers a higher level of scrutiny that only federal, state and local governments are allowed to use. ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
2014 Domain Name Industry in Review – Podcast 013 - What were the major themes in the domain name business in 2014? 2014 was a crazy year for the domain name industry, and it’s just a few days from being behind us. In this week’s podcast, I’ll review five of the major stories of 2014: new top level domain names, public domain name company woes, consolidation, domain theft phishing and solid domain name sales. Also, stay tuned to Domain Name Wire this week for in-depth articles on each of these topics. Subscribe ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
2014 in Review: Domain Name Industry Consolidation Continues - 2014 had its share of blockbuster acquisitions in the domain name space. This is the first in a five part series covering the top stories in the domain name industry in 2014. You can also listen to the companion podcast covering these five themes of 2014. The consolidation of domain name companies continued in 2014 and it probably won’t end there. Here are some of the transactions that were announced or completed during the year: Neustar bought .co for over $100M Endurance ... read more ...
Sun 28th December 2014
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Why Hasn’t Godaddy Filed UDRP On Phishing Domains? - Domaingang.com has been reporting on many domain names that have been involved in phishing attacks on Godaddy which have resulted in domain names being stolen out of Godaddy accounts. Unlike most phishing attacks where someone uses a domain controlled by the phisher, to actually send the  customers to which wind up appearing in the URL bar,  recent attacks actually use domain names containing the register’s name, but are owned by third parties just like the one’s Godaddy recently warned its ... read more ...