Monthly Archives: January 2015

Tue 6th January 2015
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How to Use Sched.org to get a many out of NamesCon - Sched.org makes it easier to take advantage of NamesCon’s great keynotes and panel discussions. NamesCon starts on Sunday in Las Vegas. It’s going to be big (800+ people) and packed with content (125 speakers and panelists). With a number of concurrent sessions, planning is required to make sure you don’t miss out on the sessions that most interest you. This year, NamesCon used Sched.org to create the schedule. Attendees have received an emailed invitation to ... read more ...
 
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ICYMI: 2014 in Review - A look back at the past year in the domain name business. Over the past week I released a podcast and five posts covering five big themes in the domain name business in 2014. I know a lot of people travel or unplug over the holidays, so here’s a summary: Consolidation continued in the domain name industry in 2014, from blockbusters like .Co selling for more than $100M to smaller deals such as Agreed Escrow. Conditions for further consolidation exist, so stay tuned ... read more ...
Mon 5th January 2015
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2014: Here is Our Thoughts On The New gTLD Program & Some Predictions for 2015 - The new gTLD’s were certain the talk of the domain industry in 2014. I thought it would be a good time to take a look at where the program is in our opinion and make a few predictions for 2015. The new gTLD ‘s ended with lets call it 3,650,000 domain name registrations just to round the numbers off. We did an analysis when the new gTLD’s hit 3.5 million and backing out the free domains and domains registered by the registry or parties related closely to the registry we figured there were about ... read more ...
 
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New .LGBT Domain Sunrise Period Begins - Global registry services provider Afilias today announced the beginning of the one-month "sunrise" period for the top-level domain (TLD) dedicated to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community: dot LGBT or .LGBT. The sunrise period allows trademark holders to register names immediately; after which registration will be open to all LGBT community members and those serving it beginning February 10, 2015. With "LGBT" being most preferred term by the community, the .LGBT web ... read more ...
 
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Go Only for Big Bang gTLD Rebranding - If you're considering rebranding under a new gTLD, go with a comprehensive big bang. A recent study by professors Dale Miller, Bill Merrilees, and Raisa Yakimova ("Corporate Rebranding: An Integrative Review of Major Enablers and Barriers to the Rebranding Process”) finds that success comes when senior management makes an unweaving commitment based on proactive analyses of the entire value-chain, with buy-in and input from employees and suppliers. Rebranding companies should not ignore the ... read more ...
 
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Congress Will Oversight ICANN: And You Can Take That to the Bank - Therefore, I wish to call for the establishment of such a new body that will work in cooperation with the NTIA to exercise supervisory responsibilities over ICANN. Even though the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) plays a very important role in the global Internet ecosystem, its activities are not frequently mentioned in the mainstream international media; that is, until ICANN's name is mentioned alongside that of the US Congress in a US$1.1 trillion Omnibus spending ... read more ...
 
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After 14 Years Porsche Finally Gets Around To Filing & Winning UDRP On Porsches.com - Its pretty hard to believe but it took the car maker Porsche over 14 years to go after the domain name Porsches.com The domain name was registered on March 13, 2000 The domain name is of course the plural of the car makers name properly spelled A pretty bang on trademark issue. However the UDRP wasn’t filed until October 23, 2014. The case is not worth discussing except for this portion: “The Panel recognizes that there has been a 14 year gap between the date the disputed domain name was registered ... read more ...
 
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Inc.com Asks “Will New Top Level Domains (New gTLD’s) Even Matter in 2015″ Hint: No - Inc.com just published a post, entitled “Will New Top Level Domains Matter in 2015? Will new URL endings change web design and marketing in 2015?” The Inc.com story is about as negative on new gTLD’s as I read recently and pretty much the opposite of Paul Stahura recent post on Circleid.com “”In 2014, the new Top Level Domains (TLDs) were introduced to much fanfare from the press and tech bloggers. New web address endings were touted as a land rush on the internet and a game changer for ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon: Spotlight on Radix - NamesCon is less than one week away, and today we have an interview with NamesCon sponsor, Radix, one of the largest participants in the new gTLD program. NamesCon will be held from January 11-14, 2015 at the Tropicana Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. There are now over 750 registered conference attendees, and over 800 people are expected to attend this event. If you have any questions or comments for Radix, please post them in the comment section below. Can you tell us about your company and ... read more ...
 
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This week’s 5 new Top Level Domain name launches - Two IDNs among this week’s TLD launches. It’s the first full week of the new year, and that means a handful of top level domain name companies are releasing domain names. On Tuesday, January 6, موقع. will hit general availability. This string is Arabic for “site”.101Domain has the domains for about $50. On Wednesday, January 7, three domains will launch in Early Access Programs. Donuts launches .world, which I suppose has similar uses to .place and .zone. Rightside ... read more ...
 
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.Club Domain Names with Colin Campbell, Jeff Sass – Podcast #14 - How .Club has soared to the top. .Club has jumped out on the leaderboard with registrations, with over 150,000 to date. That’s part of the reason the company is valued at $25.4 million in its latest funding round. On this episode, we chat with .Club founder and CEO Colin Campbell and CMO Jeff Sass about what the company is doing to make sure .Club is a success. We also discuss the current state of top level domain name rollouts. Subscribe via iTunes to listen to ... read more ...
 
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2014 in Review: Short .com domain names value large money - .Com domain names continue to sell for big bucks. Especially the short ones. This is the final 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. New TLDs and domain name choice be damned — short .com domain names are still worth a lot of money. Take a look at DNJournal.com’s year-to-date sales chart and something will pop out at you. Short .com domain ... read more ...
Sun 4th January 2015
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The Domain Name Indian.Me In Auction At Sedo Meets Reserve At Just $4,817,200 - The Domain name Indian.Me just hit its reserve price at auction at Sedo at $4,817,200. The domain name which is in auction at Sedo.com, shockingly only has one bid which was placed just a little bit after the auction went live on Sedo. There is still over 6 days and 14 hours to bid on this domain but you will have to bid at least $4,822,200 to have a chance to become the high bidder. I know as a bidder on Sedo if you want to bid $10K ore more you need to be verified and then there is another verification ... read more ...
 
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Behind Bars | Darryn Durham’s TLD/Lucas Oil/KTM - By Jordan Powell Sat, Jan 3 2015 5:27 pm | Comments Darryn Durham’s Troy Lee Designs/Lucas Oil/KTM Find out what is happening at the track by following our social media accountsINSTAGRAM: @twmxdotcomTWITTER: @twmxdotcomFACEBOOK: TransWorldMoto For more information, visit supercrossonline.com One of the most exciting parts at the first ... read more ...
 
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January 2: 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 ...
Sat 3rd January 2015
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Christopher Hofman Asks Industry Participants “What’s in the DNA of a … - Christopher Hofman of EuropeanDomainCentre.com did a big piece back in August where he got insight from several industry players on the new gtld program. He revisited these individuals with some new questions for the New Year. The primary theme was what is inherent or the DNA of a successful new gtld ? From the article: To help them on their way I asked these additional questions: – Do successful new gTLDs share common traits ? – Is there a way to spot the success of future launches in the registration ... read more ...
 
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Christopher Hofman Asks Industry Participants “What’s in a DNA of a Successful New gTLD ? - Christopher Hofman of EuropeanDomainCentre.com did a big piece back in August where he got insight from several industry players on the new gtld program. He revisited these individuals with some new questions for the New Year. The primary theme was what is inherent or the DNA of a successful new gtld ? From the article: To help them on their way I asked these additional questions: – Do successful new gTLDs share common traits ? – Is there a way to spot the success of future launches in the registration ... read more ...
Fri 2nd January 2015
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Namejet.com Reports Over $555,000 in Domain Sales In December -

Namejet.com reported over $550,000 in domain name sales that took place in a month of December.

Namejet.com usually reports sales of $2K or more.

The sum of domain name sales for Namejet.com in Dec for sales of $2,000 or some-more totaled $557,335:

Via: thedomains.com

 
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My Favorite Site of 2015: GiveMeYourMoney.co.uk - Its only January 2nd but I already found my favorite site of 2015, givemeyourmoney.co.uk If your wondering how I can across the site, we own the domain givemeyourmoney.com and I got an offer on the domain today and of course checked out other sites using the same domain with a different extension. I’ll try to reach out to the owner of the domain to see how much he has received. ... read more ...
 
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.Net’s Fall Below 15 Million Registrations - The number of domain names in the .Net zone file fell below 15 Million as of the last update by Verisign There are now officially 14,998,816 .Net domain registered. .Net first passed the 15 million mark in August 2013. At the end of the first quarter of 2014 (March 31st 2014) there were around 15.2 million registrations according to Verisign. However the reduction in .Net domains which were generally regarded with .Org as the new best choice to a .Com was expected with the launched of hundred of ... read more ...
 
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2014 in Review: Domain Name Stocks were a Bad Bet - Shares of most domain name companies were a bad bet in 2014. This is the fourth 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. Investors in the SP 500 stock index saw their sixth straight year of gains in 2014. Investors in most publicly traded domain name companies weren’t so fortunate. Only two public domain name companies I track finished the ... read more ...
Thu 1st January 2015
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MIA.com Gets A Mention in South Florida Business Journal - MIA.com was featured in the South Florida business journal, any domain owner would not mind this added bit of attention from a newspaper. The name which has been owned by the same registrant is now on the market. MIA really has a lot of uses, female first name, abbreviation for Miami, Missin In Action acronym. From the article: Domain name appraisal websites Estibot.com and Valuate.com estimate the name’s value at $1 million. MIA.com currently offers tourism information about the Miami area. It ... read more ...
 
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Expired Domain Name Report, New Year’s Day Edition - Since GoDaddy began concealing sale records as its Christmas gift to the domain industry, this week’s article discusses only expired domain auction results seen at NameJet. Although our overall picture of the expired domain market is smaller, big prices are still on display. When $10k is spent on a 5-digit numeric like 11211.com, we can be sure that the domain is bound for China. Repeating characters and patterns are especially prized by Chinese buyers. WinnersClub.com ... read more ...