Monthly Archives: March 2015

Tue 3rd March 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
PORN Comes To The Internet - PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., March 2, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) announces today .PORN and .ADULT are now available for the next thirty days to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Domain Names are available on a first come, first serve basis to those with validated marks in the TMCH. During this period the cost of registrations will be standard registration fees, and there will be no additional ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLDs: .WhosWho and 4 EAPs - There aren’t many who’s registering this new domain name. Only one non-brand new top level domain name goes live this week in general availability, and it’s a rather unique one. .Whoswho went live yesterday. It appears to have only gotten about a dozen registrations on its first day and only has 22 names in the zone file so far. This isn’t too surprising. First of all, .whoswho is somewhat akin to .CEO. You can argue it fails the douche test. Second, whoswho is a somewhat strange term. I ... read more ...
 
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Google dá 25 milhões de dólares pelo domínio de topo .app - A Google adquiriu, por 25 milhões de dólares (cerca de 22 milhões de euros), os direitos do domínio de topo (Top-Level Domain) .app, noticia o site Business Insider.Em 2012, a empresa de Mountain View candidatou-se a novos TLD, incluindo .docs, .android, .free, .fyi, .foo, e .app. A Google não revelou os planos para o novo domínio, mas especula-se que poderá servir para promover aplicações para dispositivos móveis.Via Geeky-Gadgets, Business Insider. ... read more ...
 
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ICANN switches off dot-word admin portal amid security leak scare - Global domain-name overlord ICANN has found another security hole in its systems. This time, confidential data on companies vying for new dot-word domains may have been snooped on by rivals logged into ICANN's catch-all portal – meaning commercially sensitive information as well as important technical details on the internet's expansion were at risk. The org has since taken the vulnerable web apps offline. ... read more ...
 
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Des entreprises locales dans la course - L'Airbus du Touraine : à bord d'un château volant gros planTels des remorqueurs, les tracteurs de TLD, l'équipementier aéroportuaire installé à Sorigny, tirent les avions A400M pour les rentrer dans leurs hangars gigantesques. Un tracteur peut tirer une masse maximale de 180 t ! Mecachrome, installé à Amboise, fabrique les cases ... read more ...
 
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Radix Assumes Full Ownership of .online - Radix, one of the leading registries in the new gTLD space, has reached an agreement with auction partners Tucows and Namecheap to assume full ownership and operation of the .online TLD. Radix has already launched some of the most recognizable new gTLDs with .website, .host, .press and .space. With .online, they now own the first truly generic, truly global, viable alternative to .com. “Online” is the most commonly used word to end domain names, with over 550K .com domain ... read more ...
Mon 2nd March 2015
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The Dot Green gTLD and the Domain Name Delusion That Foretells General … - I admire Annalisa Roger. I know from my single email interaction with her that she means well. Nonetheless, dot Green apparently ranks below 330 in the list of operational new gTLDs with an apparent total of 117 domains, give or take a few. Why is this the case? It seems to me that dot Green is one the few new gTLDs that actually deserves support. Annalisa states the following in her CircleID item on February 27 that "With [Dave Maddocks'] analogy, it's easy to understand that a brand name ... read more ...
 
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Google wins $25 million-worth .app Top Level Domain Name - Google Inc., is now the official owner of the .app Top Level Domain (TLD). The search giant company headquartered in Mountain View, California — Google Inc. — bought the .app Top Level Domain (TLD) for a whopping $25 million. Google’s massive acquisition of the .app domain name is the most that any company has ever paid for a domain name. The domains are auctioned off by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) as new names are created. The current round of ... read more ...
 
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Radix Assumes Full Ownership of .online - TORONTO, March 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radix, one of the leading registries in the new gTLD space, has reached an agreement with auction partners Tucows (Nasdaq:TCX) (TSX:TC) and Namecheap to assume full ownership and operation of the .online TLD. Radix has already launched some of the most recognizable new gTLDs with .website, .host, .press and .space. With .online, they now own the first truly generic, truly global, viable alternative to .com. "Online" is the most commonly used word to ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Richemont To the New gTLD .Jewelry To Go With .Diamonds - Donuts has won the new gTLD .Jewelry to go with its .Diamonds new gTLD beating Richemont Richemont DNS Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A, the prominent Swiss luxury goods holding company, submitted 14 applications for new gTLD’s of which they now have now withdrawn 4 including .Love For those not familiar with Richemont, they are a public company that own some of the largest luxury brands in the world including Cartier, Van Cleef Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron ... read more ...
 
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5 Top Themen des Tages: Ebay ändert Gebührenstruktur, Google kauft .app … - Was heute wichtig war: Ebay hat neben dem Rückgabeprozess auch die Gebührenstruktur überarbeitet. Gewerbliche Händler sind davon direkt betroffen. Außerdem: Die TLD .app gehört Google, Otto hat sein Logo verändert, Payback setzt auf digitalen POS und Ebay zahlt in Amerika Entschädigung an Händler. (Bildquelle Abend-News: Anna Demjanenko via Shutterstock) Ebay: Änderung der Gebührenstruktur Mit der Trennung von Paypal muss sich Ebay neu ausrichten. Um ein tragfähiges Geschäftsmodell ... read more ...
 
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THE Domain Conference offers special pricing - Discounted tickets available for two weeks. The inaugural THE Domain Conference, Howard Neu’s follow up to TRAFFIC, takes place this coming September. Compared to TRAFFIC, the show is very inexpensive. And it’s even less expensive if you buy a ticket now. THE Domain Conference is offering passes for only $349 until March 15. To get the special price, enter code MARCH15 at THEDomainConference.club. The conference takes place September 27-29, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Spa on ... read more ...
 
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Google acquires .app web domain for $25 mn – domain - Google hads acquired the website domain .app in an auction held by the organisation that oversees the running of the net, BBC reported. The search giant bid $25,001,000 which is said to be its highest so far. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) will roll out new customised web names and auction them off. Several other web address endings had also been sold including .baby, .tech, .salon and .VIP. The suffixes are called 'generic Top Level Domains' (gTLD). Charleston ... read more ...
 
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2 panelists contend RDNH, other says domain name should be transferred - How did one panelist think a domain should be transferred when the other two say the case was brought in bad faith? It’s fairly rare that a panelist files a dissenting opinion in a UDRP. Usually a three person panel comes to the same conclusion, although occasionally you’ll see a dissent. But a recent decision treads even further into “rare” territory: 2 panelists thought the case was so egregious, it qualified at Reverse Domain Name Hijacking. A third panelist actually found in favor of ... read more ...
 
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Google bids $25 million for .app top level domain - At a recent auction held by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) for top-level domains (TLDs), tech major Google bid a whopping $25 million to but rights to .app TLD. The amount bid by Google marks the highest purchase price to be paid till now for a TLD in an ICANN auction. Google's bid for the .app TLD was three-fold higher than the previous record-holder --- Dot Tech LLC's $6.8 million bid in September 2014, for rights ... read more ...
 
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.Porn & .Adult new gTLD Sunrise Period Opened Today: Live Registrations Set … - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) announces today .PORN and .ADULT are now available for the next thirty days to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Domain Names are available on a first come, first serve basis to those with validated marks in the TMCH. During this period the cost of registrations will be standard registration fees, and there will be no additional sunrise application fees; moreover, ICM Registry and the ... read more ...
 
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EasyGroup Owner of Easy Jet Found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - EasyGroup Limited of London which owns Easy Jet, was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RNDH) on the domain name easygroup.com from Easy Group Holdings Limited of Kowloon, Hong Kong, The three member UDRP panel split in its decision, as panelist Jane Lambert did not agree in the finding of RDNH. We have written before about the companies seeming plan to get ownership of the term “easy” which another UDRP panel gave them,  to Easy Train. Here are the highlights: Its EasyJet company ... read more ...
 
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Namescon & THE Domain Conference Discounting Tixs But only for a Little Bit - Namescon 2016 special $199 registration rate ends at 4pm EST, or three hours from publication and is 80% off the price of a full priced ticket. So far more than 200 people have taken advantage of this special offer. NamesCon 2016 will be held on January 10 to January 13, 2016 at The Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas. THE Domain Conference, hold its inaugural show September 27-29, 2015 at the Hyatt Regency Pier 66 Hotel and Spa on the Intracoastal Waterway in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. is being put on by ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Richemont To a New gTLD .Jewelry To Go With .Diamonds - Donuts has won the new gTLD .Jewelry to go with its .Diamonds new gTLD beating Richemont Richemont DNS Inc. is the wholly owned subsidiary of Compagnie Financière Richemont S.A, the prominent Swiss luxury goods holding company, submitted 14 applications for new gTLD’s of which they now have now withdrawn 4 including .Love For those not familiar with Richemont, they are a public company that own some of the largest luxury brands in the world including Cartier, Van Cleef Arpels, Piaget, Vacheron ... read more ...
 
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Konsolidierung im TLD-Markt: .reise geht an US-Gigant Donuts - (Bild: Screenshot) Die Marktkonsolidierung hat begonnen. Mit .reise wurde nun die erste schon gestartete neue Internetendung versteigert. Sie geht an Donuts, den ehemaligen Konkurrenten und mit Abstand größten Player des TLD-Geschäfts. Die Branchen-Endung .reise wird den Besitzer wechseln. Der ehemalige deutsche Betreiber hat sie am Freitag versteigern lassen, als erste schon in Betrieb befindliche ... read more ...
 
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Wearables.com: Benefits of a good domain name with Luis Rincon – DNW Podcast #22 - How a category-defining domain name creates instant credibility. Domain name investors know that great domain names offer a number of benefits to the companies that use them. In this episode, Wearables.com co-founder Luis Rincon gives concrete examples of how using a category-defining domain name has helped his company get instant credibility plus search and branding benefits in the fast-growing field of wearable technology. Also: Google spends $25M on .app, new TLD innovation?, and Google sets ... read more ...
 
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.App and .Blog – a demeanour during domain name registration numbers - Both terms are popular in existing domain name registrations. Google bought rights to the .App top level domain name last week for a whopping $25 million. Also last month, .Blog sold for an unknown number that was certainly 8 figures. App and Blog are certainly very popular terms, and they’re frequently found in newly-registered .com domain names. In fact, over the past six months, 328,271 .com domain names have been registered that include “app” in them, according to Verisign’s DomainView. ... read more ...
 
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Publicly Traded BIMobject Acquires The Matching .Com Of Its Stock Symbol BIM.com - Publicly traded company BIMobject announced today that the company have acquired the top level domain name BIM.COM. The company is traded on the NASDAQ OMX exchange as BIM. CEO and founder, Stefan Larsson said: “Acquiring BIM.COM is an exciting step toward increasing our market penetration. BIM.COM is an under utilised asset that we can unlock to reach its full potential”, says, “A premium domain like BIM.COM will improve and protect our digital platform as the premier destination. It will ... read more ...
 
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.Porn & .Adult new gTLD Sunrise Period Opened Today: Live Registrations Set For Jun 4th - ICM Registry, the registry operator for the .XXX top-level domain (TLD) announces today .PORN and .ADULT are now available for the next thirty days to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH). Domain Names are available on a first come, first serve basis to those with validated marks in the TMCH. During this period the cost of registrations will be standard registration fees, and there will be no additional sunrise application fees; moreover, ICM Registry and the ... read more ...
 
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Top-Level-Domain: Google ersteigert .app für 25 Mio. Dollar - Der Run auf die neuen Top-Level-Domains ist groß. Viele zahlungskräftige Unternehmen versuchen derzeit, eines der neuen, begehrten „Objekte“ zu ergattern. In einer Auktion konnte sich der Suchmaschinenriese Google nun gegen seine Kontrahenten durchsetzen und die Domain mit der Endung .app für eine Rekordsumme ersteigern. (Bildquelle URL: Gajus via Shutterstock) Sage und schreibe 25 Millionen US-Dollar legt Google auf den Tisch, um sich mit diesem Geld die Top-Level-Domain .app zu ergattern. ... read more ...