Monthly Archives: May 2015

Thu 21st May 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
ICA Sounds The Alarm: Tell ICANN No to URS at .Travel – Or It Will Travel to .Com - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (the “ICA)  just published a post,  sounding a very loud alarm, to head off what would be the first step that would make all .Com domain name subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy (URS) which allows “trademark holders” to go after domain names. To remind everyone the URS which is only in effect for new gTLD’s is now being proposed in the new contract for the .Travel Registry which is not a new gTLD but an incumbent Top Level Domain ... read more ...
 
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
2017, Year of Consolidation for Domain Name Market, AFNIC Study Suggests - AFNIC, the domain name registry for .fr (France), recently conducted a study of major trends for "Legacy gTLDs" or traditional TLDs such as .biz, .com, info, etc., as well as country code TLDs corresponding to territories such as .de (Germany), .fr (France), and .uk (United Kingdom). The new TLDs have not been included in this study since they are still something of a "new development", but will be included in the future, AFNIC says. From the report: As shown by AFNIC in the graph below, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
ICA Sounds The Alarm: Tell ICANN No to URS during .Travel – Or It Will Travel to .Com - Phil Corwin of the Internet Commerce Association (the “ICA)  just published a post,  sounding a very loud alarm, to head off what would be the first step that would make all .Com domain name subject to the Uniform Rapid Suspension Policy (URS) which allows “trademark holders” to go after domain names. To remind everyone the URS which is only in effect for new gTLD’s is now being proposed in the new contract for the .Travel Registry which is not a new gTLD but an incumbent Top Level Domain ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Name.com: 50% Off Premium Priced Domains On 4 New gTLD’s Extension For 2 … - The domain name registrar, Name.com is offering 50% of of premium registrations (first year only) for the following new gTLD  extensions today only for 2 hours: .CONSULTING .SOFTWARE .MARKET .REVIEWS. The Domain Happy Hour is from 3–5 p.m. MST today. “That includes some pretty great available premiums, like Colorado.market, StockMarket.consulting, Action.software, and Gaming.reviews.” The promo code will be revealed on the Happy Hour page at 3 p.m. Thursday. “The Promotion does not apply ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
.sucks fights back against critics: is it enough to convince brand owners to buy … - Many brand owners are holding out to see whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), or any other government agency in the United States or elsewhere, takes action against Vox Populi Registry Ltd. (Vox Populi) over what some have claimed is a “predatory scheme.” They may want to reconsider. Vox Populi, while the subject of congressional hearings and coming under attack from all sides, is defending itself and the right to create a platform for “legitimate critical commentary.” Will the right ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Nouvelles règles d’enregistrement du .SO -   Partager cet article :Il y a tout juste 5 ans, un nouveau registre du .SO s’était constitué avec des ambitions commerciales importantes. L’idée était à l’époque de proposer cette extensions en alternatives au .COM, pour les .SOciétés… C’était tiré par les cheveux, et nous en avions parlé à l’époque. En pratique, la gestion était faite en partenariat entre les autorités somaliennes et un acteur connu des noms de domaine, GMO Registry. Les choses vont évoluer dès ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in CZ and tagged
Pirátská zátoka definitivně přichází o švédskou doménu - Pirátská zátoka se po více než deseti letech loučí se švédskou doménou SE. I když se web roky přesouval z jedné TLD domény na druhou, měl v zásobě i svoji domovskou švédskou variantu thepiratebay.se a piratebay.se, která fungovala prakticky vždy. Nyní ale Pirátská zátoka kvůli soudnímu rozhodnutí o domény definitivně přichází a než se tak prakticky stane, začal web s předstihem používat paralelně několik alternativ: Thepiratebay.mn Thepiratebay.gd Thepiratebay.la Thepiratebay.am Thepiratebay.gs Na ... read more ...
 
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Pirátská zátoka definitvně přichází o švédskou doménu - Pirátská zátoka se po více než deseti letech loučí se švédskou doménou SE. I když se web roky přesouval z jedné TLD domény na druhou, měl v zásobě i svoji domovskou švédskou variantu thepiratebay.se a piratebay.se, která fungovala prakticky vždy. Nyní ale Pirátská zátoka kvůli soudnímu rozhodnutí o domény definitivně přichází a než se tak prakticky stane, začal web s předstihem používat paralelně několik alternativ: Thepiratebay.mn Thepiratebay.gd Thepiratebay.la Thepiratebay.am Thepiratebay.gs Na ... read more ...
 
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Name.com: 50% Off Premium Priced Domains On 4 New gTLD's Extension For 2 Hours Today - The domain name registrar, Name.com is offering 50% of of premium registrations (first year only) for the following new gTLD  extensions today only for 2 hours: .CONSULTING .SOFTWARE .MARKET .REVIEWS. The Domain Happy Hour is from 3–5 p.m. MST today. “That includes some pretty great available premiums, like Colorado.market, StockMarket.consulting, Action.software, and Gaming.reviews.” The promo code will be revealed on the Happy Hour page at 3 p.m. Thursday. “The Promotion does not apply ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
New TLD leaderboard dominated by mud inexpensive domain names - Leaderboard dominated by domains that cost a couple bucks or less. New top level domain name operators that want to be recognized as one of the biggest, here’s a simple tip: offer your domains for free or close to it. Take a look at the top 10 domain names on nTLDStats, representing about 2.5 million domain names: .Club is the only domain name on the list that appears to be selling domain names for prices around .com. The others are selling many domain names for a dollar or two, primarily through ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
STDCheck.com Wins Rights To STDChecks.com In UDRP Based On Common Law Trademark Rights - FPK Services, LLC d/b/a STDCheck.com (“Complainant”), represented by Brett E. Lewis of Lewis Lin LLC, New York, USA.  just won the rights to the domain name stdchecks.com in a UDRP based on a finding of common law trademark rights The domain name STDChecks.com was registered on April 11, 2014 The Domain name STDCheck.com was registered in August 2012. The one member panel of  John J. Upchurch found that since the domain holder was a former affiliate of the Complainant they had knowledge of ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domain Movers: eGrad.com, Glimpse.com and More Domains - Welcome to Domain Movers! We do the dirty digging to bring to light domain names that have been recently registered, acquired or simply moving by some of the largest companies in the world! Set back and enjoy some interesting domain data! 3M Company appears to be in the process of moving all of its domain names from MarkMonitor TO CSC Corporate Domains. This isn’t the first large company to do this, as Allstate Insurance is another in the process as I mentioned before. 3M owns about 16,000 domain ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain definitions: whois remoteness vs. whois proxy - What’s the difference between whois privacy and whois proxy? With talk in Washington and policy circles about whois privacy, I think it would be good to define both whois privacy and whois proxy, and discussed how the terms are usually used. Traditionally, whois privacy has referred to a service in which the owner of a domain name is listed in the public whois record contacts, but the privacy service’s contact details (phone, address, email et al) are listed instead of the owner’s. This makes ... read more ...
 
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Fadi Chehadé Stepping Down As ICANN President & CEO in Mar 2016 -             The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) today announced that President and CEO Fadi Chehadé has informed the Board he will be stepping down in  March 2016 to move into a new career in the private sector (outside the Domain Name Industry). At the request of the Board, Chehadé will be available to work closely with ICANN after March 2016 to support the transition to a new leader, as well as to advise the Board on any issue they require including the implementation ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .One 3,434; .Chat 1,826; .Style 1,033; .Tennis 733; .Bingo 472 - Five new gTLD new domain extensions launched into general availability (GA) yesterday. Including domain names registered during the Sunrise period by Trademark holders and those registered for an extra fee in the Early Access Program (RAP) here are the totals after the first day of GA. .One 3,434 .Chat 1,826 .Style 1,033 .Tennis 733 .Bingo 472 As for .One a substantial percentage, over 45% were registered at German based United-Domains and their sister registrar 1and1.com. At 1and1.com the ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
16 finish user domain name sales - A debt management company, fabric seller and modeling company bought domain names last week. Sedo handled $1.3 million of domain name transactions last week, and the .TV domain name Astrology.tv led the way at $25,000 for public sales. That domain name is protected by whois privacy and currently lands on a GoDaddy placeholder page, so we’ll have to wait to see who the buyer is. Below are 16 end user domain name sales at Sedo from the past week that were purchased by end users. (You can view previous ... read more ...
 
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Google Launching InstaWeb Or Beat To The Punch? - Is Google Inc. launching a website builder called “InstaWeb” or did they get beat to the punch is the question. Here are somethings that I found: Google Inc. became the owners of the domain name InstaWeb.net from a Joshua Marantz according to whois records. The domain has been registered since September 6, 2004 and according to whois records, Google secured the domain on March 23, 2015. InstaWeb.com was owned by a David Lowy of Vancouver Canada and the domain was using Sedo Parking until April ... read more ...
 
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PayPal fined $25million Related to a Pay Later Button - PayPal got hit with a $25 million fine for deceiving their customers. The pay later button is at the root of the problem, I know when I first started seeing it I thought it was annoying. I just want to pay for my domain registration, not looking to pay later for $10.99. Rob Beschizza wrote on Boing Boing covered the story: A few months ago, I noticed that PayPal put a “pay later” button where the usual payment button would be. It’s a tricky way to snooker users into the credit/debt treadmill, ... read more ...
Wed 20th May 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Enom.com Informs Customers of "Very Sophisticated Attack" But No Domains Were Stolen - In an email to tonight from Taryn Naidu CEO of Enom.com told its customers that they “recently became the subject of what appears to be a very sophisticated attack by a group that targets large internet infrastructure companies. Within hours of this attack, we were in contact with federal law enforcement and the affected parties. This attack hijacked the DNS traffic of 4 domains for a very short period of time before we mitigated the situation.” “You have not been impacted by this incident ... read more ...
 
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.SUCKS Fights Back against Critics: Is It Enough to Convince Brand Owners to … - Many brand owners are holding out to see whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), or any other government agency in the United States or elsewhere, takes action against Vox Populi Registry Ltd. (Vox Populi) over what some have claimed is a “predatory scheme.” They may want to reconsider. Vox Populi, while the subject of congressional hearings and coming under attack from all sides, is defending itself and the right to create a platform for “legitimate critical commentary.” Will the ... read more ...
 
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Should Barclays Lose the .Barclays Top-Level Domain? - According to Reuters, Barclays has plead guilty to trying to manipulate foreign exchange rates, and has agreed to pay substantial fines, along with other major banks. Barclays is also the operator of the .Barclays new top-level domain name. According to section 4.3(f) of the registry agreement with ICANN, ICANN may, upon notice to Registry Operator, terminate this Agreement if (i) Registry Operator knowingly employs any officer who is convicted of a misdemeanor related to financial activities ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in IT and tagged
The Pirate Bay, corsi e ricorsi dei sequestri - Roma - Thepiratebay.gs, thepiratebay.la, thepiratebay.vg, thepiratebay.am, thepiratebay.mn, thepiratebay.gd: per due domini sequestrati, sei nuove manifestazioni online per la Baia dei Pirati. I nuovi nocchieri, dopo il ritorno in Rete seguito al raid di dicembre 2014, non cambiano rotta: intendono dimostrare che la loro attività è insopprimibile.Ad essere colpito dalle disposizioni della autorità è il dominio svedese di The Pirate Bay, thepiratebay.se, per anni lido di riferimento della Baia ... read more ...
 
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Verisign Upgraded at Zacks (VRSN) - Zacks upgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research report released on Monday morning. Zacks’ analyst wrote, “Internet infrastructure assurance and domain registry services provider VeriSign reported strong first-quarter 2015 results with both earnings and revenues growing year over year. We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
L’ATI devient un bureau d’enregistrement du .com et .net agréé par l … - At-Tounessya Internet (ATI) a obtenu mardi 19 mai l’autorisation de l’ICANN pour la commercialisation des noms de domaines internationaux (TLD) comme le .com, le .org ou le .net. En vertu de cet accord, l’ATI devient, ainsi, un bureau agréé pour vendre ces TLD en Tunisie en dinars tunisien et même partout dans le monde. L’ATI pourra, donc, concurrencer des bureaux d’enregistrement mondialement connus (dont OVH) tout en valorisant le .tn. Autre point positif avec cet accord, ... read more ...