Monthly Archives: June 2015

Wed 24th June 2015
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.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today - According to Housingwire.com,  the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements which have to be verified it’s not like a normal domain registration where you go to your registrar of choice, register the domain name and seconds later the domain is useable. In .Bank you have to apply for the domain name and its only granted after the verification ... read more ...
 
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StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will pierce to new domain - Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011. When I purchased StockTradingToGo.com the domain in 2007, I had no idea what the future held. I loved the market, I had a new found love for “blogging”, and I decided to see where it would lead me. Eight years later StockTradingToGo has seen over ... read more ...
 
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How an Austin health organisation uses .Clinic - A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. Austin Regional Clinic displays a new .clinic domain name on this promotional banner.I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the side of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, I think this is a good use of a new top level domain name: 1. The group’s official website is AustinRegionalClinic.com, which is pretty long to put on one line in a ... read more ...
 
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Intellectual Property Constituency urges ICANN not to rush into a second round … - Trevor Little The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has expressed concern that ICANN is rushing towards a second round of new gTLD applications, with the risk that first-round reviews will not be completed before a new application window is opened up. ICANN has moved to calm these fears, but the timings for a second round remain up in the air. At ... read more ...
 
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How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking - John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. Rampton provides a step by step guide for those looking to make such a move, he goes over 8 points you should follow when making your move, everything from backing up your website, creating a sitemap and letting Google know about your move. From the article: Be ... read more ...
 
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US lawmakers back Amazon.com’s bid for .amazon gTLD - Amazon.com's troubled bid for the .amazon generic top-level domain (gTLD) has got support from the U.S. Congressional Trademark caucus, which is asking for a speedy resolution of the long-standing dispute between the online retailer and countries in the region through which the Amazon river flows.J. Randy Forbes and Suzan DelBene, both co-chairs of the caucus, wrote to Fadi Chehade, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the chair of its board of directors, Steven ... read more ...
 
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End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k - $100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of end user sales. Some weeks have a lot of domains likely sold to end users that are still in escrow. Other weeks, it’s hard to connect the dots directly between the buyer and the domain. This week is a case in point. Sedo handled 545 transactions, which ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre - .XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as “the final act”. There was only one applicant for .Theatre;  KBE gTLD Holding Inc, whose site is BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com There is also a  new gTLD .for Theater. .Theater had two applicants, one of which was  KBE gTLD Holding Inc, but the extension was awarded ... read more ...
 
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3,000 comments submitted about whois remoteness proposal - People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a number of requirements on privacy and proxy services. The proposal that is drawing the most comments is just a minority proposal at this time: a prohibition on using privacy services for sites that conduct commerce. The proposed prohibition on using privacy ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Speaks: inexpensive domains, code insurance and more - New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .science and .party growing to hundreds of thousands of registrations. The secret: the registry offered marketing incentives enabling registrars to price these really low, so people were able to pick the domains up anywhere from $0-$1. I asked Andy Churley, Chief Marketing ... read more ...
Tue 23rd June 2015
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Autism.Rocks Sells for 10X More Than The .Com Did Last Year & Sedo.sucks - Sedo.com  reported today that the domain name Autism.Rocks sold for $100,000 in its weekly report. The domain name Autism Rocks.com sold last year for $9,500 to the same Buyer. The buyer paid more than 10X more for the new gTLD Autism.Rocks than he paid for the .com domain AutismRocks.com last year. I just chatted with the Seller of the domain name, Chris Wilson who is a neighbor in Hollywood Florida  and who registered the domain for normal registration fees. Mr, Wilson was offered $100,000 as ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% – TheDomains.com - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Reports $1.6 Million In Transaction Led by Autism.Rocks during $100,000 - Over the past week, 545 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All domain sales were led by the domain name Autism.rocks at $100,000 which seems to have been bought by the owner of Autism.rocks. According to AutismRocks.com is a site set up by British born philanthropist “Sanjay Shah who has An avid passion for music, an insurmountable love for his 4-year-old son and an unexpected cup of tea ... read more ...
 
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On The Wrong Side of a TM Domain? Take An Offer Rather Than a UDRP Loss - “Marriott, one of the world’s largest and most famous hotel chains, acquired the hotel business of Gaylord Entertainment Company in 2012, which company had established five hotels under the GAYLORD family of trademarks including GAYLORD HOTELS. Other marks include GAYLORD NATIONAL (Washington, D.C. hotel), GAYLORD OPRYLAND (Nashville, Tennessee), GAYLORD PALMS (near Orlando, Florida), and GAYLORD TEXAN (near Dallas, Texas). The GAYLORD HOTELS mark was registered with the United States Patent ... read more ...
 
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Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 29 juin au 5 juillet 2015 -   Partager cet article :Une seule sunrise, cette semaine… et pas vraiment de saison : le .ski; et pas mal de fins de sunrise. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Ouverture période Sunrise :01/07 – .skiFermeture période Sunrise :29/06 – .review29/06 – .date29/06 – .faith04/07 – .express04/07 – .cafe04/07 – .news05/07 – .loveOuverture période EAP :01/07 – .plus01/07 – .gold01/07 – .golf01/07 ... read more ...
 
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Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 29 juin au 5 juillet 2015 -   Partager cet article :Une seule sunrise, cette semaine… et pas vraiment de saison : le .ski; et pas mal de fins de sunrise. Pour une vision plus lointaine, SafeBrands vous invite à consulter le calendrier des nouvelles extensions.A vos plannings !Ouverture période Sunrise :01/07 – .skiFermeture période Sunrise :29/06 – .review29/06 – .date29/06 – .faith04/07 – .express04/07 – .cafe04/07 – .news05/07 – .loveOuverture période EAP :01/07 – .plus01/07 – .gold01/07 – .golf01/07 ... read more ...
 
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Bilan 2014 de l’AFNIC en quelques chiffres -   Partager cet article :L’assemblée générale annuelle de l’AFNIC s’est tenue ce mois-ci, et son rapport annuel d’activité 2014 vient d’être publié.Voici quelques faits et données à retenir de cette année :Développement : L’AFNIC, déjà registre de 6 ccTLDs (.fr, .re, .yt, .wf, .tf, .pm), est devenu l’opérateur technique de plusieurs nouvelles extensions en 2014 avec les .ovh, .paris, .bzh et .frogans. En 2015, son panel s’agrandit encore avec les extensions géographiques .alsace et.corsica ... read more ...
 
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Bilan 2014 de l’AFNIC en quelques chiffres | SafeBrands -   Partager cet article :L’assemblée générale annuelle de l’AFNIC s’est tenue ce mois-ci, et son rapport annuel d’activité 2014 vient d’être publié.Voici quelques faits et données à retenir de cette année :Développement : L’AFNIC, déjà registre de 6 ccTLDs (.fr, .re, .yt, .wf, .tf, .pm), est devenu l’opérateur technique de plusieurs nouvelles extensions en 2014 avec les .ovh, .paris, .bzh et .frogans. En 2015, son panel s’agrandit encore avec les extensions géographiques .alsace et.corsica ... read more ...
 
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Whoa: Autism.Rocks sells for $100,000 [Updated] - A shocking sale in a new top level domain name. The domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. And there may be a good reason this domain name sold for so much. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rocks, which can be found online at AutismRocks.com. Shah’s young son has autism. Based on news reports, Shah has been a very successful trader. The seller is associated with another autism charity, We Rock for Autism. I talked to him today, ... read more ...
 
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Bill Sweetman “Today, to launch a consumer-facing brand on something other … - CampaignLive.com is a community website focused on the advertising industry, they put out a piece on the new gtlds and looked at the critics and a few who are using the new gtlds. On the critic side there were comments from brands that too much of the profit seems to be coming from a shakedown of those with intellectual property interests. Dot Sucks is discussed in detail, and a mention on Taylor Swift purchasing .porn and .adult. There was upside of Lions Gate Entertainment using a .movie for the ... read more ...
 
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Afilias wins auction for .Promo tip turn domain name - Domain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the only applicant with ICANN for the .promo domain name, but the company decided it made more sense to sell the domain name to another party rather than run it itself. Innovative Auctions sold the domain name through its Top Level Auction offering, a service ... read more ...
 
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XYZ Adds .Protection As the 8th New gTLD it Has Ownership Interest In - Earlier today we wrote about the .XYZ team buying the new gTLD .Security from Symantec .XYZ has now announced they have also acquired the new gTLD .Protection from Symantec as well. The .XYZ group now owns or has a interest in 8 new gTLD’s. .XYZ; .College, .Rent .Security; .Protection and an half ownership of .auto; .car and .cars with Uniregistry. Here is the announcement by .XYZ on .Protection “What are the different ways an individual or small business can advantageously use .Protection domains? ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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KSregistry shows refreshed website at ICANN Meeting - KSregistry June 22nd, 2015 By:THN News(The Hosting News) – Duly for the 53rd ICANN Meeting that takes place from June 21-25, 2015 in Buenos Aires, the KSregistry GmbH presents its new revised website with clear design, user-friendly structure and comprehensive services. KSregistry, a hundred percent subsidiary of the international registrar Key-Systems, offers customers the customized, technical operation of their registry as well as consulting services for operating of a Top Level Domain (TLD). ... read more ...