Monthly Archives: June 2015

Wed 17th June 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Clifford deSouza - For ccTLD Registries: 4 Steps to Guaranteed Success The introduction of New gTLDs has increased the rate at which individuals and businesses are getting online today and we're already seeing mainstream adoption of New gTLDs. By going the extra mile to spread awareness about their extensions among the masses, New gTLD Registries are bringing attention to their value propositions and, more importantly, are sharing the idea of 'getting online' to audiences. more» ... read more ...
 
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For ccTLD Registries: 4 Steps to Guaranteed Success - The introduction of New gTLDs has increased the rate at which individuals and businesses are getting online today and we're already seeing mainstream adoption of New gTLDs. By going the extra mile to spread awareness about their extensions among the masses, New gTLD Registries are bringing attention to their value propositions and, more importantly, are sharing the idea of 'getting online' to audiences. How Can Cctlds Leverage This? If you're a ccTLD Registry, you've been steadily growing ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Powers .NGO & .ONG Retail and Wholesale Channels for ENSET - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs ccTLDs, today announced its business alliance with Enset, a subsidiary of Public Interest Registry (PIR), to establish wholesale and retail channels for .NGO .ONG domains. Through this alliance, Enset can now provide strong online identities to NGOs and non-profits around the world. Enset is the only non-profit Domain Registrar in the .NGO and .ONG domain name space. Its mission is to support other NGOs and Non-Profits ... read more ...
 
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After Selling For $750K In 2010, Ringtones.com Sells For $105K On Namejet.com - The domain name Ringtones.com just sold on Namejet.com for $105,000. The reserve price seemed to be $100,000. In all there were 218 bidders and the bidder with the  id easydomains won the domain name auction with a bid of $105K The domain name has an Estibot.com value of $909,000 Ringtones.com sold at Sedo back in 2010 for $750,000 although it’s not clear if the buyer of the domain name at $750,000 was the seller or if the domain sold a time or two since then. There were only 6 bidders of $20,000 ... read more ...
 
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Canada Responds to ICANN on Controversial .SUCKS New gTLD - The Government of Canada has responded to ICANN regarding the controversial .SUCKS new gTLD rollout. In a letter to ICANN dated June 9 (PDF), Industry Canada Deputy Minister James Knubley said that Canadian law includes trademark protections, and those laws apply to the new gTLD as much as, and in the same way, as they apply to everything else. Less than a page long, the letter is strikingly short compared with FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez’ response, and could be considered terse in its ... read more ...
 
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How Whoosh Inc. Bought Whoosh.com from Directv - The following is an interview I did with Whoosh! Inc’s Jason Greenspan who I had noticed recent acquired the generic exact match .com domain name they have been attempting to acquire for the past 2.5 years. I tried to ask questions to give you insight into how, why and when. This is how it happened and a bit more about the company, its product and the domain names they own. When was Whoosh Inc. founded, what do you offer and what domain name did the company first launch with? Whoosh! was founded ... read more ...
 
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Miguel Ángel Rodríguez: Si Perú viene atravesando procesos ante … - El internacionalista dijo esperar que desempeñe un buen papel en defensa del Perú, el nuevo miembro de la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Francisco Eguiguren, cuya elección ha sido criticada. 17 de Junio del 2015 - 09:34 | Lima - ... read more ...
 
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Mike Mann Sells Fun.co For $70,000 -

Mike Mann announced that his DomainMarket.com sole a domain Fun.co for $70,000

The domain name was “purchased a while back” according to Mike Mann.

This .co domain represents a 9th top .Co domain sale according to Estibot and a top domain sale by DomainMarket.com given Business.co that sole for $80K.

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Alejandro Yovera: Congreso hizo oficial su vacancia del cargo - La Presidencia del Congreso declaró hoy la vacancia del cargo de parlamentario que ejercía Alejandro Yovera, sobre quien pesa una condena de dos años de prisión suspendida. Mediante la Resolución Nº 046-2014-2015-P/CR, publicada hoy en el diario oficial “El Peruano”, se dispone oficiar de esta decisión al Jurado Nacional de Elecciones (JNE) para que proceda conforme a sus atribuciones. Entre los considerandos de ... read more ...
 
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Brasil é o décimo país no mundo que mais envia spam, afirma pesquisa - De acordo com a Kaspersky Lab, os criminosos virtuais estão utilizando o novo programa de registro de domínios primários para enviar spams com intuito de infectar computadores. Em janeiro de 2014, teve início um programa de registro de domínios focado em comunidades de organizações específicas (.science ou .work), cujo objetivo é oferecer uma opção de escolha de domínio de acordo com o tipo de atividade ou assunto do site. O novo gTLD obteve uma grande aceitação na internet, mas ... read more ...
 
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Monsanto buys domain name for a new code (and other finish user purchases) - Monsanto buys a new brand name .com and a handful of new TLDs are snapped up by end users. Monsanto recently applied for a trademark on Trecepta, and this past week it bought the matching .com domain name for just $850. Even more peculiar, the domain name was registered last month. Did someone spot the trademark application and register the domain name? Was there some sort of threat that limited the purchase price to $850? The Monsanto purchase was just one of many end user sales at Sedo, which turned ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Panel Rejects Fashion Television's Attempt To Grab Fashion.tv - Fashion Television International Limited has lost it’s attempt to grab the domain name Fashion.tv in a UDRP basically letting a pending court case in Munich decide the fate of the domain fashion.tv We wrote about this UDRP when it was filed a couple of months ago There was a report that Fashion.tv was purchased in 2014 for $125,000 but that does not seem to be correct, according to the facts of this complicated case which has been an ongoing battle between the parties for at least 10 years ... read more ...
 
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Is a “yourbrand.sucks” domain name worth $2500 per year? - The sunrise period for "dot sucks," the new generic top level domain (gTLD), opened on March 30, 2015 and ends on June 19, 2015. During the sunrise period, the suggested retail price per .sucks domain name registration is $2,499 annually. Thereafter, the price remains unchanged for companies that were diligent enough to register their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) in order to protect them as to newly-introduced gTLDs. Starting in September 2015, the owners of marks registered with ... read more ...
 
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.News reward list slimmed down, here are 37k that didn't make a cut - Rightside slims down premium list for .News, and some good domains will be available at regular prices. Rightside’s upcoming .News top level domain name launch should be one to watch. .News works with many terms, giving it big potential for second level domain name registrations. Retail pricing is also a reasonable $20-$30. I’ve commented before about how Rightside has managed to capture just about every good domain in its TLDs and stick a premium on them. The company is taking a different tack ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic raises £2.3m in placing to improve balance sheet - Internet platform CentralNic Group has raised £2.3m through a placing of shares to strengthen its balance sheet. The group issued 5.75m shares at 40p each, bringing in £2.3m before expenses. The raising represents a premium of 16% to the current share price. CentralNic has been focusing its strategy in the developing markets and in the inventory of top-level domains (TLDs). It said new acquisitions have been becoming available for each of its wholesale, retail and enterprise business ... read more ...
 
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Debate rages over future extension of URS to legacy TLDs - Trevor Little Noting that it wishes to “increase the consistency of registry agreements across all gTLDs”, ICANN has proposed that the renewal of the ‘.travel’ sponsored TLD registry agreement be based on the approved new gTLD Registry Agreement as updated on January 2014. One of the results of this approach is that the registry operator would ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic raises £2.3 Million - CentralNic pads bank account with institutional placement. Publicly traded domain name registry and registrar CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) has raised £2.3 Million by placing 5,750,000 new ordinary shares. The shares were sold at 40 pence each, above yesterday’s closing mid-market price of 34.5 pence. Shares are trading between 37.50 pence and 39.00 pence today. The shares will represent 8.58% of the company’s ordinary share capital. CentralNic can boast being the #2 backend registry for new top level ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Group plc Raises £2.3 Million at 16% Premium in Placing - CentralNic Group Plc LON:CNIC the internet platform that derives revenue from the worldwide sales of internet domain names, has this morning announced that it has raised £2.3 million, before expenses, through the placing of 5,750,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each at 40 pence per share.   The Board of CentralNic is focussed on delivering a step change in its growth both organically and through the continuation of its proven acquisition strategy as deals are becoming available for each of ... read more ...
 
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Pricing & Promotions of TLDs – Is Your Billing System Holding You Back? - As the leading consulting firm to the Domain Name industry, we work with many of the existing gTLDs, ccTLDs and new gTLDs. During our engagements we do a lot of listening (as well as work) and this gives us a unique perspective on the key challenges the industry is facing. Recently, we are hearing feedback from many leading registries and registrars about their need for more dynamic pricing and promotions and their concern that there may not be enough flexibility in their billing systems to ... read more ...
Tue 16th June 2015
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An Open Letter to All New TLD Operators - Dear TLD operators, As many of you will know from my previous posts, I'm pretty passionate about our new TLD industry and genuinely believe we are all working towards a goal that will provide something truly special for future generations to embrace. However, speaking candidly (as is the Australian way), I think we'd all agree that there is much to do to get new TLDs into the mainstream in a timely manner. And as new TLD applicants, we all have a responsibility to work together to ensure ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Weekly Sales Come in Strong during $2.2million led by NKB.com - Over the past week Sedo saw 596 transactions take place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $2.2m. 51% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.   $2.2 million is a big week as last week was only $1million. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: nkb.com at 31,000 USD Top ccTLD: tires.ae at 22,500 EUR Top “other” TLD: dami.net at 18,000 EUR New gTLD Sales for the week included: service.bike    5,000    EURx.lighting    3,999    USDmedien.haus    1,980   ... read more ...
 
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Companies play ‘wait and see’ in the ‘.brand’ desert - Tim Lince ‘.brand’ use has long been cited as potentially giving new gTLDs a positive profile boost amongst consumers, with Barclays recently generating headlines over the announcement that it plans to migrate its online presence to the ‘.barclays’ TLD. However, two other ‘.brand’ applicants have adopted a more cautious stance, with a Richemont ... read more ...
 
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10 new domain names we can register for $1.50 or less - Register these domain names without burning a hole in your wallet. Want some inexpensive domain names? You’re in luck. At least 10 new TLDs can be registered today for just $1.50 or less, and only two of them have any sort of limits on registrations. While some registrars, notably 11, offer .com and other TLDs at a big discount, the offer is typically limited to one registration per customer. Except for the first two on the list below, I believe there are no limits in place at the registrars. I ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN
AT & T Researchers Look during Spotting Malicious Domains Using Word Segmentation - In recent years, vulnerable hosts and maliciously registered domains have been frequently involved in mobile attacks. In this paper, we  explore the feasibility of detecting malicious domains visited on a cellular network based solely on lexical characteristics  of  the domain  names. In addition to using traditional quantitative features of domain names, we also use a word segmentation algorithm to segment the domain names into individual words to greatly expand the size of the feature set. Experiments ... read more ...
 
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Commercial Connect fails miserably in Community Priority bid - Proving a community for “shop” proves very difficult. .Shop top level domain name applicant Commercial Connect has been denied (pdf) in its bid for Community Priority, scoring just five points out the necessary 14 required to prevail. Like GMO, which also applied for community status, Commercial Connect didn’t score any points for “community establishment” and nexus. GMO got six points in its evaluation. Commercial Connect has been a harebrained mission to eliminate competition for .shop. ... read more ...