Monthly Archives: July 2015

Wed 29th July 2015
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Navigating the .brand Delegation Process - This is the second post in a series from Corey Grant, Senior Industry Consultant at ARI Registry Services, about how .brand TLDs can get started and make the most of their TLDs. Today marks a major milestone for .brand Top-Level Domain applicants, as we pass the deadline set by ICANN for them to sign their Registry Agreement (RA). For those who have knuckled down over the last few weeks and months to meet this deadline, congratulations — for many, this was no mean feat and the effort should ... read more ...
Tue 28th July 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1million - Sedo saw 495 transactions over the last week on their marketplace and via SedoMLS. Sales totaled  $1m. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.   .CO, .US and .TV had multiple showings on the cctld list. Top .com: float.com at 50,000 USD Top ccTLD: check.co at 10,099 USD Top “other” TLD: cornhole.org at 4,400 USD There were a handful of new gtld sales: enelint.global    2,750    USD city.church    1,999    USD cumulus.global    1,000    USD inter.works   ... read more ...
 
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Give.com Sold for $500,000 - Dave Evanson super broker at Sedo tweeted he just sold Give.com for $500,000 Just sold Give(.)com for $500,000. Congrats to seller and buyer!! — dave evanson (@SedoDaveEvanson) July 28, 2015   Regged in 1995, last screenshot from Screenshots.com: ... read more ...
 
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Verisign gets obvious for presaging domain name renovation rates - A crystal ball for estimating domain name renewal rates. The U.S. Patent and Trademark office has granted patent number 9,094,467 to Verisign for “Method and system for predicting domain name registration renewal probability”. Simply: take a number of factors about the domain name and its history to calculate the chances of it being renewed. Verisign has to run these calculations frequently, and not just for its own forecasting. Because of the renewal grace period, it can’t give final renewal ... read more ...
 
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Afternic domain offered Hangout is today - Learn how to sell your domain names with Afternic in a Hangout today. GoDaddy is hosting a Hangout today to explain how Afternic works with GoDaddy. The hangout takes places at 11 am PDT (2 PM EDT). GoDaddy will discuss how Afternic works and integrates with GoDaddy. Representatives will also explain domain listing best practices. If you are willing to sell domain names with fixed prices, Afternic is one of the best ways to get exposure for your domain names. If someone searches for your domain name ... read more ...
 
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Donald Trump Wins Control of Trumppalace.com - Donald Trump has won another UDRP this time on the domain name Trumppalace.com which was purchased by the domain holder for $800 tto sell units in Trump’s condo in Sunny Isle Beach in South Florida Here are the facts: “”Complainant Donald Trump is a household name in the United States and in many other parts of the world. He is one of the best known businessmen in the United States. He is known, among other things, as a leading real estate developer. The TRUMP mark has been used and is registered ... read more ...
 
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RightoftheDot.com Opens Submission For Auction At Domainfest.Asia With 4.CN - RightoftheDot.com (ROTD) will be conducting a Premium Online Domain Auction in cooperation with the leading Chinese Domain auction company 4.CN and in association with DomainFest.asia which will be held in Macau China, September 4th through 7th, 2015. ROTD has officially opened up submissions for the auction which will run from September 2 through September 10th catered to the Chinese and Western end user, corporate and domain investor markets. The Auction will be online only since the Domainfest.asia ... read more ...
 
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Google explique l’impact des nouvelles extensions (gTLD) dans son algorithme - Google a publié une FAQ qui explique - une fois de plus - que les nouvelles extensions en cours d'appparition sur le Web (.blog, . mail, .shop, .movie ou autre .paris) n'ont actuellement pas d'impact en termes de SEO dans les résultats de recherche... Google a posté sur son blog en français pour les webmasters une FAQ concernant les nouvelles extensions (.web, .shop, .paris, .alsace, .bzh, etc.) et leur impact potentiel sur les résultats de recherche de son moteur. Globalement, ... read more ...
 
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Google explique l’impact des nouvelles extensions (gTLD) dans son … - Google a publié une FAQ qui explique - une fois de plus - que les nouvelles extensions en cours d'appparition sur le Web (.blog, . mail, .shop, .movie ou autre .paris) n'ont actuellement pas d'impact en termes de SEO dans les résultats de recherche... Google a posté sur son blog en français pour les webmasters une FAQ concernant les nouvelles extensions (.web, .shop, .paris, .alsace, .bzh, etc.) et leur impact potentiel sur les résultats de recherche de son moteur. Globalement, ... read more ...
 
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Did OnlineEducation.com Sell for $3.3 million ? - I want to point out the tip for this article came courtesy of JS Lascary, he noticed some info related to QuinStreet a publicly traded company (QNST (NASDAQ) $6.03 -0.15 (-2.43%) that is an online performance marketing company providing technologies for businesses to identify their targeted audiences. They have purchased a number of high profile domains over the years, back in 2010 they paid $35.6 million for insurance.com, JS noticed they mentioned in a recent filing: source : http://investor.quinstreet.com/secfi…3125-15-177129 Now ... read more ...
 
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A New Boom to Come? Re-Evaluating the Success of the New TLD Program - I think it's fair to say that quite a few people — both within the domain name industry and beyond — have an opinion on whether the new TLD program is succeeding or struggling. But are things really all that bad? Are we forecasting doom before it has really had a chance to run? Crunching the numbers Let's consider the (relatively short) history to this point and take a look at some statistics. In 2012, 1,930 applications were received by ICANN for new TLDs — however accounting for ... read more ...
Mon 27th July 2015
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Donuts Becomes 1st new gTLD Registry to Join The Internet Commerce Association … - Donuts has become the 1st new gTLD registry to join the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) as a Silver member. The ICA is a non-profit advocating for the rights and interests of domain name owners and related service providers. Although Donuts is also a member of the DNA (As is a company I’m a Director of,  RightoftheDot.com) the DNA and the ICA have different mission statements. The ICA is the only organization which is “concentrated on protecting the rights of domain name registrants” ... read more ...
 
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Laos retos de la Reforma Educativa - Impulsada por el presidente Enrique Peña Nieto, esta es una de las principales reformas dentro de su gobierno, con la que buscará fortalecer el sector educativo del país. Escuelas autónomas, cada una de las instituciones podrá realizar las modificaciones y mejoras de la infraestructura que considere necesarias, además de la adquisición de sus propios materiales educativos y podrá realizar cambios en su personal académico de manera independiente. Adiós a*la comida chatarra,* es una medida ... read more ...
 
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WeddingWire Joins Minds + Machines As New TLD ‘.Wedding’ Pioneer - Minds + Machines (LSE:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, announced today that WeddingWire, the wedding industry's leading global online marketplace, has joined Minds + Machines as the latest '.wedding' pioneer. As the wedding industry's most influential platform with over 5 million unique visits per month, WeddingWire has registered a portfolio of forty '.wedding' domains that will expand their brand and services online. Amongst their portfolio, ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Becomes 1st new gTLD Registry to Join The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) - Donuts has become the 1st new gTLD registry to join the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) as a Silver member. The ICA is a non-profit advocating for the rights and interests of domain name owners and related service providers. Although Donuts is also a member of the DNA (As is a company I’m a Director of,  RightoftheDot.com) the DNA and the ICA have different mission statements. The ICA is the only organization which is “concentrated on protecting the rights of domain name registrants” ... read more ...
 
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Future Hosting Comments on the Search Impact of New Generic Top-Level Domains … - Future Hosting has commented on the confusion surrounding the search performance of new generic top-level domains to mitigate the impact of a misunderstanding of the search performance of new gTLDs. Southfield, MI (PRWEB) July 27, 2015 Future Hosting, a leading VPS, application, and dedicated server hosting provider, has commented on the confusion surrounding the search performance of new generic top-level domains. In light of recent clarifications ... read more ...
 
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IP Fridays – Episode 33: Interview With Reg Levy About gTLDs – Facebook … - Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:36 26.4MB) We interview Reg Levy all about gTLDs. She is VP at Minds + Machines, the third largest applicant of gTLDs. Another topic are Facebook Beacons, a new tool by Facebook to push location based messages to users. Also, trademarks in Cuba are becoming now more important now. IP FRIDAYS Co-Presenters: Rolf Claessen and Kenneth Suzan Episode 33 July 24, 2015 RC = Rolf Claessen KS = Kenneth Suzan RL = Reg Levy This is Reg Levy, Vice ... read more ...
 
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Right of the Dot and Heritage Auctions to Auction .Versicherung TLD - Over the weekend, I received an email from Monte Cahn announcing that his company, Right of the Dot, LLC, is teaming up with Heritage Auctions to sell the .Versicherung new gTLD extension. The auction will be held on August 26th at 10am EST, and the auction format will be an online ascending clock auction. Versicherung is the German word for “insurance.” This domain name extension went into General Availability in September of 2014. There are approximately 3,000+/- .Versicherung domain ... read more ...
 
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.Versicherung Domain Extension Auction DomainInvesting.com - Over the weekend, I received an email from Monte Cahn announcing that his company, Right of the Dot, LLC, is teaming up with Heritage Auctions to sell the .Versicherung new gTLD extension. The auction will be held on August 26th at 10am EST, and the auction format will be an online ascending clock auction. Versicherung is the German word for “insurance.” This domain name extension went into General Availability in September of 2014. There are approximately 3,000+/- .Versicherung domain ... read more ...
 
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Google Making Changes To Google + - In a blog post today Google announced some changes upcoming to Google + and how users can use just a Google account to create accounts and share info. There have been complaints over the last couple of years that you needed a Google + profile to act as your identity. Your Google + profile for example if public, is searchable. Not everyone likes that aspect of Google + and now it looks like just a regular Google account which is non-searchable will be all that is needed. From the blog post: Using ... read more ...
 
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Another 7 total sale? Futbol.com is Sold - GoDaddy.com has sold the premium domain name Futbol.com which is the word that most of the world outside of the US refers to as Soccer. The domain name Futbol.com was one of the 200,000+ domain names that Godaddy bought from Marchex or $28.1 Million in April of this year. I broke the news on TheDomains that GoDaddy sold Beijing.com in May, shortly after they acquired the Marchex portfolio in what was very likely a 7 figure transaction. The Beijing.com sale even had some chatter (in the comment section) ... read more ...
 
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Unbiased.com saved in UDRP though no RDNH - UDRP panel is unbiased, finds in favor of domain name owner. The owner of Unbiased.co.uk has failed to win rights to the Unbiased.com domain name in a UDRP. Unbiased.co.uk helps people find financial advisers, mortgage brokers, solicitors and accountants. The company filed its cybersquatting claim on the basis of a trademark for unbiased.co.uk. While panelists Neil Brown, Henrik af Ursin and Paul M. DeCicco found against Unbiased.co.uk in the case, they declined to find the company to have engaged ... read more ...
 
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A Crazy Cybersquatting Lawsuit with Jason Kneen – DNW Podcast #43 - The inside story of a baseless cybersquatting lawsuit. Imagine that you’re an app developer who has registered a handful of domain names over the years. One day your twitter feed and phone lights up with people discussing how you’re being sued over one of the domain names you own. That’s exactly what happened to Jason Kneen. A new business starting up in 2014 filed a cybersquatting lawsuit against the domain name WorkBetter.com, which he registered way back in 1999. Jason is on the show today ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Doc.com, Fans.com, XT.com And More Domains - Welcome to Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move that have been recently purchased, registered or on the move for one reason or another. The majority of the following domain names have ownership by large corporations or are simply high value domain names. These are often early detections and being reported on for the first time. These domain names can lead to new products, companies, services, advertising and more. I heavily rely on whois data to tell the story of these movements, ... read more ...
 
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Vox Populi wants heading for .Sucks - Controversial new top level domain name registry wants to trademark “.sucks”. Vox Populi, the domain name registry for .Sucks, has applied for the trademark “.Sucks” with the U.S. Patent and Trademark office. The goods and services for the mark are “Domain name registration services; registration of domain names for identification of users on a global computer network.” The USPTO does not grant trademarks for top level domain names, so I’m not sure what Vox Populi hopes to accomplish ... read more ...