Monthly Archives: December 2015

Thu 24th December 2015
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The ROTD Domain Auction At Namescon Tops $5.5 Million In Bids - The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction being held live/online on January 11, 2016 has now topped $5.5 Million in Pre-bidding on Namejet.com In all there are 325 domain names with at least one bid and about 250 of those have more than one bid. About 125 domain names will be in the live auction with the rest staying opened for bidding on Namejet.com until January 21st. There are 12 domain names with a high bid in the 6 figures or higher. 43 domain names have a bid in the five figures or higher. Moreover ... read more ...
 
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Mrs Jello sues to retard Camilla.com transfer - UDRP panel ordered generic domain name to be transferred to Australian company. Mrs Jello LLC, a company formed by the late Igal Lichtman, has filed a lawsuit to block the transfer of Camilla.com after an adverse UDRP decision. Camilla Australia Pty Ltd tried to buy the domain name for AUS $50,000 to upgrade its domain Camilla.com.au. When it was rebuffed by Mrs Jello, it decided to file a UDRP. Mrs Jello had purchased the domain name for $16,100. Shockingly, a three member UDRP panel found in favor ... read more ...
 
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The many respectful "no" I've ever perceived from a domain inquirer - One potential buyer didn’t get upset when I quoted him a price he couldn’t afford. Every domain name investor has dealt with angry people inquiring about buying domain names. You quote them a price; they tell you to flip off (or something along those lines). In the spirit of Christmas, I’d like to share a response I received last week after I quoted a $12,000 price for a domain name: Hi Andrew: Wow. I wish I could, but I can’t at that price. Thank you for your time. I congratulate you on ... read more ...
 
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Dot Space reaches a 100,000 Registration Mark - Dot Space becomes the next Radix extension to reach the 100,000 registration milestone. Consistently in the Top 10 fastest growing gTLDs in registration and usage (namestat.org) Radix made note of several sales that have taken place in the $3,000 to $10,000 annual price range. Names include: city.space, event.space, black.space, from.space, market.space, gay.space, dna.space, media.space, digital,space, pop.space, insure.space, beauty.space, ocean.space, and one.space. Some great live websites include: http://foyr.space/http://gototech.space/http://www.wxi.space/http://www.deadsea.space/http://www.gyana.space/https://our.clean.space/ The ... read more ...
Wed 23rd December 2015
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VeriSign’s Revenues Rose 4.3% Year-over-Year in 3Q15 - VeriSign’s Revenues Rose 4.3% Year-over-Year in 3Q15 VeriSign’s revenues increased 4.7% in fiscal 2014 VeriSign (VRSN) revenues increased from $772 million in fiscal 2011 to $874 million in fiscal 2012 and $965 million in fiscal 2013. Revenues further increased 4.7% YoY (year-over-year) in fiscal 2014 to $1.0 billion. Revenues increased by 13.2% and 10.4% YoY in fiscal 2012 and 2013, respectively. On a quarterly basis, revenues increased 4.5% from $244 million in 3Q13 to $255 ... read more ...
 
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How Will New gTLDs Impact VeriSign? - How Will New gTLDs Impact VeriSign? Companies vary in use of new gTLDs Since January 2012, ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) started accepting new gTLDs (generic top-level domains) other than the more prominent ones such as .com, .net, .org, and 295 country-specific extensions such as .in, .sg, and others. The new gTLDs are expected to make website search more relevant and useful. The major players in this segment include VeriSign (VRSN), GoDaddy (GDDY), ... read more ...
 
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TAG-Domains becomes accredited registrar for Oman country-code Top-Level Domain - Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Domain Names (TAG-Domains), a subsidiary of Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP), and an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) accredited registrar signified a new milestone in its history and became an accredited registrar for the country code top-level domains (ccTLDs) of Sultanate of Oman (.om) and (.عمان). Receiving accreditation from the Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) of Oman authorizes TAG-Domains to add (.OM) and the internationalized ... read more ...
 
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.reit Top-Level Domains -

NAREIT®, a National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts®, is a worldwide deputy voice for REITs and publicly traded genuine estate companies with an seductiveness in U.S. genuine estate and collateral markets. NAREIT’s members are REITs and other businesses via a universe that own, operate, and financial income-producing genuine estate, as good as those firms and people who advise, study, and use those businesses.

Via: reit.com

 
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What if TLDs are Chinese? - Do certain top level domain names have a Chinese meaning? We’ve often seen TLDs repurposed. For instance, .ME and .TV – originally the country codes of Montenegro and Tuvalu, respectively – are mainly understood as words. While .SI means Slovenia in Slovenia, Spanish speakers might read it as “yes”. More recently, .PW has been marketed as a shorthand for “professional web”. Such extra interpretations can be either natural or forced. Some arise without prompting; some fail to catch ... read more ...
 
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End user domain name sales adult to $50,000 - A “Merry Christmas” edition of the end user sales report. Sedo has changed its weekly sales disclosure to only include sales of $2,000 or less. Their median sales price is well below $2,000, so this means the volume of end user sales I can report is significantly lower. I’m going to work with Sedo to get additional data for this report going forward. But for this week–the last end user report of the year–I’ve discovered 11 end user sales of up to $50,000. Here’s a look at these end ... read more ...
 
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Viral grill spoliation video facilities .Vegas domain name - Video has nearly 800,000 views already. A Las Vegas Mexican restaurant turned a robbery into a viral video hit, giving the .Vegas top level domain name a bit of publicity at the same time. Frijoles Frescas was recently robbed. That sucks for the restaurant, but it managed to turn surveillance video of the robbery into a viral video hit that is giving it publicity and likely leading to the identification of the perpetrators. The restaurant uses the domain name FrijolesAndFrescas.com, but also owns ... read more ...
 
 
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2016 Predictions: What to Expect for the Next Year in New TLDs - Last week I published a blog looking back on the year that was 2015 and reflecting on some of the challenges and achievements for new TLDs. Turning our gaze forward, I think 2016 is shaping up to be the biggest and best year that we've enjoyed to date and will surpass many expectations as we continue the push towards mainstream adoption of these wonderful, innovative digital assets. The year of the .brands With almost half of all .brands already delegated, many will be starting 2016 with ... read more ...
Tue 22nd December 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million led by v5.com - Over the past week, 580 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 60% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Sedo will no longer be reporting sales under 2,000 which I am sure will disappoint some. Here was the quote:  Please note inclusive of this report and going forward the minimum price displayed will be 2,000 $/€/£.   Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: v5.com at 130,000 USD Top ccTLD: fahrradtasche.de at 9,500 EUR Top “other” ... read more ...
 
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What’s in a Name? - "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet." Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene II What's the difference between .local and .here? Or between .onion and .apple? All four of these labels are capable of being represented in the Internet's Domain Name System as a generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), but only two of these are in fact delegated names. The other two, .local and .onion not only don't exist in the delegated name space, but by virtue of a registration ... read more ...
 
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Verisign gets obvious for generating Pronounceable domain names - Patent describes method of generating made up words that can be pronounced. .Com registry Verisign has obtained U.S. patent number 9,218,334 for “Pronounceable domain names”. The patent describes a method of generating domain names that can be pronounced. Verisign explains that while many short domain names are registered, there are still short domains that can be pronounced that can be registered: Short domain names are popular because they can be catchy and easier to remember than longer domain ... read more ...
 
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Make your NamesCon scheduling easy with Sched - Tool makes it easy to sync session calendar with personal calendar. Sched, a nifty tool for planning your schedule during NamesCon, is back this year. You can use Sched to plan which sessions you want to attend and then easily import them into your calendar. You can even change your session plans through the NamesCon site and have your calendar automatically sync. I just used Sched last week to plan my session schedule, and can now fill the gaps with meetings. Here’s how to do it. 1. Sign up or ... read more ...
Mon 21st December 2015
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Google Adds abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com to the Collection Of Alphabet Domains - Google has just added another “Alphabet” domain name to its collection buying the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwx.com. The domain name was most recently  owned by the The Giardino Law Firm, Inc of San Antonio and by a domainer in Tennessee before that. The domain has an original creation date of 2003. The domain name is another Google acquisition since acquiring abc.xyz for its Corporate parent Alphabet. Google acquired the domain name abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz.com as part of its Alphabet ... read more ...
 
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Internet grows to 299 million Domain Names in third quarter 2015 - Bangalore: VeriSign, Inc., a global leader in domain names and Internet security, today announced that approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2015, bringing the total number of registered domain names to approximately 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of September 30, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name Industry Brief. The increase of approximately 3.1 million domain names globally equates to a growth rate of 1.1 ... read more ...
 
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Tucows CEO Elliot Noss – DNW Podcast #63 - Noss explains the evolution of Tucows. Tucows (NADSAQ: TCX) started in the early 90s as a software download site, but is now one of the world’s largest domain name registrars and has a market cap of about $250 million. CEO Elliot Noss explains a common thread in Tucows’ transition from downloads to domains, and now a provider of mobile phone and internet service. Subscribe via iTunes to listen to the Domain Name Wire podcast on your iPhone or iPad, or click play below or download to begin listening. ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling gets RDNH win on 3 minute domain name - Complainant failed to disclose prior negotiations. With the help of attorney John Berryhill, Frank Schilling has successfully defended his three letter domain name DKY.com in a UDRP. And, even though Berryhill didn’t ask for a finding of reverse domain name hijacking, the panel rightfully determined the complainant to have filed the case in abuse of the policy. The complainant was Dumankaya Yapi Malzemeleri San. Ve Tic. A.S of Istanbul, Turkey, represented by AYDIN AYDIN Law Firm, Turkey. It started ... read more ...
Sun 20th December 2015
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Did a Other Shoe Just Drop? Chinese are Buying English Word Domains Too - Raymond published a post today on TheDomains.com,  on the sales report from the first ever live domain auction at the Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit which generated some 150 million RMB in sales. The official exchange rate is 1 RMB is equal to $.15 USD so the live auction generated $22.5 Million in sales. For me the biggest news out of the auction is that the Chinese appear now to be buying English words, not just letters, numbers and Chinese words. Here are a ... read more ...
 
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Chinese Live Auction Nets over 150 Million RMB ($23.1 mil) - The first ever Chinese Domain Festival and China Digital Asset Investment Summit live auction concluded with 150 million RMB in sales. The full list is below with all amounts in Chinese RMB, 1 RMB = .1542 USD. Auction No. | Domain Name | Price in RMB 1 | 1212.com | 1,800,000 2 | zhu.com | 2,200,000 3 | 1117.com | 850,000 4 | qc.cn | 1,500,000 5 | wrj.com | 610,000 6 | beijing.cc | 260,000 7 | cheyou.com.cn, chongwu.com.cn, piaowu.com.cn | 160,000 8 | 828.com | 4,400,000 9 | weitou.com | 500,000 10 ... read more ...
Sat 19th December 2015
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Internet grows to 299mn domain names in 3Q, 2015 - December 21, 2015 0 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Approximately 3.1 million domain names were added to the Internet in the third quarter of 2015. This brings the total number of registered domain names to approximately 299 million worldwide across all top-level domains (TLDs) as of Sept. 30, 2015, according to the latest Domain Name ... read more ...