Monthly Archives: January 2016

Wed 27th January 2016
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
2015's Top 5: Taylor Swift - A story about Taylor Swift goes viral. Taylor Swift had some Bad Blood with a guy who claims he taught her how to play the guitar. A resulting story on Domain Name Wire went viral, coming in at the #2 most-read story on the site last year. The backstory: T Swift’s former guitar teacher registered the domain name ITaughtTaylorSwift.com. Swift’s management company didn’t like this and threatened him. When I heard about the issue with the guitar teacher, I did a couple of searches on Verisign’s ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3 million led by Rostrum.com -

589 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m.

64% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

Highlights of open sales are:

  • Top .com: rostrum.com at 40,000 EUR
  • Top ccTLD: an.cc at 10,000 USD
  • Top “other” TLD: cec.net at 10,000 USD

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Wiz Khalifa's record tag and other businesses buy domain names - Rostrum Records and other end users bought domain names last week. Wiz Khalifa’s record label, Rostrum Records, paid 40,000 euros to pick up the shorter domain name Rostrum.com this past week. Its official website is RostrumRecords.com. Rostrum Records was one of many companies that bought domain names over the past week at Sedo. Sedo handled 589 domain name transactions last week for a total of $1.3 million. A higher-than-usual 64% of transactions were “buy now”. Here’s a look at these end ... read more ...
 
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Lendvo enters Domain Name Financing business - Company offers capital to owners of domain names and online businesses. A new company has entered the domain name lending space, offering loans to domain name owners and digital businesses. Lendvo was founded by Patrick Izzo and Ben Lichtman, nephew of the late Igal Lichtman (Mrs Jello). The company has a number of creative financing options for buying and selling domain names, as well as unlocking the equity built up in existing domain name portfolios. The most straightforward loan is for the purchase ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines, FFM make pull into China - Companies setting up subsidiaries in China. Two more new top level domain name companies are establishing ties in China to tap into the growing appetite for domain names there. Today, Minds + Machines announced it has appointed ZDNS as its local infrastructure partner in China. The company is also establishing a wholly foreign-owned enterprise in China called Beijing Ming Zhi Mo Si Technology Company Limited. Allegravita is advising Minds + Machines on its China strategy. Yesterday, Famous Four Media ... read more ...
Tue 26th January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in HU and tagged
Így regisztráljon .CLOUD felső szintű domaint - Anyavállaltunk, az Aruba S.p.A 2014-ben megnyerte az ICANN által meghirdetett pályázatot, ezáltal kizárólagos jogosultságot szerzett a .CLOUD felső szintű domain név (Top Level Domain) regisztrációjára. Miért jó .CLOUD domain név? – Mert a CLOUD az internet jövője. – Mert gyorsan növekvő piac. – Mert minden felhős megoldást képvisel. – Mert biztosítja a legjobb megjelenést a piaci versenyben. – Mert alkalmazkodik a különböző igényekhez és felhasználáshoz. – ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
US Bank New Ad Campaign Around "The Power Of Possible"; .Com Owned T StatOil.com - According to MediaPost.com “U.S. Bank has launched its most extensive brand-building campaign to date around the phrase,  “The Power of Possible” including TV, radio and newspaper ads, as well as social media engagement and other digital pieces. The domain name ThePowerofPossible.com is owned by another big company StatOil.com, which is represented by CSC. “Statoil is an international energy company present in more than 30 countries around the world” The domain name does not resolve so ... read more ...
 
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BRS Media’s dotFM Releases Ranking of Top .FM Sites and Brands, .FM Top 100 Hits of 2015 - SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BRS Media, a diverse and growing media e-commerce firm that assists traditional and interactive media companies build and brand on the power of the Internet, today announced that dotFM, the .FM Top-Level Domain Registry, has released the year-end ranking of the Top 100 Hits of 2015, the year's top .FM sites and brands. dotFM’s year end top 100 ranking, “.FM Top 100 Hits of 2015” lists the top sites and ... read more ...
 
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2015's Top 5: WordPress sues domain name owner - A WordPress lawsuit was the third most-trafficked story on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #3 on last year’s most-read posts was a lawsuit filed by WordPress foundation. WordPress Foundation sued the owner of TheWordPressHelpers.com (and other domains), alleging the domains infringed WordPress’ trademarks. The group has guidelines for how people can use the WordPress trademarks. One of the rules is that they can’t be used in second level domain names. WordPress Foundation has filed ... read more ...
Mon 25th January 2016
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Rightside Lays Off "Around 6% of It's Employees" -

Michael Berkens, Esq. is a owner and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also a co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. that sole around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in Dec 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com that is a consultant in a new gTLD space and a attorney of super reward domains. Michael was also one of a 5 Judges comparison for a a Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com competition this year.

Via: thedomains.com

 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
HA.com to Hold Online/Live Domain Auction In SF: Submissions are Open - According to a press release we just received Heritage Auctions announced today they are holding an auction in San Francisco for domain names. HA.com is looking for: Short, punchy one word .com names, suitable for branding a company or a new venture. “Curb.com, Luxe.com, Hemisphere.com and Gazelle.com are great examples. .com is ideal. Short is preferred. Generic words, with no suffixes are best. Curbs.com is not ideal. Fencing.com is not ideal. Fence.com would be perfect. Short acronyms of 2-4 ... read more ...
 
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Mark your calendars for…NamesCon? - You just got home from NamesCon 2016 and you can now register for NamesCon 2017. Just a week after the final curtain closed on NamesCon 2016, show organizers have already opened registration for the January 2017 show. Next year’s event will take place January 22-25 in Las Vegas. The show will take place at the Tropicana again. Rooms are available for $95 plus resort fees. The dates later in January will put more distance between CES and NamesCon, which will make it much easier for early arrivers. Super ... read more ...
 
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After 11 years Victoria Beckham gets her Typo .Com Domain: VictoriaBeckam.com - A UDRP panel just award the typo domain name VictoriaBeckam.com to the former Spice Girl and the wife of David Beckham whose website is Victoriabeckham.com The domain was first registered in 2004 so its been kicking around for quite a while making someone presumable some PPC money over the years Here is the highlights: “The Complainant is Victoria Beckham, a former Spice Girl and currently a fashion designer and businesswoman. The Complainant’s eponymous label was launched in 2008, and a diffusion ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainNameWire in EN
2015's Top 5: A Scandal - The fourth most-read post on Domain Name Wire last year. On Friday, I published the first of five posts covering the most-read stories on Domain Name Wire last year. Coming in at #4 is an unfortunate story: DNForum owner and prominent domain conference speaker Adam Dicker fell from grace. It all started when Shane Bellone published an expose post about Dicker’s business activities. Bellone posted a link to it on NamePros, and that thread has over 3,400 replies and a whopping 250,000 views. In ... read more ...
 
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Google Blocked 780 million bad ads in 2015 - Google released its Better Ads Report 2015 and Mike O’Brien at Clickz.com brokedown the report. It seems that Google blocked 780 million bad ads in 2015. From ClickZ: Some of the main perpetrators include: More than 12.5 million pharmaceutical ads violating Google’s healthcare policy, which doesn’t allow misleading claims or products that haven’t been approved. Scammers – more than 30,000 of them – peddling supplements that promised impossible-to-achieve weight loss Nearly 7,000 phishing ... read more ...
 
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Buying and Selling Websites with Rick Latona – DNW Podcast #68 - Make money by buying or selling websites. We buy and sell domain names — but what about developed websites? Rick Latona’s brokerage Latonas.com specializes in established websites and is very successful at connecting buyers and sellers. Last year Latonas.com handled 13 sales over $1 million, and already has $3 million in sales this month. Rick discusses what makes a site valuable, how to value it, and other considerations when you buy or sell an existing website. Also: A China update, Domaining ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLDs: 3 some-more from XYZ - 5 domains hit general availability on Wednesday. New top level domain name company XYZ LLC releases three new domain names this week. On Wednesday, the company will launch .Security, .Protection and .Theatre in general availability. The company didn’t originally apply for these names; it acquired them from other companies. Following on XYZ’s recent .car, .cars and .auto releases, the company is taking a premium-pricing approach to these launches. Expect to pay $2,000+ for .security and .protection ... read more ...
 
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New Golden State Warriors locus to be Chase Center - Chase registers domain names for new Golden State Warriors arena in San Francisco. It looks like the new arena to house the Golden State Warriors will be called the Chase Center. The NBA basketball team is slated to move back to San Francisco in a couple years. On Friday, JP Morgan Chase Co registered a number of domain names that suggest it is buying naming rights to the new stadium. The company registered: ChaseCenterGSW.com ChaseCenterSF.com ChaseWarriorsArena.com ChasCenter.com ChaseCener.com ChaseCenteer.com ChaseCentre.com ChaseCnter.com ChaseEnter.com The ... read more ...
 
Sat 23rd January 2016
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Local Food Players Land Awards, Expand - As 2016 gets underway, Northern Michigan's food industry players are expanding into bigger markets, serving up new products and bringing even more attention to the region with national awards. TC-based Taste the Local Difference (TLD) is increasing its efforts to expand its program statewide. TLD, which works to bring more locally-produced foods into the market, began expansion efforts in 2015 into Washtenaw County. Bill Palladino, the project director, ... read more ...
Fri 22nd January 2016
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Green Is Raising $3.5 Million Through CrowdFunding - DotGreen Community, Inc., the company behind the new .GREEN top level domain name, announced today in a press release we received, the launch of an Internet capital raising campaign to raise $3.5 million. The first offering, a Regulation D 506(C) Private Placement solely for accredited investors, provides an early-stage opportunity of common shares with voting rights for accredited investors looking to own an equity stake in the green economy and green movement. A Regulation A+ “equity crowdfunding” ... read more ...
 
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All Single Character .Car Domains Are Registered: Here Are a Available .Cars - I did a quite whois check and found that all single letter .Car and single number .Car domain names are now registered. Probably not shocking to anyone but of the 40 single charter .Car domain names that have been registered, 27 were registered at Chinese registrars and 3 more appear to be owned by people in China at US registrars so 30 out of 40 are owned by Chinese domain investors. The wholesale cost of a .Car or .Cars domain name is $2,000 a year and the retail prices vary based on registrar ... read more ...
 
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CENTR Reports There Are 311.5 Million Domains In The World - According to a new report out today (PDF) by CENTR, which is the European country code TLD organisation, as of December 31, there are 311.5 million domain names in the world. 158.7 million domain names are Legacy TLD’s including .com, .net and .org; 140.1 million are ccTLD’s (country codes), 1.6 Million are IDN ccTLD’s, and 10.9 Million are New gTLD’s. The CENTR writes: “In absolute terms, most growth came from legacy gTLDs (largely .com) which grew higher than average due to sales in ... read more ...
 
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Report: Ad Fraud to cost advertisers $7.2 Billion in 2016 - Mike O’Brien wrote an article on Clickz that delved into just how much ad fraud is costing companies. The article referenced a study called The 2015 Bot Baseline Report, that report concluded that advertisers will lose $7.2 billion in 2016. The report breaks things down by media buys and what percentage are bots. The article goes on to look at ways advertisers can fight ad fraud. From the article: Released yesterday, The 2015 Bot Baseline Report estimates that advertisers around the world will ... read more ...
 
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
SEO et new gTLDs : où en sommes-nous ? -   Partager cet article :Depuis l’arrivée des nouvelles extensions, beaucoup d’interrogations restaient en suspens concernant la relation entre les new gTLDs et le référencement.Les interrogations et les suppositions émises jusqu’à maintenant se confirment. Dernièrement, Google a donné des informations rassurantes concernant l’alchimie entre new gTLD et SEO : les new gTLDs sont considérés au même titre que tous les autres TLDs génériques et ont le même poids au niveau du référencement.Mais ... read more ...