Author Archives: The Domains

About The Domains

Michael Berkens, Esq. is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also the co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. which sold around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in December 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com which is a consultant in the new gTLD space and a broker of super premium domains. Michael was also one of the 5 Judges selected for the the Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com contest this year.

Fri 1st November 2013
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ADT Loses Bid To Grab 10 Year Old Domain Name AdtDealers.com Used For Gripe Site Through UDRP - ADT, the Alarm company, just lost a UDRP on the domain name adtdealers.com which was registered on November 11, 2003.  The domain holder did not file a response.  The content of the adtdealers.com domain name  appears to be complaints and plights from consumers who have become weary of the aggressive and hard-line tactics employed by Complainant’s affiliates and suggests that Internet users should favor certain ADT dealers over other dealers The Panel holds that Complainant has not established ... read more ...
 
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First Heritage Domain Name Auction Is Live - The  Heritage Domain Name Auction Site Is Live and the reserves on a lot of domain names seem very reasonable Here are some of the domain names in the auction with reasonable Reserves XZ.com Cheap two letter .com $100,000 reserve Dayton.com Opening Bid $50,000 Animation.com Multi-billion dollar category.  Degrees, jobs etc. 40,000 exact searches. $95,000 reserve Suit.com $95,000 Reserve DoctorateDegree.com $10,000 reserve. Very high PPC and great for lead gen. DVDs.com $75,000 reserve, site included. Last ... read more ...
 
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Knameit.com (The K is Silent) Prepares To Become The Newest Premium Domain Name Aftermarket Online - According to a press release out today another company is going to be launching “Premium domain name aftermarket online” The site’s URL is Knameit.com (The company name as a silent “k” and is pronounced “name it.”, No I’m not making it up)  and is being rolled out by “a Miami-based technology start-up company. Here is the rest of the info from the Press Release: “Using 18 years experience with web development and domains, the founders of Knameit have included business advice ... read more ...
Thu 31st October 2013
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Domain Horror Story: Company Spends Money On PR To Promote Its New Domain W3ddingDJ.com - You might put your little one’s safety to sleep before reading this ghostly  tale of a company that just spend cold hard cash to promote its new domain name W3ddingDJ.com A Press Release was put out by Seward Park Tech, “a DJ and Lighting company servicing the New York, New Jersey and Connecticut otherwise known as the Tri-State area” or otherwise know as the number one media market in the  US. So what did this company acquire to make their mark on the Internet in the biggest media market ... read more ...
 
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Runnable.com Raises $2 Million After Buying It’s Domain For $2,500 On Sedo - According to Term Sheet, Runnable, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based “centralized location for finding code,”  raised $2 million in seed funding. Sierra Ventures led the round, and was joined by Resolute.VC and individual angels. The domain name Runnable.com was acquired for a whopping 2,000 Euros, a year ago through Sedo.com which equates to less than $2,500. I have said it before but do NOT sell your brandable domains cheap. This is another is what is becoming an endless amount of posts talking about ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy Is Back For The 10th Consecutive Super Bowl With Two Ads; No Word On .Co - “For a 10th year-in-a-row, GoDaddy is going to be in the Super Bowl commercial line-up according to a press release it issued today. Godaddy  has purchased two thirty-second spots, one in each half of the game to be broadcast on FOX February 2. “At least one of the two spots will feature Danica Patrick, who has already been in more Super Bowl commercials than any other celebrity.” “GoDaddy is confirming what won’t be in the new commercials — risqué innuendo. GoDaddy’s marketing has ... read more ...
 
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Neustar Reports: Revenue Up 8%; & Acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc For $119 Million - Neustar, Inc. (NSR), the back end provider of  the ccTLD’s, .Us .Co and the TLD of .Biz and for hundreds of new gTLD applicants today announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2013, and in a separate release stated that it has acquired Aggregate Knowledge, Inc., a leading campaign and predictive analytics platform, for approximately $119 million in cash consideration. Results for Third Quarter 2013 Compared to Third Quarter 2012   Revenue increased 8% to $227.6 million Non-NPAC ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four On .Sport Decision “We Will Rigorously Pursue All Legal Avenues To Have It Reversed” - Famous Four Media issued a statement on the ICC decision granting an objection to Famous Four Applications for .Sport, finding that the other applicant for the gTLD. Sport, SportAccord represented the community of Sports, saying that they intend to “rigorously pursue  all available legal avenues available to it to have the decision independently reviewed by ICANN and/or others as the case may be, and reversed.” We found the decision pretty shocking ourselves; to find the one group which i would ... read more ...
Wed 30th October 2013
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Wrap Up From OTA’s New gTLD Domain Collisions Workshop: Collision Issue Is Like Y2K - The Online Trust Alliance‘s (OTA) held a new gTLD Domain Collisions Workshop yesterday in Herndon, VA over what “many stakeholders believe there are significant risks of “domain collisions” occurring with the introduction of the new gTLD’s The workshop ran well over 7 hours and the overriding theme is that the domain collision issue is a lot like Y2K. Domain collisions are the result of a long-standing practice of network administrators setting up intranets (internal networks) using top ... read more ...
 
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PhoneTracker.com Sells For $50K & GiveSmart.com For $40K on Sedo - A couple of  domain name sales hit the Sedo.com wire today. PhoneTracker.com just sold to Spy Phone Labs LLC. According to Estibot the domain name PhoneTracker.com last sold in 2008 for $5,877 The domain name was previously held at Moniker under privacy. The domain name GiveSmart.com was just sold to GiveSmart US, Inc. for $40.000 The domain was formerly owned by of Brian Carrozzi of California. Two nice sales.     Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
Tue 29th October 2013
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Sedo.com Transactions Total $1.3 Million Led By Frank Schilling’s Sale Of Baristas.com For $45K - Over the past week, 705 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1,3m. This amounts to $56m in year-to-date sales revenue. Over 47% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All sales were led by Baristas.com which sold for $45,000 through  SedoMLS that came through GoDaddy. The domain was sold by Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. Highlights of public sales include: · ·         Top ccTLD: xocial.co.uk at 14,900 USD ·         Top ... read more ...
 
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Godaddy/Afternic Weekly Sales Total $1.7 Million - GoDaddy and Afternic’s reportable weekly domain sales for the week of 10/21/13 – 10/27/13 summed to  $1,696,432. All sales were led by suvidhaa.com for $28K The buyer appears to be Suvidhaa.in out of Mumbai. I really like thediary.com at $1,300     <![CDATA[]]> Google+Michael Berkens ... read more ...
 
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WOW: ICC Upholds Community Objection Of SportsAccord To Famous Four’s App For New gTLD .Sport - The ICC has Upheld the Community Objection of SportAccord against the application of Famous Four for the new gTLD .Sport SportAccord is also an applicant for the new gTLD .Sport, actually the only other applicant for .Sport so what this ruling means if it stands, is that Famous Four’s application for .Sport will be rejected and SportAccord will wind up with the new gTLD .Sport. The ICC panel found that SportAccord represented the community of Sports. There is also a new gTLD application .Sports ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy signs the 1st Registry-Registrar Agreement with New gTLD .UNO: Paid Pre-Registrations Start In Nov -                   According to a press release we just received, Dot Latin LLC announced today that the world’s largest domain registrar, GoDaddy, has signed the Registry-Registrar Agreement for the .UNO domain extension, specifically designed for the Hispanic and Latino communities, worldwide. .UNO is the first global web extension dedicated to Spanish-speaking businesses, consumers and individuals online. GoDaddy will be the first domain registrar to offer .UNO pre-registrations for ... read more ...
 
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UPDATED: Samsung Rolls Out Ad Campaign On TogetherWeRise.co With Lebron As Part Of $100M NBA Deal - Samsung has rolled out a new Ad campaign to celebrate the start of the NBA season on the domain name TogetherWeRise.co With Matching Twitter Hash Tag The features Lebron James as the Miami Heat are seeking a three-peat as NBA champs. The site allows you to upload a selfie on ToghetherWeRise.co and the site has pictures of people that have already uploaded pictures. Pictures can also be send via Twitter or Instagram. Pictures will be also displayed on the outdoor screen at American Airlines Arena ... read more ...
 
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SlamStrategy: Risk Vs Reward of Owning A New gTLD - In a blog post written by Lauren Pitman for slamstrategy.com.au, looks at the perception that all new gTLD applicants that they will be profitable, its an very interesting post and though its worth a read: “It’s estimated that you would need about $50,000 a year to cover your costs of running a new gTLD. So as long as the applicants felt that they could cover those costs with a minimum number of registrations based on their business plan, they felt that the upside was well worth the risk. “The ... read more ...
 
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Confirmed: 1and1.com Has Spent Over $50 Million On Television Ads; But Are They Over? - Fairwinds Domain Strategy Blog has confirmed was we have been suspecting, that 1and1.com has spent more than $50 Million dollars on its television advertising campaign promoting pre-registrations for the new gTLD program. “”Web hosting company 11 has spent over $50 million on TV, print, and online marketing for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and has increased its web traffic by 200% because of it. 11 officials disclosed these numbers at the Munich newdomains2013 conference held from October ... read more ...
 
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ABC/Univision Launch New TV Network Tonight & Goes With a Net: Fusion.net Instead of Fusion.tv For Its Site - A new television network is launching tonight in the United States, Fusion Network, a joint venture between ABC/Disney and Univision. According to  Wilkipedia.org Fusion is an  24-hour news, lifestyle and entertainment channel aimed at English-speaking Millenial’s and combines the resources of ABC News and Univision. “Fusion is based in a converted studio facility outside Miami.” On the domain name front the newest national network is going with a .Net for its website which is Fusion.net Fusion.com ... read more ...
Mon 28th October 2013
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The Domain Name Association (DNA) Launches Today & RightOfTheDot.com Is a Founding Member -         I wanted to share with you a Press Release from the The Domain Name Association (DNA), which officially launched today. As a Director of RightoftheDot.com we are proud to be a Founding Member of the Organization.  Other Founding members are: ARI Registry Services, Demand Media, Donuts, FairWinds Partners, Go Daddy, Google, Momentous, United TLD, and WhatBox?. DomainsBot Inc. and Minds + Machines “The association will promote the interests of the domain name industry by advocating ... read more ...
 
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Manwin Operator of YouPorn.com Renames Itself To MindGeek & Buys MindGeeks On Sedo For $3,500 - According to xBiz.com,  Manwin which operates some of the most visited adult websites in the world including YouPorn.com, RedTube.com, Pornhub.com and Tube8.com to name a few has been re-named to MindGeek. “Manwin.com now links to MindGeek.com, a site that calls the company an international information technology firm, specializing in highly trafficked websites.” The company which is said to use be one of the top five bandwidth consumption companies in the world, acquired the domain name of ... read more ...
 
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With An Asking Price Of $495,000, Looks Like Kosher.com Just Sold - It appears the domain name Kosher.com sold in the last few days. The domain was offered to me in an email earlier this year for $495,000 “”If you would like to purchase this domain name, we are offering it for a one-time cash price of $495,000. Depending on how you are intending to use the domain, we would also entertain other deal structures, such as royalties, equity, and/or payments over time.  Please let us know.”” We have no idea what the price was, but we have reached out to the previous ... read more ...
 
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Host Europe Group Acquisition Domain Name Registrar Domainfactory.com - Host Europe Group announced the successful acquisition of the domain name registrar, Domainfactory, for an undisclosed amount. Domainfactory currently manages 1.1 million domains and serves approximately 173,000 customers. This transaction follows the recent acquisition by Host Europe Group of Telefónica Germany Online Services GmbH, a leading enterprise managed hosting provider. “This acquisition further enhances Host Europe Group’s presence and capabilities in the German mass hosting market ... read more ...
 
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.Club Selects Sedo For Sunrise & Landrush Auctions & Broker Premium Domains -     .Club Domains, LLC, the company formed to own and operate the new “.Club” generic top-level domain name (gTLD), have announced today that  it has selected Sedo to run the “sunrise” and “landrush” auctions, manage its premium reserve list and broker premium sales of .Club domains. Formed in 2012 and backed by $8.2 million from private investors, .Club Domains will enable clubs, membership organizations or others sharing a common interest to establish memorable “yourname.club” ... read more ...
 
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SEOP.com Claims Its Sold Bestseos.com For $530,000 - According to a press release out this morning, SEOP.com, a Digital Marketing and SEO agency headquartered in Irvine, CA, says it has sold the  domain name bestseos.com to independent research firm topseos.com for the price of $530k. “SEOP.com placed the domain name for sale or lease to the highest bidder. “Eric Schiffer, CEO at SEOP.com, said, “We decided to sell the domain to the party which would benefit most and essentially pay us fair value for the domain.” “SEOP.com approached topseos.com ... read more ...
 
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FindYourDomain.com Brokers Sale Of Shen.com For $125,000 - FindYourDomain.com has brokered the sale of the domain name Shen.com for $125,000  to a Chinese buyer. Shen means “God” or “Spirit” in Chinese. According to FindYourDomain the domain Shen.com was listing in one of our NameJet auctions last year with a $50,000 reserve, however, the reserve price was not met (the high bid was $44,444). FindYourDomains.com was established in 2002 to facilitate the buying and selling of high quality domain names. Some of the premium domain names that are for ... read more ...