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.

Sat 28th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
AT&T Plans To Watch Where You Go Online - ATT may be able to out do Google when it comes to serving targeted ads according to an article on Ars Technica. Apparently ATT watches everything that their customers do. In some areas you can pay more apparently and that allows you to get some privacy back. From the article: If you have ATT’s gigabit Internet service and wonder why it seems so affordable, here’s the reason—ATT is boosting profits by rerouting all your Web browsing to an in-house traffic scanning platform, analyzing your ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
MicrosoftZoom.com, T0.com & More Domain Movers - Welcome to Domain Movers which is a series that digs deep and detects domain movements by large corporations and companies around the web! These are often early indicators of upcoming new brands, services and more. The domain names have been either recently acquired in the domain name aftermarket, private purchases, new domain registrations and more. Here we go: CSC Corporate Domains, Inc. has registered the domain name SpeakingColors.com for a currently unknown client. The domain name was registered ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Buzz.com Domain Acquired by Domo Inc. From YP.com - YP.com (Yellowpages.com LLC) has sold the premium generic domain name Buzz.com to Domo Inc. (Domo.com) according to whois records! YellowPages.com had a website on the Buzz.com domain name up until the early morning hours today, until Buzz.com started showing a mirrored site of Domo.com with the Buzz.com domain name. I didn’t see any press on it myself, but I did find a recent listing page on SnapNames.com for the domain name Buzz.com that was listed on February 19, 2015 with a $50,000 minimum ... read more ...
Fri 27th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Broadcasting War As FashionTV.com Hit With UDRP By FashionTelevision.com - Fashion Television International Limited which owns the domain name FashionTelevision.com has filed a UDRP against FashionTV.com The domain name has been registered to Fashiontv.com GmbH since at least January 2007. It appears the parties have been in litigation or at least threatened litigation for many years according to a page on FashionTV.com According to Wikipedia.org, “FashionTV is an international fashion and lifestyle broadcasting television channel, founded in France in 1997 by its Polish-born ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
March 2015 Dot Brand/New gTLD Trends - Vincent D’Angelo is Director, Global Brand Advisors at CSC Digital Brand Services. He put up some info on LinkedIn that were headlines from a report at newgtld.report Here are a few headlines: There are 800+ dotbrand registrations registered to date Within the dotbrand registrations, some of the most-used terms to the left of the dot are: nic (an obvious requirement), domaintest, www, start, home, donate, plaza, magazine, support, and foundation Approximately 46% of the dotbrand registered domains ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Domain Movers: Liftware.com, OrderPro.com & More - Welcome to the first ever Domain Movers series on TheDomains! If this is the first time you are seeing the series, this is what it’s all about: Domain Movers are domain names that I dig hard to find that have been acquired by some of the largest companies in the world. These discoveries are often the very first time it is being published and may not be made public otherwise. These discoveries often are early indicators of new brands, new products, services and more by companies. The domain names ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Donuts: “We’ve labelled a product aloft utterly simply since we consider it’s significantly superior,” - Xconomy.com did an article on the new gtlds and had a focus on Donuts and they got quotes from Richard Tindal a co-founder and COO. Again I think some of the quotes are way off base. Tindal talks about Donuts pricing being higher because it is a superior product. No new gtld currently is superior to .com that is just patently false and this type of stuff is what hurts the new gtlds in discussions and debates imo. Tindal does have the good sense to admit that awareness of the new gtlds is still very ... read more ...
Thu 26th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
TheDomains.com Welcomes Jamie Zoch and His Domain Movers Series - TheDomains.com is pleased to announce that Jamie Zoch from Dot Weekly will be moving his Domain Movers series to TheDomains.com. Jamie will be providing the same research and behind the scenes access that made the Domain Movers series so popular on Dot Weekly. Jamie will continue to operate Dot Weekly and blog about other things that interest him in the world of domains. Everyone here would like to extend a warm welcome to Jamie and we hope to promote the Domain Movers column to even greater popularity. ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Move Over Cybersquatting Here Comes Soundsquatting - Tim Lince published an article on WorldTrademarkReview.com that has found a new kind of domain infringement. It is being called soundsquatting and the victims are the visually impaired. From the article: Recent research has revealed the extent of a newly discovered type of domain name abuse. Dubbed ‘soundsquatting’, it is based on homophone confusion of popular domains and the authors of the study have urged trademark counsel to take note due to the high proportion of malicious domains uncovered. Currently, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Telegraph.co.uk Interviews .XYZ Daniel Negari "Who Has Already Made $6.4 Million" on .XYZ - The telegraph.co.uk has published a featured story on an interview of .XYZ CEO Daniel Negari in a story entitled “Fierce struggle for internet’s future is like Wild West” with the subtitle: “The floodgates have opened for billions of new domain names to rival the iconic dot-coms, prompting a ‘Wild West’ land grab. One successful speculator, Daniel Negari, talks to the Telegraph about the profit – and lawsuits – it’s brought him” Here are the more interesting quotes from the story: “Entrepreneur ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Google Testing No Divider Between Paid and Organic Listings - Barry Schwartz is out this morning with a post on Search Engine Land that Google will be testing removing the divider between paid and organic listings. From the article: Google is testing not displaying the line break or line separator between the search ads at the top of the search results and the organic/free listings below the ads. Frederik Hyldig, a reader, emailed us screen shots, which we cannot currently replicate, but we know Google is constantly testing user interface changes. In addition, ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Well Cosmo Kramer This is Why Radio Shack asked for your Phone Number - For years on Christmas Eve I would buy a last minute gift at Radio Shack, it was across the street from the mall and it was open later than other stores. I always couldn’t stand them asking for my phone number or email address when I was just trying to get out of there. For fans of Seinfeld, Cosmo Kramer wondered about Radio Shack from this classic clip:   Well it seems now Radio Shack wants to sell that data and as Mike would say, No Bueno. From PC World: For years, RadioShack made a habit of ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Another Case of Cybersquatting Paying off - This transaction takes us all around the globe and shows just how magical the Internet can be. So a Chinese registrant gets a domain that represents a major U.S. brand, in the South African extension. NBAstore.co.za sold yesterday on Sedo for $5,500. The buyer shown in whois is Victor Dutka and Mr.Dutka according to LinkeIn is Sr Director, Enterprise Network Services National Basketball Association. Responsible for voice and data networking for the league. So instead of going the UDRP route, the ... read more ...
Wed 25th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Ping.com Beats Radix To .Ping For $1.5M; InterNetX Wins .SRL For Just $400K Beating Google - ICANN held two Last Resort Auctions today. Ping.com the golf club manufacturer won the rights to operate .Ping by outbidding Radix at $1,501,000. The .Ping auction went into the 4th round until Radix dropped out. mySRL GmbH beat Google to the new gTLD .SLR which is a corporate designation used in Spain like .LLC is used in the USA and .GMBH is used in certain countries principally Germany, who won the auction for just $400,000. This auction only went to the 2nd round of the auction which started ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Is This Really a Golden Age of Domain Trolling ? - Caitlin Dewey of The Washington Post wrote an article that centered around the recent Taylor Swift and Ted Cruz domain registrations. Caitlin decided to use the words domain trolling instead of the often used cyber squatting. The lone commenter in the article told Caitlin that it is called cybersquatting. From the article: What is domain trolling, exactly? And how is it even legal? Given the strong anti-impersonation protections that most social networks supply, the ability to register an entire ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Miami Heat Guard Tyler Real T Johnson Launches His Site on a .Club - Miami Heat Shooting guard Tyler Real T Johnson just launched his official website on a .club domain The site is at Realtjohnson.club Tyler is averaging 6 points a game and 1.3 assists so far this season and wear number 8 for the Heat Here is some information about Tyler from his site: Hometown: Mountain View, CAHigh school: St. Francis HSCollege:  Fresno StateHeight/Weight: 6’3”/190Position: GBirthdate: May 07, 1992   “His mother Jennifer serves in the United States Air Force, Tyler has ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Efzed Pty Ltd. & Simulate Pty Ltd. Of Australia Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking - Efzed Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Efzed”), Simulate Pty Ltd. of North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (“Simulate”), and Mr. Frank Zimmermann of Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia (“Zimmerman”), were just all found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain airlineonline.com. The domain is owned by AviaDesign Ky, Sami Puro of Vantaa, of Finland, and was represented by UDRP POLICE DBS, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Complainants hold ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Green Windups with 771 Registrations After 1st Day Of General Availability - .Green went though a long and winding road leading up to the  launch of .Green and yesterday was the first day a .Green could be registered on a first come, first served basis otherwise known general availability. After the first day of GA including those domain names registered by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid an extra fee to register in Landrush, there are 771 domain registrations. The cost of a .Green registration is around $60 at Godaddy or about 7X the cost of a .com registration. .Green ... read more ...
Tue 24th March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Transactions Total $1.2 Million: Record 56% of Sales Were Buy It Now - Sedo just reported that over the past week, 674 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.2 Million 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings which I think is the all time high Highlights of public sales are: · Top .com: buymyhouse.com at 45,000 USD · Top ccTLD: visitdubai.ae at 20,000 GBP · Top “other” TLD: dxb.net at 9,888 USD Although I do like to point out my favorite buy of the week, this week I didn’t find one   ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Roger Kay Would Like To See ICANN Slow Things Down When it comes to new gtlds - Roger Kay would like to see ICANN slow down, Kay has written about the new gtld program on Forbes a few times. Today he is out with an article that basically says ICANN should hit the brakes. The greatest expansion so far is confusion. He discusses compatability problems and names not working universally on every platform and every device. From the article: One of the biggest problems is compatibility.  That is, a lot of the new domain names don’t work with existing devices and software.  Browsers ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Minds + Machines Grants 36,950,000 Shares in New Options; Closing in on a Billion Shares - Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), has today agreed to award in aggregate 36,950,000 new options over ordinary shares to directors and officers of the Company. The option grants are issued under the Company’s Amended 2012 Stock Plan. The options have an exercise price of 8.49 pence per Ordinary Share, being the higher of the 30 day volume weighted average on the date immediately prior to  the recommendation of the remuneration committee and the date of formal grant by the Board. The ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
.Green Is Now Live For Registrations -       The new gTLD .Green just went live into general availability at 9am EST today. .Green is now open to everyone on a first-come, first-served basis. Godaddy.com is selling at .Green registration for only $59.99. Here is a list of registrars selling .Green The landrush period for .Green closed on March 14th According to ntldstats.com including Sunrise and Landrush, .Green only has 202 registrations. Here are some of the domain names that were taken: 1st.green always.green ameritrade.green andalucia.green android.green applepay.green applestore.green arrow.green asda.green aurora-il.green bamerchantservices.green baml.green banditter.green bankofamerica.green bestbuy.green bgehome.green bigpromoter.green blanco.green blogger.green bmw.green bofa.green bofamerrilllynch.green bofaml.green bridgestone.green buying.green cam4.green cbakertest021915-3.green centurylink.green chanel.green chevron.green chrome.green citi.green citigroup.green community.green compra.green constellation.green consultor.green courrierresponsable.green cyclocity.green directv.green dna.green domains.green earthjustice.green edelman.green egreen.green enel.green enelgreenpower.green enterprise.green entrepreneur.green eoliatec.green eugene.green evolve.green exelon.green extracts.green fabory.green fbsc.green fieldsof.green firestone.green foundation.green fundraising.green gasnatural.green gasnaturalfenosa.green genotec.green gerry.green get.green gewinnen.green gewinner.green gi-energy.green gmail.green going.green google.green graham.green grainger.green greendatacenter.green greenit.green h-m.green homebuild.green homebuilding.green hornblower.green howtogo.green iac.green inesis.green innovator.green intuit.green iot.green isleep.green jackpot247.green jackpots.green jamieallan.green jcdecaux.green joakim.green joankerr.green jotun.green kamut.green kasino.green katjes.green khorasan.green kindle.green laura.green lawncare.green lepainquotidien.green lettreverte.green lpq.green luxottica.green marijuana420.green mediakiosk.green merck.green merrill.green merrilledge.green merrilllynch.green microsoft.green mista.green mister.green mondoverde.green mralex.green nationalcar.green nhl.green nic.green a0.nic.green a2.nic.green b0.nic.green c0.nic.green niederlande.green norge.green npoex.green oesterreich.green officebuilding.green onlinekasino.green onlinepoker.green opti-free.green oracle.green organicplus.green polska.green premium.green prime.green putt.green putting.green qualchem.green refurbished.green register.green registra.green registrars.green rental.green rolex.green samsclub.green savethe.green sheena.green showyour.green signature.green skanska.green spela.green spelakasino.green stanleycup.green statefarm.green suomi.green supercasino.green sverige.green switch.green tdameritrade.green testcbaker021915-4.green tfl.green thebig.green thebodyshop.green thinc.green treehuggers.green truffaut.green tuborg.green tudor.green tudorwatch.green tumblr.green usps.green ustrust.green utilityindependence.green vanguard.green viagra.green victorygardens.green vincitore.green vincitori.green vinn.green vinnare.green vinster.green visa.green voittaja.green voittajat.green voiture.green vuelosbaratos.green wal-mart.green wallo.green winnaars.green worldof.green worldwildlife.green www-mr.green xbox.green yoox.green youtube.green zeno.green zorotools.green zwyciezcy.green   ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
MOZ.com: "Moving 5 Domains To 1 an SEO Case Study" - Dr. Peter J. Meyers wrote an excellent piece on Moz.com that deals with changing multiple domains, basically 5 into 1 for this case study. The article is very detailed and is definitely something you want to bookmark in case there ever comes a time when you need to do this. From the article: People often ask me if they should change domain names, and I always shudder just a little. Changing domains is a huge, risky undertaking, and too many people rush into it seeing only the imaginary upside. The ... read more ...
Mon 23rd March 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Radix Gives Us A Sneak Peek At Their New Videos - Radix is giving us a sneak peek at videos they will be releasing at World Hosting Days in Germany. Radix is excited to release videos for .website, .press, .host and .space. The Radix videos will be screened for the first time at WorldHostingDays in Germany on 24th Mar, 2015. For those missing WHD, here is an online exclusive. With so many new extensions being launched, it is important to keep customers hooked. And what better way than to have brand new videos to watch and entertain themselves with!       Videos ... read more ...
 
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Mike Mann Is On Fire Selling $76K in Domains That Cost Him Less than $750 Total - Mike Mann has been reporting some very impressive domain name sales the last few days on his Facebook page Mike just announced today he sold the domain name MissCandy.com for $30,000 a domain he purchase on July 30th 2012 for $75 Last week Mike reported selling Jazz.co for $22,000 a domain he purchased on July 19th 2010 as well as the domain TakeTheChance.com for  $15,000 which he purchased on August 1, 2013 for $300 The previous week Mike announced the sale of CityMarkets.com for $9,000 a domain ... read more ...