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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 3rd January 2015
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Christopher Hofman Asks Industry Participants “What’s in a DNA of a Successful New gTLD ? - Christopher Hofman of EuropeanDomainCentre.com did a big piece back in August where he got insight from several industry players on the new gtld program. He revisited these individuals with some new questions for the New Year. The primary theme was what is inherent or the DNA of a successful new gtld ? From the article: To help them on their way I asked these additional questions: – Do successful new gTLDs share common traits ? – Is there a way to spot the success of future launches in the registration ... read more ...
Fri 2nd January 2015
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Namejet.com Reports Over $555,000 in Domain Sales In December -

Namejet.com reported over $550,000 in domain name sales that took place in a month of December.

Namejet.com usually reports sales of $2K or more.

The sum of domain name sales for Namejet.com in Dec for sales of $2,000 or some-more totaled $557,335:

Via: thedomains.com

 
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My Favorite Site of 2015: GiveMeYourMoney.co.uk - Its only January 2nd but I already found my favorite site of 2015, givemeyourmoney.co.uk If your wondering how I can across the site, we own the domain givemeyourmoney.com and I got an offer on the domain today and of course checked out other sites using the same domain with a different extension. I’ll try to reach out to the owner of the domain to see how much he has received. ... read more ...
 
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.Net’s Fall Below 15 Million Registrations - The number of domain names in the .Net zone file fell below 15 Million as of the last update by Verisign There are now officially 14,998,816 .Net domain registered. .Net first passed the 15 million mark in August 2013. At the end of the first quarter of 2014 (March 31st 2014) there were around 15.2 million registrations according to Verisign. However the reduction in .Net domains which were generally regarded with .Org as the new best choice to a .Com was expected with the launched of hundred of ... read more ...
Thu 1st January 2015
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MIA.com Gets A Mention in South Florida Business Journal - MIA.com was featured in the South Florida business journal, any domain owner would not mind this added bit of attention from a newspaper. The name which has been owned by the same registrant is now on the market. MIA really has a lot of uses, female first name, abbreviation for Miami, Missin In Action acronym. From the article: Domain name appraisal websites Estibot.com and Valuate.com estimate the name’s value at $1 million. MIA.com currently offers tourism information about the Miami area. It ... read more ...
Wed 31st December 2014
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Do we devise on holding some-more domain names in 2015 or reduction ? -

As we tighten out 2014 everybody here during TheDomains.com would like to wish everybody a Happy New Year.

Our final check for 2014 asked, Do we devise on holding some-more domain names in 2015 or reduction ? Readers seemed to be separate with 42 % observant they devise to reason some-more vs 39% observant they devise to reason less.

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What Is Going On With The Huge Increase In Registrars In The Color New gTLD’s .Red; .Pink; .Blue? - There has been a sudden and huge boost in domain registrations for all the color new gTLD’s extensions in the past few days, .Red, .Blue, .Pink each increasing around 25% from its previous totals Each new domain extension that are operated by Afilias, have added thousands of registrations in the 2-3 days. .Blue has added over 2,000 registrations in the last 2 days going from less than 7,000 registrations to just under 9,000. .Red has added over 2,000 registrations going from under 18,000 to over ... read more ...
Tue 30th December 2014
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Yikes: Rightside Falls Below $7 A Shares Hitting Another All Time Low: Down 30%+ In 6 Weeks - Shares of Rightside (NAME) which we actually own some of have been falling like a rock. Today shares fell below $7 which I guess stock market guys might call a support level, hitting an intraday all time low of $6.73. Shares have recovered slightly and are trading as of publication at $6.83. Volume is like yesterday, when the shares hit that $7 a share number, before closing at $7.10 trading just over 80,000 shares with less than 1 1/2 hours left in the trading session which is below the 3 month ... read more ...
 
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Is Microsoft Getting Ready To Replace Internet Explorer ? - With Microsoft getting ready for a Windows 10 launch there is talk they may be scrapping Internet Explorer for a new browser with the codename Spartan. ZDNet covered the story. MicrosoftSpartan.com was registered today, not by Microsoft but by a registrant in Nepal. Other names like DownloadSpartan.com and SpartanExplorer.com were registered today. From the article: There’s been talk for a while that Microsoft was going to make some big changes to Internet Explorer in the Windows 10 time frame, ... read more ...
Mon 29th December 2014
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Yes There is a Googles.com & Apparently It’s Allowed & They Are Looking For Investors - Here is a a press release that is just out that caught my eye “Googles.com (Not Affiliated with Google) in a continuing effort to redesign its existing children’s website is seeking equity partners/content providers to help develop and/or fund the re-launch of its children’s website. The googles.com domain name was registered before Google.com and the opportunity to develop the children’s website utilizing the domain name Googles.com is permitted pursuant to a settlement agreement with Google. ... read more ...
 
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Twentieth Century Fox Now Own Avatar.com: Still The Largest Gross Movie of All Time - Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation now owns the domain name Avatar.com Avatar is still the the largest grossing movie in history, and the sequel Avatar 2 is planned for a 2016 release, which will also be directed by James Cameron. The domain name appears to have sold in December 2012. The domain was owned by a consulting company out of Billings, Montana known as Avatar Consultants which it used for its site. The domain name has an original creation date of August 22, 1990. The domain name Avatar.com ... read more ...
 
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Yes Max Hardcore Will Be Bidding On MaxHardcore.com: “I’m Gonna Take It Back” - The porn star and producer Max Hardcore told XBIZ.com that he would be be bidding on the upcoming expired domain name auction of MaxHardcore.com. Over the weekend we wrote that the domain name MaxHardcore.com was in pending delete/renewal status and already had multiple backorders at Namejet.com The domain name is presently owned by the Department of Justice. XBIZ.com spoke to Max Hardcore over the weekend after our story ran and he confirmed that he would be a bidder on the domain if it went to ... read more ...
 
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Using Gmail to Sell/Negotiate Offers On Domains To Chinese Buyers? They Are Not Getting Them - According to multiple reports today including the New York Times, the Government of China is blocking Gmail access to people located in China. As most in the domain name space know, many domain buyers are located in China. Therefore if you doing any outbound marketing of domain names to people in China or even trying to respond to offers you receive from buyers in China and if your using a Gmail account to do so they are most likely not receiving your emails. Of course if the buyers in China are ... read more ...
Sun 28th December 2014
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Why Hasn’t Godaddy Filed UDRP On Phishing Domains? - Domaingang.com has been reporting on many domain names that have been involved in phishing attacks on Godaddy which have resulted in domain names being stolen out of Godaddy accounts. Unlike most phishing attacks where someone uses a domain controlled by the phisher, to actually send the  customers to which wind up appearing in the URL bar,  recent attacks actually use domain names containing the register’s name, but are owned by third parties just like the one’s Godaddy recently warned its ... read more ...
Sat 27th December 2014
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Tip For The New Year: Don’t Buy Domains When You’re High: This Guy Did & Spent Over $5K - With marijuana becoming legal in more and more states to varying degrees, here is a cautionary tale for anyone who is thinking about smoking and domaining. Don’t do it. This story comes from a guy who told his tale on Reddit.com who spend over $5,000 registering domain names while high after he went on a buying spree on godaddy. Could you do this when you were drunk, well sure but if you look at the domain names the guy registered you can clearly see that Mary Jane paid a visit: “Last Monday ... read more ...
 
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Seized By Feds, Domain MaxHardcore.com May Be Auctioned Off & The Govt Won’t Make A Penny - Back in 2005 the Federal Government raided the offices of one of the most controversial, and well known porn stars/porn producers, known as Max Hardcore. In 2007 Max Hardcore whose real name is Paul F. Little, and his company, Max World Entertainment, Inc., were indicted by the United States Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section with five counts of transporting obscene matter by use of an interactive computer service and five counts of mailing obscene material. In 2008 Little ... read more ...
Thu 25th December 2014
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1st Day New gTLD Totals: .Dentist 907: .Rehab 293 - Two new gTLD went into General Availability yesterday on Christmas eve day. Including all registrations by trademark holders in Sunrise and those who paid an additional fee to register domain names before GA in the Early Access Program (EAP) here are the total number of registrations after the first day of GA: .Dentist 907 .Rehab 293 We noted yesterday on Twitter that only 25 domain names in .Rehab were registered in Sunrise and the EAP period combined, going into GA There is already a .Dental new ... read more ...
 
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Bitcoin to Sponsor Bowl Game - With all the talk and stories on Bitcoin over the last 18 months it only made sense for them to get involved in College Football. One of the most popular activities in the U.S. and with so many college age people driving the future of Bitcoin, sponsoring a bowl game seems to be the next step. Years ago many outside of domaining did not know who Go Daddy was and their Superbowl commercial helped grow their popularity. Go Daddy has a bowl game which will be played Jan 4, 2015 between Toledo and Arkansas ... read more ...
 
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Nissan Loses Its 2nd Domain Proceeding In a Row on New gTLD Nissan.email - Nissan has lost the 2nd URS in the last three days after winning 10 in a row. This time Nissan lost the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) on the domain name Nissan.email The examiner Kendall C. Reed held: “The Respondent holds the domain name as inventory, which is not inherently wrongful and can represent a legitimate interest, provided however that, at a minimum, the intended use would not constitute a bad faith use. As is noted below, Respondent’s intended use is not inevitably a bad faith use. Registrant ... read more ...
Wed 24th December 2014
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Survey Of Brand Strategies in a New gTLD Era Published By Largest Law Firm In France - Fidal, the largest lawfirm in France,  put out the results of a very detailed survey on new gtlds and how brands are using them. They conducted a survey that delved into a lot of topics that brands face when dealing with the new namespace. I read the whole report and I think it is well worth your time to take a look at and bookmark to refer back to. From the report: A large majority of the surveyed companies (64.9%) say they are informed about the launch of several hundred new top-level domain ... read more ...
 
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Google’s Local Search Algorithm Is Rolling Out To UK, Canada, And Australia - Matt Southern wrote a piece on Search Engine Journal that Google will be expanding its local search to the UK,Canada and Australia. Back in August Search Engine Land called the local search update the Pigeon, Understanding the Pigeon Update At this time, Pigeon seems to only impact local search queries made in English within the United States. At first sight, Pigeon seems to give preference to local businesses over local brands. This is actually good news for small business owners who have a local, ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Beats Google to The New gTLD .Tours As Google Withdraws .Tour - Another indirect new gTLD contention set was resolved as Donuts won the new gTLD .Tours against Google’s application for .Tour. Google has withdrawn its application for .Tour which is applied for Donuts which applied for .Tours was put into a indirect contention set with Google’s application for .Tour At the end of the day Google withdrew its application for .Tour, leaving Donuts the only applicant for .Tours There will be no .Tour We do not have any information as to how the contention set was ... read more ...
Tue 23rd December 2014
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Merry Christmas Trademark Holders: 15 Year Old DirectorsChoice.com Lost In UDRP - Director’s Choice, LLP just won is a UDRP for the domain name directorschoice.com We read through the complaint the other day thought is was a no-brainier win for the domain holder, but as the opinion lays out it seems the three member panel thought it was a no-brainier win for the Trademark Holder. It seems the domain holder acted as his own attorney to respond to the complaint. Not a good idea people. The domain holder already let us know he will be filing a Federal Suit to stop the transfer. Here ... read more ...
 
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Md.Org Lawsuit Withdrawn: Domain Is Transferred - In April of 2013 Namejet.comm along with the Seller of the domain Privacy LLC, (Privacy), filed a lawsuit against several parties for non-payment of the winning bid. Ownership of the domain name MD.org transferred yesterday to Ari Goldberger, ESQwire.com PC Domain Attorney Trust Account I reached out to Namejet.com for comment who told me that “the lawsuit has been withdrawn and the parties are all satisfied with the outcome.” I reached out to the other parties involved and didn’t get any ... read more ...
 
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Tech.Co Covers .XYZ: “.Xyz is Staring Down .Com; This is How we Slay a Giant” - Tech.co just posted a article about .XYZ and its founder Daniel Negari in a story entitled; .Xyz is Staring Down .Com: This is How you Slay the Giant. Here are some of the more interesting quotes from the story by Daniel that I’m sure this story will get many in the domainer community going especially the headline. “I set out to really disrupt the name space and bring competition and choice to the marketplace. That’s what I’m about – bring a low cost alternative to .com and let people pick ... read more ...