Category Archives: EN

Mon 13th April 2015
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Minds + Machines’ .law domain attracting interest of Legal Marketing Association - No investment advice The Company is a publisher. You understand and agree that no content published on the Site constitutes a recommendation that any particular security, portfolio of securities, transaction, or investment strategy is suitable or advisable for any specific person. You further understand that none of the information providers or their affiliates will advise you personally concerning the nature, potential, advisability, value or suitability of any particular security, portfolio ... read more ...
 
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Owners of C.UK Generating 100,000 Uniques a month - Mike stumbled upon a very interesting use of a typo domain in the .UK extension. If you go to ebay.c.uk like Mike did, or any domain where you leave off the o in .co.uk, you get a page that explains that the company behind the domain is Claims.co.uk. The company has apparently done a lot of work helping charities and they are also owners of C.co.uk and the matching C.uk. So what the company is doing is using a wildcard on any typos and bringing users to this landing page, the page explains who they ... read more ...
 
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Bring out a Piñata: Fiesta.com UDRP fails - Panel rules domain name not registered in bad faith. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found in favor of the owner of the Fiesta.com domain name in a UDRP, although just one of three panelist found the complainant to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Dean Simmons, Sàrl and Heintz Van Landewyck S.à.r.l. filed the UDRP against Fiesta.com. The company appears to have recently launched an e-cigarette under the Fiesta brand, but it also pulled up some old (and questioned) ... read more ...
 
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Domain investing success story with Michael Castello – DNW Podcast #28 - Michael Castello’s twenty year journey in domain names. Michael Castello, CEO of Castello Cities Internet Network, discusses the amazing story of how he got into the domain name business and picked up great domains like Nashville.com and Whisky.com. Like many early domain name investors, he stumbled upon domain names when life wasn’t going quite as planned. In this episode, he tells the story of how he sold Whisky.com for $3.1 million about a year ago. He also discusses the past, present, and ... read more ...
 
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Flashlights.com, Gobe.com and More Domain Movers - Welcome to the latest installment of domain name movers that are mainly all associated with domains acquired by large companies for future products, services and brands. As always, these are mainly all very early discoveries. Amazon Technologies Inc. which has a payment service called Amazon Simple Pay (ASP) is discontinuing the service on June 1, 2015. Interesting to note, Simple Payments Corp acquired the domain name SimplePay.com between 10/31/2014 to 1/25/2015 when the domain went into privacy ... read more ...
 
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Panel Makes Reverse Domain Name Hijacking Finding Without Domain Holder Asking For It - NH Resources LLC and Vaughn Crowe of Southlake, Texas, were just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) on the domain name no-heat.net, despite the fact that the domain holder didn’t even ask the panel to make a RDNH finding. The three member panel of John Swinson, Gaynell Methvin and David H. Bernstein rejected the Complainants claim of a common law trade mark rights in no-heat.com. The Complainants registered the domain name on October 21, 2004. The domain holder registered the ... read more ...
 
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.Poker Passes 500 Registrations In Sunrise & Landrush -     .Poker will launch into general availability on April 21. Through Sunrise and Landrush there are already over 500 .poker domain registrations (506) to be exact I do not thing domain names that got more than one landrush application and therefore heading to auction are included in the totals or in the zone file. Here are the more interesting .poker registrations: 007.poker 32red.poker 365.poker 3cardpokerpoker.com 7cardsstud.poker 7cardstud.poker 888.poker 8888.poker americascardroom.poker andrew.poker android.poker apple.poker appt.poker aria.poker axa.poker azimut.poker b10.poker backing.poker baidu.poker bellagio.poker bet365.poker betcoin.poker betcris.poker betfair.poker bets10.poker betsafe.poker betsson.poker betstars.poker betwin.poker biggame.poker bigwin.poker blackchip.poker blitz.poker blogger.poker bluff.poker bodog.poker borgata.poker bovada.poker boylepokerpoker.com boylesports.poker brian.poker brown.poker bwin.poker byron.poker californiaonline.poker cash.poker cashgames.poker celebrity.poker cloud.poker club.poker crown.poker cyber.poker duel.poker eureka.poker excalibur.poker extreme.poker florida.poker freetexasholdem.poker fulltilt.poker game.poker get.poker getstaked.poker google.poker goplay.poker grosvenor.poker guide.poker hall.poker hardrock.poker highstake.poker instagram.poker intelli.poker jamesbond.poker juegos.poker king.poker learnplaying.poker letitride.poker linkedin.poker live.poker macau.poker mgm.poker michael.poker microsoft.poker mike.poker mint.poker mirage.poker mohamed.poker monte-carlo.poker monte-carlo-casino.poker msn.poker naughty.poker newjersey.poker newyork.poker next.poker nike.poker office.poker omaha.poker onlinetournaments.poker open.poker party.poker paypal.poker perfect.poker planet.poker playmoney.poker pocketfives.poker redbull.poker rich.poker ritz.poker rollsroyce.poker rookie.poker rush.poker school.poker sevencardsstud.poker sky.poker snap.poker spiele.poker sportsbook.poker stars.poker team.poker theborgata.poker theritz.poker thompson.poker tilt.poker titan.poker true.poker university.poker usa.poker viagra.poker vip.poker virgin.poker watch.poker wins.poker worldtour.poker wpt.poker wtp.poker wynn.poker xbox.poker xxx.poker youtube.poker youwin.poker ... read more ...
 
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WIPO row finds chemical association intent in RDNH - Panel determines that company submitted “selective and incomplete story”. A three person WIPO panel has found NH Resources LLC of Texas to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name No-Heat.net. It’s a bizarre case in which the parties have already been embroiled in lawsuits, there are allegations of bribery and a host of other issues. Without going down that rabbit hole, the panel determined that the complainants were not completely forthcoming in the UDRP. Because ... read more ...
 
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Hugo Boss Loses UDRP Attempt To Grab Domain Hugo.mx - Hugo Boss just lost its bid to gain control of the domain name Hugo.mx The domain holder Jesus Navarro Saracibar, of Baltimore who seems to own some 10K domain name represented himself in the matter and seemed to do a very good job even citing other UDRP cases in support of his arguement. Bottom line the panel rightly found the term “Hugo” is generic Here are the highlights: Factual Background The Respondent is a German fashion house founded in 1924 by luxury Hugo Boss. The Respondent is listed ... read more ...
 
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Brands blank a symbol with .Sucks defensive registrations - Knee-jerk reaction doesn’t make sense and leaves companies vulnerable. I’m not a fan of .sucks business model. I’m not a fan of charging big brands a premium to protect their brands with the veiled threat of someone creating a gripe site against the company. At the same time, I’m a bit flummoxed at the knee-jerk reaction some companies are taking with .sucks compared to other domains. They’re paying thousands of dollars to protect their brand.sucks domain name, but leaving many other potential ... read more ...
 
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See that new tip turn domain names are deleting - Check out which domains people are letting go. Want to take a second stab at domains registered under new top level domains a year ago? Curious what types of domain names people are giving up on after a year? Domain Punch has a new section that shows which domain names were deleted from the zone file yesterday. You can sort by top level domain and length, as well as see deletion numbers for each top level domain name. Keep in mind the domains on the list have just been deleted from the zone. This ... read more ...
 
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UK users still don’t trust fancy new Internet top-level domains, study finds - Added on Apr 13, 2015 by John E Dunn Eighteen months into the new era of generic top-level domains (gTLDs) such as .london, .shop and .bank barely one in ten British and US consumers feels comfortable visiting websites using them, according to a large survey by security firm NCC Group. The survey of 10,000 consumers (5,000 from each country) found that 87 percent said that they didn't feel comfortable visiting new domains, presumably an issue connected to unfamiliarity. Roughly ... read more ...
Sun 12th April 2015
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Sex Domains Big Business In Australia - Iconic.Sydney published an article about Sex and Domains, there is a combo, they go together like Peanut Butter and Jelly. Apparently sex related names are becoming a popular choice with the new Aussie based gtlds. From the article: Overall, adult industry domain names accounted for just over 5% of last week’s registrations, making them more popular than food and hospitality (3.7%), beauty and cosmetics (2.9%) and medical services (2.6%). The sex industry: driving online innovation? The fact ... read more ...
 
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Why .Com Probably Won't Get NetFlixed By The New Gtlds - Alex Kehr wrote an article on his personal blog, titled “Why .COM will probably get Netflixed by New TLDs” The article is about the relationship of .com and new gtlds being analogous to Blockbuster and NetFlix. I think he is misguided in his interpretation. The other thing missing from the article is that Alex works for Name.com who is owned by Rightside. It helps the reader know where you are coming from and where your particular bias may lie. From the article: The .COM domain is starting to ... read more ...
 
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World Domain Day 2015 Industry Award Winners & A Big Thanks From TheDomains.com -             The World Domain Day 2015 Industry Awards were presented at the World Domain Day conference that was held in New Delhi on April 10th, 2015. We at TheDomains.com are very proud to announce we won the award for Best Domain Blog and thank the show organizers and all the voters. Here are the winners of the Awards handed out by WDD, congrats to all: Best Registrar: GoDaddy Best Aftermarket Platform: SEDO Best Parking Provider: DomainNameSales Best Domain Blog: TheDomains Best New gTLD: ... read more ...
 
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Three Year Global AdSpend Forecast Growth Better Than Last Twenty - Jack Loechner wrote on MediaPost that the next three year forecast for global ad spend growth is better than the last twenty. The article took a look at a recent study from Zenith Optimedia. No surprise the greatest area for growth is in online video which is expected to grow at an average 29% a year through 2017. From the article: According to the new Advertising Expenditure Forecasts from ZenithOptimedia, global adspend will grow 4.4% to reach $544 Billion US in 2015, and will accelerate to 5.3% ... read more ...
Sat 11th April 2015
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ICANN Really .Sucks By Saying They Don't Regulate Content: Anyone Remember .XXX? - After collecting over 1/3 of a billion dollars in application fees, ICANN attempted to pass off the whole .Sucks issue to law enforcement this week, asking them for an opinion, which is very unlikely to come, of whether the .sucks roll-out violates US or Canadian federal law. ICANN is quoted as saying it was “concerned about the contentions of illicit actions” by Vox Populi but that it lacks the expertise or jurisdiction to evaluate them”. Really? Basically ICANN just “ratted out” one of ... read more ...
 
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Shocking percentage of consumers do not trust new top-level domains - Security in the Modern World: The ITProPortal Report free to download now: People don’t feel as safe online following the launch of hundreds of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). According to a poll from NCC Group, 40 per cent of web users reported feeling less secure online since the introduction of the domains which includes the likes of .shop, .bank and .London. Furthermore, 87 per cent said they do not feel very comfortable ... read more ...
 
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Flippa Weekly Sales Led by FZV.com - Flippa released their sales leaderboard for the week on their blog today. FZV.com at $15,000 led the way and that was followed by another 3L.com, NVL.com sold for $12,600. Both of these sales were negotiated post auction. Flippa continues to be the place for .io domains. Analytics.io sold for $10,000 and Movie.io sold for $6,500. There was also some nice .net sales there this week led by Keyboards.net at $6,800. Flippa Domain Sales Leaderboard for This Week FZV.com  @ $15,000  (Negotiated Post-Auction)NVL.com  ... read more ...
Fri 10th April 2015
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Maybe Those .Sucks Domains Weren’t A Good Idea After All - It looks like you might not be able to buy that .sucks domain name after all. Two months before websites under the new top-level domain (TLD) were set to go on sale to the general public, the whole idea is being called into question in a serious way. After a huge outcry from businesses, the International Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is investigating whether or not the plan to move forward with the .sucks domains—and charge brands exorbitant fees to secure them—is ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD’s Registrations Top 5 Million; .Science & .Link Break 100K: We Break … - The number of new gTLD domain name registrations have topped 5 Million for the first time, according to ntldstats.com Here are the top 30 most registered new gTLDs: Domain                Total Reg  % of all Reg Now let’s go behind the numbers. .XYZ as we have spoken about numerous times includes about 375,000 free registrations that were stuffed into Network Solutions customer accounts which represented about 43% of its registrations. The next five top-selling registrars for .XYZ ... read more ...
 
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We Need a Focused, Cooperative Strategy for Marketing New gTLDs - This essay discusses recent findings on the difficulty of overcoming decision bias, and it argues that this factor, when combined with a diverse and fragmented demand for new gTLDs, makes a focused marketing strategy crucial to the success of the program. In addition, success requires cooperation among registries and resellers when it comes to sales and marketing. Impulse buying aside, a product's sales are driven by the product's utility, which is why some professionals believe that the main ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Purchases Web Design Marketplace Elto - Back in October of 2013 Ophelie Lechat introduced me to a gentleman named Ned Dwyer, Ned ran a company called Tweaky and was looking to change the name of the company and was looking for a new domain name. I submitted a bunch of names both personal and client names. We were close on a couple but nothing that was perfect for the company. Eventually Ned purchased the domain name Elto.com. Today Elto.com was purchased by Go Daddy. Tech Crunch wrote: Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Elto had ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD's Registrations Top 5 Million; .Science & .Link Break 100K: We Break Down a Numbers - The number of new gTLD domain name registrations have topped 5 Million for the first time, according to ntldstats.com Here are the top 30 most registered new gTLDs: Domain                Total Reg  % of all Reg Now let’s go behind the numbers. .XYZ as we have spoken about numerous times includes about 375,000 free registrations that were stuffed into Network Solutions customer accounts which represented about 43% of its registrations. The next five top-selling registrars for .XYZ ... read more ...
 
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ICANN responds to IPC concerns, refers ‘.sucks’ to the FTC - Trevor Little Almost two weeks after the IP Constituency (IPC) formally voiced its concern over pricing policies in the ‘.sucks’ top-level domain, ICANN has swung into action, referring the IPC’s allegations to both the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and, because Vox Populi is a Canadian enterprise, Canada's Office of Consumer Affairs (OCA). World ... read more ...