Category Archives: EN

Wed 11th November 2015
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Centralnic sales of top-level domains surges on xy - (ShareCast News) - Boosted by the popularity of the .xyz website suffix, CentralNic has become the first internet registry wholesaler to sell more than 2m new top-level domain (TLD) names, according to industry data.The London-based company has grabbed a 21.21% share of all domains registered globally using new TLDs to become top-ranked 'registry backend' in the industry, slightly ahead of Rightside Registry, which is owned by US internet group Demand Media.CentralNic has exclusive registry ownership ... read more ...
 
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Appellita: a new apparatus for anticipating domain names - Some innovative approaches to finding good domain names. There are a bunch of brand name and domain name generators on the web. Every once in a while, one comes along with a unique twist that makes it worth a look. That’s the case with Appellita, a new service that soft launched in last August. It was created by San Antonio entrepreneur Daisy Egeolu. Appellita, like basically all name generators, has a system that adds prefixes and suffixes to keywords to find domains. But it goes beyond that. Two ... read more ...
 
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This man is totally stoked to get his domain name! (End User Report) - Car rental company Enterprise and a guy named Sam among those buying domain names this past week. What does it feel like when you’re able to acquire a domain name matching your common first and last name? This is what San Francisco resident Sam Bishop posted at SamBishop.com after acquiring the domain name: That’s the entire website. And I know the feeling! Sam was just one of many end users buying domain names at Sedo this past week. The company handled 788 domain name transactions for $1.3 ... read more ...
 
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First .Auto Domain: Kain Automotive Switches From KainAutomotive.Com To Kain.Auto - Kain Automotive has changed their domain name from KainAutomotive.com to the new gTLD Kain.Auto becoming one of the first registrants of the new gTLD .auto. The domain name KainAutomotive.com is now being forwarded to the new gTLD Kain.Auto The domain name Kain.auto was created on November 3. According to their site Kain Automotive was Established in 2003 by “David Kain as a way to assist Automotive Dealers and Automotive Manufacturers with developing effective and progressive Internet Sales Operations David ... read more ...
 
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Report: Maharaja.co.uk Sells for $114,000 - According to a story out today the a catering company in London English, Maharaja London paid £75,000 for domain name – maharaja.co.uk which is around $114,000 based on today’s exchange rates. Maharaja according to the story means ‘high ruler’ or ‘king’. ‘With having an online presence being so important for our growth plans this will really help turn Maharaja into a widely celebrated brand’ claims a company spokesman.” According to the story there were three other companies bidding ... read more ...
 
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Movius.com UDRP denied, though how is it not RDNH? - This is a pretty blatant “Plan B” UDRP filing. Movius Interactive Corporation of Johns Creek, Georgia, represented by Smith Risley Tempel Santos LLC, has failed in its UDRP attempt against the domain name Movius.com. The domain name is owned by branding firm Dynamo.com, which registered the domain name many years before the complainant started using the mark. From the get go, this seemed like a reverse domain name hijacking case. Consider that panelist Robert A. Badgley said the crux of the complainant’s ... read more ...
Tue 10th November 2015
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Verisign Trending Keywords For Oct Include TM of Nike - Verisign(VRSN)  just published it’s  trending keywords for domain names registered in .com and .net in October The term “Ok ” is the number one .Com trending term, which is pretty strange. Words on  the trending list for .com  include; walk, blab, sold It’s pretty early for Christmas, but it’s never to early for marijuana. On the .Net list I don’t know who is registering all those domains with Nike in them but its unusual to see a trademarked terms on the top 10 list With that said, ... read more ...
 
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Verisign's .IDN priority duration identical to .Porn - Domains will be available during a limited matching period. Verisign has released more information about its IDN transliteration launches. As expected, the launches will include a Priority Access Program that allows existing registrants of second level domain names to buy matching domain names in the new IDN-as-.com extensions. This is similar to what ICM Registry did for .Porn, .Adult and .Sex. Verisign and ICM Registry had originally hoped to continually reserve matching domain names at the second ... read more ...
 
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DHgate Deploys Austreme’s Transaction Laundering Detection Solution - BEIJING, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DHpay, one ofthe most well-knownpayment service providers offering a cross-border, multi-currency payment platform in China, has announced that it has implemented Austreme's Transaction Laundering Detection solution(TLD) in orderto empower the existing risk and fraud management of its payment platform. DHpay isthe independent subsidiary and payment platform of leading B2B e-commerce giant DHgate, one of the first B2B online marketplaces in China for buyers ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.3million led by DCR.com during $42,000 - Over the past week, 788 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.3m. 61% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.    Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: dcr.com at 42,000 USD Top ccTLD: x.de at 40,000 USD Top “other” TLD: jrr.org at 9,888 USD New Gtld sales: messe.online    1,499    EUR service.marketing    1,295    USD skat.online    700    EUR Strong week for three letter .nets, seems to be a pick up over the last couple ... read more ...
 
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Discussion turns to future gTLD rounds as Google calls for a permanent window - Trevor Little The focus on the next round of new gTLD applications has often centred on the ‘when’. However, the ‘what’ is increasingly being discussed; namely, what form it will take – another round or a continuous window? Google has thrown its weight behind the latter, urging ICANN to abandon the concept of application rounds. ICANN’s ... read more ...
 
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17 Year Old Areas.com Lost in UDRP: Failure to Respond a UDRP Evidence of Bad Faith - The 17 year old domain name Areas.com was just lost in a very short UDRP decision in which the domain holder did not even file a formal response. For all you domain investors that ask why even spend the money to properly defend a UDRP, The Panel found that “failure to respond the Complaint can be evidence of bad faith” in and of itself. That is why if you have a valuable domain you need to hire an experienced attorney in UDRP matters and ask for a three member panel. Esitbot.com values the domain ... read more ...
 
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Five Number Domain Lost in UDRP - With the craziness around numbered domain names it worth noting that the domain name 11315.so was just lost in a UDRP decision handed down by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) proving that even numbered domain names are not exempt from UDRP attack. Here are the highlights: The complainant was founded in 2001 and in 2002 entered the credit industry, to create a “11315 Credit Services” logo, and for the credit business activities. Respondent disputed domain name 11315.so on July ... read more ...
 
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How companies are regulating Black Friday domains - Few companies are using .BlackFriday domain names. It’s hard to believe that Black Friday is just a couple weeks away. One of the more interesting new top level domain names is .BlackFriday. It’s interesting because it refers to just a single day of the year. Will people build sites on top level domain names with a such a specific, time-constrained use? Even if it’s a huge e-commerce term? Google has indexed about 50,000 .blackfriday pages. Once you get to about page 9, most of the indexed ... read more ...
 
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Listed On Sedo: 8888888888.com $190K; 8888888888888.com for $88,888 - I was looking through Sedo’s recently announced numeric search engine and found a few interesting listings The domain name 8888888888.com (that is 10 number 8’s) for  $190K; 8888888888888.com (that is 13 number 8’s) for $88,888 88.club is listed for $60,000 88872.com is listed for $24,000 52188.com is listed for $23,000 868888888.com is listed for 9,999 GBP which is about $15K. 888888.net is listed for $66,000 and has a bid of $6K. There are plenty more numeric domains for sale on Sedo in ... read more ...
 
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Owner of Areas.com doesn't respond, loses domain name - Cybersquatting complaint successful in absence of response. The owner of Areas.com has lost the domain name in a UDRP after failing to submit a response. The complaint was brought by AREAS, S.A. of Barcelona, Spain. The company operates over 1,000 food and beverage outlets. The domain name owner, Andres Sanchez Garcia, lives in Sabadell, Spain. AREAS, S.A. showed that the domain name was confusingly similar to a mark in which it has rights. It also made out a prima facie case that the domain name ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Adds Numeric Domain Search: 10% Of the Sales Last week Were Number Domains - Sedo.com just announced they integrated  a new search feature that only shows numeric domain names in the search results.” “This is valuable for all Sedo customers but will especially impact our Chinese customers whose interest in numeric domains continue to grow at a rapid rate.” “Throughout 2015, sales for numeric domains, such as 7384.com or 17117.com, have increased exponentially, particularly with buyers from China. In the last week of October, more than 10% of Sedo’s sales were ... read more ...
 
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When a burble bursts… - What will drive the long-term value of short domain names? I’m ecstatic that Chinese buyers are snapping up short domain names. It’s great for the resale market, it’s great for registries (new and old) that are suddenly selling lots of registrations, and it’s great for the registrars. But I also give pause. After all, there are basically two things that give a domain name value: traffic and resale potential. Some of these short domain names get traffic. But not hundreds of thousands of them ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Says Domains Registered Surpasses 2 Million Mark - LONDON (Alliance News) - Internet domain names seller CentralNic Group PLC on Tuesday said it is currently the leading company in its field, sending its shares higher.The group said it had 2.0 million domains registered using its platform as of 0700 GMT this morning, representing 21% of all domains registered globally using new TLD domain names."For CentralNic as a London-based AIM listed company to achieve the number one position globally in new TLDs, and to be the first to cross the two million ... read more ...
 
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.News rings adult $1.4 million for Rightside - Rightside reveals numbers behind successful TLD, plus renewal rates. Less than 4 months after its general release, the .News domain name has generated $1.4 million in cash sales for Rightside (NASDAQ: NAME). On yesterday’s investor conference call, Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu reported that there are about 34,000 names registered in .News. The average wholesale price — which includes premiums — is $41. This brings the total to $1.4 million cash. (Revenue is recognized over time.) 1,000 of the ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Passes 2 Million Registrations of New gTLD - CentralNic Group PLC has over 2.0 million domains registered using its platform representing 21% of all new gTLD domain names. Of the 2+ million new gTLD registered through CentralNic 1,552,903 are .XYZ domain names.  The only other extension using CentralNic that has 100,000+  is .website, although .online is quickly approaching with just about 95,000 domain names. CentralNic passed Rightside (NAME), which not only has its own new gTLD extensions as a registry but also performs the back end provider ... read more ...
 
 
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CentralNic becomes first wholesaler to top 2mln domain sales - --UPDATES SHARE PRICE, ADDS BACKGROUND-- CentralNic (LON:CNIC) shares advanced around 10% Tuesday after it told investors it had become the first web domain wholesaler to sell 2mln new top-level domain (TLD) names. In London, the shares were up 5.5p or 10.2% closing Tuesday’s session at 59.5p. The firm is the top “registry back-end” company, with more than 2mln web pages registered, representing 21.2% of the global market, according to market data. This was boosted ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic First Company to Achieve Two Million New TLD Registrations - CentralNic Group plc (LON:CNIC), the internet platform business which derives revenues from the global sale of domain names, is pleased to announce that it is the first “registry backend” (ie. Wholesaler) to achieve sales of two million new TLD domain names, according to the domain industry statistics website www.ntldstats.com As at 0700hrs on Tuesday 10th November, CentralNic is ranked in the top position, with 2,002,507 domains registered using CentralNic’s registry ... read more ...
Mon 9th November 2015
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Rightside Announces Third Quarter 2015 Financial Results – Virtual - Third Quarter Total Revenue Increases 11% Year-Over-Year KIRKLAND, Wash., Nov. 9, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rightside Group, Ltd. (Nasdaq:NAME), a leading provider of domain name services that advance the way businesses and consumers define and present themselves online, today announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2015. "In the third quarter, we, delivered record quarterly revenue and margins continue to increase year-over-year due to the impact of the new ... read more ...