Category Archives: EN

Tue 3rd November 2015
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Sony uses .Sony domain name instead of .Com for microsite - Company puts .brand to work. Last week I wrote about the .Brand challenge to .Com, and how it doesn’t come in the form of big companies giving up their .com domains. For example, Sony is never going to let Sony.com expire. Instead, challenge is the thousands of additional domain names companies register to promote contest, microsites, etc. Which is why a site recently launched by Sony is noteworthy. To promote some of its technology in the new Bond film Spectre, the company set up a site at AssistMoneyPenny.sony. This ... read more ...
 
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.Club Registry Reports “Record Month” - .Club domain names are one of the best selling new gTLD extensions. The registry is currently the 6th best selling new gTLD extension, with over 300,000 domain names sold, according to nTLDStats.com. The Registry is reporting that its aftermarket sales are also selling well. Yesterday, the .Club Registry published a blog post announcing that October was a “record month” in terms of the value of domain names it sold in the aftermarket. According to the .Club Registry, the “(t)otal premium ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports Over $1M In Domain Sales In October - Namejet.com just published its domain name sales list for October 2015. As usual only domain sales of $2,000 or more are included in the report and only domains that were paid for by the end of the month are included. In all NameJet.com reported over $1 Million in sales in October led by 742.com at $142,000. 17 domain names sold in the five figures including 7 LLL.com domain names. We bought Blazed.com for $10,000 that is included in the report Here are the sales:   ... read more ...
 
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.Club is batting 1.000 on 2 minute domain name auctions - .Club is setting a new standard for two letter domain name values in new TLDs. .Club’s two letter domain name auctions are off to a good start, with all 15 of the domain names that have closed so far reaching their reserves. The 15 domain names each had reserves of at least $5,000. Two of the five domain names ending tonight have also met their $5,000 reserves. These are impressive prices for two letter domains in new extensions. There’s a huge supply of two letter domain names available now, ... read more ...
 
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gTLD sunrise periods now open – October 2015 - As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods. Please contact us or see our December 2013 newsletter for information as to what the Sunrise Period is, and how to become eligible to register a domain name under one of the new gTLDs during this period.  As of the date of this newsletter, Sunrise periods are open for the following new gTLDs: .pohl .allfinanz .trading .spreadbetting .cfd .swiss .xn--45q11c ... read more ...
 
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China, Working with a US Company, Aims to Censor Online Content - Internet censorship around the world is the goal of a new collaboration between China and XYZ.com, which would ban websites whose names contain certain words from new top-level domains. China is already famous for massive Internet surveillance and censorship inside its borders. Now, through a partnership with American company XYZ.com, Chinese authorities are also aiming to censor online content around the world in an unprecedented suppression of Internet privacy and freedom. It's no secret ... read more ...
 
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October's Top 5 Domain Name Wire Stories - Here’s what was hot in October. 1. The Adam Dicker Saga – One of the bigger personalities in the domain name industry had his comeuppance last month. Many of Adam Dicker’s revenue and prowess claims were called into question, people said they were ripped off by him, and apparently he was running low on money. A lawyer acting on behalf of Dicker sent a letter to people who posted things on a massive NamePros thread, asking them to remove the comments. This one isn’t over yet. 2. A Massive ... read more ...
 
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.Club Sells $125K in Domains in Oct Led By VIP.Club At $40 & The.Club $19K - The .Club registry published it’s October premium name sales report. Total premium name sales for October, including SnapNames sales and auctions, came to a record $125,372.25. As of October 31, 2015, total cumulative sales of registry reserved premium .CLUB names came to $1,268,199.27. The highest single sale remains Wine.club at $140,000.00 which was sold at the RightoftheDot.com auction at Namescon in January of 2014. We at RightoftheDot.com also brokered the domain name The.Club for $19,000 ... read more ...
 
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10 Digit .Com's Domain Hit NameJet.com - The numbered .Com domain name frenzy continues as I see today 10 digit domain names in pre-release on NameJet.com with multiple backorders. The two domain names that are now in pending delete with bids are 8888888833.com and 8888888835.com. The backorder deadline on these domain names is 11pm EST tonight. ... read more ...
 
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Here's because a MySchool.com lawsuit was discharged (Transcript) - Transcript reveals Judge’s reasoning for granting summary judgment to MySchool.com owner. Last week, Judge John F. Anderson granted Original Web Ventures’ motion for summary judgment in a fight over the domain name MySchool.com. In doing so, he dismissed claims by Joseph Carpenter, who owns MySchool411.com, that Original was cybersquatting by owning MySchool.com. I’ve just obtained the transcript (pdf) of the hearing on October 26 at which Anderson made his ruling. Anderson is a judge in Verisign’s ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling's Name Administration Wins Another UDRP on 16 Year Old Torneo.com - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc represented as usually by John Berryhill, Ph.D, Esq., has won another UDRP this time on the domain name Torneo.com which was registered on September 28, 1999. “Torneo” is the common Spanish and Italian word for “tournament” The UDRP was filed by Sport and Fashion Management PTE. LTD. of Moscow, Russian Federation which owns the domain name torneo.ru The Complaint was filed on July 15, 2015. The panelists of Christopher J. Pibus, Irina V. Savelieva ... read more ...
 
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The Domain KanyeForPresident.Com Goes Up For Sale - The domain name that made international news, KanyeForPresident.com has gone up for sale on Flippa.com Back in August at the MTV Video awards Kanye West announced he will be running for President of the United States in 2020. A 24-year-old Tramal Ferguson of Marietta, Georgia registered the domain name KanyeForPresident.com “on a whim back in April 2015” and reportedly turned down offers as high as $80,000, shortly after Mr. West’s announcement. Now the domain is at auction on Flippa.com. The ... read more ...
 
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Experts in Consumer Protections, Economics and Security Needed for New gTLD … – ag-IP - Participants selected as CCT Review Team members will pioneer an ongoing effort to track and examine data about the domain name industry and system. Their analysis of how new gTLDs are affecting the market place and the Internet's root zone will impact future rounds of the New gTLD Program through potential changes to policy. Enhancing competition, choice and trust in the domain name space are key goals of the New gTLD Program, and the Internet community has a vested interest in determining whether ... read more ...
Mon 2nd November 2015
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October 2015 – gTLD Sunrise Periods Now Open - You are responsible for reading, understanding and agreeing to the National Law Review's (NLR’s) and the National Law Forum LLC's  Terms of Use and Privacy Policy before using the National Law Review website. The National Law Review is a free to use, no-log in database of legal and business articles. The content and links on www.NatLawReview.com are intended for general information purposes only. Any legal analysis, legislative updates or other content and links should not be construed ... read more ...
 
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This week's new domain name: Let's speak about .Sex - .Sex domain names become available on Wednesday. There’s only one new domain name entering general availability this week according to Calzone.org, but it’s a big one: .Sex. ICM Registry launches the domain name on Wednesday, November 4. You will be able to register .Sex domain names at registrars for about $75 per year. The domain name option will join ICM Registry’s existing line of similarly-themed domain names, including .XXX, .Adult and .Porn. Already, the .sex zone file has nearly 4,000 ... read more ...
 
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La Guinée recherche un consultant pour prendre possession de son domaine de code pays de haut niveau dot GN -

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Galaxy A7, A5, A3, TV SUHD, etc., les nouveaux produits de Samsung qui seront disponibles en Afrique en 2015

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Which Domain Extensions Should You Use for International #SEO? - Most websites have a global audience, even if they focus on one country. However, depending on your product, you might want to go the extra step and target international users. The decision to focus your site on an international audience is a big leap forward and there are many complexities to work through.There are, of course, issues to deal with around language, but there are also some big SEO and brand choices to make, including exactly what domains to use for your international presence.ccTLD ... read more ...
 
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.Com default disappears in iOS 9 on iPad - Keyboard loses its .com shortcut. Something weird happened when I updated our iPads to iOS 9.1. I’m not sure if it is an intentional change or a bug. Here’s the deal: When you press and hold the period “.” key on the iOS keyboard on an iPad, it no longer automatically inserts .com. Oddly, this behavior is different on the iPhone. For a long time, if you pressed and held the period key for a second in a field that might contain a domain, iOS would pop up a selection of five top level domain ... read more ...
 
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French Regulators wish .com enclosed in right to be forgotten - We have written before about Google and their battle with certain European countries on the “right to be forgotten”. Google has contended that results should only be removed from the local country code results, so if someone from France makes a request, then the results no longer show on Google.fr. The E.U. would like to see the results removed from everywhere including Google.com. Google does not see things that way and has argued removal should be on the local level. Recently Google made an ... read more ...
 
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Recrutement d’un Consultant Individuel dans le cadre de l’Assistance pour la Délégation du ccTLD .GN - Sollicitation de manifestations d'intérêt  :  SMI n° 011/WARCIP/SC/09/2015   Date début : 02/11/2015 ;   Date Limite : 16/11/2015   Client : Ministère en charge des Postes, Télécommunicationset des Nouvelles Technologies de l’Information (MPTNTI) - Unité de Gestion du Projet WARCIP – GUINEE.   Type : Sollicitation de manifestation d'intérêt.   Titre : Recrutement d’un Consultant Individuel dans le cadre de l’Assistance pour la Délégation ... read more ...
 
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The new gTLDs landscape in Asia assessed in the latest edition of World … - Trevor Little Issue 58 of World Trademark Review is now available online to subscribers. Our cover story assesses the new gTLDs landscape in Asia. While the region appears to be ahead of the curve when it comes to awareness and adoption, a slow start for certain internationalised domain names may cause brands to worry about their investments – whether ... read more ...
 
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Congo.io, miffed during cost of Congo.Com, is rebranding to a opposite .Com - Company crowdsources an aftermarket domain name purchase. A Domain Name Wire reader sent me an amusing press release issued on Friday. Boulder, Colorado startup Congo is upset that Digimedia, owners of Congo.com, want an “egregiously overinflated valuation of $750,000” for Congo.com. You see, Congo uses the domain name Congo.io for its site that connects people to attorneys. Apparently it realized that the .io domain name wasn’t working, and now they want a .com domain. But Congo is the name ... read more ...
 
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4 Letter .Com Domains with Giuseppe Graziano – DNW Podcast #57 - How can you cash in on 4 letter domain names? 3 and 4 letter domain names are in high demand, and few people know more about the market than Giuseppe Graziano. His domain brokerage firm GGRG.com works exclusively on these domains. On today’s show he’ll tell you how to find and buy the best 4 letter domain names, and what to avoid. Also: Verisign gets .XYZ on its face, MySchool lawsuit dismissed, a major phishing attack. Subscribe via iTunes to listen to the Domain Name Wire podcast on your iPhone ... read more ...
 
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.Club 2 Letter Domains Auctions Go 10 for 10 Hitting Reserve on EachNic.com - .Club which is holding an auction on the Chinese Auction platform EachNic.com sold all 10 two letter .Club domains that closed over the weekend. Each domain name had a reserve price of $5,000. The domain names that reach reserved and sold over the weekend were:   HJ.club JC.club YM.club JS.club GZ.club PK.club QC.club YX.club DK.club PC.club I don’t know what any of the final bids for the any of the 1o domains were except for PC.club which sold for $9,750. I know how much PC.club sold for because ... read more ...
 
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Freelancer.com completes $7.5 million squeeze of Escrow.com - Deal was announced in April. Online freelancing marketplace Freelancer.com has completed its purchase of internet escrow service Escrow.com. Freelancer.com announced in April that it agreed to purchase the company for $7.5 million. Escrow.com generated $5 million in revenue and $1.2 million EBITDA last year on $220 million of transactions. Freelancer.com has a market cap of AUS $800 million. It owns a number of online freelancer marketplaces, in addition to online marketing forum Warrior Forum. Escrow.com ... read more ...