Category Archives: EN

Thu 11th February 2016
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Not Quite What You're Thinking: Tesila.com (Expired Domain Report) - Here are expired domain names that sold within the past week. Here’s something you’re going to see more and more as brands contend with the vagaries of foreign pronunciation and transliteration: Tesila.com ($14.0k). As you must have guessed, that price was based on an electric car company. But it’s not a typo. In Romania, there is a town called Teșila – evidently too small to appear in the list of cities with 2000+ residents. Small size notwithstanding, you can book a luxury ski hotel ... read more ...
 
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TLD Operators Should Not Police Content, Says EFF - Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) released a letter today stating "companies and organizations that run the Internet's domain name system shouldn't be in the business of policing the contents of websites, or enforcing laws that can impinge on free speech." The statement was released in light Donuts, the largest operator of new domain name extensions, and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) jointly announcing an agreement yesterday to disable or suspend domain names of copyright-infringing ... read more ...
Wed 10th February 2016
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MarkMonitor Takes a Look at Progress on New gTLD Program in Latest Report - The MarkMonitor New gTLD Quarterly Report offers unique insight into the New gTLD Program. Click to DownloadMarkMonitor has just released its New gTLD Quarterly Report providing a unique insight into the New gTLD (NgTLD) Program. The report includes detailed information on .Brand registration and marketing activity, current trends and news relevant to businesses and brand owners. Some highlights include: • Internet identifier NgTLDs are popular among squatters, with some TLDs experiencing ... read more ...
 
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Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows adult 8.2% - Market Recap 2/10/16 Tucows (TCX) was the top performer on the day, after announcing a $40 million stock buyback the stock closed up 8.2%. Verisign (VRSN) was up over 1% today, earnings are out tomorrow. Disclaimer – Any stock price and market data provided on our website is for informational purposes only, and should not be relied upon for trading purposes. Historical and current stock price performance data is not necessarily indicative of future performance. The writer of this article has no ... read more ...
 
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.Music domain name applicant fails in village bid - A second applicant fails to get community status for .music top level domain name. DotMusic Limited, an applicant for the .music top level domain name, has failed to pass its Community Priority Evaluation. Had it passed, the group would have automatically been awarded .music. Now an auction will be held to determine who gets to operate the domain name. The applicant scored 10 out of 16 points (pdf) on its application. 14 are necessary to get community status. It scored 0 out of 4 on “community ... read more ...
 
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Inside MPAA’s Piracy Deal With the Donuts Domain Registry - Domain name registry Donuts describes itself as “the largest operator of new domain name extensions” and it certainly has some interesting ones under its belt. In addition to future classics such as .EMAIL, .COMPANY and .GURU, Donuts also has more light-hearted options available including .FAIL and .WTF. However, with a current registration volume that has just surpassed 900 domains, the gTLD of most interest to Hollywood (except .TAX, perhaps) is .MOVIE. With this in mind it will come as no ... read more ...
 
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Tucows Announces $40 Million Stock BuyBack Program & Is Up Over 8% To $20 A Share - Tucows Inc. (NASDAQ:TCX, TSX:TC) announced after the market closed yesterday “that its Board of Directors has approved a stock buyback program to repurchase from time to time up to $40 million of its common stock in the open market.” “The new $40 million buyback program will commence February 10, 2016 and will terminate on or before February 9, 2017. ” “The Company’s previous buyback program, which commenced February 16, 2015 and was scheduled to end on or before February 15, 2016, has ... read more ...
 
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SalesForce Buys The Domain Quotable.com Through BrandBucket.com - Salesforce has just bought the domain name Quotable.com through BrandBucket.com According to DomainTools.com the owner of the domain name was Baroda Ventures LLC of Beverly Hills, who seemed to own the domain for many years. The live whois records changed yesterday to reflect that SalesForce.com bought the domain name which is now registered through brand protection company and domain name registrar MarkMonitor.com. The domain Quotable.com is already being forwarded to SalesForce.com. It seems the ... read more ...
 
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Feel The Bern? The Domain FeelTheBern.com Is For Sale; We Chat With The Owner - Yesterday Bernie Sanders won the first Democratic primary of the 2016 election beating Hillary Clinton by over 20%. What has become the rally phrase for Mr. Sanders supporters is “Feel the Bern”. I reached out to the owner of the domain name FeelTheBern.com last night who confirmed the domain name was for sale, which was just registered in February of 2015. So it’s either Sanders or Hillary Clinton who uses the domain name HillaryClinton.com for her website, or one ... read more ...
 
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Verisign files opening brief in interest opposite .XYZ - David v. Goliath battle continues in appeals court. Verisign has filed its opening brief (pdf) with the U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, in its dispute with new top level domain name company XYZ. In October 2015, a federal district judge dismissed Verisign’s lawsuit against the operator of the .xyz domain name. Verisign subsequently appealed. Verisign argues that the district judge misapplied the standards for summary judgment and misinterpreted statements of fact. At the heart of Verisign’s ... read more ...
 
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FundMe.com and GoFundMe.com in heading spat - Two similarly-named companies are on a collision course. Not to be confused with GoFundMe.The owner of FundMe.com has filed a lawsuit against personal fundraising site GoFundMe.com over the similarity of their names and trademarks, and a bit of nuance around types of crowfunding. FundMe.com has a trademark related to business funding. GoFundMe is a site for personal or charitable crowdfnding. Earlier this year, legal counsel for GoFundMe sent a cease desist letter to FundMe.com regarding FundMe.com ... read more ...
 
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Big companies recently purebred these domain names - Here are some interesting domain name registrations undertaken by large companies in recent days. Companies made a bunch of hand registrations and domain acquisitions the past couple days. Although none of them rise to the level of writing a dedicated article about them, I think it’s worth combining them into a single article… I don’t know what to make of the registration of MakeAmericaGreatAgainApp.com. It currently uses Mark Monitor’s whois privacy service, but Donald Trump‘s campaign ... read more ...
 
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Mobile phone use continues to lift Tucows - Domain names are the base, but mobile phone service contributes the most gross margin. Tucows, one of the largest domain name registrars, released fourth quarter and full year financial results yesterday. Fourth quarter revenue hit $45 million, with annual revenue of $173 million, up 17% from the prior year. While the company’s domain name business remains the biggest component of its revenue, all of the growth is coming from its Ting mobile phone service. And, for the first time, gross margin ... read more ...
 
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China dominates new .com registration trends - Chinese names are a big hit in .com. Verisign has released its monthly trending keywords report, and words tied to China dominated last month. The list considers which keywords made the biggest jump in registrations from one month to the next. Here are the top ten for last month: 1. Jin 2. Fang 3. Yun 4. Bao 5. Rong 6. Smith 7. Lock 8. Che 9. Feng 10. Yin My grasp of Chinese is limited, but I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that people registered a lot of personal names. As for “Smith” ... read more ...
Tue 9th February 2016
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Karcher Partners With TLD KTM - www.karcher.com/us Denver, CO (February 11, 2016) KARCHER North America – a worldwide leader in innovative cleaning solutions announces its new multi-year partnership with Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM. Karcher will be the official supplier of pressure washers and other cleaning solutions for the team. “We’re excited to partner with Troy Lee Designs Red Bull KTM, a team synonymous with high quality and high performance. For years, Karcher has provided quality-cleaning solutions to off-road ... read more ...
 
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.Movie Registry Donuts Strengthens Film Industry Relationship With New Anti-Piracy Agreement - Donuts Co-Founder and Executive Vice President Jon Nevett said, “This is a groundbreaking partnership and one we’re proud to undertake,” said . ... read more ...
 
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Market Recap 2/9/16 Godaddy down tighten to 5% - Market Recap 2/9/16 Godaddy (GDDY) had another rough day down close to 5%. The stock was as low as $23.88. Uptick Analyst published where analysts stand on the stock currently. Sell-side analysts on Wall Street covering shares of Godaddy Inc (NYSE:GDDY) have handed the stock a one year target price of $35.555. This is the average number according to the 9 brokerage firms weighing in on the name. The most bullish (highest) estimate is $40 while the lowest, most conservative, stands at $30. This and ... read more ...
 
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CSC Issues "New gTLD Utilization Report" .Global Enters "Alternative Top 10" List - Brand protection and domain registrar, Corporate Service Company (CSC) issued its latest “New gTLD Utilization Report” which is designed to update digital marketers and their peers in legal and IT about how new gTLDs are being adopted. The report also examines how .brand domains are being used and how effectively the new generic TLDs are penetrating the Alexa.com, top one million websites (a potential indicator for TLD utilization). On the Brand front in CSC’s December report, there were 75 ... read more ...
 
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January domain name sales in-depth - Joseph Peterson takes an in-depth look at January’s domain name sales on NameJet. January 2016 was a busy month for NameJet. Not only did the auction platform deliver its customary mix of expired domains and seller-managed inventory; it also handled the NamesCon auctions in conjunction with Right Of The Dot and (in many cases) a live auctioneer at the Las Vegas conference. In presenting these January sales data, I’ve decided to exclude all domains associated with NamesCon, whether they were ... read more ...
 
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Donuts signs robbery understanding with MPAA - Agreement says Donuts will investigate piracy claims as a last resort. New top level domain name company Donuts has inked a deal with Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) in which Donuts will investigate cases of large-scale piracy on the domain names it operates. The deal isn’t a rapid takedown sort of agreement. It only says that the MPAA will be a “Trusted Notifier” of movie piracy sites. If the MPAA gets no resolution from working with a domain name registrar and hosting company ... read more ...
Mon 8th February 2016
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Market Recap 2/8/16 Verisign down 5% - Market Recap 2/8/16 Another down day in the markets overall, Godaddy (GDDY) managed to finish up .14 after being down over 15% the previous two trading days. Verisign (VRSN) was down over 5% today, the stock traded as low as $70.84 before closing at $71.77. Earnings are due out this week. United Internet (UTDI) The parent company of Sedo was the big loser today down over 7%. Disclaimer – Any stock price and market data provided on our website is for informational purposes only, and should not be ... read more ...
 
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EURid Gets .ею (Cyrillic for .eu) - EURid, who run the .eu registry, have finally been delegated .ею (Cyrillic for .eu). Punycode xn--e1a4c. One of the things that EURid is chartered to do under its contract to the European Commission was to get the extension in scripts other than Latin. EURid used ICANN's IDN ccTLD "Fast Track" process, though whether the process is truly "fast" or not is debatable, as it is still quite a long process. According to European Commission's Dec 2015 report, .ею string "was deemed to be confusingly ... read more ...
 
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.Club Sells Over $140K in Premium Domains In January: Over $3.5 Since Launch - .Club reported on its blog that it sold $142,470.52 in Premium Name Sales in January bringing the total cumulative premium name sales for .CLUB to $3,540,637.79. During the month of January 2016 there were 408 premium names sold. 5 names (Athletic.club, Night.club, Pot.club, Space.club and Strip.club) were sold in the NamesCon auction. The bulk of the remaining premium name sales were tiered premium names sold through the registrar channel. China registrars continue to be a strong contributor, however, ... read more ...
 
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What domain names to buy this week - Here are some good domain names you can order this week. Back in the day, I did posts about what upcoming expired domain names to backorder. I haven’t done these in a while, but my recent post about selling domains on NameJet sent about 400 clicks to NameJet in 24 hours. That, along with some requests, made me think there’s some value to this. For example, did you know that LegalTender.com was recently on a Sedo auction? I doubt it. Only three people bid in the auction. With that in mind, I’m ... read more ...
 
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ICANN taps Göran Marby as new CEO - ICANN names new Chief Executive Officer to replace outgoing head Fadi Chehadé. ICANN announced this morning that it has hired Göran Marby as its new CEO. Marby is currently the Director-General of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority. Prior to that, he co-founded security software company AppGate Network Security, where he served as CEO between 2002 and 2009. He is a Swedish citizen and currently lives in Stockholm. He will relocate to ICANN’s headquarters in Los Angeles. There will be a ... read more ...