Category Archives: EN

Tue 15th September 2015
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million led by Wine.co during $25,000 - Sedo completed 512 transactions on their marketplace and via SedoMLS. The total of all transactions was  $1.4m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.  .Co topped all sales this week with Wine.co selling for $25,000  Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: weplus.com at 20,000 USD Top ccTLD:  wine.co at 25,000 USD Top “other” TLD: bb.org at 15,500 EUR New gTLD sales: vaticancity.club 1,492 USD wetten.jetzt 1,100 EUR vinci.casa 789 EUR     ... read more ...
 
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Sarah Michelle Gellar Launching "New" Foodstirs.com Kids Food Kits Brand - Foodstirs.com is being launched by actress Sarah Michelle Geller, who is best know for staring in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Co-Founder Chief Mom) in October 2015 according to a People.com Exclusive article published on September 8, 2015. The Foodstirs.com current website states: “Our premium baking mixes and foodcrafting kits inspire creativity and curiosity, while emphasizing the importance of a healthier lifestyle.” Interestingly, the company’s brand name as a domain name has been registered ... read more ...
 
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DomainTools launches Iris height for confidence hazard investigations - New platform helps security teams quickly find the source of attacks. DomainTools launched its new Iris platform today, making it easier for companies to quickly investigate security attacks and determine their sources. Iris integrates many of DomainTools’ existing data sets into an easy-to-use workflow. While targeted to enterprises without the resources necessary to manage their own systems tapping into DomainTools’ API, it could also be helpful for domain name attorneys and other people trying ... read more ...
 
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Panelist finds East End N.Y. Imports Inc. intent in retreat domain name hijacking - Company went after Modway.com domain name, which was registered well before it had trademark rights in the name. One of three panelists in a UDRP decision for Modway.com has determined that East End N.Y. Imports engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bringing the case. The other two, while finding in the domain name owner’s favor, declined to find RDNH. It seems that the complainant’s saving grace for reverse domain name hijacking was that it managed to pull up a couple cases to back up ... read more ...
 
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Foundation Fitness Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on Stages.com - Foundation Fitness LLC of Portland, Oregon, United States of America (“US”) represented by Dorsey Whitney, LLP, US was just found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on the domain name Stages.com The domain holder was represented by ESQwire.com The three member panel of John Swinson, Timothy Casey and The Honorable Neil Brown Q.C. really hit the COmplaintnants hard on all fronts. The domain owner could have hoped for a better decision Great job by the folks at ESQwire.com Here are the highlights: The ... read more ...
 
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TSLA.com Lost In UDRP Decision Although Domain Holder Was Willing To Give It Up - Tesla Motors, Inc. just won the rights to the Domain name TSLA.com is a one member UDRP panel decision although it was willing to give up the domain name to Tesla. It’s a shame that the case had to go to a decision. “”Respondent, via its formal Response, consents to having the at-issue domain name transferred to Complainant.”” Many domainers have the opinion that they will always have the option of just giving a domain name to a trademark holder but this once again shows that is not always ... read more ...
 
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Foundation Fitness nailed for Reverse Domain Name Hijacking on Stages.com - Seller of Stages exercise bikes abused UDRP in effort to get Stages.com domain name. Portland, Oregon company Foundation Fitness engaged in reverse domain name hijacking for the domain name Stages.com, a World Intellectual Property Organization panel has ruled. The company sells stationary exercise bikes under the brand Stages Cycling. In this case, the registrant of the domain name bought it in the aftermarket in 2014. This was after trademarks were issued to the complainant. Still, the panel determined ... read more ...
 
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See .Online ads in San Francisco - Radix begins ad campaign in Bay Area. New top level domain name registry Radix has begun a large-scale advertising effort in San Francisco. The company now has ads promoting .Online on the side of 35 bus stops. Radix is also promoting .online and .tech on a mobile video board. The truck is visiting a number of hot spots in San Francisco and a couple conferences, such as TechCrunch’s Disrupt ’15 and Dreamforce (the latter of which sucks up every hotel room in the city). Listen to this week’s ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic reports earnings, numbers decrease from final half - Although year-over-year numbers look nice, it’s not a good comparison. Top level domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC) reported results for the first half of the year today. The company painted a rosy picture comparing the results to the first half of 2014 (revenue +171%, gross profit +125%), but that doesn’t really tell the story. The best comparison for CentralNic’s numbers are the second half of 2014, since that’s when the company realized the full revenue and earnings from its ... read more ...
 
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ICANN and UASG Announce Results of Universal Acceptance Study for New gTLDs – ag-IP - Home / ICANN and UASG Announce Results of Universal Acceptance Study for New gTLDs / LOS ANGELES – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the availability of a new report: An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance, a press release by the Corporation stated. Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers ... read more ...
 
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Sweden Is #1 In Global Broadband Study; Canada is #2; US 8th, India 24th - Ovum just published a 35 page detailed study,(pdf) entitled the ” the Global Broadband Experience Scorecard” which analyzed  fixed line broadband use by consumers in the top 30 countries Sweden scored the highest level of broadband experience (with a score of 88%) of the 30 countries researched. The United States has a Score of 8 well below its neighbor to the north, Canada which had a score of 3. India was ranked 24th among 30 countries with a score of 44%. Egypt is ranked 30th with a score ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Publishes "An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance" Finding They Are Not - Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in conjunction with the Universal Acceptance Steering Group (UASG) announced the results of a study: “An Analysis of New gTLD Universal Acceptance“, Universal Acceptance (UA) is the concept of removing all technical barriers that might hinder a user from accessing any name in any top-level domain (TLD) from any web browser, email client, or other Internet application on any computer or electronic device. The report is sponsored by ICANN. APNIC ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Profit More than Doubles in 1st Half of 2015 - CentralNic (LON:CNIC) reported today that its profits more than doubled in the first half of 2015. CentralNic, which is a technical partner and wholesale distributor for web domains, saw a 213% rise in bookings to £7.9mln in the six months to June 30, compared with £2.5mln in the corresponding period of 2014. Booked revenue was up 171% at £4.4mln versus £1.6 last year, while gross profit increased 125% to £2.1mln from £0.95mln in the first half of 2014. Chief executive Ben Crawford highlighted ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Appoints Mergers & Acquisitions Specialist Mike Turner As Non-Executive Chairman - Internet domain group CentralNic (LON:CNIC) has appointed tech mergers and acquisitions specialist Mike Turner as the internet domain firm’s new non-executive chairman. Turner, a partner and head of technology media and communications at law firm Taylor Wessing, joins the company immediately Chief executive Ben Crawford says Turner’s “deep expertise and vast network” will be invaluable to the company as it pursues organic and acquisition-led growth. “Mike Turner is one of the best-known ... read more ...
Mon 14th September 2015
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Sedo to Promote New gTLDs at Giant DMEXCO Conference in Germany This Week - offerings to leading digital marketers. As a global domain sales platform, Sedo wants to build awareness for its premium domain inventory, ... read more ...
 
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How To: Free & Easy Contact Form For Domains For Sale - All Domainers should take advantage of a FREE option to use at your disposal by adding a responsive contact form directly on your domain name. Sedo, Flippa, Domain Name Sales, Afternic, GoDaddy and many allow to sell your domain names, but I often think the BEST place to sell your domain names is right on the domain name itself. A simple contact form can be all you need to gain interest and sell it (at least start the process) and save some $$$ in commission. One thing I have noticed in all my years ... read more ...
 
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City Must Use .NYC to Create a Real Civic Commons - Churchill nailed it in 1947 when he said "democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others which have been tried from time to time." For several decades thereafter traditional Western Democracy was the tarnished global standard. But with the Internet's ascent many had a gut feeling that something better was possible. An organization I helped found saw the potential for a better democracy emerging from a "civic commons" that became possible with the city’s acquisition of ... read more ...
 
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This week: a domain for .Men and dual minute Donuts - Smaller Donuts are available this week. There are a couple interesting top level domain name launches this week. On Wednesday, Famous Four Media launches the .men domain name. I’m not really sure why people will register these domains; I suspect they will mostly be used for mens’ fashion and perhaps adult entertainment. More notable, on Wednesday you can start registering two character domain names in Donuts’ top level domain names at regular registration prices. The domains are currently ... read more ...
 
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Regulators give Tor’s .onion domain name special-use status - .onion domain site administrators can now apply for security certificates. The Engineering Task Force (IETF), along with Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, has granted formal recognition to the .onion, a special-use top level domain suffix designating an anonymous hidden service reachable through the Tor network.It has now been added to the list of special-use domain names, enabling its use on Tor.The domain's psdeuo-TLD status has been previously limited to use only on the regular web. However, ... read more ...
 
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Bhavin Turakhia is Not Retiring Yet… DNW Podcast #50 - After selling several of his domain name registration businesses for over $100 million, Bhavin Turakhia is at it again with Radix. Bhavin Turakhia founded Directi with his brother Divyank and sold part of the domain name company for over $100 million last year. But neither Turakhia brother is heading into retirement. This week on the Domain Name Wire Podcast, Bhavin discusses his new top level domain name company Radix. The company has released names ranging from .tech to .site, and its .online domain ... read more ...
 
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Domain Data on a tip 1,000 Websites - WHOAPI produced an infographic that took a peek inside the top 1,000 websites. They delve into things like preferred extensions, how many websites have one number in their website and where the top 1,000 host their websites. ... read more ...
 
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Protectionism in a travel business…and domain name business - Only focusing on protecting your existing business, rather than figuring out how to capitalize on innovation, is a mistake. The technology in this car is going to shake up the entire transportation industry.It’s interesting to observe how companies and industries engage in protectionism to fend of legitimate competitive threats. I’ve given a lot of thought to this lately while thinking about the automotive transportation business, which will undergo a huge transformation over the next couple ... read more ...
Sun 13th September 2015
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Namepros Live Auction Starts Tomorrow, here are a initial 50 lots - As Rami Stietieh looks to liquidate his portfolio to help raise funds for medical treatments for his wife, there will be a series of live auctions on Namepros to help him out. Here is a list of everything going on both live and threaded auctions. The first live auction starts tomorrow in Chat at 12 noon, Eastern time. Lot 1 Metric-System.com Lot 2 NudeLipstick.com Lot 3 kids-entertainment.com Lot 4 History-Books.com Lot 5 table-games.com Lot 6 trendy-clothing.com Lot 7 smallish.com Lot 8 NudistHoliday.com Lot ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft Registers Oct Event Domain Names, Confirming The Rumored Event? - It has been rumored  by many tech sites starting around Aug 20, 2015 that Microsoft Corporation is planning a big event in October 2015 but no confirmation on that event until, well, Microsoft registered the domain names: MicrosoftOctober2015Event.com | .net  October2015Event.com | .net I would say that should confirm it, unless they just like spending money on domain names for fun that will have little to no meaning after the month of October 2015? According to TheVerge.com, “the software ... read more ...
Sat 12th September 2015
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A inventory we only have to read, a comedy side of Domaining - Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up, if you have a little time, need some comedy in your life, I invite you to go check out this thread on Flippa. We get some wild pitches and stories in the domain business, this one is at the top of the list for 2015. The seller is saying he already rejected a $25,000 offer on 3 day old domain  in cash or 10,000 Bitcoins (BTC) which would equate to over $2.5 million. The seller says he would prefer $25,000 in cash than the 10,000 Bitcoins however as BTC seems ... read more ...