Category Archives: EN

Tue 1st September 2015
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London Makes Top 10 for Safe Web ‘Hoods - Top-level domains (TLDs), aka internet neighborhoods, are similar to real-world addresses in the sense that some are shadier than others. A new look at which addresses offer the most rarified air found that the safest TLD out there is the military-related .mil suffix. And the .London suffix, set up in 2014, is the ninth safest web neighborhood in the world, ranked alongside Japan, Gibraltar and Kuwait in the top 10. The report, from Blue Coat, found that in contrast, some TLDs are used for the sole ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1Million led by Zoff.com - There were 480 transactions on Sedo’s marketplace and SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 55% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: zoff.com at 25,000 USD Top ccTLD:  easy.eu at 6,500 EUR Top “other” TLD: anzeigen.info at 6,000 EUR It was a slow week for other gtlds, no new gtld sales this week. Mike’s Bargain of the week is MedicalOffice.com which someone picked up for a whopping $700. ... read more ...
 
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Hit the dot - Hit the dotThe introduction of new gTLDs has brought with it novel questions about how to decide whether a domain name is identical or confusingly similar to another’s trademark. Nathalie Dreyfus of Dreyfus reportsThe new gTLD .paris has been available to everyone since 2 December 2014, making it the first gTLD in France to be specifically dedicated to a city. While it has become difficult to stand out on the web with now classic domain names such as .fr or .com, .paris represents a great ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Study: Top 10 Shady Sites in New gTLD’s Is Flawed as Unlaunched .Zip … - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Publishes Report 95% of Websites in 10 New gTLD’s Are “Suspicious … - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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FireHost Rebrands As Armor.com After Purchasing The Domain Name - On August 23, 2015 I had detected that the domain names Armor.com and Armour.com had likely sold and questioned if Under Armour may have purchased the domains from the past owner, Chris Poor who had owned them since they were created back in 1995. Well, a company by the brand name of FireHost sent out a  press release yesterday, August 31, 2015 announcing a rebrand to Armor and revealed they were the buyers of Armor.com. I spoke to Chris Poor today on the phone and he was unable to provide comment ... read more ...
 
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Kylie Jenner & Kendall Jenner Both Get Their Matching .Com Domains - Kylie Jenner, and Kendall Jenner just got control of their matching .Com domain names from a UDRP panel, kyliejenner.com and kendalljenner.com respectively Although the UDRP’s were filed separately for each domain and the owner of both domain names are different the UDRP panel of Tony Willoughby consolidated the cases at the Complainants request which is pretty unusual and there is a good discussion about the requirements for consolidating two separately filed UDRP’s The domain owners are both ... read more ...
 
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Hot in August: Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire - A look back at the past month in the domain name biz. It’s back to school, cooler weather and domain name conference season… But before that, August was a news-making month for the domain name industry, in particular the .xyz domain name. I wrote multiple stories on some of the hotter topics, so I’ve grouped these together on the list. 1. Google is now part of Alphabet, uses ABC.xyz. This surprise announcement lifted awareness of all new top level domains. 2. Verisign v. XYZ – It was a busy ... read more ...
 
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4.CN/RightoftheDot Auction Gets A 7 Figure Bid & 7 More Domains Have Bids Over $100K - The RightoftheDot.com domain name auction that is running on 4.CN that is part of the DOMAINfest.asia conference has gotten a seven figure bid and seven more domain names have bids in the 6 figures. You can see all the domain names in the auction here The domain name 73.com has a currently high bid of $1,260,315 with 11 bidders. The domain names with 6 figure bids are: YJ.com    $629,922 with 12 bidders 922.com  $362,363 with 8 bidders 735.com  $260,158 with 7 bidders 639.com  $220,630 with ... read more ...
 
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BlueCoat Study: Top 10 Shady Sites in New gTLD's Is Flawed as Unlaunched .Zip is #1 - Blue Coat Systems, Inc, an enterprise security company, issued a report today of the 10 new gTLD’s that have the most “Shady Sites” (pdf) concluding that “more than 95% of websites in 10 new Top Level Domains (TLDs) are suspicious” The report is already getting a lot of coverage in the mainstream media but there is a huge issue with the report that hasn’t been covered. The new gTLD topping the list is .Zip which hasn’t even launched yet. .Zip which is delegated to the root is owned ... read more ...
 
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6 domain name association bonds are adult so distant this year - A good year for domain name stocks, especially compared to the broader market. Down market? Not for many domain name companies that have seen their stock prices jump quite a bit so far this year. As of the close of trading yesterday, six of the domain stocks I track are up. Just three are down, and two of these are down just a couple percent. That means all but one domain name stock are beating the DOW this year. Here’s a look at how domain name stocks are doing so far this year: Up Centralnic ... read more ...
 
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Brand management in the internet age: new options, new concerns - Starting in 2012, the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began to revolutionize the internet with the release of a vast number of new top-level domain spaces. While most attorneys, and indeed the general public, are familiar with many of the commonly-used TLD spaces (e.g., .com, .net, .edu,), with the launch of well over one thousand new spaces (available in the near future), simply registering your client’s business name in one or two extensions may not prove ... read more ...
Mon 31st August 2015
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Breaking: T-Mobile Flatly Refuses to Block the Pirate Bay - It’s funny: access providers are all about the music, until it comes time to protect it.  Which brings us to Austria, a fresh battleground for serious access-level blocking of pirate domains, and potentially serious piracy control.  Like, the Pirate Bay, which has proven virtually impossible to contain, especially as its ‘top-level domain,’ or TLD, is always morphing. Organizations like the RIAA in the US have been mostly ineffective in the battle against piracy hubs, ... read more ...
 
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Online Reviews Provide Insights into gTLD Customers’ Needs - There is a high degree of uncertainty when launching a product, and new gTLDs are no exception. However, registries that have introduced them — or will introduce them in the second round of new gTLDs — can improve their odds. A key move: go to established domain name forums and check out their specialized sections for new gTLDs. What users say there can help companies refine tactics and strategy. In a recent study, Simon Li, Kamrun Nahar, and Benjamin C.M. Fung of Concordia University ... read more ...
 
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Over 100 Kanye West President Domains Registered Today In Many Extensions Even .XYZ - Since announcing he is running for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Music Video Awards last night,  people have been registering domain names related to the hip-hop artist promised presidential run. From PresidentKanyeWest.com to Kanye2020.com to people who are really looking down the road registering kanyewestforpresident2024.com and Kanye2028.com there are a lot of domain names registered in various extensions today. I even found some new gTLD domain names registered including ... read more ...
 
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency … - Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as a result, “it decided to re-position itself in a way that emphasizes its belief in, and expertise in providing, “seamless marketing,” which it defines as ... read more ...
 
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Company tries to obey Chinese TM domain scam, fails miserably - The trademark domain name scam is one of the oldest in the book. A registrar from China emails you, saying that someone is trying to register domain names very similar to your trademark or existing domain names. They’re checking with you as a courtesy to see if you’d like to register the domains first. Although it might seem like a kind gesture, it’s all a lie. They’re trying to get you to register domain names through them. Now a Brazil company is apparently trying the same tack. But it ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ seeks to boot Verisign's consultant testimony - New TLD company claims some expert testimony should not be allowed. .XYZ is asking the court to dismiss expert testimony from four expert witnesses in Verisign’s false advertising lawsuit against the new top level domain company. Some of the court filings are heavily redacted, leaving out the juicy details many in the domain name want to know. All expert witness reports were filed under seal. For example, just what kind of deal did .XYZ have with Network Solutions when the latter gave away hundreds ... read more ...
 
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What Do Big Brands Pay To Protect & Buy Domains? Wikileaks Give Some Clues: Hint "A Lot" - What do big companies that use brand protection company’s to register and buy domain names spend to protect, acquire, register and renew domain names? WikiLeaks.org published invoices from MarkMonitor to Sony, documents (PDF) In those invoices published by WikiLeaks , MarkMonitor.com billed Sony $1,000 several times for a “Domain Acquisition Fee” for domain names that are not owned by Sony. WOF.com, is for an example (page 60 in the pdf) a domain Sony does not own, nor has ever owned, according ... read more ...
 
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Giving .Love to new TLDs with Christa Taylor – DNW Podcast #48 - New domain name consultant Christa Taylor discusses the current state of new top level domains. Christa Taylor runs new top level domain name consulting firm Dot TBA, which has assisted a number of new TLD applicants with their financial projections. She’s also currently involved with the launch of the .Love top level domain. Christa discusses the current state of new TLDs, how this will likely shake out in the next few years, and what’s .love got to do with it. Also: GoDaddy two-factor authentication ... read more ...
 
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This week: .Amsterdam, .Fans, .FYI and .MBA - New domain names become available Tuesday and Wednesday this week. A handful of new domain names are hitting domain registrars’ shelves this week. On Tuesday, .Amsterdam enters general availability. There is a fairly limited list of domain name registrars on nic.amsterdam, but 101Domain is offering them for $41.99. On Wednesday, you can start showing you’re a fan with .Fans. It’s an expensive domain priced at $70-$100 retail. Also, be careful with trademarked terms. Also on Wednesday, two of ... read more ...
 
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency: "Everyone Will Be Using Them" - Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as a result, “it decided to re-position itself in a way that emphasizes its belief in, and expertise in providing, “seamless marketing,” which it defines as ... read more ...
 
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Pheenix to offer $13.99 domain name backorders - Already inexpensive drop catching service to offer cut rate pricing as it boosts number of registrars. Expired domain name backordering service Pheenix is offering a new tier of expired domain backorders at just $13.99 per domain. The new “Super Saver” backorders be usurped by any standard Gold backorders. The Gold backorders cost a little bit more: currently they are $18.95 for .com/.net/.org, but they will rise to $21.99 on September 15. Pheenix also announced that it has increased the number ... read more ...
 
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After The Run Off: Here Is THE Domain Conference Official Domain Industry Award Ballot - The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went live for voting and although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any category received more than 50% of the votes, so there is a runoff for each Award. Every person or company that received 10% of the votes cast in that category qualified for the run-off. THE Domain Conference wants to thank ESCROW.COM for once again ... read more ...
Sun 30th August 2015
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Amazon Getting In 3D Printing Biz? Registers Amazon3DPrinting.com: Filed a Patent in February - Is Amazon.com (AMZN) about to get into the 3D Printing business? Amazon just registered the domain name Amazon3Dprinting.com, after filing a Patent back in February 2015. The domain Amazon3Dprinting.com was just registered by Amazon through brand protection company MarkMonitor.com  on August 27th. 3D printing has certainly been one of the hotter trends to take off over the years. Back in 2010 is when domainers really started talking about all things 3D with 3D printing being at the top of the list. Back ... read more ...