Category Archives: EN

Tue 30th June 2015
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Barclays has a home during Home.Barclays - Barclays has found a home now at Home.Barclays, back in May they said they would be transitioning away from the .com and the .co.uk. They said they would be adding a layer of security for customers and clients by allowing only Barclays and Barclaycard to set up websites ending in .barclays and .barclaycard. So now Barclays has the .com redirecting to Home.Barclays but not the .co.uk, that domain still stands alone and does not redirect. The one thing I think all these brands need to do is have continuity. ... read more ...
Mon 29th June 2015
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The DNA Promotes New gTLDs By Documenting Sightings at InTheWild … - domain name, they need a point of reference. When they see a .com or a familiar ccTLD sprinkled in among the new extensions they are more likely to understand that all of the strings they are ... read more ...
 
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UDRP Filed To Gain Control of The 15 Year Old Domain Name SharkTank.com - A UDRP has been filed to gain control of the domain name SharkTank.com The domain, SharkTank.com is registered to a Jeff Thomas of North Carolina. According to DomainTools.com the domain was registered in 2000 by Legal Solutions, Inc In 2003 the domain name ownership changed to LeaveLaw.com, Inc. with Jeff Thomas showing as the contact meaning that Mr. Thomas appears to have controlled the domain since at least 2003. The Television Show Shark Tank first premiered on ABC in 2009. The domain name currently ... read more ...
 
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Projects.com Drops To SnapNames & Is Over $20K Only 1 Hour Into The Auction - The domain name Projects.com just dropped and went to Snapnames.com closed auction about an hour ago and already has already topped $20,000. The domain name expired on April 11, 2015. The domain was registered under privacy at Fabulous.com. The last registered owner of the domain was Merlin Kauffman of True Magic in 2014. I cannot find a reported sale of the domain name, which if it sold in the aftermarket, I would assume sold in the six figures. Estibot.com has the domain name Projects.com valued ... read more ...
 
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TldOperator.Help to Host Two Webinars on Jun 30 - There will be two webinars tomorrow that will look to help new gtld applicants and registries to find ways to spread the word on the new gtlds. Registering for the webinars takes place at TldOperator.help Speakers have just been added Ingrid Baele (Head of Operations, Philips) and Ken Nishida (Manager, Internet Domain Strategies, Hitachi). They are added to a lineup that includes industry participants from Donuts, .berlin, .sucks, .sydney, .club and .monash. The front page of Tldoperator.help reads: Dedicated ... read more ...
 
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UK brands tread carefully with .sucks - UK brands are cautious about registering domains in the .sucks TLD, according to domain name registrar 34SP.com. As of 21 June, thousands of .sucks domains became available to the general public, but only 20 percent of UK brands registered domains under the controversial prefix. Top UK brands such as the BBC, Cadbury and Dove .sucks domains are currently available. On the other side of the pond, US brands have been more proactive in their approach to .sucks. with Microsoft and Taylor Swift ... read more ...
 
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Spamming owners of newly purebred domain names - Just one example of spam based on whois records. We all know that people mine whois databases to sell stuff. It’s incredibly cheap and easy to do these days: compare the zone files, get the new registrations, and then run whois lookups. There are even people selling the entire .com whois database for a few hundred bucks. This makes it easy for people to spam new domain name registrants and sell them services they don’t need, like search engine submission. Last week I registered a handful of .com ... read more ...
 
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This week's new TLDs: .Golf, .Gold and .Date - Famous Four Media releases three domain names this week and Donuts sends four to Early Access. Famous Four Media launches three top level domain names in general availability on Wednesday. All of the domain names can be registered for about $25-$30. .Date: This domain name will compete with two from Donuts: .Dating (3,000 registrations) and .Singles (6,000 registrations). .Faith: KeepThe.Faith? Donuts has had success with .Church with over 11,000 registrations. Faith is broader, but .Church has ... read more ...
 
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Govt determined to activate dot bangla domain - Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has asked officials to take necessary steps to activate dot bangla (.bangla) domain, the country code top level domain (CCTLD) of Bangladesh.A joint secretary of the post and telecommunications division has been assigned to take care of this issue, the division sources said.As the minister in charge of the post and telecommunications division, the prime minister held a meeting with senior officials of the division on Sunday.A senior official , who did not want his name ... read more ...
 
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Domain Investing Success Story with Lonnie Borck – DNW Podcast #39 - The man who sold Scores.com for $1.2 million discusses domain name investing. Domain name investor Lonnie Borck has a lot of great stories, like the time he sold Scores.com for $1.2 million. And the day he thought he was just taking a day trip to NYC but ended up buying e.co for $81,000 in an auction. On this episode of the Domain Name Wire Podcast, Lonnie talks about his success, but also the number of opportunities he’s missed. He has some advice for domainers on how to improve their chances ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Hum.com, Orlando.com and More Domains - Welcome to the latest round of Domain Movers where I detect domain names on the move that have been recently registered or acquired. The majority of these are by large companies and would often go unreported otherwise. These are often very early discoveries and most lead to a new brand, product, service and more. Here are my latest findings: Time Inc. has registered the domain name EliteTravelerClub.com adding to its domain name portfolio of over 9,000+ domain names. Hum.com has been acquired by ... read more ...
 
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Cybersquatting lawsuit filed over domain name purebred 16 years before plaintiff's use - Office Space Solutions wants a domain name registered 16 years before it started using the corresponding term in commerce. It’s taking the legal route to get it. New York company Office Space Solutions, Inc. has filed a cybersquatting lawsuit (pdf) against Jason Kneen of Great Britain over the domain name WorkBetter.com. Office Space Solutions filed an intent-to-use trademark application for Work Better with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2014. It began using the mark in commerce in February ... read more ...
 
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Click Fraud Malware Can Lead To Bigger Problems - Ashley Carman published an article today on SCMagazine.com that deals with click fraud malware and how it can lead to bigger problems. In her article she referenced a report by Damballa.com that was basically a overview of all potential infections going around the web. The report points out that click fraud malware is usually deemed “low risk” but it can lead to bigger problems. From the article: In the report’s RuthlessTreeMafia group example, a victim was infected with click-fraud malware ... read more ...
Sun 28th June 2015
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Special Report: ICANN Reviews Process For New Domains; Names Proposal … - Experts at last week’s meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in Buenos Aires reached a milestone with a final proposal from the ICANN working group for the transition of internet control away from the United States. But global governance without oversight remains difficult, as the ongoing review of the introduction of new generic top-level domains aptly illustrates. ICANN public forum Buenos AiresThe 53rd meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names ... read more ...
 
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125.com Becomes Largest Reported Sale on 4.cn - Domain NameClosing Price Xe.com shows 1RMB = .1611 USD 125.com¥1,815,000 RMB 357.com¥995,889 RMB August 2014 xy.com¥948,000 RMB December 2011 zy.com¥901,000 RMB November 2011 after selling on Sedo earlier in 2011 for $106,000. mingshi.com¥891,000 RMB January 2015 102.com¥831,000 RMB August 2014 103.com¥802,000 RMB August 2014 886.com¥688,888 RMB November 2011 kq.com¥638,000 RMB December 2012 920.com¥589,888 RMB Feb 2014 So you can see that 125.com almost doubled the previous high sale ... read more ...
 
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Over 242 million Internet users visited Google properties in May - In a post on 24/7 Wall Street they broke down visitors to Google, Facebook,Yahoo, etc… for the month of May. Google owned sites had 242.4 million visits in May. Of course Google has You Tube and a few other popular sites under their banner. Only three companies had over 200 million visitors for May. Facebook and Yahoo both reached the 200 million visitor mark. From the article: Out of a total audience of 256.1 million unique U.S. Internet users, fully 95% (242.4 million) visited a property owned ... read more ...
Sat 27th June 2015
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8 Naming Mistakes Investors Hate to See - There are so many diffferent opinions out there on naming, and more than one reason why certain companies choose the name they do. Sometimes it comes down to budget, sometimes it’s a certain meaning to the founder that no one else understands, and sometimes it’s about following the herd and following a similar naming convention. Martin Zwilling wrote an article on Entrepreneur that looks at 8 naming mistakes that investors hate to see. Mr. Zwilling is a start up mentor and angel investor so he ... read more ...
Fri 26th June 2015
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ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free … - In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is that the average renewal rate will be 50% for new gTLD’s except for TLD’s that provided free registrations where the renewal rate was estimated at 25%. On The Low estimate the ICANN seems to be indicating a new gTLD renewal rate of 35% but does not break out the free registrations from paid registrations so that number should have ... read more ...
 
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Boost Your Brand’s Global Reach by Taking Advantage of the New gTLDs - The Internet universe reached a whole new level of expansion recently, with the release of new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), and already we're seeing brands taking advantage. Out of 18 million domains registered last year, 4 million were new gTLDs. These are domains like .berlin and .rocks, which fill the same slot in a web address as .com or .org but turn that slot into a meaningful space for communicating who you are and what you do. With domains like these grabbing ... read more ...
 
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FTC Rules Network Solutions Misled Consumers on 30 Day Money Back Guarantee - Network Solutions got slapped by the FTC for not providing clear terms with their 30 day money back guarantee. Network Solutions did not make it clear that they hold up to 30% of the refund. There was no fine by the FTC but there will be penalties should they violate the terms set forth by the FTC. From the FTC website: Following a public comment period, the Federal Trade Commission has approved a final consent order involving Network Solutions, LLC, which misled consumers who bought its web hosting ... read more ...
 
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Same-sex matrimony domain names are trending - Big news=domain registrations. People are flocking to their favorite domain name registrars today to register domain names related to same-sex marriage after a Supreme Court ruling legalized gay marriage across the U.S. Verisign Domain View shows a spike in registrations around when the ruling was released, and the numbers will surely grow throughout the day. Among the domains registered: TwoMenMarriage.com GenderNeutralMarriages.com GenderNeutralMarriage.com MarriageEqualityDay.com lbgtmarriage.com lbgtMarriageLaw.com LoveisLoveMarriages.com Marriage-Equality.com Here ... read more ...
 
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Alarm.com Went Public Today & is Up Over 20% - Alarm.com went public today in a IPO at $14 a share which gives the company a market valuation of about $627.9 million. However shares are currently trading at almost $17 a share over 20% higher than the IPO price. The ticker symbol is “ALRM”. The company reported more than 2.3 million subscribers. The company reported a net profit of $13.5 million last year, compared with $4.5 million in 2013 and $8.9 million in 2012, while revenue surged to $167.3 million in 2014, from $130.2 the year before ... read more ...
 
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Name.com runs intelligent .News promotion - Other registries and registrars should take a look at this promotion. Name.com is running a well-designed marketing contest for free .News domain names. Competitors should take note. The domain name registrar is giving away 100 free non-premium .news domain names when the top level domain releases to the public next month. In order to get one of the free domains, people have to go to a webpage and enter their email address. They’ll then be given a place in line, and the top 100 people in line on ... read more ...
 
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A Fallback Hierarchy for Domain Names - Joseph Peterson takes a look at fallbacks if the domain name you want is taken. In a recent article on the expired domain market, I was struck by NameJet’s top sale for the week: Insurance1.com, which had been a developed website since 1996. What’s striking is that this domain showed its age immediately so that verifying the “vintage” was a mere formality. Many of you will share my gut reaction. We’ve been browsing the web such a long time, after all, that we recognize a dated naming convention ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Best Estimate For New gTLD Renewal Rate 50%; 25% For Free Domains: 35% Worst Case - In releasing its 2016 operating budget ICANN made some estimate for the purposes of budgeting revenue from new gTLD’s. ICANN is saying its “Best” estimate is that the average renewal rate will be 50% for new gTLD’s except for TLD’s that provided free registrations where the renewal rate was estimated at 25%. On The Low estimate the ICANN seems to be indicating a new gTLD renewal rate of 35% but does not break out the free registrations from paid registrations so that number should have ... read more ...