Category Archives: EN

Wed 24th June 2015
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Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) Gets Help From Congress For Top-Level … - Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) has come under fire for biding ontop-level domain (gTLD) .amazon (dot.amazon). But the company has now picked up support from the U.S. Congressional Trademark caucus, which is wants to see a quick resolution in the battle between the online retail giant and nations in the Amazon river region. Amazon vs. THE Amazon: A Web Domain Fight In 2012, Amazon applied for the .amazon web domain in addition to 11 others from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Named and ... read more ...
 
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Alpnames breaks 500000 domain names under management - More Related Stories email article print page June 24, 2015 -- DMN Newswire--2015-6-24-- Alpnames becomes the second largest registrar for new domain endings   Wednesday 24th June 2015, Gibraltar:  Alpnames smashed through the half million mark last night in terms of domain under management. As an ICANN accredited registrar specialising in new generic Top Level Domains, Alpnames manages ... read more ...
 
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.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today - According to Housingwire.com,  the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements which have to be verified it’s not like a normal domain registration where you go to your registrar of choice, register the domain name and seconds later the domain is useable. In .Bank you have to apply for the domain name and its only granted after the verification ... read more ...
 
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World Poker Tour Bought For $12.3M in 2009 Sold for $35 Million Cash - According to PokerNews.com, bwin.party sold the The World Poker Tour (WPT) to Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. for $35 million cash. Ourgame International Holdings Ltd. is a Hong Kong-listed corporation with over 500 million users and has a market cap on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange of around $707 million. bwin.party acquired the WPT in 2009 for $12.3 million. “World Poker Tour is unquestionably the global leader in organizing world-class poker events, and we are very proud to acquire one of ... read more ...
 
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This is Why People Hate ICANN: GNSO Resolution for Next turn of New gTLD's - The Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO) just sent me over this resolution concerning the next round of new gTLD’s which it seemed to just pass. Read through it a few times. I have no idea what it says and I’m a lawyer For me it means nothing, just a lot of noise Last year we predicted the soonest we would see a 2nd round of new gTLD’s open is in four years, 2018. I think we are good with our prediction Here is the resolution Feel free to tell me what the hell it means: 4. Request for ... read more ...
 
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Radix Celebrates Its 1st Anniversary Today: Sold $275K In Premium Registration/Renewal Domains - Radix is celebrating its first Anniversary today. Currently Radix has two live generic extensions – .website and .space two live vertical extensions -.press and .host As an Anniversary special, .website and .space are being offered at $1 or lower across many registrars like Go Daddy, Namecheap, Domain.com, Alpnames etc. until June 25th. Both .website and .space featured in the Top 10 of CSC Global’s New gTLD Indicator, which is designed to help gauge the relative value of the New gTLDs and see ... read more ...
 
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.Bank Reports Over 3K Institutions Applied for .BANK Domain Today - According to Housingwire.com,  the new gTLD, .BANK, more than 3,000 financial institutions applied for .BANK domain names after the general availability period for the domain names began on June 23. Since .Bank has qualification requirements which have to be verified it’s not like a normal domain registration where you go to your registrar of choice, register the domain name and seconds later the domain is useable. In .Bank you have to apply for the domain name and its only granted after the verification ... read more ...
 
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StockTradingToGo.com Acquires StockTrader.com and will pierce to new domain - Blain Reinkensmeyer wrote a blog post on stocktradingtogo.com that they have acquired stocktrader.com and will be moving the site to that domain name. He also gave a number on StockBrokers.com. Apparently that domain was acquired for $185,000 in 2011. When I purchased StockTradingToGo.com the domain in 2007, I had no idea what the future held. I loved the market, I had a new found love for “blogging”, and I decided to see where it would lead me. Eight years later StockTradingToGo has seen over ... read more ...
 
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How an Austin health organisation uses .Clinic - A local medical group uses a .clinic domain. Austin Regional Clinic displays a new .clinic domain name on this promotional banner.I was driving home from the office yesterday when I saw a huge banner on the side of an Austin Regional Clinic building. I did a double take when I noticed this domain name: ARC.clinic. For the most part, I think this is a good use of a new top level domain name: 1. The group’s official website is AustinRegionalClinic.com, which is pretty long to put on one line in a ... read more ...
 
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Intellectual Property Constituency urges ICANN not to rush into a second round … - Trevor Little The Intellectual Property Constituency (IPC) has expressed concern that ICANN is rushing towards a second round of new gTLD applications, with the risk that first-round reviews will not be completed before a new application window is opened up. ICANN has moved to calm these fears, but the timings for a second round remain up in the air. At ... read more ...
 
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How To Change Domains But Keep Your Search Ranking - John Rampton published an article today on Forbes that looks at switching domain names and keeping search ranking. He does point out that you are more likely to drop in the rankings immediately after making a move. This should be a short term drop. Rampton provides a step by step guide for those looking to make such a move, he goes over 8 points you should follow when making your move, everything from backing up your website, creating a sitemap and letting Google know about your move. From the article: Be ... read more ...
 
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US lawmakers back Amazon.com’s bid for .amazon gTLD - Amazon.com's troubled bid for the .amazon generic top-level domain (gTLD) has got support from the U.S. Congressional Trademark caucus, which is asking for a speedy resolution of the long-standing dispute between the online retailer and countries in the region through which the Amazon river flows.J. Randy Forbes and Suzan DelBene, both co-chairs of the caucus, wrote to Fadi Chehade, CEO of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), and the chair of its board of directors, Steven ... read more ...
 
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End user domain name sales including a new TLD for $100k - $100,000 Autism.rocks domain name sale rocks domain investing world. The number of domain names on my weekly Sedo End User sales lists are not always proportional to the number of domain names that sold in the week, nor proportional to the number of end user sales. Some weeks have a lot of domains likely sold to end users that are still in escrow. Other weeks, it’s hard to connect the dots directly between the buyer and the domain. This week is a case in point. Sedo handled 545 transactions, which ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Buys Another New gTLD Domain String .Theatre - .XYZ has added another new gTLD string to its growing portfolio of new domain name extensions. Following the announcement that is bought .Security and .Protection yesterday, today .XYZ announce it has acquired the new gTLD .Theatre as “the final act”. There was only one applicant for .Theatre;  KBE gTLD Holding Inc, whose site is BroadwayAcrossAmerica.com There is also a  new gTLD .for Theater. .Theater had two applicants, one of which was  KBE gTLD Holding Inc, but the extension was awarded ... read more ...
 
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3,000 comments submitted about whois remoteness proposal - People upset about non-consensus proposal to forbid whois privacy on sites conducting commerce. About 3,000 people and groups have submitted comments to ICANN during its comment period on privacy and proxy services. An ICANN working group proposed a number of requirements on privacy and proxy services. The proposal that is drawing the most comments is just a minority proposal at this time: a prohibition on using privacy services for sites that conduct commerce. The proposed prohibition on using privacy ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Speaks: inexpensive domains, code insurance and more - New top level domain name operator explains its cheap pricing strategy and new “brand protection” tier. Famous Four Media’s recent top level domain name launches have quickly catapulted to the leaderboards, with domains such as .science and .party growing to hundreds of thousands of registrations. The secret: the registry offered marketing incentives enabling registrars to price these really low, so people were able to pick the domains up anywhere from $0-$1. I asked Andy Churley, Chief Marketing ... read more ...
Tue 23rd June 2015
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Autism.Rocks Sells for 10X More Than The .Com Did Last Year & Sedo.sucks - Sedo.com  reported today that the domain name Autism.Rocks sold for $100,000 in its weekly report. The domain name Autism Rocks.com sold last year for $9,500 to the same Buyer. The buyer paid more than 10X more for the new gTLD Autism.Rocks than he paid for the .com domain AutismRocks.com last year. I just chatted with the Seller of the domain name, Chris Wilson who is a neighbor in Hollywood Florida  and who registered the domain for normal registration fees. Mr, Wilson was offered $100,000 as ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Helps .MN Registry Grow by 350% – TheDomains.com - LogicBoxes, the business consulting and automation technology provider for ccTLD New gTLD Registries, Domain Registrars and Web Hosts, today announced the milestone achievement of completing 10 successful years of partnership with Datacom LLC, the .MN Registry. .MN is the ccTLD for the country of Mongolia LogicBoxes met Datacom’s requirement for a long-term partner that would help them achieve their business goals. It helped setup Datacom on OrderBox, including web email hosting, website builders ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Reports $1.6 Million In Transaction Led by Autism.Rocks during $100,000 - Over the past week, 545 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 million. 53% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. All domain sales were led by the domain name Autism.rocks at $100,000 which seems to have been bought by the owner of Autism.rocks. According to AutismRocks.com is a site set up by British born philanthropist “Sanjay Shah who has An avid passion for music, an insurmountable love for his 4-year-old son and an unexpected cup of tea ... read more ...
 
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On The Wrong Side of a TM Domain? Take An Offer Rather Than a UDRP Loss - “Marriott, one of the world’s largest and most famous hotel chains, acquired the hotel business of Gaylord Entertainment Company in 2012, which company had established five hotels under the GAYLORD family of trademarks including GAYLORD HOTELS. Other marks include GAYLORD NATIONAL (Washington, D.C. hotel), GAYLORD OPRYLAND (Nashville, Tennessee), GAYLORD PALMS (near Orlando, Florida), and GAYLORD TEXAN (near Dallas, Texas). The GAYLORD HOTELS mark was registered with the United States Patent ... read more ...
 
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Whoa: Autism.Rocks sells for $100,000 [Updated] - A shocking sale in a new top level domain name. The domain name Autism.Rocks has sold for a staggering $100,000. And there may be a good reason this domain name sold for so much. The new owner is listed as Sanjay Shah in Dubai. Shah started the charity Autism Rocks, which can be found online at AutismRocks.com. Shah’s young son has autism. Based on news reports, Shah has been a very successful trader. The seller is associated with another autism charity, We Rock for Autism. I talked to him today, ... read more ...
 
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Bill Sweetman “Today, to launch a consumer-facing brand on something other … - CampaignLive.com is a community website focused on the advertising industry, they put out a piece on the new gtlds and looked at the critics and a few who are using the new gtlds. On the critic side there were comments from brands that too much of the profit seems to be coming from a shakedown of those with intellectual property interests. Dot Sucks is discussed in detail, and a mention on Taylor Swift purchasing .porn and .adult. There was upside of Lions Gate Entertainment using a .movie for the ... read more ...
 
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Afilias wins auction for .Promo tip turn domain name - Domain name is second to sell through Innovative Auctions’ Top Level Auction service. Domain name registry Afilias has won rights to the top level domain name .Promo in an auction organized by Innovative Auctions. Phenomena Group Oy was the only applicant with ICANN for the .promo domain name, but the company decided it made more sense to sell the domain name to another party rather than run it itself. Innovative Auctions sold the domain name through its Top Level Auction offering, a service ... read more ...
 
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XYZ Adds .Protection As the 8th New gTLD it Has Ownership Interest In - Earlier today we wrote about the .XYZ team buying the new gTLD .Security from Symantec .XYZ has now announced they have also acquired the new gTLD .Protection from Symantec as well. The .XYZ group now owns or has a interest in 8 new gTLD’s. .XYZ; .College, .Rent .Security; .Protection and an half ownership of .auto; .car and .cars with Uniregistry. Here is the announcement by .XYZ on .Protection “What are the different ways an individual or small business can advantageously use .Protection domains? ... read more ...