Category Archives: EN

Wed 13th January 2016
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.Auto .Car, .Cars Get 1st day Registrations during $60K Per Domain - The 1st day of the Early Access Program (EAP) opened up yesterday for the new gTLD’s .Auto, .Car and .Cars with day 1 prices set at $59,049.99 for each domain name at Godaddy and there appears to have been some takers at that price. NEXTEV USA, Inc registered the domain names on January 12th: nextev.car we.car NEXTEV USA seems to be the US operations of a Planned Chinese car manufacture who is looking to produce cars to compete with Telsa. NextEV intends to begin with an electric supercar, the ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy launches Domain Investor App - App makes on-the-go bidding easier, even if you use two-factor authentication. GoDaddy has launched a new domain name investor app for the iPhone and Android, making it easier to watch and bid on domain names at GoDaddy Auctions. Mike McLaughlin, GM for Domains at the company, announced the app release during his keynote address at NamesCon today in Las Vegas. The app’s functionality is fairly simple. But it’s certainly much faster than logging into GoDaddy’s mobile site to bid, especially ... read more ...
 
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Lice, Chinese difference trending in .com - Lots of lice in .com last month. Verisign has published its monthly trending keywords report, showing the keywords making the biggest jump in domain name registrations compared to the prior month. Clinic came in at #1 on the list and Lice is #4. This is thanks to a whopping 1,600 domains registered by a lice removal clinic. It registered names such as LiceClinicsArlington.com and LiceClinicsIllinois.com. Other keywords on the list are likely related to the Chinese domain name registration surge. ... read more ...
 
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Baby, you can drive my ‘.car’ (for $3000) -

December 2015 saw a launch of 3 general top-level domains (gTLDs), all focused on a vehicle industry. However, a launch of ‘.car’, ‘.cars’ and ‘.auto’ are doubtful to expostulate adult domain name registration volumes due to a really high registration fees being charged by Cars Registry Limited, a corner try that is a registry user for all…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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Sedo Weekly Transactions Total $1.4 million led by AWM.com - Over the past week, 697 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.4m. 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Highlights of public sales are: Top .com: awm.com at 99,750 USD Top ccTLD: chocoladeletter.nl at 14,520 EUR Top “other” TLD: boutique.boutique at 7,000 USD .Dot Club posted a number of numeric sales led by 666.club at 3,600. Remember Sedo has changed their report for sales of $2,000 and above and no longer show those sales that were ... read more ...
Tue 12th January 2016
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How large is China? Big. - 57% of Domain Name Sales’ revenue coming from China. This morning at NamesCon, Domain Name Sales VP of Sales Jeffrey Gabriel showed a slide with sales data from the past year: Wow. 2% of leads generating 57% of the dollar volume of sales. That’s amazing. Gabriel compared this to leads from other countries. The U.S. accounts for about one-third of leads and one-third of sales and dollar volume. Leads from the UK convert higher, while those from India convert more poorly. ... read more ...
 
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Verisign's Top Trending Keywords In Dec For .Com & .Net Include Chinese Fang & Wang - The top 10 trending keywords registered in .com and .net during the month of December 2015 are below release by Verisign the registry for .Com and .Net are as follows. Interesting to note that Wang is the third biggest gTLD extension (.Wang) by registration volume  with over 620,000 registrations as of today’s totals. ... read more ...
 
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Uniregistry digs into sum of new Market - Uniregistry team explains how the new Market system will work. This morning at NamesCon in Las Vegas, Uniregistry unveiled more details about its new marketplace that will be integrated with the Uniregistry registrar. John Smrekar, VP of Product of Uniregistry, explained that there are some issues with the existing Domain Name Sales (DNS) platform that will eventually be fully replaced by the Market. It was essentially built to manage Frank Schilling’s portfolio and was then adjusted to work for ... read more ...
 
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Choosing the right domain structure for SEO - When starting a website you will be faced with a number of decisions regarding its domain structure – the information to the left of the full stop in a web address (domain name) and the combination of letters to the right (domain extension). Different structures There are three broad approaches to domain structure that big companies use across their international sites, each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The first is using separate top-level domains (TLDs) such as Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk. ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Adds .boston to geo-TLD Portfolio - Minds + Machines Group Limited (LSE:MMX) today announced its agreement to acquire a 99% interest in Boston TLD Management LLC ("BTM"), the owner of rights to the .boston geo-TLD, and the agreement of its subsidiary, Minds + Machines Limited, to act as the Registry Service Provider for the geo-TLD ("the Acquisition"). Boston Globe Media Partners LLC ("Boston Globe Media") transferred into BTM its ownership rights to, and operating responsibilities for, the .boston geo-TLD. Boston Globe ... read more ...
 
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Lighting association Interlight is a retreat domain name hijacker - Poorly formed case was dead on arrival. Indiana company International Lighting Corporation has been found guilty of reverse domain name hijacking over the domain name Interlight.com. The company uses the domain Interlight.biz, and wanted to upgrade to the .com. However, its case was extremely poorly formed and it was dead on arrival: The owner of Interlight.com has owned it since 1997, well before the complainant received registered rights in the name. It claimed use of the mark dating to 1993 but ... read more ...
 
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This is what it looks like when Frank Schilling throws a celebration in Vegas -

Frank Schilling and Uniregistry hosted a celebration during Hakkasan in Las Vegas final night for NamesCon 2016 attendees. Sandeep Ramchandani of Radix and Statton Hammock of Rightside were guest DJs.

There’s another large celebration for discussion goers tonight, as a gift Water Night takes place during a venue Tropicana Hotel.

Via: domainnamewire.com

 
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Minds + Machines adds .boston to portfolio - Internet domain specialist Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) has added the .boston address to its portfolio. M+M is taking a 99% stake in Boston TLD management, which took on the  rights and operation of the name from Boston Globe Media Partners. The launch of .boston as an internet address is planned for later this year following receipt of required documentation for the acquisition by ICANN, the domain name overseer. Antony Van Couvering, M+M’s chief executive, said it ... read more ...
 
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Boston Globe sells .Boston domain name to Minds + Machines - Boston Globe sells .boston rights to new TLD company. Minds + Machines has acquired the .Boston top level domain name from Boston Globe Media, the company announced today. The acquisition price was not disclosed. The Boston Globe retains a 1% interest in the domain name, and it appears it will assist with promoting the domain name or using it. As a city domain name, Minds + Machines will also work with the city. Among its media properties, Boston Globe Media owns the Boston.com domai name. Minds ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Snaps Up .Boston Domain In Boston TLD Management Buy - LONDON (Alliance News) - Internet domain operator and owner Minds + Machines Group Ltd on Tuesday said it has acquired Boston TLD Management LLC, the owner of the .boston domain name.No financial details on the transaction were disclosed, but the deal will mean Minds + Machines will own and operate the .boston name."We look forward to working with BTM, Boston Globe Media, the City of Boston and our distribution partners to ensure the successful launch of .boston later this year, which we believe ... read more ...
Mon 11th January 2016
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.Club Sells Over 5,500 Premium Domains In Dec For Almost $615K - .Club just released it premium sales report for December 2015. On December 16th .Club released 13,000 new premium names to the registrar channel, with many priced at $100 or lower In all, 5,525 premium names were sold in December. Total premium name sales for December, from all sources, came to $614,071.90. Total premium name sales for Q4 2015 came to $2,350,116.47. As of December 31, 2015, total cumulative sales of registry reserved premium .CLUB names came to $3,398,167.27. The highest single sale ... read more ...
 
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NamePros to Broadcast Domain Auction from Namescon Live - NamePros will be broadcasting the live RightoftheDot domain auction from Namescon in real-time on Monday starting at 2PM PST. Shortly before the auction, NamePros will  publish a blog post that will include an embedded video of the live stream. If anyone arrives late to the live stream, they’ll be able to rewind it and watch from the beginning or watch it live. Once it’s over, the video will become a standard YouTube video for indefinite playback. All seamlessly offered within a single embedded ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schilling unveils marketplace during keynote - Marketplace to replace Domain Name Sales solution. Frank Schilling unveiled the new Uniregistry marketplace during his keynote at Namescon today. Uniregistry users will be able to to manage sales of their domain names from within their Uniregistry account, rather than a third-party system. It’s designed to be a better experience than the company’s Domain Name Sales platform. The service will be available in early access starting Monday, January 18, with full access available February 1. Also ... read more ...
 
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How will a Right of a Dot auction go? - Big live domain name auction takes place this afternoon in Las Vegas. Right of the Dot’s live domain name auction is finally here. The auction will take place this afternoon at 2 PM PST at the Tropicana in Las Vegas. Online bidding is available but not on NameJet — you must register through a separate system. 130 lots will be auctioned today, many of them without reserve. Some of my favorites that don’t have reserves are: Multilevel.com NannyCams.com Katie.com ArtLessons.com Tuscany.com Stock.photo With ... read more ...
 
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Board shakeup during Minds + Machines - Major board changes and executive appointments at new TLD company. New top level domain name company Minds + Machines announced major changes to its Board of Directors today. Non-executive directors Keith Teare, Elliot Noss (CEO of Tucows) and David Weill are stepping down, as is executive director Caspar von Veltheim. Von Veltheim will now be Director of European Operations for the company. The company also announced that Guy Elliott, an existing non-executive director, will take over the role of ... read more ...
 
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Building Buzz with Bill Doshier – DNW Podcast #66 - How Bill Doshier built buzz around .buzz. How do you build buzz for a top level domain name .buzz? Bill Doshier has done a remarkable job as a mostly one-man show, building the domain name up and finding a loyal following of registrants. One user has given .buzz attention on Wheel of Fortune and in the L.A. Times, and Doshier found an interesting type of registrant he hadn’t thought about when he first applied for the domain. Also: An insincere $500k offer, .com in China, and NamesCon. Subscribe ... read more ...
 
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Test your skills with GoDaddy's Bought or Not - Fun game asks you to guess if a domain is registered or not. GoDaddy released a fun (and rather eye-opening) app at NamesCon today called Bought Or Not. Bought or Not is similar to hot or not, except players guess if a domain name has been registered or not. It’s available online at BoughtOrNot.com and as an iPhone app, with Android coming soon. GoDaddy is giving away prizes if you play the game at its booth during NamesCon. A group of GoDaddy interns came up with the idea over the summer. GoDaddy ... read more ...
 
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Here Are The Domains For The Live Auction From Namescon - RightOfTheDot will conduct the live auction on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 2:00 PM Pacific Time at the NamesCon Conference, at the New Tropicana Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, NV. 130 domain names will be auctioned. The domain names not chosen for the Live auction will continue to be up for auction on Namejet.com until January 21st. Over 50% of the domain names in the Live auction already received bids over reserve and will sell tomorrow. Any domain names not sold in the Live auction will be added back ... read more ...
Sun 10th January 2016
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Apple to launch dating service, Forex trading - Apple car domains mean nothing. Just like its registration of .dating and .forex domain names. Hey mainstream tech press: STFU about these Apple Car domain names, will you? Last week everyone from MacRumors to Business Insider was having an Apple fanboy freakout over Apple registering Apple.car, Apple.cars and Apple.auto. “This means the Apple Car is coming!” they yelled. You know what? The Apple Car might be coming. But these domain names don’t mean anything at all. Apple registers or blocks ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ Blows Past .US that Had a 28 Year Head Start - This week the new gTLD .XYZ past .US, the ccTLD of the United States, in the total number of domain registrations. According to RegistrarStats.com the number of .XYZ registration is 1,726,541 compared to .US which has 1,670.478. Keep in mind that .US, which is the country code for the United States, has been in operation for 30 years, launching on February 15, 1985. .XYZ launched on June 2, 2014. .US had basically a 28 1/2 year head start on .XYZ and now finds itself some 60,000 domain names behind ... read more ...