Mon 18th January 2016
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Expired Domain Report – NamesCon edition - Here’s what you might have missed in the expired domain market. Last week, much of the domain industry’s attention converged at NamesCon, including a live auction arranged by NameJet + RightOfTheDot. (Quite a successful auction, I might add.) Yet for all that buzz, in the background business went on as usual. After all, domainers don’t stop paying attention to valuable expired domains simply because registrars have a few new features to unveil! Here’s what sold at NameJet during that ... read more ...
Fri 15th January 2016
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Ziff Davis buys Offers.com - Publisher gets popular website–and killer domain name–with Offers.com acquisition. Offers.com CEO Steve Schaffer says a great domain name doesn’t ensure a successful business, but it definitely helps.Publishing company Ziff Davis, a division of publicly traded J2 Global (NASDAQ: JCOM) has purchased Austin company Offers.com. Offers.com is a coupon code and product deals site that attracts five million monthly unique visitors. I caught up with Offers.com founder and CEO Steve Schaffer this ... read more ...
 
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Why we shouldn't go bananas over Banana.com domain name "sale" - There’s a good reason to be skeptical of a $2 million banana.com domain sale. Last month there was a bit of a stir in the domain name industry about the Chinese buying one word English domain names for huge sums. A domain name auction in China resulted in 5 domain name “sales” of $2 million or more USD: Banana.com, House.com, Yao.com, GG.com and HG.com. While GG.com and HG.com might seem plausible, $2 million for banana.com seemed like a ridiculously high price. Some were skeptical. As it ... read more ...
 
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Vodex Communications nailed for retreat domain name hijacking - Serial entrepreneur defends 17-year-old domain name. California company filed a UDRP against a domain name registered many years before it existed.Serial entrepreneur Taro Gold has successfully defended his domain name Vodex.com in a UDRP. The panel found complainant Vodex Communications to have engaged in reverse domain name hijacking by bringing the suit. Business telecom company Vodex Communications uses the longer VodexCommunications.com domain name, which it registered in 2012. The company registered ... read more ...
 
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Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 18 au 24 janvier 2016 -   Partager cet article :Début période Sunrise :19/01 – .petFin période Sunrise :19/01 – .protection19/01 – .security19/01 – .theatre Début période EAP :20/01 – .protection20/01 – .security20/01 – .theatre20/01 – .wine20/01 – .vinFin période EAP : 18/01 – .feedback20/01 – .auto20/01 – .car20/01 – .cars Ouverture à tous :18/01 – .feedback19/01 – .corsica20/01 – .auto20/01 – .car20/01 – .carsSafeBrands, en sa qualité de registrar accrédité pour toutes ... read more ...
Thu 14th January 2016
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The Owner Of Rams.com Is Adam Dicker: Does He Want $1.8 Million or $650,000? - According to an article appearing in 4029tv.com, Adam Dicker says he is the owner of Rams.com and he wants a minimum of  $650,000 for the domain although the domain name Rams.com is up for sale with a Buy It Now (BIN) price of $1.8 Million dollars on Afternic.com. According to Estibot.com Rams.com has a value of $119,000 and according to a screenshot it appears the domain was recently for sale for $650,000 but the price seems to have gone up: Here is some interesting quotes from the 4029tv.com ... read more ...
 
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The Real Facts & Stats About ICANN and Its gTLDs: One BIG.FAIL … So Far? - Have you already read Verisign Inc's blog "The Real Facts about new gTLDs." It can be read here, if you haven't. It is now a year later since this post was written, so a much clearer gTLD picture is now developing… The crème de la crème, the good, the bad, even the ugly of the Domain Name Industry are attending NamesCon in Vegas this week. 2016 will be a very challenging, absolutely critical year for those attendees and their corporate employers as the Domain Name System (DNS) faces a ... read more ...
 
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.Club sole $2.35 million in reward domain names final quarter - December not as big as November, but .Club has a great Q4. The Chinese domain name registration boom gave .Club a huge lift in Q4, with the registry selling $2.35 million of premium domain names. The company sold another $614,000 of premium domains in December, on top of the ridiculous $1.6 million it sold in November. Sales were boosted by the release of previously reserved domain names through the registrar channel, each with one-time registration premiums. How does this compare to the rest of ... read more ...
 
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Inside NameJet's record month - The journey to a record December at NameJet. Did you catch that? Maybe not. To really appreciate just how marvelous NameJet’s (podcast) performance was during December – indeed, throughout the whole of 2015 – let’s rewind and play things back in slow motion. Since mid 2011, NameJet has reported domain sales that clear over $2000. Early on, the auction platform announced as few as 49 domains per month; and during its first year the market place never surpassed 92. Less than 1/4 of months ... read more ...
 
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Impressive domain name stats from Escrow.com - Escrow.com provides data on transactions, including the impact of China. Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie (podcast) presented data from Escrow.com at NamesCon yesterday. There are some fascinating stats, especially when it comes to the impact of China. Escrow handled $430 million of payments in 2015: The average sales price of domain names transacted through Escrow.com has appreciated 7.3% per year: 4 letter domains have appreciated 9.3% per year over past ten years: And perhaps the most telling ... read more ...
Wed 13th January 2016
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Garden.org & All Assets Of National Gardening Association, Inc Up For Auction - Hilco Streambank announced today they were accepting bids for all intellectual property assets (the “Assets”) of National Gardening Association, Inc (NGA) The Assets include trademarks, domain names, customer database, established advertising opportunities and content libraries. BACKGROUND National Gardening Association, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) Organization founded in Vermont in 1973 to sustain and renew the fundamental links between people, plants and the environment. Through gardening, ... read more ...
 
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Jessy Nelson Injured In Mid Week Traning Crash - AMA Supercross NewsJessy Nelson Injured In Mid Week Traning CrashBy: Aaryn Minerds Posted: Thursday, 14th January, 2016 : 5:03 AM - - 344 Reads TLD Factory KTM rider Jessy Nelson has been injured in a mid week crash while preparing for the second round of the 2016 Monster Energy Supercross Championship that is to be held this weekend in San Diego. Nelson had a flying start to his 2016 season, leading ... read more ...
 
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Wolfram Alpha Owner Loses UDRP To Grab The Domain WolframVentures.com - Wolfram Group LLC has lost its attempt to grab the domain name wolframventures.com Here are the highlights: The Complainant is a provider of computational knowledge and mathematical software with offices in Paris, Tokyo, Lima, Linkoping, Bangalore, Boston and Champaign (Illinois). It has been operating under the name “Wolfram” since 1987. Perhaps, its most well-known service to the general public is the “Wolfram Alpha” search engine. Amongst other things, the Complainant has registered WOLFRAM ... read more ...
 
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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