Mon 18th May 2015
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Verisign Upgraded to Hold at Zacks (VRSN) - Zacks upgraded shares of Verisign (NASDAQ:VRSN) from a sell rating to a hold rating in a research note released on Monday morning. Zacks’ analyst wrote, “Internet infrastructure assurance and domain registry services provider VeriSign reported strong first-quarter 2015 results with both earnings and revenues growing year over year. We believe that gTLD prospects, international expansion through IDNs and investments in intellectual properties will boost results over the long ... read more ...
 
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CNBC.com: Covers New gTLD’s: 1and1 says New gTLD Account For 15% of … - CNBC.com just covered the new gTLD roll out once again in a story entitled “Dot-com to .pizza: Welcome to the Web domain Rush” with a subtitle of  “The Internet’s long-restricted virtual real estate market is open for business.” The most interest part of the story comes from 1and1.com which says “new gTLDs already account for about 15% of 1and1’s new business”  “It’s lucrative, too, with the new TLDs selling for about $40 a year on average, more than double ... read more ...
 
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What New gTLD Applicants Want for Round 2 - After talking to a few new gTLD applicants who participated in "Round One" of the ICANN new gTLD program, here is a list of complaints and questions I received, and probably a few things potential candidates should pay attention to prior to submitting an application: Applying is too expensive, I want my TLD for $200,000 "all included" (ICANN fee + consultancy services to fill in my application) Applying for a new gTLD is expensive but ICANN is the organization to allow an applicant and it ... read more ...
 
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With 10 Applicants .Art Gets Scheduled For An ICANN Last Resort Auction - The new gTLD .Art just got on the ICANN schedule for a last resort auction. There are 10 applicants for .Art and the ICANN auction is scheduled tentatively for July 2015. .Art is the only new gTLD that is currently scheduled for an ICANN auction. Here are the 10 Applicants; some are portfolio applicants as well as some one-off applicants that only applied for .Art: Donuts Uniregistry Minds + Machines Afilias Top Level Design, LLC (.design, .wiki, .ink) Merchant Law Group LLP UK Creative Ideas Limited ... read more ...
 
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CNBC.com: Covers New gTLD's: 1and1 says New gTLD Account For 15% of Their New Biz -

Michael Berkens, Esq. is a owner and Editor-in-Chief of TheDomains.com. Michael is also a co-founder of Worldwide Media Inc. that sole around 70K domain to Godaddy.com in Dec 2015 and now owns around 5K domain names . Michael is also a Director of RightoftheDot.com that is a consultant in a new gTLD space and a attorney of super reward domains. Michael was also one of a 5 Judges comparison for a a Verisign 30th Anniversary .Com competition this year.

Via: thedomains.com

 
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2 thoughts on Schilling/Negari domain name tie-up - Two long time domain name investors partner to release three automotive top level domain names. XYZ (Daniel Negari) and Uniregistry (Frank Schilling) have teamed up to launch three automotive top level domain names: .car, .cars and .auto. .Car was acquired from Google. Here are my thoughts on this deal. Negari and Shilling partnering on domains isn’t a huge surprise. They’ve both found success with low cost generic domain names. This weekend, Schilling tweeted how .click is selling well thanks ... read more ...
 
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The Eiffel Tower has Moved; Well On The Internet From .Com To a .Paris - One of the most prominent landmarks on this planet has changed its address on the Internet. The official site for the Eiffel Tower has changed the domain name from Eiffel-Tower.com (English)  and Tour-Eiffel.fr (French) to the domain name TourEiffel.Paris. Eiffel-Tower.com had been the official site for the world-famous Paris landmark since at least 2007 according to Screenshots.com The domain names Eiffel-tower.com and Tour-Eiffel.fr are now being forwarded to its new Internet home at TourEiffel.Paris. The ... read more ...
 
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4 New gTLD Launches This Week & Registrations To Date; .Style; .Chat; .Bingo & .Tennis - This is a busy week for new gTLD Launches with 4 new domain extensions. All four new gTLD went through a Early Access Program (EAP) for those that were willing to pay an extra fee to get access prior to General Available. Here are the new domain extensions launching this week and the number of registrations through Sunrise and the Early Access Program (EAP). .Style 293 .Chat 285 .Bingo 151 .Tennis 125 All four launch into GA on Wednesday.   ... read more ...
 
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Spammeři již pohotově zneužili nové domény, které jsou k dipozici od začátku roku 2015 - Uvedený závěr vyplynul z analýzy Kaspersky Lab o spamu a phishingu za první čtvrtletí letošního roku. Podniky mají nyní díky novému registračnímu programu generických domén nejvyššího řádu (gTLD) možnost vybrat si doménu, která nejvíce odpovídá jejich činnosti nebo tématu ... read more ...
 
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Spammeři již pohotově zneužili nové domény, které jsou k dipozici … - Uvedený závěr vyplynul z analýzy Kaspersky Lab o spamu a phishingu za první čtvrtletí letošního roku. Podniky mají nyní díky novému registračnímu programu generických domén nejvyššího řádu (gTLD) možnost vybrat si doménu, která nejvíce odpovídá jejich činnosti nebo tématu stránek. Například doménu „.work“ lze využít pro weby nabízející zaměstnání, „.science“ pro stránky s vědeckou tématikou a podobně. Spammeři a kyberzločinci na tento ... read more ...
 
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Spammeři již pohotově zneužili nové domény, které jsou k dipozici od začátku … - Uvedený závěr vyplynul z analýzy Kaspersky Lab o spamu a phishingu za první čtvrtletí letošního roku. Podniky mají nyní díky novému registračnímu programu generických domén nejvyššího řádu (gTLD) možnost vybrat si doménu, která nejvíce odpovídá jejich činnosti nebo tématu ... read more ...
 
 
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Freelancer.com CEO Matt Barrie – DNW Podcast #33 - Freelancer.com just bought Escrow.com. Here’s what it plans to do with it. Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer.com, explains why his company paid $7.5 million for Escrow.com and what’s in store for the company. Matt also says buying the Freelancer.com domain name (a transaction handled by Escrow.com) was a huge inflection point for his company and has paid huge dividends, which he explains on the show. Freelancer.com is a big marketplace for work, such as logo design, copywriting, and even manufacturing. Also: ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: 31.com, KD.com, Swiggy.com and Many More Domains - Here we go with the latest installment of Domain Movers, where I detect domain names that have been recently acquired mostly by large corporations or domains simply moving by large companies. These are often early detections, so this information may relate to new brands, services, products, companies etc. Here we go! The Boeing Company has registered the domain name CustomHanger.com . The domain name was registered before in 2009 but hasn’t been since. KD.com has been sold by Zodiac International ... read more ...
 
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Panelist asks complainant to cgange the box to obstacle domain purebred in 1995 - Domain wasn’t registered in bad faith, but panelist asks complainant to make a different argument. I’m dumbfounded. A single member UDRP panelist with National Arbitration Forum has ordered the domain name VideoLink.com be transferred — after, apparently, asking the complainant to modify its argument to the panelist’s liking. VideoLink, Inc. said it started using the VideoLink term in commerce in 1999. Xantech Corporation registered the domain name in 1995, so the respondent could not have ... read more ...
 
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Stolen domain GPZ.com recovered by cybersquatting claim - National Arbitration Forum panel orders stolen domain name be returned to its longtime owner. An allegedly stolen three letter domain name has been returned to its previous owner through a UDRP cybersquatting claim. Mountain View, California software company GPZ Technology, Inc. registered GPZ.com in 1996. The domain name was apparently stolen from its 11 domain name registrar account earlier this year and transferred to Registrar of Domain Names REG.RU LLC. GPZ provided a police report to the panel. Although ... read more ...
 
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Blacknight Launches Jelastic Powered Next Generation Cloud Platform: Offers a True "zero formula change" PaaS Solution - We received a press release from Irish domain name registrar and hosting company, Blacknight which announced today they have launched their Jelastic powered next generation cloud platform, designed for developers and offers a true “zero code change” PaaS solution. “”Blacknight announce the addition of Jelastic, the developer’s dream platform, to their suite of services. Jelastic is the only zero code change PaaS that frees developers from coding to proprietary APIs. Any application can ... read more ...
 
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Google to supplement Buy Buttons to Mobile Search - Google is planning on launching buy buttons in mobile search only, there will not be buttons when someone searches on desktop. One has to wonder how all the advertisers who spend big money on Adwords will feel about this. Engadget stated there are several reasons why this will be mobile only. The biggest reason ? Mobile searches outpacing desktop searches. The Wall Street Journal is responsible for breaking the story. From Engadget: Google’s getting ready to face Amazon and eBay, according to The ... read more ...
 
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Looks Likes Coupons.com Got $4.8 Million For Withdrawing Its .Coupons New … - According to Tweets from George Kirikos and Daniel Negari it appears that Coupons.com made a cool $4.8 Million dollars for withdrawing its application for the new gTLD .Coupons George found an SEC filing that showed Coupons.com received $4.8 million dollars from the sale of a domain name. Coupons.com withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Coupons which left Donuts, the only applicant for .Coupons the winner of what appears to have been a private auction or some other method to privately ... read more ...
Sun 17th May 2015
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Looks Likes Coupons.com Got $4.8 Million For Withdrawing Its .Coupons New gTLD App - According to Tweets from George Kirikos and Daniel Negari it appears that Coupons.com made a cool $4.8 Million dollars for withdrawing its application for the new gTLD .Coupons George found an SEC filing that showed Coupons.com received $4.8 million dollars from the sale of a domain name. Coupons.com withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Coupons which left Donuts, the only applicant for .Coupons the winner of what appears to have been a private auction or some other method to privately ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Could Be Privatized by a finish of a year - PCTechMag.com wrote an article that discussed ICANN being on its own by the end of the year. Fadi Chehade gave comments on Thursday that all the parts were in place for this to happen. From the article: The head of the nonprofit group that oversees the world’s Internet addresses expressed confidence Thursday that it would be privatized and out of US government control by year’s end. Fadi Chehade’s comments came despite criticism in the US Congress, where some lawmakers have resisted the plan ... read more ...
 
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New gTLDs Update – Does ".Sucks" Suck?! - Terms Conditions and Privacy Statement Mondaq.com (the Website) is owned and managed by Mondaq Ltd and as a user you are granted a non-exclusive, revocable license to access the Website under its terms and conditions of use. Your use of the Website constitutes your agreement to the following terms and conditions of use. Mondaq Ltd may terminate your use of the Website if you are in breach of these terms and conditions or if Mondaq Ltd decides to terminate your license of use for whatever reason. Use ... read more ...
 
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Spammelésre használják már az új csúcsszintű domaineket is - [Kaspersky] A releváns közösségek és szervezetek számára, 2015 januárjában indított új felső szintű domainek a spammerek kedvenceivé váltak, derül ki a Kaspersky Lab 2015 első negyedéves spam és adathalász elemzéséből. Sokuk számára az új domainek kiváló eszközt kínálnak a kéretlen és törvénytelen reklámkampányok megvalósításához. Az új felső szintű domain (gTLD) regisztrációs program lehetőséget ad a szervezetek számára, hogy maguk választhassák ... read more ...
Sat 16th May 2015
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CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch - This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King  has also founded Semaphore, Inc, SnapNames, Inc, AboutUs, Inc. and ICANNWiki (501c3). The post appears here unedited: We at Top Level Design believe that .design had the most successful launch of any generic new TLD to date. Not only that, I think we are well on our way to proving that a new TLD can justify a premium cost when it offers better, more meaningful ... read more ...
 
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CEO of .Design on ReDesigning The Success Of A New gTLD Launch - This is a guest post by Ray King the CEO of Top Level Design, a new domain registry behind the new gTLD’s .Design, .Wiki and .ink. Mr. King  has also founded Semaphore, Inc, SnapNames, Inc, AboutUs, Inc. and ICANNWiki (501c3). The post appears here unedited: We at Top Level Design believe that .design had the most successful launch of any generic new TLD to date. Not only that, I think we are well on our way to proving that a new TLD can justify a premium cost when it offers better, more meaningful ... read more ...