Thu 7th January 2016
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Lance Wolak takes CMO purpose with .Buzz registry - Wolak will help drive .Buzz. Lance Wolak, founder of consulting firm ExcelStrategy and former vice president at Public Interest Registry, is taking a role with .Buzz registry dotStrategy. As Chief Marketing Officer, Wolak will help build new markets for .buzz as well as new products and services. dotStrategy founder Bill Doshier explained: Lance’s extensive marketing and strategy experience will be a valuable added asset to dotStrategy and the .buzz brand moving forward. Lance is an innovator ... read more ...
 
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WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Report – ag-IP - Home / WEBINAR: WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System Phase 2 Report / LOS ANGELES - ICANN published the WHOIS Accuracy Reporting System (ARS) Phase 2 report on 23 December 2015. This webinar, scheduled for 12 January 2016, will focus on the findings of the report and its implications for the community. Participants will learn about the results of the Phase 2 study, which acts as a follow-on to the Phase 1 report [PDF, 1.4 MB] published ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon 2016 Sponsor Spotlight on Radix - Final preparations are being made for NamesCon 2016! The agenda is all set, and upwards of 1,200 people are expected to attend this event. This should be the largest NamesCon yet! Today’s sponsor spotlight interview is with Karn Jajoo, Global Communications Manager at Radix. In the interview, Karn discusses how Radix was started, how the company is working to achieve its milestones, and some thoughts on the domain industry and new gTLD extensions. If you have any questions about Radix, ... read more ...
Wed 6th January 2016
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Norwegian Paper Covers BY.com In Namescon Auction: Now Has $602K Pre-bid - Verdens Gang whose website is VG.no  a Norwegian tabloid newspaper and was the second largest newspaper in Norway just published a story about By.com which is in the RightoftheDot.com auction at Namescon.  By.com, as of publication of this postm has a high bid in pre-bidding on Namejet.com of $602,000 The original story that was written in  Norwegian is here. The Google translated version of the story into English is here. Its a very interesting story about the owner of the domain IT entrepreneur ... read more ...
 
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How .MUSIC Will Go Mainstream and Benefit ICANN’s New gTLD Program - Since the launch of the New gTLD Program in 2012, it has become evident that new gTLD registries overestimated the demand for new Top-Level Domain name extensions. Furthermore, new gTLD registries did not anticipate the hurdles in raising awareness, not to mention creating adoption for new domains. Even the most pessimistic New gTLD Program critic did not expect such uninspiring results. It was a wake up call for many in the domain industry. The New gTLD Program currently lacks credibility. ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Time Inc. and others bought during a finish of a year - Time Inc. bought a sports domain name and Sears might start a site at Wash.in. Sedo turned in $2 million worth of domain name sales during the last two weeks of the year, a fairly high number of the holiday period. I think it was helped by a couple big sales, because $2 million is high for a transaction volume of just 648 domains. Some large companies bought domains, including Time and (I believe) Sears. Here’s a look at these end user domain name sales from the past week: (You can view previous ... read more ...
 
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.Com Winners & Losers: China Shuffles a Deck - Chinese surge starts to show up in monthy .com reports. ICANN has published Verisign’s registrar data for .com from September, and it’s starting to show the surge of .Com registrations in China. As I do every month, I ran the numbers to see which registrars performed best in terms of new registrations and transfers. This month is notable because HiChina and eName, both based in China, had stellar months. HiChina registered nearly three times as many .com domains in September as it did in August. ... read more ...
 
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Company behind .sucks TLD wants everyone to know how classy it is - Further ReadingICANN irked by prices ranging from $249 to $2.5K for .sucks domains"Shakedown scheme" allegations over high registration fees persist.Have something to complain about but haven’t found a top-level domain (TLD) with adequate panache? Fear not. Nearly six months ago, .sucks became available, and, sure enough, people have been using it in spades to gripe about stuff. But in a new Monday blog post, Vox Populi Registry, the company that owns the venerable TLD, says that it doesn’t ... read more ...
 
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Innovatieplatform .sucks bejubelt kracht van klagen - Wat zou de wereld zijn zonder webwereld.sucks? Het gTLD .sucks omschrijft zichzelf als een innovatieplatform en probeert kritiek te pareren dat het bedrijf het domein bezit om bedrijven tot in principe onnodige registratie te nopen. Henk-Jan Buist NIEUWS 6 januari 2016 Het chantagedomein innovatieve topleveldomein .sucks is in maart een jaar live en in een blogpost bejubelen de beheerders het functionele nut van hun platform. Het domein is niet zomaar een internetadres. ... read more ...
 
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Sedo Transactions for Two Weeks Total Just $2 Million; 56% are BIN - Sedo reported 648 transactions for the past two weeks totaling $2 Million Dollars 56% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. Going forward  Sedo is following Namejet.com and only reporting sales of 2K or more in any currency. The highest sale of the two weeks goes to Need.me which sold for $25,000 Highlights of public sales were: · Top .com: niuguanjia.com at 10,000 USD · Top ccTLD: need.me at 25,000 USD · Top “other” TLD: fdp.org at 9,888 USD Domain name Price Currency .COMs niuguanjia.com ... read more ...
Tue 5th January 2016
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gTLD Sunrise periods now open – December 2015 - As first reported in our December 2013 newsletter, the first new generic top-level domains (gTLDs, the group of letters after the "dot" in a domain name) have launched their "Sunrise" registration periods.  Please contact us or see our December 2013 newsletter for information as to what the Sunrise Period is, and how to become eligible to register a domain name under one of the new gTLDs during this period. As of the date of this newsletter, Sunrise periods are open for the following new gTLDs: .OFFICE .feedback .family .auto .cars .car .lasalle .cloud .wine .vin .theatre .SECURITY .PROTECTION .xn--tckwe ... read more ...
 
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L’Universal USB Installer compatible Windows 10 - L'application Universal USB Installer fait partie des utilitaires particulièrement pratiques que nous vous recommandons souvent sur TLD. L'UUI est en effet un petit logiciel de seulement 1 Mo qui permet de rendre bootable une clé USB à partir d'une image ISO ce qui peut être intéressant pour installer un système d'exploitation Windows ou Linux voire pour la mise à jour d'un BIOS ou d'un firmware. Pour les utilisateurs expérimentés que cette application intéresse, sachez que l'Universal ... read more ...
 
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Artist keeps mom’s legacy alive at new TLD Design Center and JAD Gallery in Berwyn - Oak Park resident Stephanie Konkol, 60, said she was thrilled to learn Deck would open a new branch of her art school and gallery in nearby Berwyn.Konkol, who began taking art classes about 1.5 years ago at Deck's Westmont location, said she now plans to attend classes at the new Berwyn branch.The art communities in both Oak Park and Berwyn have seen some regeneration lately, she said."I think [Deck] brings something wonderful to the area," Konkol said.Deck said she also plans to get ... read more ...
 
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Company behind .sucks TLD wants everyone to know how classy it is - Further ReadingICANN irked by prices ranging from $249 to $2.5K for .sucks domains"Shakedown scheme" allegations over high registration fees persist.Have something to complain about but haven’t found a top-level domain (TLD) with adequate panache? Fear not. Nearly six months ago, .sucks became available, and, sure enough, people have been using it in spades to gripe about stuff. But in a new Monday blog post, Vox Populi Registry, the company that owns the venerable TLD, says that it doesn’t ... read more ...
 
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Premium TLDs, Real Value for Money - There is an intrinsic value proposition to new gTLDs. They mean to give users fresh naming possibilities and provide more meaningful Internet addresses. And to do so at much reduced prices. Premium names before TLDs Reduced prices? Really? This is where eyebrows start being raised. How so? Well before the advent of new gTLDs, few suffixes offered any real ability to differentiate. Users thus looked to the second level, not the top level, for a way to get their web addresses to stand out ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Adds Short New gTLD's With Normal Renewals To ROTD/Namescon Auction - Rightside® (Nasdaq:NAME), today announced that it will be participating in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction as part of the Namescon conference that will be held next Monday, January 11th at 2PM EST. All domain names carry a normal renewal fee for the relevant extension, None carry a premium renewal fee. In keeping with the recent boom of 1, 2, and 3-character second-level domain sales, Rightside has added the premium domains: q.sale ll.sale nn.sale 123.sale 9.video viral.video z.pub 1.market 28.market xyz.market xyz.news xyz.live All ... read more ...
 
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Reading Health System, in Partnership With The Leadership Development Group … - READING, PA--(Marketwired - Jan 5, 2016) - Reading Health System (RHS) has announced a strategic partnership with The Leadership Development Group (TLD Group) to offer TLD Group's Applied Physician Leadership Academy (APLA)™, a customized leadership development program designed to engage and develop physician leaders to be positioned for success as the industry moves from volume to value-based care delivery. This multi-year program will kick off in February 2016 with RHS's Department Chairs, ... read more ...
 
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Reading Health System, in Partnership With The Leadership Development Group … - /EINPresswire.com/ -- READING, PA -- (Marketwired) -- 01/05/16 -- Reading Health System (RHS) has announced a strategic partnership with The Leadership Development Group (TLD Group) to offer TLD Group's Applied Physician Leadership Academy (APLA)™, a customized leadership development program designed to engage and develop physician leaders to be positioned for success as the industry moves from ... read more ...
 
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The Number of .Com Domains Top 124 Million For The First Time - According to Verisign the number of the .Com domain names has crossed the 124 million mark for the first time today.   As of Dec. 31, 2014, the base of registered names in .com equaled 115.6 million names. We are running a poll on the right hand side of our site on how many .com domain names you think will be registered as of January 1, 2017 please feel free to vote and for bragging rights you can put your exact picks in the comments of this post. ... read more ...
 
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December's Top 5 Domain Name Stories - Here’s how 2016 concluded in the domain name world. It’s 2016 and NamesCon is just around the corner. But let’s not get ahead of ourselves–what big news stories broke last month? From a poor UDRP decision to the acquisition of Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio, here are the top 5 stories on Domain Name Wire last month. 1. The late Igal Lichtman, aka Mrs Jello, loses a horrible UDRP decision – fortunately, his heirs are fighting back. 2. GoDaddy acquires Mike Berkens’ WorldWide ... read more ...
 
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Jay Westerdal - Just a few days to go until attendees will begin arriving in Las Vegas for NamesCon! We are expecting somewhere around 1,200 conference attendees. There will be attendees from all facets of the domain name business. This morning's NamesCon 2016 sponsor spotlight interview is with the team from the .feedback Registry and Jay Westerdal, founder of .feedback. The team answered questions about .feedback domain names and he shared some thoughts about the new gTLD domain names and NamesCon. If you ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon 2016 Sponsor Spotlight on .Feedback Registry - Just a few days to go until attendees will begin arriving in Las Vegas for NamesCon! We are expecting somewhere around 1,200 conference attendees. There will be attendees from all facets of the domain name business. This morning’s NamesCon 2016 sponsor spotlight interview is with the team from the .feedback Registry and Jay Westerdal, founder of .feedback. The team answered questions about .feedback domain names and he shared some thoughts about the new gTLD domain names and NamesCon. If ... read more ...
 
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Efty Launches For-Sale Landing Page Theme Gallery - Leading domain name management and investment platform Efty announced today that it has launched a first-of-its-kind service, offering a For-Sale landing page theme gallery for domain owners using the software. The theme gallery, which launched earlier today with five designs, allows domain name investors to host a selection of top-notch For-Sale landing pages that have been fashioned for optimal visitor-to-lead conversion and to sell their domain names through direct navigation without paying a ... read more ...
 
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Are Top-level Domains Property? - On December 28, the Justice Department filed an amicus brief in Weinstein v. Islamic Republic of Iran, a case pending before the D.C. Circuit. At issue is whether country-code top-level domains are the property of those countries’ foreign governments. In 2002, a district court found Iran liable for its role in a 1996 terrorist bombing in Jerusalem. The family of one of the victims, Susan Weinstein, brought the suit against Iran and, following the 2003 entry of default judgment, the Weinsteins ... read more ...
 
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NamesCon registrations tip 1,100 - NamesCon will top its own record for attendance at a domain business conference. Next week’s NamesCon conference in Las Vegas will be the biggest yet, by far. As of last Saturday morning, registrations crossed the 1,100 mark. I bet a lot more people registered Saturday before prices increased. If you procrastinated, you can still register for $799 before January 10. Walk-up registrations are $999. NamesCon will be a great way to kick off the New Year in the domain name business. If you’d like ... read more ...