Mon 15th December 2014
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Frank Schilling discusses new TLDs and .Com – DNW Podcast #11 - Legendary domain investor Frank Schilling explains where new TLDs fit into the domain market. Last week’s Domain Name Wire Podcast was the most popular yet. With this week’s guest, we might make that happen two weeks in a row. Frank Schilling comes on the show this week to discuss why he decided to shift his lifestyle from a relaxing one of managing his own domain name portfolio to starting a number of domain name services businesses. He also explains why he applied ... read more ...
 
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Lies, darned lies and new TLD statistics - Dig into statistics to understand how valuable they are. New top level domain name options have been out for less than a year, and everyone is clambering for data to make sense of the rollout. That includes me. I look at registration data from a number of sources, weekly sales information, usage data…basically, anything I can get my hands on. Yet it’s important to understand that data can be misleading, especially if you don’t dig into the details. A prime example ... read more ...
Sat 13th December 2014
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ICANN gears up for second round of gTLD applications even as first round still … - The most significant development in the Internet space in recent years is the ongoing generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion. (As a reminder, a TLD is what appears to the right of the "dot" in a domain name (i.e., .COM, .ORG, .GOV).) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) embarked on an aggressive plan to expand the Internet from just 23 gTLDs to more than a thousand gTLDs, culminating in an application process in 2012 that allowed any organization with ... read more ...
 
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Monster.com (Jobs) Beats out Monster, Inc. (High End Audio Co.) For The gTLD … - Monster.com,  (NYSE:MWW), the job site has beaten out Monster, Inc. the company that makes high end audio cables and other equipment for the new gTLD .Monster. The contension set was scheuled to do to the ICANN last resort auction next week but Monster, Inc who is best know for high end audio cables just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Monster leaving Monster.com which is the job board company as the remaining applicant. According to its application Monster.com plans to operate ... read more ...
 
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Monster.com (Jobs) Beats out Monster, Inc. (High End Audio Co.) For The gTLD .Monster - Monster.com,  (NYSE:MWW), the job site has beaten out Monster, Inc. the company that makes high end audio cables and other equipment for the new gTLD .Monster. The contension set was scheuled to do to the ICANN last resort auction next week but Monster, Inc who is best know for high end audio cables just withdrew its application to operate the new gTLD .Monster leaving Monster.com which is the job board company as the remaining applicant. According to its application Monster.com plans to operate ... read more ...
 
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ICANN Gears Up for Second Round of gTLD Applications Even as First Round … - The most significant development in the Internet space in recent years is the ongoing generic top-level domain (gTLD) expansion. (As a reminder, a TLD is what appears to the right of the "dot" in a domain name (i.e., .COM, .ORG, .GOV).) The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) embarked on an aggressive plan to expand the Internet from just 23 gTLDs to more than a thousand gTLDs, culminating in an application process in 2012 that allowed any organization with an interest ... read more ...
Fri 12th December 2014
 
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HostingCon India Session Explores How Strategic Promotions Key to New gTLD … - MUMBAI, INDIA — The first day of ResellerClub presents HostingCon India featured diverse keynotes from various speakers. Topics covered in sessions on Friday included internet access in India, domains, and online marketing trends. In an early afternoon session, executives from the Public Interest Registry (PIR), the non-profit organization that manages the .ORG top level domain, were on hand to give an overview of the trends and changes in the domain name industry. PIR director of channel ... read more ...
 
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After 7 Years, This Is Where Thedomains.com Has Been & Where it’s Going - Our first post was made on December 4th, 2007 so amazingly enough we have been hard at work over here at thedomains.com for 7 years. I have no idea where the time has gone, but it went, and a lot of it. We have published over 7,700 posts and just under 85,000 comments. We have been busy. As bloggers we have a natural urge to be first to publish “breaking news” and stories. Sometime you will see duplicate content on domain blogs. This is caused by several factors. Press releases being sent out ... read more ...
 
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Le TOP 10 des nouveaux gTLDs -

Il existe un “Top 10” des nouvelles extensions Internet: il s’agit des dix Registres qui autorisent la commercialisation de nouveaux noms de domaine au réseau des bureaux d’enregistrement accrédités. Dans le cas de ce Top 10, nous parlons des dix Registres qui créent le and de noms de domaine.

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Best Reverse Domain Hijacking UDRP Ever: Asia Charts Of Singapore Guilty & 1st For Asian UDRP Provider - The Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (Kuala Lumpur Office) has returned what we believe is that providers first Reverse Domain Name Hijacking ruling on the domain name AsiaCharts.com, and its on the exact type of case that we have been complaining about, one in which the complainant did not have a trademark. Even worse the domain name was registered 4 years before the Complainant was even formed. The three member Panel of Mr.D.Saravanan, Mr.Michael Soo and Honorable Neil Brown QC found ... read more ...
 
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13 finish user domain name sales from final week - RestaurantUniforms.com leads the list. Sedo handled 458 transactions last week for a total of about $1.0 million of domain name sales. The biggest public sale was RestaurantUniforms.com, purchased by New York uniform company Paragon Uniform Apparel, Inc. Another notable sale was GIII.com. Although the price tag was only $5,000, the buyer is a $2.1 billion (market cap) clothing company. Here’s the list of some of the week’s end user sales at the Sedo marketplace: (You ... read more ...
 
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Some people are successfully flipping new TLD registrations - Here are some cases where new TLD registrants flipped new domains for a nice return. Some people are striking oil with new TLDs.It’s easy to come out and say new TLDs are a waste of time for domain name investors and that you won’t make any money with them. You can point to high initial prices and registry premiums to suggest that domainers are being cut out of the action. The reality is that some people are making good money flipping new TLDs. I want to be careful ... read more ...
Thu 11th December 2014
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NCC Group to Open Trust Domain For Registration - NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, “NCC Group” or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, announces that companies will be able to submit their requests to become part of the .trust community on 16 December 2014.   NCC Group’s .trust generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) has now begun a 90-day “Name Collision” and will shortly enter into a “Sunrise Period”, as defined by ICANN, to protect trademarked brands. Rob Cotton, NCC Group CEO, commented: “After ... read more ...
 
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It’s Go Buddy Time: Say Hello To The Star Of Godaddy’s Super Bowl Commercial “Buddy” -                         As any frequent reader to TheDomains.com knows, there isn’t many things I love more than Dogs so I’m really looking forward to this years Godaddy Super Bowl Commercial Godaddy which announced that their Super Bowl Commercial would feature a Puppy has now released a picture of the adorable pup and after a name the puppy contest that ran on Twitter this week under the Hashtag #GoDaddyPuppy. Godaddy announced just a little while ago that the puppy has been named ... read more ...
 
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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP | ICANN Gears Up for Second Round of gTLD … -

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New Poll Says 25% Think Organic Co. Should Have .Organic Domain: But Only 396 Have Been Registered - .ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of a poll in which “nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. That’s why almost 60% of respondents claimed they would be more inclined to visit a site on .ORGANIC, which is restricted to verified organic entities, than legacy .COM sites when searching ... read more ...
 
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Consumers Prefer the .ORGANIC Web Address for True-Organic Goods - DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 11, 2014--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias  today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. That’s why almost 60% ... read more ...
 
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Fig. 2: Brands that U.S. consumers believe should be on the .ORGANIC domain … - DUBLIN--(Business Wire)--.ORGANIC domain operator Afilias today announced the results of new research that provides important insights regarding U.K. and U.S. Internet users’ experience finding organic products and services online. Nearly 70% of respondents believe that some companies are misrepresenting themselves as “organic” to command a premium price, and 60% would like a reliable way to distinguish real organic providers online from the pretenders. ... read more ...
 
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16 Year Old Domain TVBS.com Lost in UDRP: Privacy is Not a Way a Legitimate Business Would Operate - TVBS.com, a domain name registered on April 20, 1998 has been ordered transferred to a trademark holder in a UDRP decision handed down by the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Center (“ADNDRC”). Some of the language in the decision is troubling as is the failure of the panel to even consider or discuss the legal concept of latches due to the 16 year delay in taking action. The Complainant is the TVB, Television Broadcasts Limited (listed on the main board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong ... read more ...
 
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The latest on everything you need to know about domain names - We continue with the series on domain names and the important things to know and remember when securing a domain name and creating a web presence.Structure of domain namesA domain name is composed of different parts separated by “dots” and each part represents a hierarchy in the domain name structure and this hierarchy descent from the right to the left part of the domain name.At the highest level of the hierarchy is the Top Level Domain which is the right most part of the domain name. For example ... read more ...
 
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Microsoft “You Can Use Bitcoins to Buy Apps, Games & More for Windows & Xbox Today In The US - In a blog post, Microsoft announced that starting today in the U.S., by using BitPay, the world’s leading bitcoin payment processor, you can trade-in bitcoin – at current market value — and add it to your Microsoft account. Those funds can then be used to purchase content in the Windows Store, or in stores that house Xbox Games, Xbox Music or Xbox Video. “For us, this is about giving people options and helping them do more on their devices and in the cloud,” says Eric Lockard, corporate ... read more ...
 
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TM Holder Of Beauty Lab Loses URDP Bid The Grab The Domain MyBeautyLab.com: Too Generic - The owner of the trademark for BeautyLab just lost its attempt to grab the domain name TheBeautyLab.com The sole UDRP panelist Brigitte Joppich bascially found that although the Complainant had valid trademarks registered before the domain name, including in the country where the domain holder operates, the term Beauty Lab was too generic to enjoy any protection in the UDRP process. Here are the relevant facts and findings: “”The Complainant operates a beauty and cosmetics business distributing ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .immo 5274; .Business 3292; .Software 3068; .Network … - 6 New gTLD’s went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including all domain names registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and in the Early Access Period (EAP) for those who were willing to pay a one time fee for early access more than 17,000 domain names were registered across the six new domain extensions which is the best first day performance by non-city new gTLD’s for a long time. Here ... read more ...
 
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1st Day New gTLD Totals .immo 5,274; .Business 3,292; .Software 3,068; .Network 3,055; .Pizza 1,272; .Auction 1,056 - 6 New gTLD’s went into their first day of General Availability (GA) yesterday where they could be registered on a first come, first served basis. Including all domain names registered during the Sunrise Period by trademark holders and in the Early Access Period (EAP) for those who were willing to pay a one time fee for early access more than 17,000 domain names were registered across the six new domain extensions which is the best first day performance by non-city new gTLD’s for a long time. Here ... read more ...