Fri 11th December 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Constipated.com, Roper.com and some-more lapsed domain name sales - Last time, China was conspicuously absent from the high end of NameJet / SnapNames expired domain auctions; and I proposed 1 theory as to why. Since then, Chinese-style domains have made a comeback; but they’re clearly playing second fiddle. China placed 3 sales among the top 10, ranking #4, #5, and #6. In the top 20, another 5. Reaching out to the top 30, you’ll find just 3 more Chinese domains. That’s a fairly uniform 37% spread – 32% by spending. Compare that to China’s presence ... read more ...
 
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ICA issues matter on terrible Camilla.com UDRP decision - Policy and advocacy group takes unusual step of issuing statement about a particular UDRP case. The UDRP for Camilla.com was truly horrible. A three-person panel essentially stole a valuable, generic domain name from the heirs of the late Igal Lichtman, commonly known in domain name circles as Mrs Jello. It ruled that a company that didn’t have any sort of trademark rights in the name “Camilla” at the time the domain was registered should get the domain name. Internet Commerce Association, ... read more ...
 
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Google files censure to take down Adsense click rascal site - Site purported to offer “no risk” way to increase Google Adsense revenue. Google has filed a cybersquatting complaint against the owner of the site AdsenseClickers.com in order to take over the domain name. [Update 1/11/16: Google won the case.] Until recently, the website at AdsenseClickers.com offered a service to help people boost their Google Adsense pay-per-click revenue. The service promised to send only real, natural traffic and promised “zero risk” to customers, but I wouldn’t believe ... read more ...
 
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It was only a bug: .Com by-pass is behind in iOS 9.2 - Shortcut that dissapeared with iOS 9.1 is back in iOS 9.2. Last month I wrote about how Apple changed the functionality of the top level domain shortcut button on its keyboard for iPad devices. When you press and hold the period “.” key, it brings up a list of top level domain name options. Previously, if you didn’t select anything and just released the key, .com was inserted by default. When iPad devices were updated to iOS 9.1, however, the .com default didn’t work as usual. If you pressed ... read more ...
Thu 10th December 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in HU and tagged
Észrevette? Csuklott egyet az internet - Telefonszámunk: +36 1 436 2000 Terjesztés HVG Kiadó Zrt.: +36 1 436 2045[email protected] E-mail címünk: A hvg.hu szerkesztősége:[email protected] A HVG Hetilap szerkesztősége:[email protected] ... read more ...
 
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Donuts: We are not Going To Delete New gTLD Extensions - Donuts has responded to last Friday’s cybersecurity consulting firm Internet Identity (IID) report predicting “the eventual demise of any number of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) and the websites populated within them—primarily due to financial underperformance”. Donuts has responded strongly to debunk the report saying as the largest new gTLD operator they will not be closing down any new gTLD strings. Here is the statement Donuts gave to thedomains.com exclusively about the “report” “”One ... read more ...
 
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Two More 2 Letter .Com Added To Namescon Auction; Now Have 12 Three Letter .Com's - Two more 2 letter .com’s are now live for pre-bidding on Namejet.com. Wi.com and FW.com now join AT.com in the Live and online domain name auction that RightOfTheDot.com is holding as from the Namescon conference on January 11, 2016. AT.com already has a bid of over $1.5 Million in pre-bidding at Namejet. In addition to the 3 two letter .com’s, there are 5 three number .com’s (NNN.com) also in the auction: 380.com 397.com 652.com 708.com 983.com We also recently added the three letter super ... read more ...
 
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Google Domains pitches new TLDs with Q&A post - See a new TLD in action by searching for “coffee club”, company suggests. It’s not from Google’s search team, but a new blog post today from Google Domains seeks to clear up any misunderstanding about new domain names and search. The post answers common questions about new domain name endings, such as will they affect my website’s search ranking (no) and can I move my site to a new domain name (yes). Google uses Coffee.club as an example of how new domain names show up in search. It suggests ... read more ...
 
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Latest podcast available: a new dawn for brands online - Tim Lince For World Trademark Review’s latest podcast we decided to delve further into the landscape of branded top-level domains (or ‘.brands’), following our infographic earlier this week. When ICANN opened the application window for new gTLDs back in 2012, few expected that more than 500 companies would apply for over 600 ‘.brand’ strings ... read more ...
 
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15 finish user domain name sales that happened final week - A bus service, real estate firm and other companies that bought domain names last week. Sedo handled $1.4 million worth of domain name transactions last week. The end of 2015 is helping Sedo finish the year in style. Last week it handled 654 domain name transactions for a total of $1.4 million. Among the end users that bought domain names were a New Zealand company that bought a .co to match its .co.nz, a pharmaceuticals company that is rebranding, and a site that wants to be a gathering place for ... read more ...
 
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Next Smurfs film is expected "The Lost Village", domain names suggest - Domain names are likely for third film due out in 2017. The next Smurfs movie will likely be called “The Lost Village”. Papa Smurf is ready to make his return… Sony has registered a number of domain names suggesting its third film in the series will be called Smurfs The Lost Village. The company is planning to release a new Smurfs film in 2017. Rumors are that it will deal with the origin of the Smurfs and how they all got together. Among the domain names the company registered yesterday are: smurfsthelostvillage.net smurfsthelostvillagemovie.com smurfsthelostvillagemovie.net smurfsthelostvillagethemovie.com smurfsthelostvillagethemovie.net LostVillageMovie.com ... read more ...
 
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Automattic.com Owner of WordPress Acquires JetPack.com - Automattic.com which is the Owner of WordPress.com appears to have Acquired the domain name JetPack.com Jetpack is built into the WordPress Platform and also serves as the stat program for WordPress sites like TheDomains.com Automattic.com has been using the domain name Jetpack.me for the service, but yesterday the whois records updated and the domain names is now registered by Mark Monitor with WordPress name servers. It appears that the domain name that was formerly owned by Jetpack Design of ... read more ...
Wed 9th December 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in FR and tagged
Calendrier des gTLDs – Semaine du 14 au 20 décembre 2015 -   Partager cet article :Début période Sunrise :14/12 – .lasalle (corptld)14/12 – .theatre17/12 – .security17/12 – .protectionFin période Sunrise :20/12 – .reitSi vous êtes intéressé, SafeBrands est registrar accrédité pour toutes ces extensions. Nos chargés de clientèle sont à votre disposition pour tout renseignement complémentaire ou pour commander vos noms de domaine. N’hésitez pas à nous contacter en utilisant notre formulaire en ligne, par email domaines@safebrands.com ... read more ...
 
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gTLDs: Baby, you can drive my .car (for €3000) - December 2015 will see the launch of three generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs), all focused on the automobile industry.  However, the launch of .CAR, .CARS and .AUTO are unlikely to drive up domain name registration volumes due to the very high registration fees being charged by Cars Registry Limited, the joint venture that is the Registry operator for all three gTLDs. As reported in the May 2015 issue of Anchovy News, Cars Registry Limited is a joint venture between two Registry operators, namely ... read more ...
 
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Why Marchex and WWM domain name acquisitions make clarity for GoDaddy - Unique characteristics make these portfolios valuable to GoDaddy. Worldwide Media’s portfolio is a good match for GoDaddy’s business model. GoDaddy made the surprising announcement on Monday that it had purchased Michael Berkens’ domain name portfolio. It was surprising because I had no idea Michael Berkens’ Worldwide Media (WWM) portfolio was for sale. But it’s unsurprising that GoDaddy was interested in this particular portfolio. Like the portfolio GoDaddy acquired from Marchex earlier ... read more ...
 
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Verisign appeals XYZ justice loss - Case will continue in Court of Appeals. Just days after .XYZ asked a court to force Verisign to pay its legal bills in a lawsuit; Verisign upped the ante by appealing the case. In late October, judge Claude M. Hilton granted XYZ’s motion for summary judgment in the false advertising case brought by Verisign. On November 20, Hilton released his opinion, noting that XYZ’s claims were just puffery and opinion. Last week, XYZ said the case was “exceptional”, and Verisign should be required to ... read more ...
 
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Remember Congo? It rebranded as LawBooth.com - Company finds a good .com for under $3,000. Congo changed its brand to Lawbooth. Remember Congo? The company that started its lawyer-match service at Congo.io, and then balked at the “egregiously overinflated” asking price of $750,000 for Congo.com? Although I disagree about its characterization of the Congo.com asking price, I like the contest it proposed: find us a .com domain name we can buy for less than $3,000 to make our new brand. When people say “all the good .com domains are taken,” ... read more ...
 
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The late Igal Lichtman, aka Mrs Jello, loses a terrible UDRP decision - Panel re-writes UDRP and “registered in bad faith” requirement. The heirs of the late Igal Lichtman, commonly known in domain name circles as Mrs Jello, have lost a UDRP decision for the common name Camilla.com. The case was filed by Australian clothing company Camilla Australia Pty Ltd, which uses the domain Camilla.com.au. A three person World Intellectual Property Organization panel determined that, even though the domain name was registered prior to the Complainant having rights in the (common ... read more ...
Tue 8th December 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Sedo Weekly Transactions sum $1.4 million led by Tonic.com during $80,000 -

Over a past week, 654 exchange took place on Sedo’s marketplace and around SedoMLS, totaling $1.4M.

60% of sum sales were a outcome of Buy Now listings.

HIGHLIGHTS OF PUBLIC SALES ARE:

· Top .com: TONIC.COM during 80,000 USD

· Top ccTLD: CAM.TV during 13,000 USD

· Top “other” TLD: LEARNINGMACHINE.ORG during 6,150 USD

 

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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"China" is #1 trending word in .Com - Thousands of registrations over two days help “China” spike. It turns out the Chinese aren’t just buying numeric and short .com domain names. “China” was the #1 trending word in new .com registrations last month according to .com registry Verisign. It seems that there was a spike in domain name registrations containing China followed by three letters (e.g. Chinadjr.com) on November 13-14. Drone was also a trending term last month. And no research is necessary to understand why “Friday”, ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Buys Registrar Instra.com & Stock is Down Almost 20% - CentralNic (LON:CNIC) is buying privately-owned domain name registrar, Instra Group, funded in part from a £10mln placing of stock with investors at 40p a share, for almost £16mln (A$33mln). According to the press release “the purchase will extend CentralNic’s capabilities and “significantly increase” its retail offering.” According to the press release Instra in the year to June 30 posted pre-tax profits of just over £1mln (A$2.1mln) on turnover of £7.11mln (A$14.8mln). CentralNic ... read more ...
 
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Uniregistry Put Premium New gTLD's Domains In Auction @ No Reserve - Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry has put many premium new gTLD’s, at no reserve, in the RightoftheDot.com domain name auction at Namescon. Unlike many new gTLD’s, all of these domain names have normal renewal fees. None of these domain names have been offered to the pubic before and include single letter and numbered domains like 8.Link,  e.gift, and b.sexy, as well as two letter words like We.Help,  plus category killers like Real.Property, Stock.Photo and Web.Hosting Frank Schilling CEO of ... read more ...
 
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Domínio .org do Pirate Bay está suspenso - Visitantes do site "thepiratebay.org" estão sendo recebidos com a mensagem "Este nome de domínio está pendente de verificação no ICANN e foi suspenso. Se você for o proprietário deste domínio, pode reativá-lo entrando em sua conta". Mesmo que este não seja mais o principal nome de domínio para o site, ele ainda estava sendo utilizado por muitas pessoas como um redirecionamento para os novos endereços do Pirate Bay.  Conforme explica a mensagem no site, o domínio parou de funcionar ... read more ...
 
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Another record-buster during NameJet - November was a great month for NameJet. During 2015, NameJet surpassed itself several times. July had a record-setting 6-figure sale, but then September broke that record within weeks. And in many ways, October was the auction platform’s strongest month ever. That is, until November. November set 2 new records. Each month, NameJet reports sales above $2000. (Most fall below that threshold.) In total, these top auctions have beaten the million-dollar mark just 4 times – starting in July, every ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic acquires Instra for $24 million, sells $3.6M in domains, and skeleton to lift $15M - CentralNic buys another domain name registrar. CentralNic is buying Instra for USD $24M.Publicly traded domain name registrar and registry CentralNic (London AIM: CNIC) has agreed to acquire domain name registrar Instra Group for AU $33 million (USD $24 million), the company announced today. The purchase price includes AU $30 million in cash and AU $3 million in stock, with AU $5 million held in escrow and paid out over the next five years. To fund the acquisition, CentralNic plans to issue 25 million ... read more ...