Sat 8th November 2014
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Shocker: Both Amazon & Google Lose New gTLD .Cloud Private Auction - A private auction was held a couple of weeks ago for the new gTLD .Cloud and shockingly neither Amazon (AMZN) or Google (GOOG), which both applied for the extension, won the auction. Amazon, Google, Donuts, Dot GLOBAL AS (cloudnames.com) and a third public company Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) have all withdrawn their applications for .Cloud The only two applicants who have not yet withdrawn their application are;  Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (Minds + Machines) and ARUBA S.p.A. which ... read more ...
 
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Shocker: Both Amazon & Google Lose New gTLD .Cloud Private Auction - A private auction was held a couple of weeks ago for the new gTLD .Cloud and shockingly neither Amazon (AMZN) or Google (GOOG), which both applied for the extension, won the auction. Amazon, Google, Donuts, Dot GLOBAL AS (cloudnames.com) and a third public company Symantec Corporation, (NASDAQ: SYMC) have all withdrawn their applications for .Cloud The only two applicants who have not yet withdrawn their application are;  Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (Minds + Machines) and ARUBA S.p.A. which ... read more ...
 
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Newly public dot-dentist flogger Rightside’s shares jump on strong domain sales - Adaptable System Recovery (ASR) for Linux virtual machines In its first earnings report since going public, domain-name specialist Rightside reported revenues of $48.8m, a 7 per cent revenue increase over the year-ago quarter, causing its shares to jump by 4.5 per cent. The company is now valued at $173m.Rightside is unique in the domain name industry in that it services every level of the market and is broadly spread across each vertical. It runs 33 generic top-level ... read more ...
 
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Weekend domain name musings - Here are a few things I’m thinking about while enjoying a beautiful November weekend in Austin. It amuses me that many rival new top level domain name companies blast .XYZ for giving domain names away for free, but they still quote a three million top line for domain names registered across all TLDs. You can’t have it both ways! If you’re coming to Austin in March for SXSW, hurry up and book your hotel room. If you have a bunch of people coming, you might want ... read more ...
Fri 7th November 2014
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Wall Street Journal: The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for $100K+ - The Wall Street Journal just covered .NYC domains name in a story “The Gold Rush Is On for .NYC Domains; Some May Resell for $100,000 +” In the story The Wall Street Journal featured long term domain name investor Steve Kaziyev. “Since the new .NYC domain extension hit the market last month as an alternative to better-known extensions like .com and .org, Mr. Kaziyev has snapped up more than 400 Web addresses at $25 a pop. He’s now the proud owner of SingingLessons.nyc, Cognac.nyc and the ... read more ...
 
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Another Scam Email: “I’m Selling Dontnology.com: Which Sold in 2000 For $2.5 Million” - Another day another scammy email from faustinorejopalomo@gmail.com “I am writing again because I have recently been fortunate enough to acquire a very interesting and historical dominance in the world of domains, belonging to the famous list of most expensive areas in the world, namely dontnology.com, which was sold in 2000 for 2.5 million, but over the years the owners let the domain expire and now I’ve been lucky enough to re-register. Here are several links to the list of most expensive domains ... read more ...
 
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Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP | gTLD update: Are ICANN and the gTLD … -

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Via: ca.linexlegal.com

 
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Shocking: Holiday.com Fails To Sell For $30 Million As Breathe Luxury Had To Change Venues At a Last Sec. - Despite a slew of press releases touting how Holiday.com at $30 Million was the sure bet steal of a lifetime, the domain name apparently  failed to sell at the much hyped auction at the World Travel Market. According to travelmole.com, the domain name Holiday.com, which had a goal of selling for $30 Million, only was able to get a high bid of £4.7 million, which just under the £5 million starting price. Of course if you know a domain is at auction with a £5 million starting price, you can be ... read more ...
 
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Customer Confusion over New(ish) gTLDs Targeting Financial Services - For the last decade and a bit, banking customers have been relentlessly targeted by professional phishers with a never-ending barrage of deceitful emails, malicious websites and unstoppable crimeware — each campaign seeking to relieve the victim of their online banking credentials and funds. In the battle for the high-ground, many client-side and server-side security technologies have been invented and consequently circumvented over the years. Now we're about to enter a new era of mitigation ... read more ...
 
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Radix win TLD extension race for .TECH - We have updated our privacy policy. In the latest update it explains what cookies are and how we use them on our site. To learn more about cookies and their benefits, please view our privacy policy. Please be aware that parts of this site will not function correctly if you disable cookies. By continuing to use this site, you consent to our use of cookies in accordance with our privacy policy unless you have disabled them. ... read more ...
 
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.XXX Registry Announces .Porn & .Adult Domain Matching Program Starts On … - ICM registry which operates the .XXX registry, announced today that the Sunrise period for .PORN and .ADULT will be made available for a thirty day (30) period to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), as required under ICANN’s Rights Protection Mechanism starting March 1, 2015 After Sunrise has closed, the next phase of the .PORN and .ADULT launch will be a thirty (30) day Limited Registration Period, referred to as the Domain Matching Program. The Domain ... read more ...
 
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.XXX Registry Announces .Porn & .Adult Domain Matching Program Starts On Apr 15th - ICM registry which operates the .XXX registry, announced today that the Sunrise period for .PORN and .ADULT will be made available for a thirty day (30) period to trademark holders who are registered in the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH), as required under ICANN’s Rights Protection Mechanism starting March 1, 2015 After Sunrise has closed, the next phase of the .PORN and .ADULT launch will be a thirty (30) day Limited Registration Period, referred to as the Domain Matching Program. The Domain ... read more ...
 
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The rise of .London: Four Reasons why Local Domain Names will benefit your … - Geographic gTLDs (generic top-level domain names) are a great addition to any business’ online presence and can help you to immediately add to your brands’ perception online. There is a clear and growing demand for these types of domains with .berlin, .london and .nyc all featuring in the top ten most popular new gTLDs. Even before the .london domain became available for general purchase it had received over 29,000 registrations. After opening to the wider public, registrations shot up ... read more ...
 
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.Com Domain Name Registrations Top 115 Million For The 1st Time - According to Verisign’s zone file the number of .Com domain name registrations have topped 115 million, an all time high. As we have written the new gTLD program does not seem to be effecting the number of .Com registrations. Back just 7 weeks ago on September 19, we posted that the number of .com registrations had crossed the 114.6 million domain mark. Today in crossing the 115 million mark,  .com added over 600,000 domain name registrations in just 7 weeks. As of March 31, 2014 Verisign reported ... read more ...
 
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Looks Like The Team Of Radix, Tucows & NameCheap Has Won .Online - The new gTLD .online looks like it was won by the previously announced partnership with Tucows and Namecheap.com Last year Radix announced that the three applicants for .online have partnered up to run the .online registry. At that time, both Tucows and Namecheap withdrew their applications for .Online with ICANN. Today the ICANN site has updated and the remaining applicants for .online, except for Radix have withdrawn their applications ICANN shows Donuts, Whatbox, and I-Registry Ltd. have withdrawn ... read more ...
 
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Amazon Wins New gTLD .Hot As Donuts & Secondgen.com Withdraw Their Apps -

Amazon has won a rights to a new gTLD .Hot as a other dual applicants, Donuts and SecondGen.com withdrew their applications from ICANN’s site.

The new gTLD was substantially staid by private auction.

It will be engaging to see what Amazon’s Plan for .Hot is.

Amazon’s focus for .Hot does not unequivocally lay out a prophesy for a extension.

Via: thedomains.com

 
 
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Law Enforcement Cracks Down on a Dark Web, Seizes 400 .onion domains - We have had news stories before about international law enforcement agencies banding together to take down websites that deal in illicit goods or counterfeit merchandise. Yesterday the U.S, Canada and European agencies made another round of takedowns, the difference this time is that they hit the “Dark Web” websites using stuff like the onion router or TOR. USA Today covered the story: Police in 17 countries arrested at least 17 website administrators, vendors and cybercriminals as part of the ... read more ...
 
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German Court Says Domain Registrar Can Be Held Liable For a Infringement of their Customers - Court rules registrars are responsible for fighting piracy In a case that involved the music of Robin Thicke and his album Blurred Lines, a German court has ruled that a domain registrar can be held liable when it comes to copyright infringement. The domain registrar in this case is Key-Systems who appealed the initial ruling and lost their appeal at The Higher Regional Court of Saarbrücken. Torrent Freak wrote: In a case brought by Universal Music over the album Blurred Lines, a Court of Appeal ... read more ...
 
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.XXX modifies domain relating module for new adult TLDs - ICM Registry shortens window for claiming matching domain names due to ICANN requirements. ICM Registry, the company behind .xxx and the soon-to-be-released .porn and .adult domain names, announced today a modified domain name matching program for .xxx domain name owners. Previously, the company planned to reserve any domain names registered in .xxx in its new top level domain names so they could be registered by the .xxx owner. However, ICANN would not allow ICM ... read more ...
 
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.Online could be best general new domain yet - Three reasons .online should be successful. Michael Berkens spotted this morning that the last of the losing applicants for .online had withdrawn its application, meaning a partnership between Radix, NameCheap and Tucows has won the rights for the .online domain name. I think .online will be one of the most successful new generic top level domain names, for a few reasons. 1. A combination of three top-10 registrars will be pushing it. I’m assuming that Radix will ... read more ...
 
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Endurance paid $44.9 million for BuyDomains - Company acquired domain name portfolio, online storefronts and intellectual property for $44.9 million. Endurance has filed its 10-Q quarterly filing with the SEC, and it details the purchase price paid for BuyDomains. The total amount paid was $44.9 million. That includes $41.1 million in cash, plus another $4.5 million due in two years. (It took the net present value of the $4.5 million to get to the $44.9 million.) Of the $44.9 million, Endurance has allocated ... read more ...
 
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Sedo sells $1.4 million value of domains, here are some finish user sales - Here are some of the end user sales among Sedo’s $1.4 million in transactions last week. Domain name marketplace Sedo handled 542 transactions last week for a total of $1.4 million in domain name sales. End user buyers included two large pharmaceutical firms and one of the largest online travel sites. Notably, many of the end user purchases were by companies buying the .com that matches their existing ccTLD names. Here’s a list of 14 end user sales at the marketplace ... read more ...
Thu 6th November 2014
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Rightside (NAME) Is Up 20% In After Hours Trading - After its first earnings report as a public company, Rightside (NAME) is up about 20% in after hours trading. Rightside is currently trading at $11.26 up $1.85 from its closing price of $9.41 Rightside has a 52 week low is $8.96 and its 52 week high of $17 but just started trading on August 1st 2014. Here are the highlights: Rightside reported 16 Million domains under management through its registrars. Over all Rightside’s registrars are experiencing a 75.2% renewal rate overall. The new gTLD gave ... read more ...
 
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Rightside’s 1st Earnings Report: Revenue Up 15%: Makes $8.6 Million By Losing gTLD Apps - Rightside Group, Ltd. (NAME) announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2014. Rightside is the company that was spun off from Demand Media, Inc, (DMD) which owns the domain name registrars Enom.com and Name.com, and owns a bunch of new gTLD’s and is the backend provider for Donuts which just passed one million domain name registrations This is Rightside first earnings as a separate public company. Here are the highlights: Domain name services revenue for the three ... read more ...