Wed 6th August 2014
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WhatTheFuck.WTF & Other Taken .WTF Domain Names - The new gTLD goes into general availability (GA) today where domains can be registered on a first come first served basis .WTF domain names are priced at $27.99 for a domain registrations, for a non-premium domain and yes there are some .WTF domains priced at premium  registration and renewal prices. We went through the zone file to find the domain names taken in Sunrise for trademark holders and during the Early Access Program (EAP) where people pay extra for early access which seem to total around ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Reports: Archeo Sells $2.2 Million In Domains, But Other Revenue From Domains Dives - Marchex, Inc. (MCHX), reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2014. The good news on the domain front is that Marchex’s Archeo division sold some $2.2 Million in domain names in the quarter (although the financials indicate this number to be $2.3 some verbiage below says its $2.2 in sales) compared to $1.3 Million for the same quarter last year.  The bad news is that revenue from Archeo from domain name monetization or ay revenue other than sales from domains dropped ... read more ...
 
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Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Inc. | further protection against cybersquatters -

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The impact of the expanding web on charities - The Internet as we know it is currently growing and changing with the release of more than 1,400+ new generic top level domains (gTLDs) including .london, .ngo, and .coke. For charities, this presents a great opportunity to increase their online presence. Whether you’re looking to attract more donors, increase SEO or interact with similar charities from around the globe, Brian Cute, CEO of Public Interest Registry, the non-profit operators of the .org domain name and soon-to-come .ngo domain, ... read more ...
 
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Does Anyone Actually Care About Security Online ? - It has been reported by just about every major media outlet that the largest ever heist of user data took place recently by a group of Russian hackers. 1.2 billion passwords and 500 million email addresses. Over 420,000 websites are apparently involved. Kashmir Hill from Forbes had the most interesting take on the story out of all the sites I read on the topic. Hill delved into how Hold Security the security firm who uncovered the hack was offering a service to tell people if they were vulnerable. From ... read more ...
 
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Donuts Launches 18 More New Internet Domains in August - More Related Stories email article print page <![CDATA[ ]]> .CREDIT, .TAX, .CASH, .FITNESS .DENTAL, .CLINIC, .HEALTHCARE, and others released this month August 05, 2014 -- BELLEVUE, Wash., Aug. 5, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Donuts Inc., the world's largest registry for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs), continues to expand and diversify the Internet's global addressing system ... read more ...
 
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With a Success of Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down - Justin.tv was always one of the most popular sites discussed when people in the .TV sub forum at Namepros would ask for examples of developed sites. The site started back in 2007 and grew to have one million registered users by July 0f 2008. Out of Justin.tv came Twitch.tv which is reportedly in talks to be acquired by Google for $1billion. So now with the focus on Twitch.tv, Justin.tv is shutting down. The Verge reported: So in June of 2011 the team decided to focus in on the most popular section ... read more ...
 
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Marketer sind gegen die neuen Top Level Domains - © C. Rietsch - Fotolia.com Die 1.000 neuen TLDs sorgen für Verwirrtheit im Netz. Online Marketer befürchten, dass sie das World Wide Web unübersichtlicher machen werden. Die neuen Domainendungen sind da! Diese Nachricht erfreute in den vergangenen Wochen viele Onliner. Doch gemäß eines aktuellen Berichtes von Sedo, dem Marketführer im Domainhandel, teilen nicht alle diese Freude. 74 Prozent der US-Marketer sagten, dass die 1.000 neuen Domainendungen ... read more ...
 
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2 really peculiar UDRP cases explain “technological confusion” - Part of brand is in domain names, but you have to look closely for it. I was rather confused a couple months ago when I saw fashion designer Philipp Plein filed UDRPs against peopleincasinos.com and supportpeopleinneed.org. Both sites featured clothing that the sites claimed was authentic Philipp Plein clothing. But what did these domain names have to do with Philipp Plein? Well, take a look at the domain names again: PeoPLEINcasinos.com SupportPeoPLEINneed.org The ... read more ...
 
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One of my favorite 3 minute domain names, pleasantness of Coke - Coke makes you say Ahh. I took a mini-vacation to San Antonio with my family this week, including a trip to Six Flags. It was there that I was reminded of one of my favorite uses of a three letter domain name: Ahh.com. It’s not the usual use of a three letter domain name (acronyms). It’s not a word. Heck, it probably even fails the radio test. Yet the promotional site for Coke is a great use of a three letter domain name. They actually use a bunch of similar ... read more ...
 
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4 subscription domain name services we use - Here are four subscription-based domain name services I use regularly. There are a lot of great subscription-based services for the domain name industry. Here are four that I use on a regular basis. FreshDrop $19.95 per month FreshDrop is my go-to source for finding the best expiring domain names. A recent redesign might take long-time users a bit to get used to, but Freshdrop has a number of powerful filtering tools under the hood. I’ve used FreshDrop to find a ... read more ...
Tue 5th August 2014
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Sedo Transactions Total $1.7 Million - Sedo just listed its transactions report for the past week and in all 632 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.7 Million. 54% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings. If you love hacks you might love lea.se for $1,500 Highlights of public sales are: · Top .coms: jtf.com at 25,100 USD · Top ccTLD: 13.de at 15,000 EUR · Top “other” TLD: eurasianunion.org at 7,800 EUR               ... read more ...
 
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Marchex Sued In Federal Court Over SmartPlanner.com; TM in 2014; Domain Registered in 2002 - This certainly goes into the anyone can sue anyone, for anything at anytime, file. Marchex (MCHX) has been sued over the domain name SmartPlanner.com by SMART PLANNER SUITE, LLC of Newton Massachusetts for trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. § 1114(a) and cybersquatting under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), and violation of the Anti- Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”). The suit was filed in the United States District Court of Massachusetts today. The relevant allegations from the ... read more ...
 
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GCA.com customer is a Turkish Real Estate Developer – Gürallar Yapı - GCA.com sold back on 7/15/14 for $90,000. The seller was Glenhaven Capital Associates out of Toronto, Canada. The whois has finally updated and the buyer is Gürallar Yapı a Turkish real estate developer out of Istanbul. The domain currently does not resolve, the company website is at gurallaryapi.com. A little about the company: Gürallar Yapı Malz.ve Kim. San. A.Ş. started business in 1948 within the body of Gürallar Group. The name Gürallar has led the way to the creation of brand values ... read more ...
 
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Chinese Police Bust “Domain Brokerage Scam” Which Made Over $4.5 Million, Arrest 100 - According to ifeng.com, a Chinese publication, on July 30, Changping police announced the busting of the an online domain name brokerage scam and detained over 100 suspects. “The scam company, with over 130 employees, markets itself as a subsidiary of China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), operating under the cover of domain name brokerage. Its “business development” team regularly searches the web, for information of owners of domain names with commercial potential, and makes contact, ... read more ...
 
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US Marketers Skeptical of New Website Domain Extensions - Ayaz Nanji is a digital strategy and content consultant. He is also a research writer for MarketingProfs. His experience includes working as a strategist and producer of digital content for Google/YouTube, the Travel Channel, and AOL.LinkedIn: Ayaz NanjiTwitter: @ayaznanji ... read more ...
 
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15 Year Old QIQ.com Saved In UDRP Against Trademark Registered in 2012 - The domain name QIQ.com was saved in a UDRP bought by QIQ Communications Pty Ltd of Terrigal, New South Wales, Australia who got a trademark on the term QIQ in 2012 The domain owner was Netico, Inc. of California registered the domain back on March 28, 1999. The panel refused to find Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) although there does not seem to be any reason why RDNH was not found. Here are the relevant parts of the one member panel of Gabriela Kennedy: “The Panel accepts that the Complainant ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com Reports Over $500K in Sales For July -

Namejet.com reported over 500,000 in domain auctions of $2,000 or some-more for a month of July.

All such sales totaled $509,926.00 lead by BigDeals.com during $36.100 and Gains.com for $25,500

 

Via: thedomains.com

 
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Visa Rebrands From 1 Letter .Me Domain to 12 Letter. Com; V.Me To VisaCheckout.com - Visa Intentional has decided to rebrand its new digital wallet product from V.Me to VIsaCheckout.com stating that the name change is going to help the company “a great deal” in helping explain what the solution is about. It was just back in November that we told you, Visa was rolling out V.Me  a new service  that lets you shop without sharing your card account information with the seller when you pay.”” “V.ME allows you to “make payments without sharing your card account information ... read more ...
 
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Big Pharma Given Control Of New .pharmacy Domain; Only Available To … - Just over a year ago, Techdirt reported on big pharma's application to run a new .pharmacy domain, and later on an attempt by Canadian pharmacies to prevent that happening. They failed, apparently (found via Intellectual Property Watch): As the registry operator of the new .pharmacy domain, the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP), under a contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), will soon provide a means for identifying safe online pharmacies ... read more ...
 
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Inside a BTC.com Sale With Mike Robertson of Domain Guardians - We are talking today with Mike Robertson of Fabulous.com fame and Co – Founder along with Jen Sale of Domain Guardians. Domain Guardians successfully brokered the name BTC.com for seven figures, He was kind enough to give us a few minutes on just how the sale went down. Jen Sale and Mike Robertson 1) What was the total sales price of the domain, was there a buyer’s premium or any other added costs ? If you can add, was this a straight cash buy, no lease, no equity or any other special financing ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Names Board Of Directors - Rightside Group, Ltd., (NAME) today announced through a press release  the members of its board of directors and executive management team following the completion of Rightside’s spin-off from Demand Media, Inc.® on August 1, 2014. I Rightside Board of Directors Rightside’s board is composed of three independent members and two non-independent members. The board is structured with three standing board committees (an audit committee, a compensation committee, and a nominating and corporate governance ... read more ...
 
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Is ICANN’s .IR Response at Odds with the ACPA and ICE Domain Seizures? - An initial review of ICANN's response to litigation seeking it to turn over control of the ccTLDs of Iran, Syria and North Korea led to the conclusion that it had opened a "legal can of worms". A few more just wriggled out, and they threaten the basic assumption that underlies the U.S. statute governing cybersquatting and the practices engaged in by Federal officials seizing domain names engaged in intellectual property infringement. In a blog post, "Are Internet domain names "property"?", ... read more ...
 
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Gmail adds IDN support - Google will support non-Latin characters and accented characters. Non-Latin characters will now work with email addresses when using Gmail. Gmail has added support for internationalized domain names in email addresses, in what is certainly big news for the more than half of the world that uses a non-Latin alphabet. That means that addresses ending in شبكة. (dot Shabaka) should now work. (I’m assuming Gmail handles all IDNs, including right-to-left.) That also ... read more ...
 
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Panel denies QIQ.com UDRP, though denies RDNH - QIQ.com to remain with domain name owner after WIPO decision. A World Intellectual Property Organization panelist has denied a UDRP filed against the domain name QIQ.com. However, she denied a reverse domain name hijacking claim without giving any sort of reason. Based on the facts presented to the panel, respondent Netico, Inc registered QIQ.com in 1999, more than a decade before complainant QIQ Communications Pty Ltd had any rights to the QIQ name. Therefore, panelist ... read more ...