Mon 23rd June 2014
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.Global Online Auction Signup Is Live; You Must Sign Up Even If You Pre-Bid With Namejet -                   The signup for the .Global online Live Domain Name is now active. If you want to participate remotely in the .Global Live domain name Auction which is being held during ICANN London, you need to go and sign up here. The auction will be held starting at around 12:30 PM EST; 5:30 PM London time. Even if you have pre-bid bid on NameJet.com for the .Global auction, you need to register at the online auction provider which is here: http://apps.ams1.auctionsolutions.com/registration/rotd/rotdprod001/bregister.php If ... read more ...
 
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CENTR Reports Total Worldwide Domain Registrations of 278.8 Million - CENTR’s the not for profit organization dedicated to supporting the interest of country code TLD managers which represent around 80% of the total number of ccTLD domain name registrations worldwide, released its quarterly publication covering basic domain name statistics with a focus on European ccTLDs (country code Top Level Domains). As at May 2014 the total number of domains across all Top Level Domains (TLDs) stood at 278.8 million Registrations        % Change (Quarter) ccTLD     ... read more ...
 
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Hotellerie setzt sich gegen Wettbewerber durch und erhält von ICANN den … - (Berlin) – Wie die Internetverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf ihrer Homepage mitteilt, erhält die von den Hotelverbänden weltweit unterstützte Firma Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.à.r.l. im Kampf um die begehrte Top-Level-Domain (TLD) “.hotel” den Zuschlag. Das in Luxemburg ansässige mittelständische Unternehmen erhielt damit im langjährigen Bewerbungsverfahren den Zuschlag gegen starke Konkurrenz. “Zum ersten Mal überhaupt wurde von ICANN der begehrte Community-Status an einen Bewerber ... read more ...
 
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NetNames: .New gTLD’s Will Overtake .Com/.Net Registrations By 2020 - According to NetNames‘ Internet 2020 report, 92% of large companies in the US, Britain, France and Germany are planning to invest in new domain names (new gTLD’s) over the next three years, and 46% say they already have begun to invest in this area. The telegraph.co.uk, wrote about the NetNanes’ report and chatted with CEO Gary McIlraith: “Although .com will remain popular, registrations of new domain names will significantly overtake new registrations of .com and .net, as these established ... read more ...
 
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Hotellerie setzt sich gegen Wettbewerber durch und erhält von ICANN den … - (PREGAS) Wie die Internetverwaltungsorganisation ICANN auf ihrer Homepage mitteilt, erhält die von den Hotelverbänden weltweit unterstützte Firma Hotel Top-Level-Domain S.à.r.l. im Kampf um die begehrte Top-Level-Domain (TLD) „.hotel“ den Zuschlag. Das in Luxemburg ansässige mittelständische Unternehmen erhielt damit im langjährigen Bewerbungsverfahren den Zuschlag gegen starke Konkurrenz. „Zum ersten Mal überhaupt wurde von ICANN der begehrte Community-Status an ... read more ...
 
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Bitcoin Stock Winners - Money Morning put out an article on who they see as likely winners in the market as relates to Bitcoin. Among their Bitcoin stock winners are companies such as Overstock.com and Tiger Direct. These were a couple of the early movers when it comes to accepting Bitcoin on the retail level. From the article: Just because Bitcoin is a disruptive technology doesn’t mean we won’t see some Bitcoin stock winners – companies that will exploit the digital currency for the benefit of their own businesses. We ... read more ...
 
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Only 20% of Vietnames Businesses Have Registered A Domain Name - Only 20% of Vietnamese businesses have registered domain names. There is an article out on how domain names are traded in Vietnam without any actual legal guidelines for the domain trading business. Domain names are traded in Vietnam, even though there is no legal framework for the business. The involved parties go ahead with sales because they say they cannot wait for the legal framework to be completed for transfer deals. The Ministry of Information and Communication in 2008 released a circular ... read more ...
 
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MM.com domain name sells for $1.2 million - Two letter domain name sells for $1.2 million. No, it wasn’t bought by a candy company. Sedo domain name broker Dave Evanson just posted on Facebook that he has brokered the sale of MM.com for $1.2 million. The whois record recently updated to show Hangzhou Duomai E-Commerce Co., Ltd as the new owner. I believe that’s the company behind Chinese domain name marketplace 4.cn. The company also owns Game.com, JZ.com and a bunch of number domain names. The most recent ... read more ...
 
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Cleveland Clinic’s .Med domain name focus is behind on a table - Medistry’s application for .Med is alive and well following a decision Friday by ICANN. ICANN ruled that the Independent Objector should not have been able to file a community objection against Medistry’s application because there were no informal objections to the application. Medistry is backed by Cleveland Clinic. I described Medistry’s appeal in detail in this prior post. Medistry provided letters from two groups that were thought to have objected to its ... read more ...
 
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Rightside to switch to EAP in lieu of normal landush - Domain name registry to switch up the phase between sunrise and general availability. Rightside, applicant for dozens of top level domain names, is replacing its traditional landrush phase with an Early Access Program (EAP). The switch will occur later this summer when the company releases .attorney and .lawyer. Prior domains launches will still have a normal landrush. EAP, which was pioneered by Donuts, is a sort of dutch auction. The seven day EAP period will have ... read more ...
 
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What domain names Colgate, AOL and others bought - Colgate buys a domain for its teeth whitening products. Sedo sold about $1 million worth of domains the week before last, including some to big brands. Here’s a look at some of the end user sales. You can view previous end user sales lists here. Want to sell domain names on Sedo? Read this report to learn best practices. Heals.com $16,800 – Furniture store Heal’s, which uses the domain name Heals.co.uk. Tokin.com $35,000 – Electronics company NEC. One of ... read more ...
Sun 22nd June 2014
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One … - I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD program has the potential to  verticalize  the internet providing a new gTLD for each business sector, class of products,  professions or services. Having said that the some in the Wine industry  is seeking to make the granting of a .Wine and or .Vin new ... read more ...
 
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I Don’t Get Why France Thinks Special Protections Should be Granted To One Product On Earth, Wine - I have been following the .Wine/ .Vin issue for what seems like years now. I get why Wine makers from Napa and France and Italy and Germany are concerned about the .Wine New gTLD and .Vin New gTLD. Like any other business on earth, the new gTLD program has the potential to  verticalize  the internet providing a new gTLD for each business sector, class of products,  professions or services. Having said that the some in the Wine industry  is seeking to make the granting of a .Wine and or .Vin new ... read more ...
 
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Interlink steht vor Einführung der neuen Internet-Domain ".moe" für Anime … - Tokio (ots/PRNewswire) - Interlink Co., Ltd., ein neuer Domain-Registry-Betreiber, gab am 17. Juni bekannt, dass die einzigartigste Top-Level-Domain (TLD)(1) des gesamten Internets ".moe" ab Dienstag, den 17. Juni für die Öffentlichkeit zugänglich ist. (Foto: http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/ [http://prw.kyodonews.jp/opn/release/201406171490/] ) Der Begriff "moe" (beschreibt eine besondere Affinität für fiktive Figuren, Menschen, Tiere, etc.; wird "moh-ay" ... read more ...
 
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Governments in combative mood over gTLD safeguard mechanisms - With ICANN’s London meeting underway, governments have wasted no time in resulting hostilities over the availability of additional safeguards for geographical indicators (GIs) in the ‘.wine’ and ‘.vin’ strings. World Trademark Review has previously reported on the arguments over the two strings, with ICANN’s New gTLD Program Committee (NGPC) recently giving them the go-ahead to proceed without any additional safeguards for GIs. Last week, with the London meeting fast approaching, ... read more ...
Sat 21st June 2014
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Go Daddy Now Carrying $1.5billion in debt - Jeff Bailey wrote a good piece on Seeking Alpha about the upcoming Go Daddy IPO. This article is worth reading for those contemplating investing in Go Daddy. Bailey does a good job at looking at the metrics Go Daddy uses and a look at their past financial history. As far as metrics go Bailey points out that Go Daddy likes to focus on bookings rather than revenue. In its IPO filing, GoDaddy makes clear it prefers different metrics. It likes bookings, which are all the cash receipts taken in during ... read more ...
 
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Inu stresses on CCTLDS at CDNSF meet - Dhaka:  Information Minister Hasanul Huq Inu has emphasized on the development of Country Code Top Level Domains (CCTLDS) for each country at the first Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum (CDNSF) -2014 conference in London. The minister said it while presiding over the session on “Investment and Innovation in Domain Name System” on the first day of the two- day conference on Thursday at London Hilton Metropole Hotel. Commonwealth Domain Name System Forum-2014 conference was organized by Commonwealth ... read more ...
 
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Implementation of .bd domain stressed - Editor : Moazzem Hossain, Published by the Editor for International Publications Limited from Tropicana Tower (4th floor), 45, Topkhana Road, GPO Box : 2526 Dhaka- 1000 and printed by him from City Publishing House Ltd., 1 RK Mission Road, Dhaka-1000. Telephone : PABX : 9553550 (Hunting), 9513814, 7172017 and 7172012  Fax : 880-2-9567049. E-mail: editor@thefinancialexpress-bd.com, tfe@bangla.net, fe@accesstel.net and fexpress68@gmail.com ... read more ...
 
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Namejet.com’s .Global Live Auction Closes Tommorow & 50% Of The Domains Have Bids - Namejet.com’s pre-bidding for the  Live ICANN .Global Auction ends tomorrow Sunday June 22nd at 11pm EST and as of publication 50% of the domain names have bids. The live auction will be held on Tuesday in London during the ICANN 50 meeting. The event will be held at Hilton London Paddington, 146 Praed Street, London, which is just blocks from the hotel the ICANN meeting will be held and is one of the recommended ICANN hotels for the meeting so many of you will be staying there as well. If your ... read more ...
Fri 20th June 2014
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Fallout From CentralNic’s Acquisition Of Internet.bs, European Clients Getting Hit With VAT - It shouldn’t be news to any domain name holders that live in the Europe but if you do and use a European domain name registrar they are required to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) for each transaction. The VAT is like a sales tax in the United States but higher than any state’s sales tax. Up to now Bahamas.bs a domain name registrar originated under the country of the Bahamas was not required to collect or charge any such taxes however now that the registrar has been acquired by CentralNic a company ... read more ...
 
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Is That Site Secure? Look for the .Trust Domain - How do you know if a website is trustworthy? You can look for the little lock icon in the URL bar, or avoid clicking links from unknown sources, but even the most tech-savvy person can sometimes find it difficult to decipher between real and malicious websites. Enter the .trust domain. As part of a domain-name expansion effort from the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the NCC Group will handle sites housed on the .trust domain (like PCMag.trust, for example) after acquiring ... read more ...
 
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.Trust Makes .Rich Look Cheap - Kate Vinton from Forbes is out with an article today on the .Trust extension and can it make the Internet safer ? From the article: Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” though a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity ... read more ...
 
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Will A New gTLDs Make The Internet A Safer Place? - Describing the internet as the new Wild West, NCC Group hopes to create a secure “gated community” through a new generic top-level domain (gTLD), aptly named .trust.  The British security company hopes the new domain will be an elite island of safety within the dangers of the Internet for companies willing to pay to use the domain. In a world of ever increasing cybersecurity risk, however, it remains to be seen what level of security this new domain will be able ... read more ...
 
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Almost 4,000 .Berlin Domains Deleted - I was just reviewing RegistrarStats.com and noticed at 3,933 we deleted yesterday at the registry. Like .com domain names new gTLD domain names have a five day grace period in which they can be deleted. Not sure whether these are “free” domain names that were deleted or paid for .Berlin domains that were deleted once the free period started. Certainly if you paid for a .Berlin registration the days before the free domain promotion went live, you would not be a happy camper. I certainly would ... read more ...
 
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Frank Schiilling’s Name Adminstration Hit With UDRP on Puket.com From Puket.com.br - Frank Schilling’s Name Administration Inc., Hit been hit with UDRP on the domain name Puket.com The complainant is IMB Textil S.A. which seems to be a fairly large textile comapny in Brazil. The company’s website is at puket.com.br According to its Linkedin Page (translated by Google Translate from Portuguese): “The company was formed in 1988, the result of the dream of two brothers, Adolfo and Claudio Bobrow. Today has two industrial units with over 9000 m², located in São Paulo and Campo ... read more ...