Mon 2nd June 2014
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Legacy Fund Sells Moda.TV For $30,000 Acquired 2.5 Years Ago For $1,200 - The domain name Moda.tv has been sold by Legacy Fund for $30,000 “Moda” is the spanish word for  “Fashion” Legacy Fund acquired the domain name Moda.TV “close to 2.5 years ago”. “Legacy paid “$1200 to acquire it and $52 in renewal fees to hold it? We have reported on other sales by Legacy Fund which specializes in .TV domain names when they sold NF.Tv for $20,000. Other Legacy Fund sales include:: Jeu.tv – $50,000. SS.tv – $30,000 OO.tv – $18,000 Femme.tv – $7,000 Congratulations ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four Wins New gTLD Private Auctions For .Cricket and .Racing -       Famous Four Media, the registry operator for Domain Venture Partners, announced today that they were the winning bidders at the private new gTLD auctions for the domain nams.RACING and .CRICKET. Both domain extensions will be added to the portfolio of 17 registries in which Domain Venture Partners has ownership. The other applicants for .Cricket were Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (Minds + Machines) and Donuts. The other applicants for .Racing were Donuts and Uniregistry. There were ... read more ...
 
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One Scottish Company Wants to Redo The Internet - Business Insider covered MaidSafe a company out of Scotland that is looking to redo the Internet. The goal seems to build a decentralized Internet, kind of like a Bitcoin model. They want to do away with the need for servers and data centers and use the unused resources of every computer in the network. From the article: The founders of a Scottish company called MaidSafe had a wild idea. What if you were to give the internet a makeover, changing it so that it’s absolutely safe from hackers and ... read more ...
 
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Daniel Negari Predicts 1 Million .XYZ Registrations In First Year ; “Its My Gift To The World” - In a blog post tonight the founder and CEO of the .XYZ registry made a bold of a prediction I have seen from any registry saying that; There is no doubt in my mind that the growth rate of .xyz will surpass the growth rate of .com. It won’t take us 20 years to reach one million registrations. It will only take 1 year.” .XYZ go on sale with general availability through over 200 domain name registrars today at noon EST. Pricing for .XYZ like all domain registrations vary by registrar but a quick ... read more ...
 
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An critical doctrine in pre-ordering new tip turn domain names - Hint: don’t count on just one registrar. Registering domain names under new TLDs when they hit the market is similar to dropcatching expired domain names. From the registrar’s perspective, it involves prioritizing domains and hitting pinging the registry as quickly as possible. Some registrars are better than others at this. There’s some general know-how involved, plus a lot of technology. Registrars will also perform differently with different registries based ... read more ...
 
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New TLDs on daub this week: .XYZ, .Futbol, .Dating and more - .XYZ joins the fray this week. A bunch of new top level domain names hit the market this week, especially on Wednesday. Monday It all starts today with the launch of .xyz. Daniel Negari is launching this generic domain and has set aggressive goals: 1 million registrations in the first year and five million in three years. You might think he’s crazy. Maybe he is. Yet I admire the passion and energy he’s putting in to it, and that’s a good thing for the domain’s ... read more ...
 
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The new Moniker: Love it or Hate it? - One thing is for sure: it’s going to take a while to get used to this new account interface. [Read this update with responses from Moniker CEO Bonnie Wittenburg] Moniker released its upgraded interface over the weekend. The interface is based on the RRPproxy reseller platform. This isn’t just a modification to Moniker’s interface. It’s a completely new one. That means a learning curve. Most people hate change, which means the grumbling will begin. Is it warranted? ... read more ...
 
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Famous Four wins row sets for .Cricket and .Racing - Company now has 15 uncontested new top level domain name applications. Famous Four Media announced today that it won two private auctions to resolve contention sets for new top level domain names. The company beat Donuts and Uniregistry in an auction for .racing. It beat Minds + Machines and Donuts in an auction for .cricket. Apparently is also lost the contention set auction for .diet. This latest round of private auctions marks the first time Famous Four has participated ... read more ...
Sun 1st June 2014
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Ferrero und das .kinder-Monopol im Netz - Der Süßwarenhersteller Ferrero will die Internet-Endung .kinder betreiben, passend zu seiner gleichnamigen Produktlinie — zur Empörung des Deutschen Kinderschutzbundes. Bis 1989 stritten sich zwei Systeme um den Kindertag. Der Westblock feierte den Weltkindertag (20.09.). Der Ostblock hingegen feierte den Internationalen Kindertag (01.06.), der auch heute noch von vielen Ostdeutschen begangen und zudem von der Spielwaren-Industrie als willkommener Anlass für Geschenkkäufe ... read more ...
 
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Summer is heating up, and everyone is heading out to the .club — are you in the … - Everyone is talking about the new gTLD .club, which surpassed .guru this week as the most popular new gTLD in the world. It now has the most domain name registrations of all new gTLDs with more than 60,000 registrations. Marketing of the new gTLD has been impeccable; .club hosted a launch party in New York City last week featuring 50 Cent — maximizing the hype and providing a clear example of how important it is for trademark owners to be proactive in monitoring new gTLDs. It’s ... read more ...
 
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Go Daddy Auctions Market Report May 2014 – Sales adult 7.96% led by SteamEngine.com - Go Daddy Auctions Market Report  May 2014 Go Daddy sales were up 7.96% in May over April as they sold 45,852 domains vs 42,480. The top sale for the month was SteamEngine.com at $38,000 followed by filmesonline.com at $28,000. Online was the top selling keyword, followed by home and blog. ... read more ...
 
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Counterfeiters Using Google Adwords is a Big Problem - Randy Pickard made a guest post on Search Engine Land that took a look at all the counterfeiters buying ads on Google that trick consumers into buying knock off goods. The article looked at a few categories, one being prom dresses. From the article: Among the websites buying AdWords sponsored ads for [prom dress] related terms, approximately half of these websites are filled with copyright-infringing photos of designer dresses. The prom and special-occasion dress product categories are target rich ... read more ...
 
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Yahoo Set To Launch Their Answer To You Tube - AdAge did an article on the launch of the Yahoo answer to You Tube. One of the selling points to publishers seems to be a revenue split higher than what Google offers You Tube publishers. Exclusivity will also not be required so content creators can be utilizing both sites. One point of contention centered on content ownership. In contracts presented to creators, Yahoo stipulated that Yahoo would be given a perpetual license to any videos that were shared to Tumblr. That would effectively transfer ... read more ...
 
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GoDaddy Auctions sells 45,852 domains in May - SteamEngine.com leads the way at $38,000. GoDaddy Auctions sold 45,852 domain names in May, according to preliminary numbers posted on the company’s Domain Market Report. Some of the top ten sales have been reported previously while others haven’t. Check out the $20,000 sale of michaelpitts.com. The buyer’s name isn’t Michael Pitts, although the buyer appears to have a connection to someone by that name. steamengine.com $38,000 filmesonline.com $28,000 sepg.com $23,000 ... read more ...
Sat 31st May 2014
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Coherix, Inc. and Jinan Tongluda Electrical Co. Have Entered Into a Strategic … - Coherix Inc. and Tongluda Electrical Co. (TLD) have combined the strengths of both companies to deliver world-class solutions to the Industrial Automation Industry. Ann Arbor, Michigan (PRWEB) May 31, 2014 Coherix, Inc., a pioneer in the development of advanced and powerful 3D sensors and software, and Tongluda Electrical Co, a leader in China offering world-class industrial automation solutions, have joined forces to deliver best-in-class precision ... read more ...
 
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Shocker: Rick Schwartz Now Owns More New gTLD’s Domains Than we Do - On the Live Domain Sherpa show from TRAFFIC in Las Vegas, Rick Schwartz let the world know that he went on a buying binge with regards to new gTLD domains the past few days and now actually owns more new gTLD domains than I do. As we sit today, my company Worldwide Media, Inc. owns 455 new gTLD domain names. Mr. Schwartz who is a fellow Domain Sherpa, told the attendees at TRAFFIC that he went on a buying binge of new gTLD’s while in Las Vegas this week and now has over 500 new gTLD domain registrations. Rick ... read more ...
 
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TLDs: Nieuwe extensies, nieuwe mogelijkheden (expert opinion) - Gastexpert Lieve de Kinder is Marketing Coördinator bij bNamed.net. TLDs: Nieuwe extensies, nieuwe mogelijkheden (expert opinion) Tot voor kort was het enkel mogelijk om domeinnamen onder landextensies (zoals .be of .nl) te registreren of onder een zeer gelimiteerde lijst van generische extensies (zoals .com, .net, .org, .biz, .info). Bovenop deze opties komen nu meer dan duizend nieuwe extensies beschikbaar voor registratie. In de nabije toekomst mag je dus namen zoals www.mario.pizza ... read more ...
 
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TechCrunch.com Covers One Applicant For .Art - We haven’t seen Techcrunch.com cover the new gTLD program very much but today they did and picked out a story surrounding one applicant for .Art, deviantART The TechCrunch article covers the letter sent to ICANN by deviantART’s as to why it deserves a “community designation” in the application process, saying: “We are on the cusp of an extraordinary opportunity with the simple use of a single word: a virtual place within the Internet for the arts and a virtual palace to the arts built ... read more ...
 
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One Site Owner Wants to Trade His .Com for a .Link - Switching from a .com to a .link Jean Guillon runs newsgtlds.com and he wrote about wanting to change to a .link on gtld.club. From the article: Prior to the first new domain name launchings, I had created a website entitled NEWSgTLDs.com to inform about new generic Top-Level Domains. New domain names didn’t exist yet so I had to find a domain name and .COM came to my mind. I considered .INFO too but let’s make it simple : you don’t launch a website with a .INFO domain name if you don’t ... read more ...
 
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OpenDNS kills the typosquatting operation - Company to shut down NXD error redirect service. OpenDNS announced this week that it is shutting down a service that was, in effect, a giant typosquatting operation. Millions of people use OpenDNS as an alternative to their ISP’s DNS. The useful service needed a way to make money, and it found a very lucrative one: whenever someone would type in a non-existent domain name (NXD), OpenDNS would show them a search results page that also included Yahoo! ads. Other ISPs ... read more ...
Fri 30th May 2014
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Easyspace Unleashes .Ninja Domain Name - New gTLD for Software Experts Such as Web Developers Game Designers Goes on General Sale Glasgow, United Kingdom (PRWEB UK) 30 May 2014 ICANN accredited UK domain name provider Easyspace has unleashed the new generic Top-Level Domain Name (gTLD) .Ninja. .Ninja is the new domain name for people who want to identify themselves online by their expertise. It is suitable for people with software skills such as web developers and game designers to those who are experts in cooking or dancing. Sarah ... read more ...
 
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15 Year Old Generic Kaleidoscope.com Hit With A UDRP -             The domain name Kaleidoscope.com,  about a generic as a term as  you can get,  was just hit with a UDRP. The domain is owned by Xedoc Holding SA.,  who has owned the domain since at least 2001 and maybe as far back as 1999 Of course the term has its own Wikipedia entry. The company who filed the complaint is not yet listed. With just a quick search of just the United States Trademark office I found 20 live trademarks just on the generic term plus many more which includes ... read more ...
 
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May 27: updated status of sunrise periods and trademark claims notification … - As we previously reported to you (click here to view April 29, 2013 TLD article), the internet is expanding to include hundreds of new top-level-domains (TLDs) (examples of TLDs as we know them today include .com, .net. and .org – i.e., the term that is to the right of the "dot"). While the only certainty at that time was that the launch was inevitable, like it or not, it's finally here (click here to view January 9, 2014 Sunrise article). Frost Brown Todd will be sending out ... read more ...
 
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Las Vegas Review Journal Covers .Vegas; The City Is Getting $4 a Domain & Expects $250K In Revenue A Year - .Vegas gets a big boost up in A story published by the Las Vegas Review Journal entitled “New .vegas domain could transform online marketing.” Interestedly in the article, Bill Arent the Director of the Las Vegas Office of Economic and Urban Development” is quoted as saying: “”Las Vegas will reap financial rewards from that pioneer status. Dot Vegas will share 10 percent of all .Vegas registration revenue with the city of Las Vegas, or nearly $4 on a $39.95 domain fee and estimates .Vegas ... read more ...
 
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Are Nexus Requirements Good or Bad? - I believe that geographic new gTLD extensions are going to be successful. Cities have a built-in audience of businesses and residents who may wish to purchase their business or keyword domain name in their local extension. There are two different approaches to selling their domain names, and one involves limiting sales to entities within the geographic area and the other involves selling domain names to anyone. I am curious to know your thoughts on which is the better approach. .NYC domain ... read more ...