Tue 1st September 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in EN and tagged
Brand management in the internet age: new options, new concerns - Starting in 2012, the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) began to revolutionize the internet with the release of a vast number of new top-level domain spaces. While most attorneys, and indeed the general public, are familiar with many of the commonly-used TLD spaces (e.g., .com, .net, .edu,), with the launch of well over one thousand new spaces (available in the near future), simply registering your client’s business name in one or two extensions may not prove ... read more ...
 
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Donuts libère les noms de domaine dans le secteur - Depuis le 10 juin 2015, la société Donuts, qui gère actuellement le plus gros parc de nouveaux gTLDs (noms de domaine de premier niveau, ndlr) avec à son actif pas moins de 200 extensions déjà lancées, organise la libération de noms de domaines jusque-là bloqués. Certaines, comme les extensions concernant le secteur de la santé, qui viennent d’être dévoilées le 19 août, étaient particulièrement attendues, ... read more ...
Mon 31st August 2015
Written by DomainHack.er in PT and tagged
Internet. Bem-vindos à revolução not-com - Facebook Twitter A reorganização da Google numa nova estrutura empresarial colheu toda a gente de surpresa. Mas um pequeno detalhe provocou mais do que surpresa: ao escolher para domínio da nova ... read more ...
 
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Breaking: T-Mobile Flatly Refuses to Block the Pirate Bay - It’s funny: access providers are all about the music, until it comes time to protect it.  Which brings us to Austria, a fresh battleground for serious access-level blocking of pirate domains, and potentially serious piracy control.  Like, the Pirate Bay, which has proven virtually impossible to contain, especially as its ‘top-level domain,’ or TLD, is always morphing. Organizations like the RIAA in the US have been mostly ineffective in the battle against piracy hubs, ... read more ...
 
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Online Reviews Provide Insights into gTLD Customers’ Needs - There is a high degree of uncertainty when launching a product, and new gTLDs are no exception. However, registries that have introduced them — or will introduce them in the second round of new gTLDs — can improve their odds. A key move: go to established domain name forums and check out their specialized sections for new gTLDs. What users say there can help companies refine tactics and strategy. In a recent study, Simon Li, Kamrun Nahar, and Benjamin C.M. Fung of Concordia University ... read more ...
 
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Over 100 Kanye West President Domains Registered Today In Many Extensions Even .XYZ - Since announcing he is running for President of the United States in 2020 at the MTV Music Video Awards last night,  people have been registering domain names related to the hip-hop artist promised presidential run. From PresidentKanyeWest.com to Kanye2020.com to people who are really looking down the road registering kanyewestforpresident2024.com and Kanye2028.com there are a lot of domain names registered in various extensions today. I even found some new gTLD domain names registered including ... read more ...
 
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency … - Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as a result, “it decided to re-position itself in a way that emphasizes its belief in, and expertise in providing, “seamless marketing,” which it defines as ... read more ...
 
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Company tries to obey Chinese TM domain scam, fails miserably - The trademark domain name scam is one of the oldest in the book. A registrar from China emails you, saying that someone is trying to register domain names very similar to your trademark or existing domain names. They’re checking with you as a courtesy to see if you’d like to register the domains first. Although it might seem like a kind gesture, it’s all a lie. They’re trying to get you to register domain names through them. Now a Brazil company is apparently trying the same tack. But it ... read more ...
 
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.XYZ seeks to boot Verisign's consultant testimony - New TLD company claims some expert testimony should not be allowed. .XYZ is asking the court to dismiss expert testimony from four expert witnesses in Verisign’s false advertising lawsuit against the new top level domain company. Some of the court filings are heavily redacted, leaving out the juicy details many in the domain name want to know. All expert witness reports were filed under seal. For example, just what kind of deal did .XYZ have with Network Solutions when the latter gave away hundreds ... read more ...
 
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What Do Big Brands Pay To Protect & Buy Domains? Wikileaks Give Some Clues: Hint "A Lot" - What do big companies that use brand protection company’s to register and buy domain names spend to protect, acquire, register and renew domain names? WikiLeaks.org published invoices from MarkMonitor to Sony, documents (PDF) In those invoices published by WikiLeaks , MarkMonitor.com billed Sony $1,000 several times for a “Domain Acquisition Fee” for domain names that are not owned by Sony. WOF.com, is for an example (page 60 in the pdf) a domain Sony does not own, nor has ever owned, according ... read more ...
 
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Giving .Love to new TLDs with Christa Taylor – DNW Podcast #48 - New domain name consultant Christa Taylor discusses the current state of new top level domains. Christa Taylor runs new top level domain name consulting firm Dot TBA, which has assisted a number of new TLD applicants with their financial projections. She’s also currently involved with the launch of the .Love top level domain. Christa discusses the current state of new TLDs, how this will likely shake out in the next few years, and what’s .love got to do with it. Also: GoDaddy two-factor authentication ... read more ...
 
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This week: .Amsterdam, .Fans, .FYI and .MBA - New domain names become available Tuesday and Wednesday this week. A handful of new domain names are hitting domain registrars’ shelves this week. On Tuesday, .Amsterdam enters general availability. There is a fairly limited list of domain name registrars on nic.amsterdam, but 101Domain is offering them for $41.99. On Wednesday, you can start showing you’re a fan with .Fans. It’s an expensive domain priced at $70-$100 retail. Also, be careful with trademarked terms. Also on Wednesday, two of ... read more ...
 
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20 Yr Old, 160 Person Agency Rebrands From UpShot.net to Upshot.Agency: "Everyone Will Be Using Them" - Inc.com just published a post on a Chicago based marketing firm that just re-branded itself from upshot.net to the new gTLD Upshot.Agency saying that once the new gTLD’s catch on everyone will be using them. Upshot is a 160-employee agency which is celebrating its 20th birthday conducted what it describes as a “self-evaluation” and as a result, “it decided to re-position itself in a way that emphasizes its belief in, and expertise in providing, “seamless marketing,” which it defines as ... read more ...
 
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Pheenix to offer $13.99 domain name backorders - Already inexpensive drop catching service to offer cut rate pricing as it boosts number of registrars. Expired domain name backordering service Pheenix is offering a new tier of expired domain backorders at just $13.99 per domain. The new “Super Saver” backorders be usurped by any standard Gold backorders. The Gold backorders cost a little bit more: currently they are $18.95 for .com/.net/.org, but they will rise to $21.99 on September 15. Pheenix also announced that it has increased the number ... read more ...
 
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After The Run Off: Here Is THE Domain Conference Official Domain Industry Award Ballot - The organizers of THE Domain Conference just published the final Ballot for the Domain Industry Awards for 2015. Last week a ballot with over 100 nominees went live for voting and although a record number of votes were cast, no one candidate in any category received more than 50% of the votes, so there is a runoff for each Award. Every person or company that received 10% of the votes cast in that category qualified for the run-off. THE Domain Conference wants to thank ESCROW.COM for once again ... read more ...
Sun 30th August 2015
Written by The Domains in EN and tagged
Amazon Getting In 3D Printing Biz? Registers Amazon3DPrinting.com: Filed a Patent in February - Is Amazon.com (AMZN) about to get into the 3D Printing business? Amazon just registered the domain name Amazon3Dprinting.com, after filing a Patent back in February 2015. The domain Amazon3Dprinting.com was just registered by Amazon through brand protection company MarkMonitor.com  on August 27th. 3D printing has certainly been one of the hotter trends to take off over the years. Back in 2010 is when domainers really started talking about all things 3D with 3D printing being at the top of the list. Back ... read more ...
Sat 29th August 2015
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New gTLDs: preparing for the next round of the online expansion - The end of the first-round roll-out of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) is in sight. While some of the most highly sought-after strings have yet to hit the market, detailed assessments of Round 1 are underway as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) lays the groundwork for a second application window. For brand owners, the online shake-up has created both opportunities and challenges. In this exclusive roundtable discussion, three trademark ... read more ...
 
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Google Buys ABCAlphabet.com, Alphabet.kr: Domain Costs Are Mounting - Google Inc. continues it’s onslaught of buying and registering domain names relating to its announcement on August 10, 2015 of it’s  new holding company, Alphabet Inc. So much talk has been behind the ABC.xyz domain acquisition, yet Alphabet Inc. has been on a domain buying spree every since buying many other domain names related to “ABC” and “Alphabet”. I’m not sure how much Google has spent on acquiring all the versions of “ABC” or Alphabet” domains it has but it has to be ... read more ...
 
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Minds + Machines Group Stock Rating Reaffirmed by N+1 Singer (MMX) - Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX)‘s stock had its “corporate” rating reiterated by investment analysts at N+1 Singer in a note issued to investors on Thursday, MarketBeat reports. Shares of Minds + Machines Group (LON:MMX) opened at 8.25 on Thursday. Minds + Machines Group has a 52-week low of GBX 6.75 and a 52-week high of GBX 13.75. The stock’s market capitalization is GBX 68.97 million. The stock’s 50 day moving average is GBX 7.81 and its 200 day moving average is ... read more ...
 
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Here’s how to choose a domain extension for SEO and users - Like most online businesses around Asia, inevitably, your website needs to be focused on an audience larger than just one country. As a result, you probably have (or should have) spent some time thinking about the best ways to organize and optimize your site for different countries. One of the first and most important decisions most people need to make when expanding their horizons to an international audience is determining which domain structure should be used for additional languages and ... read more ...
Fri 28th August 2015
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Les nouvelles extensions génériques de la fin du mois d’août. - A la fin de l'été, la dernière semaine du mois d'Août, des nouvelles extensions de nom de domaine gTLD ont surgi, parmi lesquels, plusieurs ont des thématiques communes. Qui dit fin août, dit bientôt la rentrée ! De nombreuses extensions de nom de domaine de ce mois s'accordent avec le sens des études et la rentrée scolaire et universitaire. En commençant avec le ".mba" ( qui signifie Master of Business Administration ) et qui entre dans le même cadre des extensions de la catégorie ... read more ...
 
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After 24 Hours of GA .Online did 37,544 Regs - Radix reported to us that number of registrations after 24 hours of General Availability was 37,544. The winner who guessed closest to the actual number was: John Aitken says AUGUST 20, 2015 AT 11:59 AM 32,670 registrations in first 24 hours. Congrats John, we will get Radix in touch with you for your free domain name. ... read more ...
 
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Apple Is Going Head to Head with iHeart Music Festival With Apple Music Fest: Domain Regs Say So - Is Apple planning on going head to head with Clear Channel’s iHeartRadio.com which has its music festival called iHeart Radio Music Festival? Well, Apple Inc. registered 11 new domain names relating to a Music Festival on August 4, 2015. Those new domain names are: AppleiTunesMusicFestival.com, AppleMusicConcert.com, AppleMusicConcerts.com, AppleMusicEvents.com, AppleMusicFest.com, AppleMusicFestival.com, AppleMusicFestivals.com, AppleMusicReviews.com, AppleMusicShow.com, AppleMusicTicket.com and ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: LifeMoment.com, TrackKey.com & More Domains - Here are the latest Domain Movers that I have detected that are all corporate related. These domain names will often relate to a future project of some sorts, like a future advertising campaign, new product or service etc. Check.com GmbH has acquired the domain names Ceck.com and Check.co ($10,099) both at Sedo. Check.com was acquired in September 2014 for $1 Million in a private transaction. SuperFix.com has come out of privacy at GoDaddy and using GoDaddy name server to transfer to MarkMonitor ... read more ...
 
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This week's Expired Domain Name Report - Joseph Peterson reviews the past week in expired domain name sales. Turns out this is my 100th article for DomainNameWire.com. Saying “Domain.TLD sold for $$$ because ???, implying Blah” – that’s the easy part. What’s tricky, as a writer, is finding ways to vary that sentence 50 times in a row without going nuts. Harder still: inventing transitions to move through the sentences. After all, looking at a list of prices in descending order, there really are no segues. “Flow” ... read more ...