Tue 9th June 2015
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New gTLD program continues to gain momentum – nearly 6 million new domain … - The new gTLD program, considered to be one of the most important Internet developments in recent years, continues to gain momentum since ICANN delegated its first new gTLD back in October 2013. ICANN has delegated more than 600 new gTLDs to date. Of those delegated strings, 365 are open to the general public. A little more than 1 million new domains had been purchased at this time last year; now, that number is nearing the 6 million mark. And don’t expect things to slow down. New gTLDs continue ... read more ...
Mon 8th June 2015
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Minds + Machines Offering Free Domains In .Work & .Casa - According to an email we received today from Minds + Machines they are offering free domains in the new gTLD’s .Work .Casa only on the Minds + Machines Registrar “The offer is only valid for one more week, exclusively on Minds + Machines and the offer expires on  June 15th, 2015” The offer is valid for 10 .Work and 10 .Casa non-premium (standard names) domains “per customer” Under the offer the first year registration is free, and renews at $5/yr thereafter. Discount is applied at checkout. It’s ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD’s Top 6 Million Domain Registrations & We Break Down The Numbers - The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark (Referred to as the April Report or April numbers) .Science owned by Famous Four Media added 200,000 registrations. .Science was launched and heavily promoted by AlpNames.com which gave away 50K or more free domains and has been selling them for $.49 thereafter. .Party ... read more ...
 
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Last month's Top 5 Stories on Domain Name Wire - A look back at the past month in the domain name business. A big sale in a new top level domain name, a Chinese domain name auction, and a new top level domain name partnership were among the most-read stories on Domain Name Wire last month. Here’s a list of the top 5: 1. 3D.Software domain name sells for $100,000+ – Rightside sold this two letter new TLD for a bundle. 2. Scenes from a domain name auction in China – This domain name auction in China looks a lot likes ones in the West. 3. New ... read more ...
 
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When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final … - There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD’s. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request for Proposal  (RFP)  to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. According to ICANN “This will be the first analysis of the impact of the addition of significantly more TLDs to the root ... read more ...
 
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Banks and insurers get their own internet domains - Banks and insurers will be able to start registering for the financial services industry’s two new generic top-level domains, .bank and .insurance, on June 24, 2015. “What sets .bank and .insurance apart from other gTLDs, including .com and .ca, is that they will offer a trusted, protected and secure internet environment for participating organizations and the customers they serve,” write Ana Badour and Sophie Gupta  in McCarthy Tétrault’s snIP/ITs blog. “Only banking and insurance ... read more ...
 
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Survey: Are people aware of the domain changes? - Dive Brief: According to a new survey, nearly half (46%) of Internet users are familiar with the new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) -- compared to 98% familiar with legacy domains like .com, .net and .org.  The survey, which is sponsored by ICANN and conducted by Nielsen, focused on the top seven most popular new gTLDs: .email, .photography, .link, .guru, .realtor, .club and .xyz. Respondents ... read more ...
 
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New gTLD's Top 6 Million Domain Registrations & We Break Down The Numbers - The number of new gTLD registrations has topped 6 million according to ntldstats.com Lets break down the numbers by looking at the difference from our last report published on April 10th, when new gTLD domain registrations broke the 5 Million mark (Referred to as the April Report or April numbers) .Science owned by Famous Four Media added 200,000 registrations. .Science was launched and heavily promoted by AlpNames.com which gave away 50K or more free domains and has been selling them for $.49 thereafter. .Party ... read more ...
 
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Parking association monetizes typos – with a TM holder's permission - Brand-approved typosquatting? Sort of. A new domain name parking service promises to help people monetize brand related domain names, such as typos, in a way that brand owners support. Protected Parking “enables domain owners to monetize brand related domains with the full knowledge and explicit agreement from the brand owner,” according to the company. If you have typos or traffic domain names that include trademarks, the company will monetize them through the respective company’s affiliate ... read more ...
 
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Domain Movers: Huggle.com, Brand.com and More Domains - Domain Movers is a very interesting series that is exclusively on TheDomains.com that features recently acquired, registered and simply domains on the move by some of the largest companies in the world. These are often very early detections and many lead into new brands, services, advertising campaigns and much more. Here we go with the latest domain movers: Microsoft has registered the domain names GetASmartStart.com / .net as well as AzureAppServices.com /.net . Several acronym type domains like ... read more ...
 
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Rightside CEO Taryn Naidu – DNW Podcast #36 - A discussion with the CEO of Rightside, the company behind eNom and Name.com, a whole bunch of top level domain names, and part-owner of NameJet. My guest this week is Taryn Naidu, CEO of publicly traded domain name company Rightside. Rightside owns domain name registrars eNom and Name.com and is a part-owner of expired domain name marketplace NameJet. The company also owns a portfolio of 300,000 domains. Rightside is the biggest backend registry for new top level domain names and has launched its ... read more ...
 
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When Will The 2nd gTLD Round Open? ICANN Puts Out RFP For Study; Final Report Jul 2017 - There has been much discussion on when ICANN would open up a 2nd round of new gTLD’s. We at thedomains.com, already went on record last year predicting 2018 would be the earliest and its looking like we were right. ICANN has put out a Request for Proposal  (RFP)  to conduct a technical study examining the impact of the New gTLD Program (the Program) on the DNS root system. According to ICANN “This will be the first analysis of the impact of the addition of significantly more TLDs to the root ... read more ...
 
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Company regulating .Today domain name raises $8 million - Jeff Dachis’ latest company, currently using a .today domain name, raises $8 million. One Drop, a diabetes management platform that uses the domain name OneDrop.today, has raised $8 million in a round led by RRE Ventures. One Drop is the latest startup from Jeff Dachis, who was the founder and CEO of .com darling (and ultimately bust) Razorfish. He later was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Austin Ventures, where he then created social media company Dachis Group. He ran that company until early ... read more ...
 
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Growing Awareness for New Domain Names - At least 46% of users are aware of new domain names, according to a recent survey commissioned by The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). The ICANN Global Consumer Research Study, Phase One, carried out by Nielsen in February, showed that 46% of respondents were aware of at least one new generic top-level domain (gTLD) landscape and the domain name system (DNS). While 65% of those surveyed had visited a new gTLD, such as .email, .photography, .link, .guru or .realtor. The ... read more ...
 
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Can Your Name Determine Your Entire Future ? - We talk about naming all the time in domaining, an article on Mic.com talked about the topic of names as it pertains to your first name, and how it can affect your entire life. From whether or not a weird names affects your chances at success to whether it may lead to being racially profiled. Included in one study was the effect your name had on getting into Oxford University. If your name is Eleanor you got a good chance, if your name is Shane, you got 0 chance according to the study. From the ... read more ...
Sun 7th June 2015
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Want Milk.com? The Owner Might Sell It For $10 Million - Interesting story today in Vice.com about the o domain name Milk.com which is still owned by the original registrant Dan Bornstein who registered the domain way back in July 1994 when domain names were free. In an interview with Mr. Bornstein he revealed he registered Milk.com just to use as a cool email address, never thought it would be worth a lot millions and he would probably sell it for ten million dollars but it “wouldn’t be an easy decision.” Here are the other highlights from the ... read more ...
 
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ICANN CEO Fadi Writes On Huffington Post "A Critical Moment for a Future of a Internet" - In a story just published by the HuffingtonPost.com, entitled “A Critical Moment for the Future of the Internet” the CEO of ICANN Fadi Chehadé, who has already announced he will be stepping down next year, makes the case for  ICANN leaving US oversight: Here are some highlights “The Internet, the greatest invention of our generation — several generations in fact — is in many ways a reflection of the American Dream. ” “It’s vast and open, unlimited in its potential reach. “It’s ... read more ...
 
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Report: Digital.NYC Chief Named Chief Digital Officer of New York City - Fast Company is reporting that New York City will Name Jessica Singleton as its Chief Digital Officer who is currently the city’s digital director. “”Singleton, who was a member of President Barack Obama’s digital team during his 2012 campaign and served as digital director for Mayor de Blasio’s run for office, had been leading NYC Digital as digital director since January 2014, taking the lead on the all-encompassing tech resource base Digital.NYC Singleton’s new position is being touted ... read more ...
Sat 6th June 2015
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Inc.com Says Guru & Ninja Are 2 of the 12 Worst Things You Can Call Yourself … - An interesting post by Inc.com on the worst things you can call (or refer) yourself on Linkedin and out of the 12 words you can use the authors says that two of the words are also new gTLD’s. “There are so many terrible words people use to make themselves sound exciting on LinkedIn.” Guru and Ninja both make the list. If these words are bad to refer to yourself on linked in by the same logic if you buy it they would also be bad to use as your domain name. Anyway here is what the Inc.com has ... read more ...
 
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Inc.com Says Guru & Ninja Are 2 of a 12 Worst Things You Can Call Yourself On Linkedin - An interesting post by Inc.com on the worst things you can call (or refer) yourself on Linkedin and out of the 12 words you can use the authors says that two of the words are also new gTLD’s. “There are so many terrible words people use to make themselves sound exciting on LinkedIn.” Guru and Ninja both make the list. If these words are bad to refer to yourself on linked in by the same logic if you buy it they would also be bad to use as your domain name. Anyway here is what the Inc.com has ... read more ...
Fri 5th June 2015
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Another internet landmark as public registration opens for seven new gTLDs - Trevor Little Today, the first seven of Donuts’ new gTLDs have opened for public registration. While the extent of both public and brand owner engagement in these first strings will become more apparent in the coming weeks, for gTLD supporters and sceptics alike, today marks the first real opportunity to judge the wider appetite for the online ... read more ...
 
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How The Internet Will Change - Fox News and their “Tech Take” sat down with Amish Shah of SierraMaya 360. The talk deals mostly with the Internet of Things and how the Internet will change. Shah starts out talking about smart houses and then moves on to smart cars, mentioning the Apple iCar which you can read more about here. Shah moved on to talking about things like 3D printing and refrigerators that order food. Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com ... read more ...
 
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46 Percent Of Internet Users Are Aware Of New Domain Extensions [Survey] - Almost half of internet users say they’re familiar with the new, generic top-level domains (gTLDs) that have become available to website owners in the past 18 months, while legacy domain extensions like .com, .net and .org have almost universal awareness. That’s from an ICANN-sponsored, Nielsen-conducted online survey in February of more than 6,100 adults across 24 countries. The survey targeted consumers that spend a minimum of five hours a week online. ICANN ... read more ...
 
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Sunrise period extended for .sucks gTLD registration - As we indicated in our Bulletin .sucks gTLD – Should you Protect Your Brand on this Top Level Domain? of May 8, 2015, the Internet Corporation of Names and Numbers (ICANN) has now delegated nearly 550 new gTLDs as part of the New Generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) program. One of the latest additions is .sucks. Vox Populi, operator of the .sucks. registry, marketed the new gTLD as a forum “designed to help consumers find their voices and allow companies to find the value in criticism”. Initially ... read more ...
 
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Automobile TLDs next off the production line - The sunrise periods for three new TLDs targeting the automobile industry will launch in the next few weeks. New TLDs .cars, .car, and .auto are scheduled to launch their sunrise periods for trademark owners in June or July, with general availability scheduled for September. The registry behind the popular .xyz extension and Uniregistry, which runs its own portfolio of extensions, bought the rights to .car from Google for an undisclosed sum. Cars Registry Limited was formed to manage the three ... read more ...