Tag Archives: domain names

Wed 21st October 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Company bringing multi-level selling to domain names - Trademark filing reveals plans for RealDomains. Do multi-level marketing and domain names mix? A California company has filed an intent-to-use trademark application for “RealDomains”, and the description of services is interesting. Multilevel marketing services, namely, providing marketing and income opportunities to others through the monetization of domain names and brand, logo, and trademark development and through the development of marketing organizations… Education services namely, online ... read more ...
Wed 9th September 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
How can we move liquidity to a domain name business? - Is there a way to make domain names a more efficient market? Domain name investing is an incredibly inefficient and illiquid business compared to many markets. There have been times and certain segments when domains were liquid, such as traffic domains sold at multiples and the current three letter .com craze. But for the most part and for most domains, there’s a complete lack of liquidity. Inefficient markets create opportunity, but they also make it difficult for market participants. A more ... read more ...
Mon 1st June 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
John Berryhill on domain name law and cybersquatting – DNW Podcast #35 - Protect yourself from cybersquatting claims. What happens when a company thinks you’re cybersquatting on one of its trademarks? Domain name attorney John Berryhill has helped people defend many such accusations. On this episode he explains what a company has to prove in the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP). He also discusses some common misconceptions about the factors that will sway a UDRP panel one way or the other. Did you know that parking your domain name can actually help ... read more ...
Mon 4th May 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
People wasting income on Princess Charlotte Domain Names - I’m not sure why people are wasting money on these domain names. People register domain names whenever a celebrity baby is born, and the news of the latest British royal baby is Princess Charlotte is no exception. So far today, about 100 Charlotte-related domain names have been registered in .com and .net, according to Verisign’s DomainView tool. This only includes domain names with “Charlotte” in them (excluding any related to the city of Charlotte and other people name Charlotte). What ... read more ...
Thu 23rd April 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Hockey teams possess 9 of 30 NHL group domain names - NHL lags MLB, but teams still own a good number of direct match domain names. In my book, there’s nothing more exciting and intense in sport than NHL playoff hockey. With the playoffs in full swing, I thought it would be interesting to take a look at which NHL team names domain names are owned by the teams (or the league). Team names tend to be common words, which makes them more expensive to acquire and difficult for teams to claim trademark rights. Major League Baseball has spent a lot of money ... read more ...
Fri 17th April 2015
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Google nixing domain names in mobile search - Search results replace domain name with site name. Google is making sweeping changes to its search rankings on mobile devices next week, but the search giant just introduced another pretty big change. Starting yesterday, Google began replacing the URL in search results with the site’s name and breadcrumb. The site-name-instead-of-domain is rolling out in the U.S. only for now. Breadcrumbs are rolling out worldwide. Here’s an example: In this example, domaining.com has been replaced by “Domaining” ... read more ...
Tue 16th April 2013
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Yep, it’s 21st Century Fox - As I predicted, News Corp announces 21st Century Fox. News Corp today announced that its entertainment business will be called 21st Century Fox. Over the weekend I was willing to bet money that 21st Century Fox was in the works. My suspicions started on April 10 when 20th Century Fox registered a number of domain names including 22ndCenturyFox.com, 23rdCenturyFox.com, etc. Just a defensive branding play? Perhaps, but then over the weekend I noticed that the company ... read more ...
Mon 27th August 2012
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Four domain name panels on a list for SXSW - Topics range from new TLDs to government interference. SXSW 2013 is more than six months away, but there are just a few days left to vote for which panels you want to see. The SXSW Panel Picker closes August 31. I discovered four domain name related panels in the panel picker. Here they are, along with a link to their full description. New Domains Have Landed – Now What!? Speaker: Jeremiah Johnston, Sedo Jeremiah Johnston gave a “Future 15″ presentation on new ... read more ...
Sun 7th August 2011
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Domain Names Are a Great Alternative Asset in Financial Uncertainty - Domain names aren’t denominated in a single currency and are easily transferable around the world. With SP’s downgrade of U.S. long term debt, financial markets around the world are trying to make sense of it. It’s not like the U.S. economy and outlook has actually changed since the announcement was made. And few people trust SP, the same company that rated a number of worthless mortgage securities AAA. But of course this means turbulent times are ahead for ... read more ...
Mon 8th March 2010
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
WWW Prefix Typo Popular Among Trademark Infringers - Study says WWW typo is most common prefix in trademark infringing domain names. A new study from Corporation Service Company (CSC) — which provides trademark protection services — shows that www is the most common prefix to brand names used to “trademark infringers” in domain names. (The very common typo where someone forgets the dot between www and the domain name.) Perhaps more interesting is that most companies that do own the www typo of their web site ... read more ...
Wed 1st October 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
How’s a Financial Climate for Domains? - A domain parking update from ParkQuick’s Leonard Holmes. by Leonard Holmes, ParkQuick There has been some debate on how the current banking and financial crisis is affecting the domain industry.  Whether or not this specific crisis affects domains, the general economic slow-down is definitely having an effect.  While $2,000,000 $3,000,000 did change hands in Moniker’s T.R.A.F.F.I.C. New York live domain auctions, this is down from $10,000,000 ... read more ...
Tue 1st July 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
Instant eCommerce Sites – Beyond Domain Parking - Leonard Holmes of ParkQuick.com provides a domain monetization update. SmartName is the premium service from Name Media – the parent company of Active Audience and GoldKey. They purchased the SmartName service that was originally developed by Ari Goldberger and Larry Fischer in March of 2007. NameMedia quickly moved the parked domains to their new system that offers over 500 themes (including all of the themes available at Active Audience and GoldKey and more). ... read more ...
Fri 7th March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
5 Ways Real Estate is Better Than Domain Names - A look at the flip side of investing in domain names. Earlier this week I wrote about why domain names may be a better investment than traditional real estate. Of course there are two sides to the story, and here are reasons that traditional real estate may be a better bet. 1. Easy financing. Sub-prime worries aside, there are thousands of companies that provide financing to buy real estate. In fact, I can see three places outside my office window that will gladly ... read more ...
Mon 3rd March 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
5 Ways Domain Names Are Better Than Real Estate - Domain names are often compared to real estate…but are they that similar? The comparisons between domain names and real estate are countless. But here are five ways that domain names make for a better investment than traditional real estate. 1. Unique assets. No two domains are alike. Compare that to many new residential neighborhoods, where there may be three identical houses on similar lots all for sale at the same time. This gives the buyer bargaining power. ... read more ...
Fri 29th February 2008
Written by DomainNameWire in EN and tagged
DataRecovery.com Sells for $1.7 Million - Sale to data recovery firm is biggest of the year. [Updated 9:49AM CST] ESS Data Recovery has purchased the domain name DataRecovery.com for $1.659 million, confirms company President Ben Carmitchel. The sale marks the biggest reported sale of the year and shows the promise of a targeted, generic domain name. The seller is competitor Associated Computers, Inc. of Minnesota. Carmitchel confirmed that the transfer took place on February 1, 2008. In a phone interview ... read more ...