Tag Archives: Frank Schilling

Wed 26th February 2014
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Frank Schilling’s .Sexy tighten to 2,000 domains, .Tattoo 700 - Due in part to poor distribution, initial launches fail to garner same traction as other launched TLDs. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry released its first two top level domain names in general availability yesterday. According to the latest zone files, there are around 2,000 registered .sexy domain names and almost 700 .tattoo. Although zone files don’t include all registered domain names, these numbers seem to jive with initial tallies Frank Schilling provided ... read more ...
Mon 24th February 2014
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Frank Schilling’s initial dual tip turn domain names accessible tomorrow - .Tattoo and .sexy enter general availability tomorrow, although relatively few registrars are offering the domain names. Frank Schilling’s first two top level domain names, .tattoo and .sexy, enter general availability tomorrow at 11 am EST. Judging from registrar support so far, Uniregistry’s first two domains are going to be a bit hampered. That may be good news for you, as it will give you a better opportunity to get domain names if you’re interested in these ... read more ...
Fri 24th January 2014
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Uniregistry’s new TLD launch skeleton are opposite from a others - Uniregistry plans a more inclusive sunrise, no landrush, and simpler pricing. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is taking a very different approach to launching its domain names than most other registries. Rather than squeeze out every last drop of revenue possible from launch phases, it’s doing what it can to push its domains into the hands of registrants. That’s according to launch documents it has filed with ICANN as well as public statements Frank Schilling ... read more ...
Tue 14th January 2014
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NamesCon keynote: Frank Schilling’s comments on new TLDs - Here are my notes from Frank Schilling’s keynote at NamesCon this evening. In a couple spots I changed the order of his comments because he discussed the same issue at two or more spots in his talk (mostly in response to QA). The introduction of new TLDs is an evolution. It’s going to take many, many years. There are 7 billion people on earth, so for the most part nobody has domain names. This is because domains are very hard to use. That’s why people use Facebook ... read more ...
Tue 17th December 2013
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Frank Schilling sets a theatre for 2014. More domain parking revenue? - Will Google pay more to domain name owners in 2014? Frank Schilling thinks it’s possible. Frank Schilling just sent a newsletter to DomainNameSales.com clients, and in it he makes a couple predictions for 2014. One is that new top level domain names will be a big deal. It’s no surprise that Schilling, who has invested tens of millions of dollars in new TLDs, would say this. But he also argues that existing second level domain name owners will benefit from the ... read more ...
Mon 2nd December 2013
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Top 5 Domain Name Wire stories for November - GoDaddy, Sedo, Frank Schilling’s new TLDs, and a .xxx domain name make the news. Tired of turkey leftovers yet? Here are some domain name leftovers from last month…the top five stories on Domain Name Wire, ranked by order of views. 1. GoDaddy begins accepting pre-registrations for new TLDs for up to $1,200 each – the world’s largest domain name registrar starts accepting paid pre-registrations for .uno, .menu, luxury, and .build domain names. It isn’t cheap, ... read more ...
Thu 14th November 2013
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Frank Schilling’s initial new tip turn domain name is live - You can now visit a .tattoo domain name. Frank Schilling’s .tattoo is alive with nic.tattoo. Yes, that’s a domain name. And it’s now on the internet. It’s the first second level domain of Schilling’s TLD bids that you can actually visit from your browser. Included on the site, which is a pitch “artists, studios, and individuals” about the future availability of .tattoo domain names, is a video of Frank Schilling philosophizing about tattoos. If he does ... read more ...
Wed 25th September 2013
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JetGo guilty of RDNH after filing “seriously misleading” box opposite Frank Schilling - Australian charter jet company didn’t give the full story to WIPO panel. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended another UDRP filed against one of its domain names. The three person UDRP panel also found the complainant guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. JetGo Australia, an airplane charter company, filed the complaint over the domain name JetGo.com. This is a classic case of a company adopting a company name in which the .com was ... read more ...
Thu 22nd August 2013
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DomainNameSales.com announces new hybrid domain name brokering approach - You can handle your fresh leads and they’ll take your stale ones. A common complaint about domain name marketplaces is that your parked domain names are generated all of their leads. Why should you pay the marketplace when someone first expresses interest by clicking a link on your parked domain name? Frank Schilling’s DomainNameSales.com announced a new brokerage service today that is the best of both worlds for those that want first crack at selling their own ... read more ...
Wed 24th July 2013
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Aptus Tech nailed for perplexing to steal domain name from Frank Schilling - Panel determines that Aptus Tech engaged in reverse domain name hijacking. Last month I asked why people didn’t do a bit of research before filing a UDRP against Frank Schilling. The specific case that prompted my article was Klipz.com, which had just been filed. The decision is in, and it’s clear that, not only did the complainant not research who owned the domain, but he didn’t research much about UDRP, either. A three person National Arbitration Forum panel ... read more ...
Mon 1st July 2013
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UDRP complainant Talks a Talk, Fails to Walk The Walk - Walk the Walk Worldwide fails in domain name dispute. In April I wrote about how a charity had filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling for the domain name WalkTheWalk.com. Walk the Walk Worldwide, which operates WalkTheWalk.org, raises money for breast cancer research by organizing women to walk marathons in bras. It sounds like a great approach to raising money and awareness. Unfortunately, the charity took a not-so-great approach to trying to get the WalkTheWalk.com ... read more ...
Wed 19th June 2013
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RDNH alert: Duplicitous exchange doom Digilove domain dispute - Electronic dance website guilty of reverse domain name hijacking after engaging in “duplicitous dealings”. I have to admit, I don’t expect much business or legal sense from a company that uses the domain name digi10ve.com for a site it calls “Digilove”… Ryan P. Boggs of the site Digi10ve.com filed a seven-sentence UDRP pleading with WIPO to try to wrestle the domain name Digilove.com away from Frank Schilling. The case was filed with the help of attorney ... read more ...
Tue 4th June 2013
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Why do people rubbish income filing this arrange of UDRP opposite Name Administration? - No one has ultimately prevailed after filing a UDRP against Name Administration. Before you filed a UDRP, you’d think you’d google the domain name’s owner to learn more. Yet time after time I see people file long shot UDRP complaints against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration. Today’s winner is the company that filed against Klipz.com. Since the case was filed at National Arbitration Forum, we don’t yet know who the complainant is. There’s one registered ... read more ...
Wed 8th May 2013
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Frank Schilling: could be 20,000 or 30,000 TLDs in 20 years - Says “these are not pie-in-the-sky” numbers and second level domains could be seen as “antiquated”. Domain name investor Frank Schilling applied for 54 top level domains via his new TLD company Uniregistry. I remember asking him before the new TLD reveal day about what his plans were, and he characterized them as “not big”. 54 doesn’t seem like a big number to me, but when you consider Schilling’s perspective on how the naming system will change in ... read more ...
Mon 29th April 2013
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Uniregistry, TLDH strike understanding to run .country - Two companies will take equal equity in joint venture to run .country top level domain name. The two applicants for the top level domain name .country have entered into an agreement to partner, rather than fight, over .country. Top Level Domain Holdings issued a press release this morning announcing the deal between its company and Frank Schilling’s company, Uniregistry. This is the first publicly announced agreement that will resolve a contention set, as no other ... read more ...
Fri 29th March 2013
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Company buys dual domains from Frank Schilling for $80,000 - SearchCore discloses purchases in SEC filing. Companies buy domains from Frank Schilling’s Name Administration all the time, but here’s an example that’s in an SEC filing. It also shows that Schilling is willing to sell domains on a payment plan. The buyer is SearchCore, which I wrote about earlier this year. The company has some high profile sales, including Makeup.com for $2 million, and some high profile purchases, such as Rodeo.com and Karate.com. It has ... read more ...
Tue 19th February 2013
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Survey: domainers have a new favorite domain parking company - InternetTraffic selected as top domain parking company. Less than two years after opening his own domain parking platform, domain investor Frank Schilling is at the top of the heap. Participants in Domain Name Wire’s 8th annual industry survey have selected InternetTraffic as the top domain parking service. Data show that the domain parking business is still fragmented. InternetTraffic received 22% of the vote but seven companies received at least 6%. Here are the ... read more ...
Fri 14th December 2012
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2012 Impact Stories: Frank Schilling becomes a use provider - Schilling shakes up domain parking — and that’s not all he wants to do. Last year domain name investor Frank Schilling signed a domain parking contract with Google and opened up a new domain parking company, Internet Traffic. The service instantly attracted some of the largest domain name investors. There are two key reasons people rushed to try the service: 1. People know, like, and trust Frank. 2. Frank gave a very high revenue share. Although people were willing ... read more ...
Thu 25th October 2012
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Locksmiths “pick” quarrel with Frank Schilling - …and they lose. IDN, Inc., the company that runs Locksmith Dealers of America (LSDA), picked a fight with the wrong guy. (Sorry, I couldn’t help it.) The company filed a UDRP against Frank Schilling’s Name Administration over the domain name LSDA.com. Apparently IDN, Inc. decided that 2012 was a good year to create a web site after many years in business. Hey, better late than never. But it wanted the short and simple domain LSDA.com. It offered up to $5,000 ... read more ...
Tue 9th October 2012
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Software association guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking opposite Frank Schilling - WIPO panel rules company filed UDRP “to obtain the disputed domain name at any cost”. A World Intellectual Property Organization panel has found a software company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP filed against one of Frank Schilling’s domain names. The UDRP was filed by MetaQuotes Software Corp. for the domain name MetaTrader.com. Schilling’s company registered the domain prior to MetaQuotes filing for a trademark registration or even copyright ... read more ...
Mon 8th October 2012
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Frank Schilling wins UDRP for DataServ.com - Company files UDRP after $20,000 offer rejected. Frank Schilling’s Name Administration has successfully defended the domain name DataServ.com in a UDRP filed by St. Louis company DataServ, L.L.C. DataServ made offers of $10,000, $15,000 and finally of $20,000, but couldn’t get Shilling to sell. After that it decided to try its hand at UDRP. The offer of $20,000 certainly seems to indicate that DataServ knew it had little basis for filing a UDRP. Here’s how ... read more ...
Tue 10th July 2012
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Plans for Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry go approach back - Uniregistry.com registered back in 2006, original trademark application in 2010. Last month Uniregistry Corp., Frank Schilling’s new top level domain venture, filed trademark applications for the mark “Uniregistry” as well as its stylized “U” logo. But this isn’t the first time the company has applied for a trademark. Back in 2010 the corporation filed an intent to use application on “Uniregistry” using its Cayman address. So Schilling has been working ... read more ...
Wed 13th June 2012
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Uniregistry to offer singular heading retard opposite all the tip turn domains - Uniregistry tries a different approach. Frank Schilling is definitely trying to shake things up with his new TLD play Uniregistry. Here are some interesting sections of his applications: On defensive registrations: “Our financial projections do not include, expect, nor rely upon an assumed profit from defensive registrations… …Brand owners who are not interested in using the TLD should not be charged a premium nor risk implicitly threatened consequences of non-registration. ... read more ...
Tue 12th June 2012
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Frank Schilling relates for 54 new TLDs, Juan Calle also in a mix - Schilling applies for 54 domains, reports Paul Sloan. CNET’s Paul Sloan, who has been covering the domain name industry for many years, just wrote a piece on new top level domains that teases out more details behind Frank Schilling’s plans for new TLDs. Sloan reports that uber domainer Frank Schilling is applying for 54 top level domains through his registry Uniregistry. He’s invested $60 million of his own money for the venture. (Schilling told me a month ago ... read more ...
Thu 8th December 2011
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Frank Schilling and John Berryhill group adult to get RDNH decision - Company files dispute for UDRP in bad faith. Frank Schilling, with the help of attorney John Berryhill, has convinced a UDRP panel that AINS, INC is guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a dispute over eCase.com. AINS, Inc has a trademark for “ecase” for its software for workflow and case management. It claimed a first use in commerce date of 2009 on its trademark application. Schilling acquired the domain name eCase.com in 2002, so the case had no chance ... read more ...