Tag Archives: news

Thu 18th June 2015
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TLD Podcast #13: Adrien Broner-Shawn Porter, Andre Ward & more - In this episode, Diego and I tackle a bunch of topics. We start with recaps of Nicholas Walters and Deontay Wilder‘s victories from last Saturday. Will Walters still fight Vasyl Lomachenko next? And is it time to push the panic button with regards to Wilder? From there, we move onto previews and predictions for Adrien Broner–Shawn Porter, Andre Ward–Paul Smith and David Lemieux–Hassan N’Dam. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of this week’s episode: We break down Nicholas Walters’ ... read more ...
 
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Rightside Spent $54M On New gTLD’s Got Back $29M By Withdrawing Apps - Bizjournals.com, just covered Rightside (Nasdaq: NAME) and there is some good information in the article some of which I had not read before “Rightside spent $54.18 million on gTLDs over the past three years. The company got back about $29 million of that by withdrawing applications on some domains” With its partner in certain strings Donuts, Rightside applied or had part interest in 133 new gTLD applications. Rightside secured 39 new gTLD strings and is still negotiating on another 26. One of ... read more ...
 
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TLD Podcast #13: Adrien Broner-Shawn Porter, Andre Ward – The Living Daylights - In this episode, Diego and I tackle a bunch of topics. We start with recaps of Nicholas Walters and Deontay Wilder‘s victories from last Saturday. Will Walters still fight Vasyl Lomachenko next? And is it time to push the panic button with regards to Wilder? From there, we move onto previews and predictions for Adrien Broner–Shawn Porter, Andre Ward–Paul Smith and David Lemieux–Hassan N’Dam. Here’s a more detailed breakdown of this week’s episode: We break down Nicholas Walters’ ... read more ...
 
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‘.bank’ Launches into General Availability – Virtual - WASHINGTON, June 18, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- ".bank" will launch into general availability on June 24 at 00:00:00 UTC for all eligible members of the global banking community. Managed by fTLD Registry Services, the private company owned, operated and governed by banks, insurance companies and their respective trade associations, ".bank", is a new communications channel, fortified with enhanced security measures that exceed those of most existing and new gTLDs.  During the initial sunrise ... read more ...
 
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What you need to know about .sucks domain names - Over the past two years, more than 500 new top-level domains (TLDs, or the words to the right of the dot in a domain name, such as .com or .edu) like .attorney, .consulting, .menu, and even .rocks have launched. But none has garnered the attention and concern of the business community as much as .sucks, a TLD launching this year and being billed by its registry (the appropriately named company Vox Populi) as a place where consumers can find their voice. While several large organizations like Google ... read more ...
Wed 17th June 2015
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Is Sharing the Answer to .BRAND Top Level Domain Disputes? - In opening up for the .BRAND top level domain, ICANN has artificially created a scarce resource of great commercial value. Indeed, the values of the .BRAND TLDs may be astronomical due to the investments made by the companies that own the trademarks represented in the .BRAND TLD. While the above is interesting in its own right, I will here focus specifically on how we deal with situations where more than one company has a legitimate trademark interest in a particular .BRAND TLD. Such situations ... read more ...
 
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Dan Svantesson - Is Sharing the Answer to .BRAND Top Level Domain Disputes? In opening up for the .BRAND top level domain, ICANN has artificially created a scarce resource of great commercial value. Indeed, the values of the .BRAND TLDs may be astronomical due to the investments made by the companies that own the trademarks represented in the .BRAND TLD. While the above is interesting in its own right, I will here focus specifically on how we deal with situations where more than one company has a legitimate ... read more ...
 
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For ccTLD Registries: 4 Steps to Guaranteed Success - The introduction of New gTLDs has increased the rate at which individuals and businesses are getting online today and we're already seeing mainstream adoption of New gTLDs. By going the extra mile to spread awareness about their extensions among the masses, New gTLD Registries are bringing attention to their value propositions and, more importantly, are sharing the idea of 'getting online' to audiences. How Can Cctlds Leverage This? If you're a ccTLD Registry, you've been steadily growing ... read more ...
 
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Clifford deSouza - For ccTLD Registries: 4 Steps to Guaranteed Success The introduction of New gTLDs has increased the rate at which individuals and businesses are getting online today and we're already seeing mainstream adoption of New gTLDs. By going the extra mile to spread awareness about their extensions among the masses, New gTLD Registries are bringing attention to their value propositions and, more importantly, are sharing the idea of 'getting online' to audiences. more» ... read more ...
 
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LogicBoxes Powers .NGO & .ONG Retail and Wholesale Channels for ENSET - LogicBoxes, the Vertical Integration Solutions Provider for New gTLDs ccTLDs, today announced its business alliance with Enset, a subsidiary of Public Interest Registry (PIR), to establish wholesale and retail channels for .NGO .ONG domains. Through this alliance, Enset can now provide strong online identities to NGOs and non-profits around the world. Enset is the only non-profit Domain Registrar in the .NGO and .ONG domain name space. Its mission is to support other NGOs and Non-Profits ... read more ...
 
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Canada Responds to ICANN on Controversial .SUCKS New gTLD - The Government of Canada has responded to ICANN regarding the controversial .SUCKS new gTLD rollout. In a letter to ICANN dated June 9 (PDF), Industry Canada Deputy Minister James Knubley said that Canadian law includes trademark protections, and those laws apply to the new gTLD as much as, and in the same way, as they apply to everything else. Less than a page long, the letter is strikingly short compared with FTC Chairwoman Edith Ramirez’ response, and could be considered terse in its ... read more ...
 
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Is a “yourbrand.sucks” domain name worth $2500 per year? - The sunrise period for "dot sucks," the new generic top level domain (gTLD), opened on March 30, 2015 and ends on June 19, 2015. During the sunrise period, the suggested retail price per .sucks domain name registration is $2,499 annually. Thereafter, the price remains unchanged for companies that were diligent enough to register their marks with the Trademark Clearinghouse (TMCH) in order to protect them as to newly-introduced gTLDs. Starting in September 2015, the owners of marks registered with ... read more ...
 
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.News reward list slimmed down, here are 37k that didn't make a cut - Rightside slims down premium list for .News, and some good domains will be available at regular prices. Rightside’s upcoming .News top level domain name launch should be one to watch. .News works with many terms, giving it big potential for second level domain name registrations. Retail pricing is also a reasonable $20-$30. I’ve commented before about how Rightside has managed to capture just about every good domain in its TLDs and stick a premium on them. The company is taking a different tack ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic raises £2.3m in placing to improve balance sheet - Internet platform CentralNic Group has raised £2.3m through a placing of shares to strengthen its balance sheet. The group issued 5.75m shares at 40p each, bringing in £2.3m before expenses. The raising represents a premium of 16% to the current share price. CentralNic has been focusing its strategy in the developing markets and in the inventory of top-level domains (TLDs). It said new acquisitions have been becoming available for each of its wholesale, retail and enterprise business ... read more ...
 
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Debate rages over future extension of URS to legacy TLDs - Trevor Little Noting that it wishes to “increase the consistency of registry agreements across all gTLDs”, ICANN has proposed that the renewal of the ‘.travel’ sponsored TLD registry agreement be based on the approved new gTLD Registry Agreement as updated on January 2014. One of the results of this approach is that the registry operator would ... read more ...
 
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CentralNic Group plc Raises £2.3 Million at 16% Premium in Placing - CentralNic Group Plc LON:CNIC the internet platform that derives revenue from the worldwide sales of internet domain names, has this morning announced that it has raised £2.3 million, before expenses, through the placing of 5,750,000 new ordinary shares of 0.1 pence each at 40 pence per share.   The Board of CentralNic is focussed on delivering a step change in its growth both organically and through the continuation of its proven acquisition strategy as deals are becoming available for each of ... read more ...
 
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Pricing & Promotions of TLDs – Is Your Billing System Holding You Back? - As the leading consulting firm to the Domain Name industry, we work with many of the existing gTLDs, ccTLDs and new gTLDs. During our engagements we do a lot of listening (as well as work) and this gives us a unique perspective on the key challenges the industry is facing. Recently, we are hearing feedback from many leading registries and registrars about their need for more dynamic pricing and promotions and their concern that there may not be enough flexibility in their billing systems to ... read more ...
Tue 16th June 2015
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An Open Letter to All New TLD Operators - Dear TLD operators, As many of you will know from my previous posts, I'm pretty passionate about our new TLD industry and genuinely believe we are all working towards a goal that will provide something truly special for future generations to embrace. However, speaking candidly (as is the Australian way), I think we'd all agree that there is much to do to get new TLDs into the mainstream in a timely manner. And as new TLD applicants, we all have a responsibility to work together to ensure ... read more ...
 
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Companies play ‘wait and see’ in the ‘.brand’ desert - Tim Lince ‘.brand’ use has long been cited as potentially giving new gTLDs a positive profile boost amongst consumers, with Barclays recently generating headlines over the announcement that it plans to migrate its online presence to the ‘.barclays’ TLD. However, two other ‘.brand’ applicants have adopted a more cautious stance, with a Richemont ... read more ...
Mon 15th June 2015
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Electronic Frontier Foundation Tells ICANN to Delete URS from .Travel - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has just told ICANN to drop the notion of applying the Uniform Rapid Suspension (URS) dispute resolution system to .Travel and other legacy gTLDs without undertaking a full Policy Development Process (PDP). In a June 12 letter, EFF stated: ICANN should not apply URS to the .travel domain, or to any additional domains, by the unaccountable means of staff inserting new conditions into the renewal of the registry operator's contract. Rather, the public ... read more ...
 
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Global generic domains for financial institutions: worth the price of admission? - In 2008, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), the non-profit organization responsible for creating and maintaining internet domains, approved a program to create new generic top level domains ("gTLD"). In response, an international consortium of financial institutions, financial services trade associations and insurance companies founded fTLD Registry Services, LLC ("fTLD") to obtain ownership of the .bank and .insurancegTLDs. In May 2012, fTLD submitted applications ... read more ...
 
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Dot Brands Should Not Rush to Market, but Build Effective Strategies First - Brands applied for their new gTLDs to protect their brand and ensure they didn't miss an important new opportunity, but few had a clear business case for how they would use the gTLD platform when they applied. As brands approach the July 29th contracting deadline, the inevitable question is arising: "What do we do with this?" While a few brands like Barclays have rolled out HOME.BARCLAYS or Marriott has made an announcement about its use of .MARRIOTT deep inside their MARRIOTT.COM page where ... read more ...
 
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Kaspersky spam and phishing report: some fears about new gTLDs have … -

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) launched a focus routine for new general top-level domains (gTLDs) in Jan 2012. The new gTLD programme will outcome in an rare enlargement of a Domain Name System. At a time of writing, over 630 new gTLDs have been substituted and approximately 400 have been launched.

New gTLDs were introduced by ICANN to…

Via: worldtrademarkreview.com

 
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New domain names are just better…right? - When searching online, Google gives you three opportunities to work out if a result is worthy of your click. The page title – that’s the blue bit in a larger font. The green bit – that’s the domain name. The grey bit – that’s the page description, words that describe what the page is all about. The domain name is a key chance to persuade a visitor to click. And thanks to launch of new gTLDs towards the end of 2013, every website owner has an opportunity to make their domain more relevant, ... read more ...
Sun 14th June 2015
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How to name your startup - No one knows the value of a great domain as much as a startup. That is why some of the most successful new startups shell out upwards of $500,000 for a category killer premium name. But where does that leave everyone else? According to Wakefield Research, 52 percent of people would change their name if they had a chance to. Naming a startup is often an exercise in frustration. It is hard enough to find an acceptable name that is not already in use. But the really frustrating part ... read more ...