Tag Archives: services

Mon 21st October 2013
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TRAFFIC discussion kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale - TRAFFIC East 2013 began in Florida yesterday. The TRAFFIC domain name conference formally kicked off in Ft. Lauderdale last night. Poolside networking was followed by an opening night cocktail party. Later in the evening Frank Schilling hosted a number of Domain Name Sales clients for dinner. At the dinner, Schilling explained his plans for world domination in the domain name business. In addition to the many new top level domain names he’s launching, he’s also ... read more ...
Thu 17th October 2013
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5 with…Elliot Silver - Elliot Silver answers five questions about rebranding his blog. Elliot Silver has an occasional series on his blog called “5 with…” in which he asks someone in the domain industry five questions. In light of Elliot’s rebrand from ElliotsBlog.com to DomainInvesting.com this week, I thought it would be a fun idea to turn the tables on him. DNW: When did you initially decide it was time to change your blog’s name, and what were the key reasons? Silver: I had ... read more ...
 
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3 things to check out during subsequent week’s TRAFFIC conference - Here are three sessions I plan to attend at next week’s conference. The TRAFFIC conference kicks off in Ft. Lauderdale Sunday evening, with programming beginning Monday morning. You’ll rarely see me attend the actual conference sessions at these shows, but there are a few that I plan to pop in on this time around. They all take place Monday. gTLD Mania – Monday at 11:30 – What effect will new TLDs have the domain name market? Will they be successful? How do ... read more ...
Fri 11th October 2013
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.Wed becomes one of a initial new TLDs to contention a new registry use request - Company wants to let second level domain registrants transition to third level domain names. The ink is barely dry on Atgron, Inc.’s contract with ICANN to run the .wed top level domain name, and the company has already submitted a Registry Service request for a new service. The company is asking (pdf) to be able to offer third level domain name registrations to customers. The idea is to offer a way for couples to transition from a wedding site to an ongoing site ... read more ...
Thu 10th October 2013
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Are we going to TRAFFIC? - The next TRAFFIC domain conference takes place in Fort Lauderdale starting October 20. This year’s fall TRAFFIC conference is just ten days away. The conference returns to The Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Fort Lauderdale October 20-23. As usual, there will be an auction, panels, and parties. I typically don’t get excited about the panels at domain conferences, but there’s one on October 21 that should be fun. The gTLD Mania panel pits show organizer Rick Schwartz, ... read more ...
Wed 2nd October 2013
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Domain name attention loses dual open companies in underneath a month - Fewer public companies mean less public information about the domain name industry. The domain name industry has lost two public companies in less than a month. Well, not technically. But it feels that way to me. As someone who has written about the domain name industry for over 8 years, one of the biggest treasure troves of data I use comes from public company filings. Public companies disclose all sorts of details about their businesses in mandatory filings. For ... read more ...
Thu 26th September 2013
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CentralNic buys Mex.com. Yourname.Mex.com entrance soon? - Domain name company picks up Mex.com at auction and will likely use it to sell subdomains. Last month I wrote about an auction at Sedo for Mex.com. The auction closed for 29,111 EUR. The domain has changed hands and the buyer is domain name company CentralNic. CentralNic, which went public earlier this month, is known for selling third level domain name registrations at domain registrars the same way second level domain registrations are sold. Most of the third level ... read more ...
Wed 25th September 2013
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CentralNic reports results: income adult 16% - CentralNic profit spikes in first half of year. Domain name registry CentralNic (AIM: CNIC), which went public last month, has released interim results for the first half of 2013. For the first half of 2013, the company pulled in £1,735 million in revenue, a 16% jump from the same period in 2012. Its profit before tax almost doubled, up 98% to £0.636 million. The company credits a broader base of domain name registrars distributing its domain names as well as the ... read more ...
Mon 23rd September 2013
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Domain name registry OpenRegistry picks adult 2M EUR financing - OpenRegistry, which operates .sx and is the registry provider for a number of new TLDs, has raised a round of funding. Domain name registry OpenRegistry announced today that it is raising 2M euro. The registry already provides technical services to run Saint Martin’s .sx domain name. 21 applicants for new top level domain names selected OpenRegistry to provide registry services, although a couple have withdrawn. Some of the bigger names selecting OpenRegistry include ... read more ...
Thu 19th September 2013
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Marchex shelves skeleton to spin off domains multiplication Archeo - Archeo will remain a division of Marchex instead of becoming its own publicly traded company. Marchex has canceled its plan to spin off its domain name business into a separate public company, at least for now. The company announced plans last November to spin off its domain business into a new company called Archeo. Marchex had long neglected its portfolio of over 200,000 domain names, and making it part of a separate company would allow it to better monetize the ... read more ...
Tue 17th September 2013
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CentralNic business indication will means lots of new TLD confusion - Hi Volker et al: The lawsuit is being continued; because Honourable Judge Lee, while being highly knowledgeable about Law, can’t be an expert in every circumstance presented. Much like Hospitals have Doctors finely trained tuned in specific medical processes, Courts can’t always forecast which “Doctor” is best suited to an issue. American Law is rapidly expanding, with regard to the Internet, of which the US regulates the primary TLD’s. Please read this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_jurisdiction_in_Internet_cases_in_the_United_States ... read more ...
 
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Thought Convergence to launch domain name escrow use Agreed.com - Domain company ready to enter the domain escrow business. Thought Convergence, the company behind domain parking company TrafficZ and domain sales and parking platform Aftermarket.com, is getting ready to launch its own domain escrow service. The company, which tends to pick high quality domains for its new products, has named the new service Agreed. Naturally, you can find it online at agreed.com. Right now the site just has a basic “coming soon” page with this ... read more ...
Mon 16th September 2013
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Domain name Registry Lock by a numbers - Many important websites haven’t added Registry Lock to protect against hacks similar to what brought down NYTimes.com. Last month domain name registrar Melbourne IT was compromised, resulting in the hack of NYTimes.com’s nameserver record. The New York Times’ problem could have been prevented had the company paid a little extra for Verisign’s Registry Lock service. Registry Lock adds another layer of protection against unauthorized domain name transfers and ... read more ...
Thu 12th September 2013
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Architelos’ obvious focus for domain abuse monitoring complement published - Patent discloses system for monitoring and handling domain name abuse. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office today published a patent application (pdf) for Architelos‘ NameSentry domain abuse protection system. The patent application is officially titled “Managing Domain Name Abuse” and was filed in March 2012. Architelos’ NameSentry is a system that helps domain registries and registrars detect and mitigate domain name abuse. As described in the patent – ... read more ...
Tue 13th August 2013
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Test pushing .co’s new Pop.co - New TLD hopefuls should take a look at Pop.co. .Co continues to innovate around how people register domain names and get online. Yesterday it launched a new company, Pop.co, to make the process of getting your domain and a basic web presence insanely easy. The idea is summed up quite nicely at Pop.co: It’s as easy as they suggest. First, you select a .co domain name to use. For my test, I chose TestingPop.co. Then you enter your name and mobile phone number. After ... read more ...
Mon 12th August 2013
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CentralNic skeleton IPO - Domain name registry plans to file for initial public offering. Domain name registry and backend services provider CentralNic is planning to officially announce an initial public offering tomorrow, The Telegraph reports. The company, which today is known mostly for selling third level domain names under domains such as .us.com and .uk.com, hopes to raise £5 million through the offering. It will use the funds for its top level domain name investments. It will list ... read more ...
Sat 3rd August 2013
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Tucows and Donuts strike understanding on .media and .marketing - Donuts paid Tucows to walk away from two new top level domain bids. Donuts negotiated a deal with rival applicant Tucows for the strings .marketing and .media, which is why the latter withdrew its applications for the two domains last month. While neither party disclosed the terms of the deal, a video released by Tucows shows that Donuts paid Tucows to withdraw its applications. Because Tucows is a public company, we will likely get more details when it releases earnings ... read more ...
Tue 30th July 2013
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Domain Name Association creates new TLD authority during WhatDomain.org - Domain Name Association publishes educational site to promote new TLDs. Domain Name Association (DNA), a non-profit advocacy group representing domain name registries, registrars, resellers, and registry service providers, has launched an updated site at WhatDomain.org. WhatDomain.org explains what a domain name is, the current state of top level domain names, and the new types of top level domains that will start appearing on the web later this year. The site is ... read more ...
 
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Donuts peaceful to send 68 strings to auction in August - New top level domain applicant commits more strings to private auction model. Donuts, the largest applicant for new top level domains, has committed up to 68 strings to the next new TLD “private” auction held by Applicant Auction next month. In the first auction held in May, Donuts committed 63 domains. In order to go to auction, all applicants for the string must agree. Only six of the 63 went to auction, and Donuts won just one of the domains. The average bidding ... read more ...
Sun 28th July 2013
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Frank Schilling formulation a domain name conference? - Schilling files trademark application related to domain conferences. Is Frank Schilling planning to hold domain name conferences in the future? The thought has at least crossed his mind – if not gone further. George Kirikos spotted that Schilling filed an intent-to-use trademark application (pdf) for iNEX back in April. Here’s the class of goods listed on the application: Educational services, namely, arranging and organizing conferences in the field of internet ... read more ...
Fri 26th July 2013
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What’s a marketplace distance for a tip turn domain? - Can new TLDs increase demand for domain names, or will they merely take a percentage of the existing market? A few weeks ago Dan Warner posted an analysis of sports related top level domain name applications. He compared the strings applied for (e.g. .baseball, .football) to how many of the 100 million + .com domains already registered include that term (e.g. BaseballFan.com and FootballGames.com). He found that many, including rugby and cricket, had fewer than 15,000 ... read more ...
Thu 25th July 2013
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Verisign announces another .net cost hike - 25 days after prices went up, Verisign announces another price increase. The wholesale registry fee for .net domain names just increased from $5.11 to $5.62 on July 1. Today, Verisign announced another price hike that will increase the price to $6.18. The increase will go into effect on February 1, 2014 following a six month waiting period. Verisign has the contractual right to increase the fees for .net domain name registrations by up to 10% each year during the ... read more ...
Mon 22nd July 2013
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Google drops hints in domain name registry heading filing - Trademark application includes domain escrow and domain valuation . Google has filed a trademark application for “Charleston Road Registry”, the name of its subsidiary that is applying for nearly 100 top level domain names. The filing (pdf) may include subtle clues as to what Google’s plans are for domain names such as .fun, .play, and .shop. There are six “goods and services” classifications for Charleston Road Registry. Most of them relate to the technical ... read more ...
Wed 17th July 2013
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TLDH: we’ll pointer the initial new TLD contracts by finish of Q1 2014 - New TLD applicants still far from generating revenue. ICANN signed its first registry agreements for new top level domains this week, but a press release from portfolio applicant Top Level Domain Holdings is a reminder that many new TLDs are a long way to fruition. The release states: Top Level Domain Holding anticipates contracts will be signed with ICANN for the first nine uncontested domain applications in which it has an interest before the end of Q1 2014, with ... read more ...
Tue 16th July 2013
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Verisign downgrades sponsorship of ICANN meetings - After peaking in 2011 meeting, Verisign’s sponsorship of ICANN meetings has steadily dropped. Thinks there’s a lot of bad blood between Verisign and ICANN right now? That may be why Verisign isn’t sponsoring the Durban meeting at as high of a level as it has sponsored previous meetings. The Durban meeting offers six sponsorship levels, ranging from Bronze ($7,500) to Diamond ($250,000). For this meeting, Verisign sponsored at the $15,000 Silver level. Let’s ... read more ...