Tag Archives: Uniregistry

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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Godaddy Is Not Bringing .Sexy Back; Nor Are 9 Of The Top 10 Registrars - Tomorrow Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is launching their first 2 new gTLD extensions .Sexy and .Tattoo however if you want to register one you won’t be able to do it at Godaddy.com Godaddy.com is not carrying Uniregistry strings at the moment, nor is NetworkSolutions.com or Register.com which are part of Web.com (WWWW) or 1and1.com or UnitedDomains.com which are part of the same parent company which owns Sedo.com Matter of fact  9 out of the top 10 domain name registrars in the world as listed ... 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 ...
Thu 23rd January 2014
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Porn won’t be authorised on a home page of .Sexy websites - Nudity is too sexy for .sexy home pages. Anyone who wants to register a .sexy domain name to build their porn empire, take note: you can’t have nudity on the “home page” of your domain name. .Sexy registry Uniregistry spells out the rules in a revised document (pdf) it filed with ICANN on January 20. The guidelines only apply to the home page. This means that sites could have a warning button/entry page on the home page that leads to adult material elsewhere ... read more ...
Fri 29th November 2013
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Will companies use .BlackFriday domain names? - .BlackFriday domain names will soon be available. Will they be useful? It’s Black Friday in the United States, the day that kicks off the holiday shopping season. Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry applied to run the .blackfriday top level domain name. It’s possible this domain will be available by Black Friday 2014 despite a very poor priority draw number of 1415. This is a unique domain in that it is targeted to a short period of time during the year; perhaps ... read more ...
Thu 24th October 2013
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Applicant questions how .Cars collision can be cleared - One applicant for .cars has good questions about how exactly it can resolve its contention set. DERcars, an applicant for the .cars top level domain name, has filed a reconsideration request (pdf) with ICANN’s board after Google won a string confusion objection against the company’s .cars application. I wrote about the .cars case a few weeks ago, and said that ICANN would be forced to act in the wake of the string confusion objection. As one reader pointed out, ... read more ...
Thu 3rd October 2013
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Schilling’s Uniregistry Is Positioned To Become The Most Successful New gTLD Registry - We think the Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is uniquely positioned to become, pound for pound, the most successful new gTLD operator. So first a disclaimer, we don’t own any part of Uniregistry (unfortunately) and Uniregistry doesn’t and hasn’t even advertised on TheDomains.com.  Finally this is obviously an opinion piece as opposed to a news post. With that out of the way, Uniregistry has applied for just over 50 strings. Uniregistry is one of the largest applicants for new gTLD’s.  Many ... read more ...
Fri 10th May 2013
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.Sexy Is Just For The Sexy People - Unregistry in a Press Release put everyone on notice that the new gTLD .Sexy will be for only the Sexy people: “”Uniregistry, the Cayman based new gTLD applicant, has announced new registration requirements to improve quality and combat abuse in their pending .sexy TLD. ” “The new eligibility requirements will restrict registration in .sexy to registrants who are actually sexy. ” “Upon applying to register for a .sexy domain, registrants will be required to affirmatively answer the certified ... read more ...
Mon 29th April 2013
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Uniregistry and TLDH Team Up on The New gTLD .Country - According to a press release just out Uniregistry which is headed by Frank Schilling and Top Level Domain Holdings (AIM:TLDH) which both applied for the new gTLD .Country have struck a deal As Uniregistry and TLDH are the only two applicants for the new gTLD .Country the two companies have decided to split the new gTLD to end contention and avoid an ICANN last resort auciton “”Under the contemplated arrangement, both parties would enjoy a 50% equity stake in a new company, to which the .country ... read more ...
 
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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 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 ...
Wed 21st November 2012
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Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry Launches .blackfriday Website - Frank Schillings new gTLD company, Uniregistry.com just launched a new site promoting its .blackfriday new gTLD application. Uniregistry is the only company that filed an application to operate the new gTLD of  .blackfriday. .blackfriday did NOT receive a GAC early warning. According to the site here is the vision for .blackfriday: More meaning packed into a single domain name. While some may find it difficult to imagine owning a domain name ending in anything but .com, we are at the beginning ... read more ...
Sat 13th October 2012
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Frank Schilling Has a Key To ICANN - Frank Schilling’s Uniregistry is a sponsor for the ICANN conference once again and all of the room keys of the attendees who are staying at the hotel where the conference is being held are receiving a Uniregistry branded key when checking in. When it comes to marketing its pretty tough to beat domainers as the .Co folks have shown. Clearly Frank’s Uniregistry is going to be another successful registry.   Google+Michael Berkens ... 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 ...