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Blog on the domain industry including sales of domains, news and views on the industry including ICANN, UDRP, new gTLD's
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Roadcam.com Saved in a Very Interesting UDRP With A Very Good Lesson In TM Law
In a very interesting UDRP decision Roadcam, Inc. lost its bid to grab the domain roadcam.com The domain holder is Jon Smejkal of Pittsburg, California... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
New Gtld Resource Site Registered.Today is For Sale
Gtld.Link is a new forum that focuses strictly on the new gtlds, I just joined a couple nights ago. While I was going through the names for sale listings, I cam... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
China to Set up $6.5 Billion Government Venture Capital Fund
China is looking to set up a $6.5 Billion venture capital fund. The Financial Times mentioned that, the launch of the government-sponsored VC fund will be... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Donuts Beats Google, Amazon, Dish Network, Radix, Famous Four To .Movie New gTLD
Donuts has won the rights to operate the new gTLD .Movie beating out 7 other applicants including publicly traded Google, Amazon, and Dish Network. . Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD Domain Name Registrations Top 4 Million
The number of domain names registered using a gTLD new domain name extension has topped over 4 million domain names according to ntldstats.com. The official... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
1st Day New gTLD Totals: .World 5,081; .Degree 160; .Gives 158
Three new gTLD’s entered General Availability (GA) yesterday and after the first day, including all registration in the Sunrise period by trademark holders and... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
New gTLD Statistics and Business Implications
Dot TBA and TLD Watch put on a presentation at NamesCon that took a look back at 2014 and what insights were gained. The 29 page PDF is filled with stats and... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
View The Space Gets $3.3 M Investment From Blackstone & Buys/Rebrands As VTS.com
VTS (formerly View The Space) announced today that they received a $3.3M strategic investment from real estate private equity funds managed by Blackstone... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sofia Vergara Wins Rights To SofiaVergara.org
Sofia Vergara has won control of the domain name SofiaVergara.org which the domain owner alleged was a fan site for the Golden Globe, Primetime Emmy Award, and... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Quiksilver Ready To Surf The New gTLD Wave
Brand Channel published an article today about Quiksilver, the largest surfwear brand in the world, adding a .surf into the mix. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Bitcoin Drops Below $200
Bitcoin slipped below $200 today and traded down as low as $179 and change. Ruth Reader covered it for Venture Beat: Very early this morning the coin’s price... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Domain Diction Joins Forces with UK Agency C8 Consulting
According to a press release we revived, DomainDiction, “a marketing agency dedicated to the domain industry, announce that it is merging with UK based PR and... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
NamesCon Official Auction Results $990,851 Led by HomeCare.com and Wine.Club
NamesCon Official Auction Results $990,851 – Some have asked me was Wine.Club like Coffee and Vegas ? A 10 year payment plan, Michael has told me no it was a... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo’s Transactions Total $1.6 Million Led by PutzFrau.de at 32,000 Euros
Over the past week, 593 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1.6 Million 58% of total sales were the result of Buy Now... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Weekly Sales at $1.6 Million Led by PutzFrau.de at 32,000 Euros
Sedo sold $1.6 million in domains for the week led by Putzfrau.de at 32,000 Euros. PutzFrau translates to cleaning lady in German. Top.com Jupl.com $12,500 Top... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Auction Day At NamesCon: All You Need to Know + How To Bid If You’re In Vegas...
Today is the live domain name auction at Namescon.com that will be conducted by RightoftheDot.com with online bidding and viewing on SnapNames. Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Google Domains Now Open to All in The U.S. – Over 60 New Gtlds Now Available...
Google Domains is now opened to anyone in the U.S. they are also offering over 60 new gtlds for registration. TechCrunch is reporting that Google Domains is... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
The New gTLDs and SEO
Roland LaPlante wrote a piece on Circle ID about new gtlds and SEO. Roland works at Afilias and it is safe to say he is an advocate of the new gtlds with Afilia... Read more
Posted on 13 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
Worst URS Decision of 2015: Telethon.Club Ordered Suspended On Complaint Of...
The Association Francaise Contre Les Myopathies of Evry, France has won a Uniform Rapid Suspension on the seemingly very generic domain name Telethon. Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH -
B2B Digital Marketing Trends for 2015
In a post on BDB.co.uk the author Rachael took a look at digital marketing trends for the upcoming year, the changing or possible extinction of the homepage... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2015 BUSINESS, TECH
