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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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Tech Radar: “The New Domain Name System is Causing Problems for Brands”
Tech Radar published an article todayon new gtlds and the problems brands are already having with protecting their brand. The article references a study from... Read more
Posted on 28 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Actress Blake Lively Launches New Lifestyle Brand on a .US
Actress Blake Lively launched her new lifestyle website on a .US rather than say going the Blake.Luxury route or Lively.social. The Gossip Girl star is going... Read more
Posted on 27 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
e-Commerce May Be the Sizzle, but Brick and Mortar Remains the Steak
e-Commerce is certainly one of the largest trends to affect business and culture over the past 25 years. In 2013 Amazon did $74.45 billion in revenue, but when... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Exclusive – Interview with the Buyer of Digital.com, Richard Kershaw
Digital.com sold in the Heritage Auction for $325,000 and with the buyer’s premium the total price to the buyer came to $373,750. Read more
Posted on 26 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
It’s All About Branding
Nathan Safran wrote a piece on Search Engine Land that had to do with the branding benefits of search. In his piece entitled, It’s Time For Marketers To Attend... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Minds + Machines Issues 350K Shares To Employee at 9P Stock Trading At 11.50P
According to a regulatory filing, Minds + Machines Group Limited (AIM:MMX), the publicly quoted owner and operator of Internet top-level domains, announces... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
.Broadway Resolved as 2 of 3 Apps Are Withdrawn
Another new gTLD string has apparently been resolved, .Broadway The surviving applicant is Celebrate Broadway, Inc which is a Minds + Machines backed... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Is The U.S. Lagging Behind China in Domain Savvy ?
Kathy Nielsen did an article for Wired that took a look at the U.S. lagging behind China when it comes to gTLD awareness. From the article: The IDN movement is... Read more
Posted on 25 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Goes Rouge: New gTLD’s: “Registration Numbers on Par With .Co” & .Net i...
During ts earnings call today Verisign (VRSN) brushed away the new gTLD’s saying “Gross registrations for new gTLD’s are at 1.6 million which puts them on Par... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Verisign Reports: 128.9 Million .Com/.Net Domains; 57.2% Profit Margin & $1.5...
VeriSign, Inc. (VRSN), the registry for .Com and .Net reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2014 after the market closed today and lets face... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Heritage Auctions Led by Digital.com Sells $773,876 in Domain Names
Heritage Auction Results total $773,876 which includes the Buyers Premium of 15 % The Heritage auction wrapped up today and the big sellers were Digital.com... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Of The 9,025 .Voting Domains Registered Over 97% Registered To Co. With Ties To...
One company is responsible for registering over 97% of the 9,025 .Voting new gTLD domain names. We reported earlier today that . Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Kaufen 4,325; Consulting 3,852; Media 3,438...
Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
This Weeks New gTLD 1st Day Totals: .Voting 9,025; .Kaufen 4,325; Consulting...
Yesterday a bunch of new gTLD’s went into general availability (GA) meaning domain names can be registered live on a first come first serve basis. Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Sedo Transactions Total $1M; 52% Are BIN & Open.TV Sells For $25K
Over the past week, 506 transactions took place on Sedo’s marketplace and via SedoMLS, totaling $1m. 52% of total sales were the result of Buy Now listings.... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
You Want To Illegally Download Content in the UK ? You Will Get Some Letters...
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) and RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) must be wondering what the heck is going on across the pon... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Flippa Giving Away a Special Link to Redeem 1 FREE Domain Listing!
Flippa has certainly ramped up its domain only auctions since Kevin Fink came on board and jump started things there. There is a special promo running good for... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
An Example of Why People Still CyberSquat
Why do people still cybersquat ? That was a question posed a couple of weeks back on Namepros, and while I am not advocating it any way, I am going to give an... Read more
Posted on 24 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
3rd Reverse Domain Name Hijacking of The Day: Sin Spirits LLC Guilty On...
Sin Spirits LLC represented by George M. Dipp, Texas has been found Guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) making it the third RDNH ruling of the day... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH -
Citybankonline.com Guilty Of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking
CITY BANK (not CitiBank) whose site is CityBankOnline.com and CityBankTexas.com, represented by Kristi Dent of Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated, Texas, USA was... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2014 BUSINESS, TECH
