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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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GoDaddy.com Aftermarket Sells 34,132 Domain Names In February
Godaddy.com sold 34,132 domain names through its auction system in February down slightly from January when it sold 35,803. February sales were led by Xe. Read more
Posted on 01 March 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Generic Domain Name Opulence.com Hit With UDRP
The domain name Opulence.com has been hit with a UDRP. With almost 8,000,000 references in Google opulence is a dictionary word that has been registered since a... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
CEO Of Marchex: We Don’t Believe The New TLDs Are A Significant Factor In Value...
In the Marchex (MCHX) earnings call today a question was asked about how the new gTLD’s will effect .com’s values specifically those domains held by Marchex. Read more
Posted on 28 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Fallout From Contention Sets: .Law/.Lawyer; .Hotel/.Hotels; .Car/.Cars & Many...
Now that ICANN has stuck to its guns and only placed 4 new gTLD’s strings that look confusingly similar into contention sets, rather than those that sound... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Nominet Haults Plan For .Uk Domain Names, For Now
According to a post on its blog, Nominet.org.uk, is stopping with its plan to sell the shorter, “direct.uk, domain names for now. Nominet says there will be... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Ron Paul Now Files UDRP For RonPaul.Org
A couple of weeks after Ron Paul filed a UDRP with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) for the domain name RonPaul.com, the congressman has now... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Breaking: ICANN Publishes Contention Sets & Only Puts Four Non-Match gTLD’s...
ICANN just published it long awaited New gTLD String Similarity Contention Sets fand quite surprisingly just put four non-matching applications into two... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Microsoft Releases ccTLD Registry Security Assessment Service To Find & Fix...
Microsoft released the Microsoft Country-Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) Registry Security Assessment Service at the RSA Conference today in San Francisco: The ne... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Brands Are Missing The Boat Catching Cheap TM Domains On The Drop & Saving UDRP...
Brands which have endlessly expressed their concerns over cybersquatting in the new gTLD’s space and complained about the cost of enforcement of their trademark... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
TLDH (Minds + Machines) Gets Additional $15M In Funding For New gTLD Auctions
According to a press release we were sent today by Top Level Domain Holdings Limited (AIM:TLDH), better known to the domain community as Mind + Machines, the... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Melbourne IT Promises A “Huge Dividend” From New gTLD Defensive Registrations
According to ComputerWorld.com.au, on a conference call with media after reporting its financial results for 2012 resulting in revenue and profit declines,... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Despite Trademark, Artek.com Saved In UDRP
A one member WIPO panel ruled in the favor of the domain holder in a case published today on the domain name Artek.com The complaint was brought by Artek oy ab... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Now That uBank Got A $8M Investment They Will Buy The Domain uBank.com
According to Quintura.com, “The Russian venture capital firm Runa Capital has invested $8 million in uBank, a Russian mobile payment provider”. “uBank offers a... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
The 6th Annual Launch Festival Gets Started In SF On March 4th: Launch.co
The 6th Annual Launch festival is being held in San Fransico on March 4th–6th and their official site is Launch.co The 2013 LAUNCH Festival according to show... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
The Academy Awards Rebranded as “The Oscars” Why Isn’t TheOscars.com Working?
I’m sure a lot of you will be watching the Academy Awards’ tonight. This is actually the first year in which the award show has been officially Rebranded as... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
UDRP Panel Should Have Found Reverse Domain Name Hijacking In Case Of...
LD Products, Inc. lost its attempt to steal the domain name simplyinked.com and lucked out without a finding of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) when the... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Disney Loses UDRP On 3 Domains Related To The Broadway Musical Aladdin
In a one member panel UDRP decision handed down by the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) Disney Enterprises, Inc. and Marvel Characters, Inc lost a UDRP seeking... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Another Brand New gTLD Applicant Drops Out This Time AIG on .CHARTIS
Another .Brand new gTLD application has been withdrawn. American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has withdrawn its application for .Chartis . Read more
Posted on 23 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Who Would Have Thought .Biz Domains Will Cost More Than .Com
In its letter to ICANN today, Neustar the operator of the .Biz registry, notified ICANN that it will be raising the wholesale cost of a .Biz domain name... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH -
Did Someone Today Put At Risk Losing A $100K Domain In A UDRP?
I got the newsletter from Calvin Washington at Perfect Investments about a hour ago and was shocked to see the domain name Ferraris.com as the star of the... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2013 BUSINESS, TECH