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SnapNames, a KeyDrive S. announced today that the ccTLD domain names for the United Kingdom, .CO.UK and for China, .CN are now available for backorder services.
"As the world's third and fourth most popular country code top-level domain (ccTLD) extensions, demand for .CO.UK and .CN is aptly reflected in top worldwide internet usage penetration rat...
USAToday.com, is reporting that Art.com, a leading online seller of prints, posters, frames and canvas, is discuss plans for a possible initial public offering (IPO) next year
If Art.com's IPO plans work out, it will likely try to go public toward the end of 2014.
"A surge in Internet stocks this year and the successful Twitter IPO has many privat...
Dot Latin LLC, the .UNO Domain Registry, announces today that their 60-Day Sunrise Period starts and runs until February 6, 2014.
The Sunrise Period is when trademark owners are eligible to register a domain name containing their owned mark. In order for Trademark Holders to apply for a domain during Sunrise, they must submit an application and obt...
ParkLogic founder, Michael Gilmour reflects on the past 12 months and what has transpired in 2013. Everything from outsourcing domain management, increasing revenue, domain sales and the new tLDs is discussed.
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You seen Google Doodles, the whimsical cartoons the search giant uses in place of their standard logo to mark special occasions. Today's Doodle stumped me so I looked into what the toon represented and was introduced to a women who named the computer bug almost 70 years ago!
We've got five (FIVE!) free tickets to NamesCon to give away to lucky DI readers. NamesCon is "a pro-new TLDs conference" happening at the Tropicana hotel in Las Vegas from January 13 to 15, 2014. It's being organized by domain investor Richard Lau, Jothan Frakes (Domain Roundtable, DomainFest), and Jodi Chamberlain of 32Events (TRAFFIC, Domaining ...
Panelist finds another company guilty of reverse domain name hijacking. World Intellectual Property Organization panelist Tony Willoughby has found Aero Club of New Delhi, India guilty of reverse domain name hijacking in a UDRP. This is Willoughby's second RDNH finding in under a month. In both cases, it appears that the respondent did not specific...
Okay, so you've probably never heard of Lazada but that's just because your based in the US or Europe, if you live in Asia you've definitely heard of it. While Amazon may have built a huge market in the US, Lazada is building an eCommerce giant in Asia that really is "the biggest online shopping […]
It’s an exciting time in the domain world, as hundreds of new generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs) are coming in the near future. Right now, our catalog is up to 481, and that number may rise as more are announced....
Aero Club of New Delhi, India, represented by Lall & Sethi Advocates, India was found guilty of Reverse Domain Name Hijacking (RDNH) by a one person UDRP WIPO panel on the generic domain name Woodlands.com
Aero Club operates under the domain name woodlandworldwide.com which they registered in 2002 and tried to grab the shorter Woodland.com doma...
I hope everyone is well? I haven't been online for the past week, well that's not entirely true – I haven't posted on RobbiesBlog.com for the past week as I was in New York on a family holiday to celebrate my mums birthday. This was my first visit to New York, I have been to […]The post I'm Back… oh and incase anyone is wondering Dot CO...
CentralNic is one of the world’s largest domain registries, currently distributing popular domain names such as .uk.com, .us.com and .cn.com. But their portfolio is rapidly expanding with 60 gTLDs coming soon, including .wiki, .bar and .xyz. To get some...
Amazon.com prevails in dispute over three music related top level domain names. An International Chamber of Commerce panelist has ruled against the American Association of Independent Music's (A2IM) community objections to Amazon.com's bids to run the .music, .song, and .tunes domain names. A2IM is backing a rival bid for .music by Constantinos Rou...
Check out "The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet" http://t.co/N2GlPa38HC via @eventbrite — Josh Bourne (@joshbourne) December 9, 2013 Fairwinds and The Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society are hosting an event next week called "The Impact of gTLDs on the Internet," and the event is open to the public. This free panel, moderate...
Domain investor and application developer, Bruce Marler, isn't phased out by the current snow and sleet in Missouri, where he is located. The busy developer is very popular among domainers; in our past coverage, we pointed out how he could easily be the next Pope. Having co-developed Grape.com for the Castello Brothers, Bruce Marler's latest [̷...
Almost everyone is talking about the Minds+Machines ad that said dot com is dead, without understanding that what they're doing is marketing 101 and there's nothing inherently wrong with that.
Their ad can be considered click bait and it also ended up being a good example of link bait. Let me explain.
The concept of click bait
If you have been in the domain industry for any length of time, chances are you've come across Bruce Marler. Over the years, he's been interviewed by several of the major domain blogs. Bruce is the founder of LocalTek, LLC which provides web development, WordPress development, search engine optimization (SEO), social media marketing, web hosting,...
Oftentimes, after closing a nice domain sale to an end user buyer, I'll research similar domain names to see if I can buy something to re-sell to that person or company. I figure that if this buyer is willing to pay retail pricing for the domain name I offered, I could probably sell other domain names to the company at a similar price level (assumi...
When Vincent broke the news of a Facebook ad by Minds+Machines on Twitter, the resulting reaction was 100% as expected. The ad itself was a quick attempt at being provocative, because no-one in their right mind would believe that the .com name space is truly dead. However, there is this underlying fear among the folks […]
A silly mistake tipped me off to a click fraud and pump-and-dump scheme. Every once in a while, someone running a click fraud scam slips up. And sometimes they slip up in a big way: by accidentally tipping me off about it. For example, In August this year I uncovered one such scam after digging […]
The Law Firm Dr. Khalid Alnowaiser of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, just lost its bid to get the domain name lfkan.com in a UDRP
The Complainant is a law firm established in 1996, with offices in Riyadh and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The Complainant offers a range of legal services to local and international clients, in both Arabic and English.
Although the one...
The ongoing debate about whether "dot com is dead" is definitely energizing the typically stagnant waters of the domain industry, after falling prey to a crafty "trolling" ad by Minds+Machines. While domainers waste time speculating the clinical status of the "king of all TLDs", someone apparently registered DotComIsDead.com – as early as in ...
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Yesterday we purchased our Christmas tree. The lot was only about five minutes from my place. We ended up going to this particular Christmas lot because it was run by
Actor Ashton Kutcher is being followed by millions on a variety of social media, including Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Kutcher's media company released the A.plus app two years ago, attempting to take better ownership of his millions of followers on Twitter via the use of an integrated messenger system. Currently, Kutcher is looking to fill [&...
Today a coalition of Technology companies released their plan for reforming how the government conducts surveillance. See below for the full press release.
In addition to the press release there were a couple of other related stories.
CNN featured a story today, "Microsoft Fights Back Against NSA Snooping"
(CNN) — Still concerned about some ...
If your company is interested in discussing potential opportunities for banner advertising on DomainInvesting.com next year, please contact me to discuss. As of right now, I am not sure that DomainInvesting.com is going to have any advertising opportunities at the beginning of 2014, but I should know within the next couple of weeks. There is curren...
It has a nice ring to it. Over the weekend Elliot Silver posted an ad with the headline "Dot Com is Dead" from Minds + Machines. I've seen a lot of other blog posts about how new TLD backers are beating the drum that .com is dead. Domainers commenting on the posts then typically say […]
Verisign, managers of both the .com and the .net domain name space, vehemently denied rumors that dot .com is dead, earlier today. "Our latest hospital report clearly shows that dot .com is alive, despite its current comatose status," exclaimed Verisign spokesman, Varth Dader. "There is definitely some brain activity, there is a pulse, and the [...
It appears that Godaddy.com charges its customers $50 one of their domains get hit with a UDRP.
One customer is complaining on his own blog.
Daniel Paden tells his tale on the blog Atheiststoday.com, in a post entitled, Stop Using Godaddy, including all the emails he exchanged with Godaddy.com complaining about a $50 fee charged to Mr. Paden credit...
ICANN is going to have to decide whether to approve the new gTLDs .islam and .halal, after the Governmental Advisory Committee punted the issue. GAC chair Heather Dryden told ICANN chair Steve Crocker last week (pdf) that the GAC will not provide ICANN with the clarity it so wanted on the two controversial gTLDs. "[T]he […]
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A small Californian registrar has been sent a contract breach notice by ICANN. ICANN says Irvine-based Jetpack Domains has failed to comply with a scheduled audit, breaking the terms of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement that require it to supply records on demand. The company has until January 2 to provide ICANN with the data it […]
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Dot-brand gTLDs could get big exemptions to the standard new gTLD Registry Agreement under new rules published for public comment by ICANN over the weekend. The proposed changes were negotiated by ICANN and the Brand Registry Group, a coalition of dot-brand applicants that one day plans to become a formal part of ICANN's policy-making structure. [&...
Godaddy was a little light today so after I went through Flippa and Namejet, I went into tomorrow's names again because there are so many names up. I have a few names up for sale at Namejet over the next week so I'm hoping to have a good week myself. Yesterday and this morning I had to salt because we're getting an ever steady mix of sleet and sn...
Ken Hansen was leading the .NYC top-level domain launch for Neustar. But an opportunity came up that he felt was even bigger than .NYC, one of the most anticipated new gTLDs pending launch.In this interview you will learn about the mission of the Co.com registry, how the registry is operated, what their marketing plan and tactics include, how prici...
I thought you might find this provocative Facebook sponsored advertisement from Minds & Machines to be interesting, and perhaps even humorous. As you can see, the headline says "Dot Com is Dead" and the text below it reads "Long live the new Top Level Domains." Clicking the link takes you directly to the Minds & Machines website, where you ...
How many times have you heard this expression?
Probably a lot.
It's one of those expressions that is repeated ad nauseam, so much in fact that most people consider it void of content. It's not and especially as a domainer, you have to understand that.
Pretty much all domainers, at one point or another, ended up saying something
Flippa, the popular website sales marketplace is making some big moves and in the process putting more focus on domain names than ever before. The company has seen an increased interest in domains and next week they are making it easier than ever for people to list their domains for sale on the platform. For […]
Great day to be alive and shopping, domainer darlings. Then again, I'm Bina Bitterman – the Domain Socialite – and I always use American Express Centurion for all of my 5th Avenue shopping. Holidays are quite boring, and illiquid. As I understand it, you poor domainers don't have enough cash in hand to pay for your […]
Most of us have been in a negotiation where we just can't close a deal to buy a domain name, despite being fairly close to closing. When you're at a standstill on an acquisition negotiation, I want to make a suggestion to help close a deal, especially if the seller is apprehensive about selling to a domain investor. You might consider offering the ...
Morning Folks!! My defining last ever post on gTLD's. I love how people trying to sell something try to speak for everyone. I am told people will adapt to the new gTLD's. Now I agree that society is very adaptable. The keyword there is adaptable. They can learn anything. Even flying jets. So without doubt […]The post Adapt vs Adopt vs Abort. ...
One of the domains in today's list really stood out to me. It stood out to me because of the fact that the .com is being used for a cash
A UDRP has been filed against the domain name BusinessForSale.com
The Domain is actually a full blown site with containing listings of businesses for sale.
The domain name was purchased from Marchex for $150,000, in 2011.
The company filing the complainant and seeking to grab the domain name Businessforsale.com is Dynamis Limited, whose site is Dyn...
The hardest part of a business selling perishable goods is trying to figure out how many to stock. Buy too many and you have to eat it, sometimes literally. Order too little and you leave money on the table and may have customers that come in, find out you're sold out, and find a new supplier. With Christmas trees I get a first order and then I ...
The transfer of domains between accounts within the same registrar, is referred to as a domain "push." Such pushes occur daily, and it's a common practice during both domain acquisitions or domain sales; all that is needed is the originating and the target account at the same registrar. As it happened I recently acquired a […]...
I don't have a lot of coupons for you guys this week but the good news is that all of them should work internationally as opposed to only for people from the US or Canada.
If I'm not mistaken, all of them should bring the price down to $1.99 and all of them should work for
As we posted two years ago, Disney holds the domain name PearlHarbor.com hostage, for more than a decade. Disney, producers of the movie ‘Pearl Harbor', used to forward this premium geodomain to a sales page advertising the DVD of the movie. At some point, the URL forwarding stopped and the domain PearlHarbor.com currently displays a […...
Hello, Happy Saturday and welcome to my incredibly brief weekend musings. Daina and I are in San Francisco this weekend mentoring at Lean Startup Machine Ultimate. Daina is giving a talk this afternoon about Fashion Metric's LSM adventures and we'll be mentoring excited teams all afternoon and evening. On Tuesday Daina will be speaking on […]...
On December 4th the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that will reverberate for years to come in cybersquatting cases brought under the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA). While the Court's declaration that the ACPA does not provide a cause of action for contributory cybersquatting is important in itself, its dicta re...
Over the years, I've had the luxury of experiencing Employment, Self-Employment and Unemployment. Considering that I am on the verge of turning 33 in December, I have gathered a world
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